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 1970 version. The B-52H from '78/79 onwards got the upgrades to carry guided conventional 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 80’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)
1989 refit actually
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
B-52 has had cruise missiles since 1961
But I would limit both of these options to nuclear thunder if they would be added in my opinion the SRAM (1972) and the AGM 28 hound dog (1961) (both of these missiles are supersonic nuclear missiles)
And if we want to be super generous it could get the agm142 Popeye (it was used by both the b-52g and h)
yes I have been asking for too long PLEASE
The B-52H we have in-game is not the later versions of the B-52H.
The one we have is prior to the guided weapons.
On top of this, this idea is easily argued as anti-player as players should have a free one in the tech tree.
Adding a later B-52H for the tech tree is a superior idea than changing the FOMO one.
AGM 28 and SRAM (restrict these to nuclear thunder of course)
While I completely agree with this, we have seen modifications that completely alter the vehicle to another version. The BMP-1 gets a mod that turns it into the BMP-1P, T-80B into T-80BV, TOG II between the irl and proposed versions… seeing the Tu-95M get a “Tu-95MS” modification that sets the vehicle to a later configuration and model with guided weaponry is not impossible.
I do hope we get this. Alongside other tupolevs with teeth.
I only prefer this because I’m lazy and Gaijin has already said they will only release strat bombers as events and I don’t think I’ll be lucky enough to chance across another rank 6 event for only 5k score tbh
I suspect this will be reconsidered in light of NT.
Tu-95MS is not just modifying the existing Tu-95M airframe though, it’s a completely new plane based on the Tu-142.
Compared to Tu-95M it’s built with a strengthened fuselage that’s slightly longer (albeit not as long as Tu-142), larger area wings with a new aerofoil shape, bigger elevators and rudder, among other differences.
Unlike T-80, TOG etc. the underlying structure is not the same