We saw a glimpse of a realistic Fire Control System in Dancing on the Edge cinematic trailer and it would be awesome to have them added to all ground vehicles that have them in real life as well.
Currently only some SPAA vehicles have such FCS that help them calculate the lead required to shoot down aerial targets but no other modern ground vehicles have it yet.
A realistic FCS on modern MBTs should be able to “lock” onto targets and calculate the lead to hit them if they’re moving and also notify the gunner of targets in sight and on vehicles that have more sensors like LWS, commander/gunner can put the vehicle in a mode where it can aim the gun towards the source of incoming laser.
We should at least have such FCS functionalities in simulator battles to make it more “simulating” but it would be awesome to have them added in realistic mode as well.
At a minimum, it would be cool if FLIR systems could lock onto helicopters.
True. Most of the functionalities carried by helicopter sights/FCS can also be found on modern MBTs as well specially Russian tanks that can launch ATGMs. They should be able to lock on targets and guide the missiles similar to how it’s done on helicopters.
If I’m not wrong ballistic computers for ground vehicles still a very waited feature but knowing how Gaijin will handle this and knowing the maps will be small as it’s today, this feature will have no use.
Just a thought I had, but real-life fire control systems aren’t as pinpoint accurate as the mouse aim in the game. Not sure how people would feel about that if the inaccuracy was introduced.
Abrams turret ring wouldn’t be a reliable weakspot if gun accuracy was reduced though.
Sorry if my yap is annoying.
NGL that’s not a bad tradeoff
if realistic fire control systems were added there would be no russian tanks above 10.0
To be entirely fair, there’s only so accurate fire control systems can get, BLUFOR or REDFOR. Not saying you’re wrong, either.
Yeah. The distances engagements in War Thunder happen within are dang near too close for comfort when it comes to tank combat.
if they did this. For only a few nations at top tier. there would be hell to play.
I woud be happy with a more realistic FCS on Canon SPAA’s, especially the kind with Search and track Radar. Planes get laser guided and or other guided munitions and SPAAG are stuck with an inaccurate “lock” feature that needs to be constantly manually tweaked to score any hits.
For tanks i’m not sure, modern MBT are very accurate even OTM, the module is there in the damage modules. But, if implemented as a researchable module, it would be another advantage a spaded player has over a non-spaded one. Same as Thermals, LRF, stock HEAT-FS, etc.