6.5km range is just one of the figures given for Martlets, I imagine it is probably the lowest “maximum range” in suboptimal conditions. The “guaranteed range” i guess.
I’ve seen in excess of 8km stated in several reliable places.
And yes, the Stormer’s range should almost certainly be over 7km. I don’t know if we have the Starstreak I or II ingame, but the II’s range is stated to be greater than 7km.
VERDI II unfortunately was made quite a while before Martlets entered service. The Martlet is a much newer missile than the Starstreak, mostly made as a multipurpose missile to threats such as drones, light/medium armoured vehicles, attack aircraft and small vessels. VERDI-2’s trials ended in 1995 I believe.
Starsteak started production in 1986, while Martlet entered service only in 2021. So the VERDI-II would never have used the Martlet irl, however, the missiles share the same launcher and guidance system so it would be theoretically possible for the VERDI-II to use Martlets.
The VERDI-II historically would have been limited to only Starstreaks and the 40mm CTA gun.
I can’t remember if I’ve posted this already, but I was doing some research and found a prototype air to ground missile called the “Typhoon”, it is essentially an air to ground version of the ASRAAM.
Range of around 10km
IR seeker (same as the ASRAAM)
Tandem HEAT warhead
I cannot find any images of it mounted to an aircraft, however there is an image demonstrating how it would be mounted to the harrier
It was a competitor for the Brimstones specification, proposed in 1994 by British Aerospace. It was at one point in direct competition with the Brimstone precusor, the “Advanced Anti-Armour Weapon (AAAW)”. However, it ultimately lost to the Brimstone due to not fully meeting specifications.
Its very hard to find any kind of solid data on the missile sadly
That would be a very nice/niche missile for gaijin to give to the UK, finally something that competes with everyone elses fire and forget systems?
I do wonder though how it would find/lock on ground targets for WT though, given its using the ASRAAM seeker head, would we fire it like we do air to air IR missiles, except at the ground? So qwasi guessing what it is we lock and fire at? Or just the same as other air to ground FnF when fired 3rd person.
Also sadly still unable to find much other info on the subject of alternative gun systems useable by the strikemaster. RIP me xD (i give up, gl if anyone else takes up the chase)
