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We’re going for Hydra for Apache from now on, according to DE&S.

A guy I know in US Army rotary wing aviation told me CRV-7 is still compatible with AH-64E and can be aimed with the ballistic computer - it came up in his training curriculum. So we could use existing stocks of dumb rockets.
But as you say CRV-7s need a bespoke all-up warhead for laser guidance, that isn’t as flexible as APKWS where it’s a guidance fin section behind normal warheads. APKWS is also becoming relatively inexpensive.
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem APKWS guidance fins can be adapted for CRV-7’s better rocket motors, because it’s not supposed to spin post-launch. Ultimately this is probably why we’re going for Hydras

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do you think we would see the british ah1f cobra that we tested before declining to use the lynx instead. would be nice to see and it would something better before getting the apache

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I’d prefer a Gulf fit Lynx with flares and IRCM with TOW-2 at 9.7

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i mean the cobra would be cool to have too as it would add some that britain is missing at that level

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Yeah but Lynx would be a domestic equivalent

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Not listed in the BAE suggestion ( BAE Mi-24 Hind-D: Hind goes to Britain ), but it’s possible that the BAE Mi-24 can have Sidewinders (idk which ones these are). I assume this image is very rare as I did not see it have them in other images that I could find

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Doesn’t appear to be photoshopped according to noise analysis

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Those are P’s most likely

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Eh, whatever it is, at least it’s a Hind that can carry A2A missiles

Unlike a certain other Hind

Ironically, I found that specific image while trying to look for more SuperHind images around July 2025 with different weapons, including A2A stuff

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Even if it gets R-60’s I’d be more happy

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museum shenanigans if I had to guess, you can see the missiles are just resting there, and the fore hanger looks unsupported by the rail

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Yea true

Why must museums do this dawg

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Being a silly goober so you, the museum curator, spread misinformation.

Tbh, nothing beats going to the museum itself and asking the staff there, did that at the fleet air arm museum, it was great.

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but those are atgm pylons…

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Yea I was well aware of that since the moment I found it, but it is most likely just museums doing their thing. At the same time it’s still interesting to see

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true very true, but something tells me we would end up getting more copy paste russian helicopter before getting any more lynx helis, which is shame

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Really hoping we see wildcat with 20X starstreak/LMM soon.

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The only viable Hind to slap into the UK at this point would be the Indian Mi-35

idk, I’m hoping for a tech tree Rooivalk or 2, ideally one at 10.0 with Ingwe + Darter and I do like the idea of adding another Lynx at a lower BR.

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Not a wildcat but here’s some sea lynx pictures I took from the FAA museum.

Pretty sure the wildcat can carry sea skua and stingray torpedoes as well.

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Probably, but we can get Sea Venom for that now too

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BAE Mi-24 can have Sidewinders (idk which ones these are)

Either AIM-9P’s (Export J’s), G’s (What the UK uses) or either the All Aspect P’s or L’s