All right... is seem that the topic "anti-aircraft defences of the Royal Navy in the 1982 war" is out right now, so let me continue with my beloved little aircraft.
From the COIN to the CAS, the proyected Pucara A-58: Part 1:
The Close air support are defined as:
Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces.
A study of the USAF of years 60 determined the following characteristics of an airplane for operations CAS ( close air support):
1-Aptitud to operate from short and primitive aerodromes
2-Confiable and easy to maintain in land.
3-Capable to transport a great amount of armament and specifically to destroy infantry and armored vehicles.
4-Sufficient autonomy to find the objective to identify it like enemy and to destroy it.
5-Max speed at least 600 Km/h, but must be the sufficiently maneuverable in order to turn on the place battle of way of not breaking away from the visual enemy with the target.
6-Aptitud for the survival, with capacity of absorber the fire from earth and that allows returns out of danger to the base with the pilot.
7-Un low price relative to the modern supersonic reactors.
From these armored concepts and the threat of in Europe, the A-10 and Ah-64 were developed, and before, the Ah-1 during the war of Vietnam.
I allow myself to add:
8-Capable to fight attack helicopters (type Ah-1, Ah-64, Mi-24, etc).
9-High capacity for self-defense AA against airplanes of attack of inferior rank, originated basically in trainers to reacción(A-36, Hawk100/200, Alpha Jet, etc).
10-Equipment to operate in bad weather and at night.
11-Integrated sistem of communications AA and AS to coordinate the operations. (Action of forward air controllers in earth and airplanes type Ov/rc-1, Rc-12, AEW, etc in the air).
12-Suit integrated of sensors of alert radar (RWR), laser and TO GO Countermeasures TO GO, integrated dipoles and disturbers. (dramatic Increase of portable and movable threat AAA and SAMs from aims of 70s).
Friend or foe (IFF), due to the variety of threats and targets AA y SA
In order to adapt the IA-58 to this operation and taking as starting point the IA-58C , is in development the A-58 version.
IA-58C 
Proyected attack version Pucara A-58: 
This version deleted completely the rifle calibre and medium calibre machineguns and introduced an all cannon armament.
The fixed armament:
The 20 mm guns in study to replace the already old HS-804 are:
Vektor GA1 ( 20x83mm)
Pontiac M-39 ( 20x102)
GIAT M621 ( 20x102)
In also in consideration to increase the calibre to 30 mm, in this case the only razonable gun is the Giat-Defa 554:
Bombs and missiles:
The A-58 should use some of the especial purpose bombs alredy in service with the AAF.
FAS-280 
High explosive 34 Kg fragmentation bomb, the blast effect is increased with the adittion of 3500 9 mm diameter steel balls with are capable to penetrate 10 to 20 mm of armour in a 100 meters radius.
FAS-800 
250 kg anti Anti personal bomb, it use a proximity fuze with detonate the bomb about 20 -30 meters over the ground delivering 38.000 steel balls at supersonic speed, also caused a very nasty effect againt parked aircrafts and unarmoured vehicles. There is a 125 kg model called FAS-800B.
FAS-250 
Parachute drag retarded bomb, it can be dropped safely even to altitudes of 30 meters to 0,95 Mach.
FAS-300 
This is a very adaptable cluster bomb, it can be filled with 220 bomlets, or 88 mines. The mines can cover 58.500 square metes and his delayed time fuse could be set from 0,5 seconds to 54 hours.
FAS-850 
Stand-Off bomb. It is rocket assisted and it can reach about 20 km range dropped from a 35000 feet altitude.
CITEFA Martin Pescador:
Air-to-ground subsonic missile, it carry a shaped charge warhead and could be equipped with a IR or laser guidance.
To those in that club. 
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