This also give the a-10 laser guided munitions. This should help out with Ground RB CAS as the Mavericks defiantly benefit from this and aslo getting laser munitions to would also be a benefit to the use of the A-10
The A-10A could not mount the Litening until the “'A-10A+” upgrade, which was some interim solution due to the delays in the A-10C program.
I think it’s best to just leave the A-10A as is, and just patiently wait for the A-10C to arrive instead. Having a lower BR A-10A allows it to have 9Ls at a BR range where they are much more potent, whilst the A-10C will probably just completely suck in ARB (idk if they mounted 9Ms or better) but have improved A2G capabilities at a higher BR.
I guess maybe A-10C (2016) and could be 11.7 BR at rank 8 but not sure equipped Litening AN/AAQ-28(V)4 Litening AT targeting pod or AN/AAQ-33(V)1/2 Sniper pod
It’s SP is basically 11.0 anyway, it cost even more than F-14B with full LGB or A-7E with Walleye + thermal. Giving it targeting pod at least allows you pop up from 8km away and try to take out enemies from safer distance.
I think Gaijin is waiting for the separation of air and ground BRs to add the A-10C. That way it will be ~12.3 in air RB and 11.3-11.7 in ground RB. Considering it has HMD + AIM-9Ms, it will be lethal within close ranges, but it definitely will suffer in air RB.
Almost certain it will be AMRAAM update. Which I hope is next major. It’s basically in game already. Just in pieces. Even it’s RWR was data-mined as an unused asset last major
AV-8B NA would be a good counterpart to the GR.7 at 11.7, especially if they ever add the outrigger pylon Sidewinder capability to it (and the B+), that it should have according to manuals.
AV-8B+ would naturally be at a higher BR with AMRAAMs (A, B and C) and expanded weapon stores (digital improved triple ejector rack with JDAMs):
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Notice the clipped wings/canards/whatever they’re called
About the A-10C, I don’t think it will be any further than 11.0 - sure, 4x AIM-9Ms, HMD, Litening pod and missile warning system are pretty nice, but it doesn’t get basically any improvement in ordinance it carries, certainly not the likes of the OP and BS SU-25’s KH-38…at best it would be 11.3 depending on if it gets the improved AIM-9M-8 with better IRCCM and depending on ordinance.
It absolutely could if they model it properly, the GBU-39A/B is no joke (let alone the eventual carriage of the GBU-53/B that is planned), especially since it can carry 16 of them simultaneously.
I didn’t know about that, if it has better range than Mavericks, then sure, it could be at 11.7, trading speed (compared to SU-25), for a larger amount of ordinance
