Yeah, both have their IOG disable after use of laser.
But yeah, for the US at least Spike is probably the best option.
The Tricky bit becomes Britain and other Apache nations.
So far, they’ve been a bit stingy on giving Britian weapon system it did not implicity use. Which probably means no Spikes. Which then leaves JAGM or Brimstones. Neither of which are FnF without MMW.
After that maybe the Wildcat with Martlets which might have IR guidance
they aint gonna give them to AH1Z
they didnt even give it a good RWR, despite entering service less than 20 years ago it cant identify threats in service well before that
You know what would take the cake is if Gaijin adds the AH-64E then add an AH-64D blk III as a premium .3 br lower with less advanced weapons. Even though it is the same aircraft just redesignated.
Iirc the SPIKE on our Apaches are new gen and should be much better than what’s ingame.
I’ll try to keep track of JAGM-MR testing to see when/if that gets put on an Apache, since that would be a pretty big upgrade. Anduril’s Barracuda 100 could also be tested on Apaches
JAGM-MR apparently has same size as plain JAGM, so should be able to fire from Apache, but I feel like GJ being GJ, it’ll have to be fired from one
JAGM-MR has identical or nearly identical dimensions to plain JAGM so I’d say that’s your best bet
JAGM-MR would still be an AH-64E.
I think the idea is FnF without MMW, which yes would still come with the AH-64E, but would be a reason to add the AH-64E before MMW
I agree entirely with the JAGM being added as it is an option that isn’t mmw. Problem I see is we would need to get the AH-64E for it.
Which only Gaijin knows when that will be.
Yeah, but I wonder if they arent adding the AH-64E because they are saving it for MMW,
As that would be the ultimate option for FnF for US and Britain.
So in the meantime, definetly worth exploring alternatives for FnF as we have no timeline for MMW
MMW would be available for the UKs and USs 64Ds. If they holding off for 64E to add MMW that would be weird. When the JAGM-MR uses a tri seeker giving it the option to use imaging while they could just add the 114L to the 64D.
Yeah, but I can see them wanting to save the AH-64D as SAL-Only Hellfires and the AH-64E being the FnF Apache, that way they could be at differing BRs in the future if we ever get a top tier decompression.
I can’t think of any ATM i don’t know of any 64s that weren’t upgraded to the E variant for JAGM tirals.
I see what you mean. But the JAGM-MR gets and additional 2kms. I can’t see them giving 114Ls to the 64E when the JAGM-MR can use MMW.
US AH-64Es have at least test fired Spikes. So that is one option. JAGM-MRs and just being Laser+IR is another.
For the UK… its messier. In theory they could do a AH-64E = AH-64E and just give us Spikes or JAGM-MRs too. But god knows.
The Other option might be the Wildcat if a source can be found to confirm Martlets have IR guidance
JAGM-MR is tri seeker. JAGM is dual.
Nor do I. But I could see IR guided JAGM-MRs being upgraded to MMW JAGM-MRs if/when that becomes an option
It’s not test-fired, it’s fully provisioned and approved for all AH-64Es ever produced.
Yeah, so could be added as IR+Laser, without the MMW. But hasnt been tested yet, so we’ll have to wait and see
There is precedence for this I don’t see why they couldn’t do that.
But it might be soon-ish.