Not just germany, hungary is looking in to buying them! Im guessing stinger and chiron to germany, mistral to hungary.
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Hungary is looking into mounting the turret on a kf41 hull, not a boxer.
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Ah misread the source i looked at, i would assume the two manpads carrier variants would be interchangeable (possibly as a mod on the vehicle) for germany, with the Chiron carrier being its own thing with the optional radar improvement
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hungary is planning on mounting it in a KF41 hull and its highly probable they use Mistrals
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the radar improvement does seem to be equipped in the skyranger 30 germany signed a contract altough they dont know yet what missile to use, altough for the looks of it they might go either for the mistrals or at best chiron since they stopped their productions of stingers
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+1, Germany needs a new SPAA
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Perfect for the German SPAA line, especially with the missile/gun combo! +1
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Only 2 with no reloads? Or can more be carried in the vehicle?
Nothing about that yet since we don’t Even know what missiles Will it use altough it seems Chiron has a great possibility since they were speaking of using a VSHORAD and the Chiron it’s the only VSHORAD
+1 Will be a good sidegrade to the Gepard, just needs proper modelling of AHEAD rounds
I dont think the Skyranger is a side grade. It’s double the RPM at up to 1200 while the Gepard 1A2 is around 550, on a better platform (gepard has a old leo platform vs Boxer) with access to APFSDS-T.
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You’re right. In terms of anti-tank capabilities it’s definitely a very solid upgrade (assuming Gaijin doesn’t gimp its capability to carry APFSDS-T), however it’s a bit lacking in the anti air role with only 2 SHORAD AAMs (which sorta makes sense, because this was designed as an anti-drone platform)
Denmark have also purchased the system, where they will mount them on their Piranha V instead of the Boxer chassis. However it have not yet been decided which short range missile they will choose.
So there will also be the chance to see the Skyranger 30 platform in the Swedish tech tree.
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No. It was confirmed by Gaijin (Smin) that vehicles not related to Sweden/Finland will end up as premiums or event prizes, SkyRanger doesn’t fit either category since;
- not a rare prototype
- too new to be a premium
This of course ignores the fact there haven’t been any news of Danish vehicles going to Sweden at all, they’re still up for grabs (sub-tree for Germany if the Dutch or Swiss don’t work out).
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+1
While some of what you are saying is to some extent true, it is not entirely like the way you put it.
What he did say in may last year, was it was only for the time being that the Norwegian and other nations outside of Sweden and Finland would only be premium for the tree.
That means that further down the line that it is still possible for Denmark and Norway for that matter, to be added to the regular Swedish tech tree. However that will probably not be in the near furture.
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still wouldnt change that denmark isnt part of the swedish tree, so i am not sure what u are on about
Think you could mount mistral missiles and there was a design available to carry 2 extra missiles with it
so 4 in total
“In August 2023, MBDA presented a four-missile launcher mockup for Mistral missiles for the Skyranger 30, double the capacity compared to the original concept.”
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i dont think i could add that since there is no official sources as for that only wikipedia and that its not considered a reliable source altough the Skyranger 30 its spacious inside so it might be able to hold some missiles since it actually can hold quite a lot of ammo inside and still keep a good chunk of space
I thought so too but i’m thinking in the future where there’s a possibility of it expanding, since i doubt this thing is gonna be added in the near future in WT