A10 A (Premium, USA 10.7) - Why not 4x Anti Air Missles?

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Hello there,

I’d like to know why the A10 A only has two air-to-air missiles instead of four. According to the wiki and the current model in War Thunder, there are two rails per wing for missiles to be mounted.

Does this decision have anything to do with the A10 being overly powerful for its battle rating?

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its lower BR than the A-10A late so has 2 less missiles

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This is not entirely correct, as the early and late versions in Simulator Battles are both on 10.7

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IIRC they wanted the two variants to differ in armament, one with more AAM’s, the other with guided bombs and gun pods.

Note however that 4 Sidewinders is very unrealistic - I’ve never seen an image of a Warthog carrying four 'Winders, only two on one side, and an ECM pod on the other…

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gaijin likes to gimp vehicle capabilities for balance instead of balance based on capability, hence harrier T10 having only 2 bol and 9l missiles instead of what it actually carried, 9m (and later ASRAAM)