But the gun was later in service :P
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Yesnt. It depends heavily on how you view the Vickers mk1 MBT, given its pretty much specifically built for sale to the Indians.
edit: would be nice though to get the 15 rpm record on vickers mk1/vijayanta 1 day though lol.
some day i hope
all paveway lock range have been changed in new dev
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Added to that, GR.4 got “Litening III” now, which is modelled as gen 3 (!!!) thermal and has better zoom than Litening II. I do want to note that the thermals being gen 3 is incorrect, but you know, whatever… whatever is done is done.
I also just made a report for Paveway III (GBU-24/27) laser seekers, I finally found “a figure” for the supposed acquisiton range, and if it is enough (though I don’t have much hope despite it being an official document) it means the range goes to >13km+, which would be a rather significant QOL improvement for that partcular bomb.
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Im still hoping they will add brimestones to the GR.7 with it being VTOL you could get some helicopter style kills with it
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Just so you know thermal generation in game isn’t linked to resolution, more over it’s technology type. In this case the LITENING 3 is using 3rd gen thermal technologies.
Unfortunately all Harrier marks only tested Brimstone and also only Brimstone-1 so it would need to wait for the counterplay mechanics like the DMS ARH mode.
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do we know what the gimbal limits are supposed to be? I was trying to test how well it goes over buildings but had trouble keeping the lase (also forgot what the setting that auto-levels when you change view is called which didn’t help)
So does this mean TIALD isn’t getting in-game gen 2 because of that? Well interesting I suppose. Because in that case, F-16C, and a lot of other aircraft which use Litening II now are using outdated pods, whilst they could be using Litening AT also quoted to have “gen 3” thermals despite being 640x512 detectors. I was always under the impression that resolution where known would be taken as basis instead, because the generation talk is a lot of marketing talk.
TIALD is supposed to be Gen2 based on the technology the sensor uses. This tech is already Gen2 on CR2. Just waiting on the report being dealt with.
No technology generation is the decider now.
Cool, was this done also part due to the fact finding open-source resolutions would otherwise be nearly impossibe otherwise?
I don’t know the specific reason but I’d imagine it’s to normalise them and also helps as you said where the resolution isn’t known.
On the Tornado GR.4 these are the limits for the TGP:
This is pretty standard, left/right +/- 89° and up/down +29°/-149°.
According to the brochure, it should be +45°/-150°, but the elevation is probalby limited due to airframe anyway and the 1° less thing is probably due to some game limitation making the camera glitchy otherwise. The left/right limits are wrong of course because real life TGPs have a roll axis instead (effectively allowing you to look +/-150° to the right and left as well. Again, game limitation however. Not to mention without the ability to stabilize the image to the horizon, it would be very weird to use.
Also do you know why some pods have different quality thermals then on different planes? Is still MFD resolution simulation? Or should it be bug reported. For instance Lantirn has different resolutions on the F-14B and F-15E/F-16AM, though I am unsure if they ever received sensor upgrades.
The GR.9 had operational emergency clearance to use Brimstone (it wasn’t just for trials), but as you said harrier was retired before Dial Mode Brimstone could be cleared.
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Thats sad but understandable, thank you
Sounds like a OP control system that should be altered to be line of sight lock FnF like man in the loop to me xD
Given that the GR.7 has prototype/trial guns on it IIRC I dont really see the issue of having like, 6 FnF Brimstones which would be similar to other planes with 6 FnF mavericks though. Would also allow for them to be tested and balanced against supersonics having them/make the Harriers have their own unique weapon system.
Afterall, the laser brimstone came in because it was an option for the tornado, but obviously, it isnt an option for the Harriers.