The Falcon is receiving a Radar director in the next major update as compensation for it losing APDS.
I’m ultimately fine with this except for the fact that it was never fitted so Gaijin is moving goalposts once again.
So will other vehicle receive modifications and equipment that was ‘never fitted’ such as the Chieftain 900s Composite? The Rooikat MTTDs APS? Etc etc.
On another rote, specifically regarding Falcon, Will the Falcon also receiving its equally ‘Was never fitted/loaded’ Smoke launcher? (Right side of turret behind right gun)
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Not really, no. The Goalposts were obliterated along time ago and any specific configurations exist to meet and maintain a target BR, configurations or proof be damned.
Some examples;
No Yak-141 ever had the IRST blister, or a radar mounted. And yet it somehow has both in game.
US F-4E is apparently a non-specific block, Non DMAS airframe Circa '72 but has the GBU-15 a program which didn’t start until '74, and did not enter service until '83 (IIR is '85, so technically).
The F-14A Early, is modeled after a Block 130 airframe, which began production (remanufacture) in '83 and yet is somehow held to a '77 SAC for it’s configuration.
The F-14B, is actually a post 00’ GPS enabled, automatic-TGP handoff capable F-14B(U).
The US F-16A-? is an unspecified franken-plane mixing Block 1 / -5 / -10 antenna and features.
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While the radar was never fitted. The Falcon did have something else that might not be nearly as effective as radar tracking but would be an improvement on what is currently modelled (and historically accurate).
The way this could perhaps work in-game is that firing at an enemy plane for a certain amount of time would then bring up a lead reticle similar to the radar lead indicator but without tracking the plane itself.
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That’s super cool. Thx for sharing this
No problem! Here’s the source too for those who are curious.
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This would be the bare minimum required imo.
The issue at the moment is that its a totally manually aimed SPAAG operating at the same BR as arguably superior SPAAGs that also have radar and tracking.
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I honestly believe that’s how vehicles should be implemented;
NOT as they were as unfinished demonstrators, but as they would have entered service.
It makes no sense that Chieftain 900 is covered in structural steel sheets because that’s not how it would ever have been put in service.
Instead, it should have the Chobham intended for the design and advertised for the product; and so on for every such tank.
Same goes for Challenger 3 TD; it only lacked spall liners in real life because it wasn’t meant for combat… had it been rushed into production, you can be damn sure it would have come with spall liners!
