Why was the AS90 added with no laser rangefinder even though it has it in real life? It should have a rangefinder and be at 7.7 with the PzH2000.
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British int it
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“For direct fire against targets up to 2,000 m away a Thales Land & Joint Systems day/night sight is mounted on the elevating mass adjacent to the layer. The graticule is calibrated for range and crossing target velocity and, since the gunlayer has a two-axis joystick, simple aiming of the armament can be achieved quickly.”
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Army Guide isn’t a source.
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Not a source, 3rd party at best
On top of everything else, that source doesn’t say the AS90 has a laser rangefinder. A graticule is the markings on an optic that allow measurement, like the mil dots on a sniper scope.
All that source says, literally, is that the AS90 is a day/night sight (Illuminated optics or possibly NVD) with a reticle that’s marked for range and target velocity (horizontal markings). That’s it. No automatic distance calculation.
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You might be thinking about the Braveheart modification. That one did have a LRF. The base AS-90 does not.
Love the attitude of the community, “yeah it’s British, only dead on arrival content please, no need to make anything remotely fun or balanced, this isn’t a game, this is punishment”.
The AS90 doesn’t have a laser range finder IRL it has a GPS integrated system similar arguably to how gaijin has implemented the GPS guided munition for aircraft, you could just hit it on the head and give it a laser rather than trying to draw up a whole new system, it would hurt anyone to give Britain something that still won’t be on par with the Pz2000 poo box.
The damn hing is currently in service so finding accurate sources is going to be difficult and everyone who isn’t a mug knows it. Try and focus on gameplay and not “my realism” for god sakes.
Another crap addition to Britain, cheers gaijin!
So just … ballistic computer? Like any other modern artillery? Such as we have in game?
Or you mean something entirely different?
There just aren’t any sources, period. LINAPS, as you said, is GPS; the only “laser” about it is the FIN3110 ring-laser-gyro–based, strap-down inertial navigation unit with embedded military GPS, which just works as a ring-laser gyroscope.
Pretty much, that is tied to the LINAPS:
Target location comes from an external source > own position and barrel orientation are provided by LINAPS > ballistic computer calculates > AGLS (Automatic Gun Laying System) physically drives the turret and barrel to the correct bearing and elevation automatically > pew
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