Does anyone know what is the purpose of this rotor mast? Is it maybe a LWS, or is it just a tip for the rotor shaft that does nothing?
Cuz if it did have a purpose, it would be great to have THIS as the Japanese premium heli, just like other nations get a strong premium helicopter, while Japan only gets a reskin AH-1S at 9.7 (which tbh should had only been added as a camo for the TT AH-1S)
just a blanking/cover plate. You see it on other Apaches post Longbow which don’t equip radar or a comms mast. iirc when a LWS id installed onto the apaches it’s attached to the wing tips
Balance? They did it with the F5C and the F15A, as long as another nations version had it, you can argue for it to be added. Whether its added is up to gaijin.
The TT AH-1S doesn’t get countermeasures tho. I feel like Gaijin just added it to make it at least somehow slightly different from the TT version. That’s just plain cheating lol. The Kisarazu version should’ve really just been just a camo for the TT one.
I will make a suggestion for a new jap premium heli, the AH-64DJP without the radar mast. I believe it would be much healthier for the japanese tree, as most other nations get a top tier premium heli as well. If anyone tries to tell me it would be too similar to the TT AH-64, then please - look at Israel, their premium heli is THE EXACT SAME as one of the TT.
Edit: the Israeli premium has 30x CMs, TT has 60x CMs. What a mindblowing difference.
Without big talk around how its armor is configured etc; you can bascially expect a T-90A with T-80B mobility and (at least what we assume they use) chinese APFSDS.
And there goes Japan 11.3 lineup if the br changes happen like this.
Why would the type81 go up again? Its missiles are good, but only if you manage to launch then, and i dont know if they changed something but they have been missing and loosing lock more resently
No radar, only 4 ready missiles that need to search and lock first so response time its slower to intercept stuff
Already writting the feedback on the proper topic but dang, dont know what are they thinking
I would rather keep the Type 81 (C) at 11.0, add Type 11 at 12.0 and once better SAM is necessary we still have Thailand’s VL MICA and Singapore’s SPYDER-SR as future options (considering we get more ASEAN Founders Nations as Sub-Nations and multi vehicle systems).
Beyond that, there are only Type 03 Chu-SAM (Kai), Partiot, FK-3 (Thailand) and ASTER 30 (Singapore).
Also putting the TKX p at 11.7 where theres nothing else doesnt makes sence, at that pont either leave it where it is or just give it the Type10 round and put it at 12.0
Not really a fan of turning Japan into an ASEAN hosting nation, I think the Type 03, Patriot, and FK-3 alone offer more than enough options where some nations only may get one.