That was because of the ARH missile they added was the earliest form of ARH missile. It made sense for it being added to a 4th gen with the tech being mostly only applicable to the 4th gen.
and same could be said for the Tornado F3 Late. Technically never used Aim-9M. In the upgrade it got AMRAAM, it also got ASRAAM. Heck it got ASRAAM before it got data-link for the AMRAAM
well, we tried it 8 months ago ))))
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/kSgHEyXPUvyc
sadly got later changed to not a bug
“Hello,
IRIS-T s not a missile in game currently. This is an intentional decision as it is an advanced missile over where we currently are in missile / aircraft technology. Therefor this is not considered a bug or reportable historical suggestion currently.”
The “early” version would just be IRIS-T fired using analogue bus iirc. Significantly limits the missiles capabilities pre-launch. For example, I seem to remember something saying fired with analogue bus, its gimbal limit pre-launch is something like 45 deg (i think its made to emulate an AIM-9L in analogue mode maybe?).
It would make the missile significantly more bareable, particularly if they put it on a terrible airframe like the F-4F KWS LV, as I’ve previously suggested could have been done to make the KWS LV a viable 13.7 during the half year it acted as germanys “top” fighter
P4 is a 4th gen IR missile iirc, same generation as the R-73, and basically every russian IR missile until the R-74M2 I believe. So not exactly first of its kind to be added.
Realistically, the ideal introduction to 5th gen IR missiles would be an analogue bus IRIS-T.
that and an early 9x since it shares a lot of stuff with the AIM-9M, except for seeker and TVC which is what makes it a gen 5 ir
a block 2 9X on the AH-1Z could work too. idk if any of the other modern IR missiles can be put on helis though
I am surprised AIM-9X has not yet already been added on US helis. Usually IR missiles come first on helis before they’re added to top tier aircrafts. AIM-9L and AIM-9M were on helis before aircrafts to my understanding.
i think the reason is that 9X hasnt been put on AH-1Z until pretty recently, and was block 2 instead of block 1 so itd be really good
would be cool to see soon though
Outer Pylons still not fixed
finally a reason to use the ah1z however it would be extremely annoying to face lol
On UK and ITA its fixed, germany still needs to wait
At least you would just die to it suddenly unlike with the chinese helis where you see your death slowly and undodgeable approaching.