but those are atgm pylons…
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
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
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
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
true, would love to see a in tree rooivalk with more advanced missiles would be awesome
Nice photos, I’m long overdue a revisit, probably my favourite museum I have been to.
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Difference between ah mk1 and ah mk2 engines can be pretty huge on some specific maps. In other cases, the difference is less dramatic, although it is still a pity that the ah mk2 was not equipped with the same rolls-royce engine.
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Im confident that ALL american aircraft can simply be made better by fitting Rolls-Royce Engines.
P-51, Sabre, Phantom, Apache, all way better with RR fitted and now they are fitting B-52s with RR engines :D
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An experimental 12.7mm/.50 cal M3 nose turret using HMS to aim, that was developed by Lucas Aerospace for Lynx and other helicopters
Part of “British Aircraft Armament, Volume 1 : RAF Gun Turrets from 1914 to the Present Day” by R. Wallace Clarke
Mentions that such turret systems were also tried on AB-412 (pictured), Bo.105 and A129. The turret is actually already ingame on the old premium A129 International
Would be an interesting addition to G-LYNX I think
@Godvana’s Bo.105 BSH-1 suggestion talks about the Lucas turret system being used for Stinger launchers as well the Browning .50 cal.
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I both want and need the new Leonardo UK AW149, here are a couple of head liners;
Weapons;
Seems the Thales rocket system is used to FZ275 A2G and FZ123 A2A rockets;
Hellfire/JAGM/Brimstone
Render only right now.
Full DAS & and a search radar;
Leonardo’s SEER series of RWR can be seen here, same unit from the AH-64E in UK service, so SG-200D.
And the hype reel;
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Several defence commentators have raised the point of converting Wildcat into an AH-1 sort of aircraft.
Would be very interesting to see the Wildcat with a 20mm/.50cal chin turret, retain the sighting system on the nose, and then mounting the Seaspray radar on top of the rotors like on Apache, with the wing hardpoints fitted and you could have a very capable maritime helicopter.
LMM, torpedo’s, brimstone could definitely go on there too and potentially some other things like APKWS.
Its a gorgeous looking helicopter, the more we have of them the better.
Could be the new Blackhawk.
Well this was nearly dropped in favour of Blackhawk. But Labour turned that around and decided Leonardo was worth the investment.
Can also see the threat warning panel in the hype reel;
Oh they confirmed the contract, neat!
Always liked the AW149, It’s a very good looking Helicopter, much better than the Blackhawk.
Laser guided airburst right? Be good for bullying other helicopters.
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Yeah, I think this will be a core feature of most modern medium helicopters now due to the obvious utility at dealing with one way attack drones.
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