AC-130 versus A-10 at the Battle of the Bulge

At the Battle of the Bulge, would three AC-130 Spectres or six A-10 Warthogs be more useful?

The AC-130 is the stronger choice because it combines varied, period-plausible weapons with greater endurance and altitude options, though either would devastate German forces.

Both aircraft would inflict extraordinary damage on German forces, with the AC-130 holding the advantage in weapon variety and endurance. Its 40 mm gun and 105 mm howitzer use ammunition with Second World War analogues, making resupply less implausible than for wholly modern weapons. Thermal imaging and the ability to work above cloud offer additional ways to support ground forces in Ardennes weather. The A-10 would be a formidable tank hunter, though its sortie would be constrained sooner by ammunition and return-to-base cycles.