With the new dynamic BR mechanic, why not give the B-52 (and maybe the Tu-95) their guided weapon options at a higher BR?
That could include JASSMs, JSOWs, JDAMs and maybe even ALCMs.
Same with Tu-95’s Kh-555, Kh-101, Kh-20 and potentially Kh-50.
Those 2 bombers are already niche at their BRs, so why not make them at least a bit fun aswell?
It might happen eventually. We shall see however I wouldn’t get your hopes up.
Wont happen. It’s completely the wrong Tu-95 version to have any of those weapons
The Tu-95 is the 1956 variant that never carried guided munitions. And the B-52H as added is the 1960 version. The B-52H from '78/79 onwards got the upgrades to carry guided bombs.
So neither of them will get them.
HOWEVER!
That does not stop gaijin adding in the tech tree the later Tu-95MS and B-52H (from the 70’s to present day) to carry said guided munitions.
But as of currently neither should and can’t get guided bombs.
I mean with the bomer buff FM, I think it can be placed at 11.7 or 12.0 at GRB if the gets the guided ordiance
Buffed FM doesnt mean a thing if it cant use it, except being a horse for the FUBAR session
(That Im saying - B-52H is practically defenseless, so it doesnt really matter. Sure, you cant onetap it, but not like it can do much in return)
'84 actually IIRC based on the nose, but I’m not a BUFF expert
It’s at least a 70s config seeing as it has FLIR
Heck it seems that possibly 2000lb bomb integration was only done in 1989! So the original Nuke Thunder event had one bomber that had been retired a decade before the event was set and another that wouldn’t exist for another decade after. Perfectly balanced, thanks Gaijin.
I will be very sad if they do that instead of giving the existing ones the cool new stuff :(
Nah, its better way, because this would allow everyone to get it and actually play, instead of being the exclusive club toy
Confirmed by the developers on the bug reporting site during the first nuclear thunder event. It is one from 1960. There is a visual model problem as you are correct it is from the 70’s. But they said it’s not a bug currently.
It still has weapons and avionics from much later… I’m sure they said the B-52H first flew in 1960 but that doesn’t mean the aircraft is a 1960 aircraft in its current state. I mean, they also said the Tu-95M served into the 80s but that’s blatantly untrue as they were all converted into Tu-95U trainers in the late 60s!
Here, actually to definitively answer the question. The B-52H is explicitly the 1989 configuration with missing weapons
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/GYVZNDqBZqMv