AGM114Ls The US Fire and Forget Hellfire We dont have

[Alpharius11348]

they are slower at close range but iirc for over 5km or so they have less time to impact and at almost all ranges are more agile right before impact so they can actually make last minute corrections

[murilo10005]

Wrong the highter initial speeds of the hellfire still gives advantage over the BA10 and if you are engaging targets beyond the 5km no matter what weapons they give you will be horrible…

[murilo10005]

You dont use neither beyond 5km…they aint Vikhrs,and the higher initial speed of the hellfire still gives more advantage

[HondaCivici]

Ah-64d agm-114l

Ok so I tested both missiles just for the time to target. Methodology: used Stalingrad map, firing along the river, thunderclouds. Using the AKD-10 from Z-10 and AGM-114K from OH-58D. I tried to orient the helicopter exactly in the direction of the target. I hovered at 200 meters while firing. After firing, immediately read the prediction of the time to hit from the HUD. Waited for the countdown to end, and added 1 second if the missile hit later than shown by the indicator. Laser designation …

You sacrifice 4 seconds and in return you get a much more agile missile that can deal with moving targets and target acquisitions.

Again, this is not to say one is straight out better than the other. Both has it’s advantages and disadvantages.