I don’t really see them adding an upgraded variant over the one we have atm as a premium or squadron vehicle since both are just straight upgrades over the current Z-10
However they could swap the current Z-10 to a premium/squadron and replace it with the Z-10A
Tho it’d be kinda pointless as the Z-19 is already there
Maybe the Z-10A as a modification
And the Z-10ME as the new end of the line heli?
I wonder if the Z-10A or ME will get its F&F missile
After all, the introduction of more powerful SPAA will probably require the Z-10 to get something to keep up.
Z-10ME also has DIRCM
in dev server, DIRCM get the ability to jamming AGMs, hope it will get too
That would be good, currently AGM like Kh-38, PARS LR, and Spikes are very good at killing helicopters and they don’t track flares.
I hope it comes with all possible features and weapons
Z-10 which we currently have is among the worst helicopters at top tier, i really hope we can get Z-10ME this year. IR A-G missiles, better defense systems, better gun and radar are significant upgrade. Of course, other nations should get most advenced helicopters too, like Ka-52M with LMUR IR A-G missile and AESA radar, or AH-64 with IR hellfires
Which version of the Z10ME will you have on the internet? I saw that there were 2 families of Z10ME,
the “Z10ME-01” (2018 modernization) and the “Z10ME-02” (2021 modernization)
Does anyone have any information on this?
Z-10ME-02 was revealed in 2024. It’s the one shown in files, as it can be easily spotted due to DIRCM and radar
You can find further info in the suggestion (shameless self-plug)
DIRCM on Z-10ME is a laser based one, right? So, LDIRCM?
all DIRCM work by laser to blind the seeker
Which is fantasy, and should be removed entirely.
Edit: LMAO flag reality. Gotta love a ‘certain subsect’ of this community
I hope it gets something, there’s very little point otherwise.
what fantasy, its what DIRCM was made to do, AH-64E have it as well
DIRCM does not defeat IIR systems.
It is unable to fully blind the sensor well enough to negated tracking, and in scenarios it does the IIR systems have HOJ functions.
In order to defeat IIR systems you need a system that is on the order of a true Directed Energy weapon, currently requiring more power and size than is applicable to aircraft.
idk this seems like its pretty good at disrupting the tracking
Cool. That’s not what these studies have found
so that short paragraph doesnt exactly say its fantasy or doesnt work it just say, it may still hit cause it blocks out most of it, current IRCM we have in game is also more effective than what it is capable off irl as well so im not surprised if gaijin would model it with high chance of disrupting
They didn’t model it with a “high chance”. they modeled it with a guaranteed disruption aka defeat.
This is flat fantasy.
The same way it is fantasy that it can disrupt missiles from above at all, the turrets are on the bottom of the helicopters.
The same way it is fantasy that it can jam missiles prior to being launched, it requires the MAWS to direct the turrets.
It’s the same old song and dance of gaijin giving their babies fantasy capability.
i see
That is DIRCM vs proxy fuse. No proxy fuse and the chance drops yet again.
There are no IIR seekers as far as I am aware on AAMs, except from the new SPAAs which IDK how they work as of RN. The new SPAAs for sure will change that but IDK how well they will work vs helis in the first place.
Not all apparently, they differ by LDIRCM and DIRCM, in Gaijin’s implementation too. Actually, Z-10ME got added right now to the dev server and it shares it’s DIRCM type with Ka-52 rather than Mi-28NM, which is much less effective. Ka-52 does not use lasers.
If Z-10ME’s is laser based, like Mi-28NM’s, then we should get it corrected.
Z-10"A" appears to be a premium, by the way.