LaGS: I like lasers

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lmao true

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well overpressure has a way of sneaking through crevices but yes, it will get germany at least, rid of the pesky pantsir spam.

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So, Sweden gets this weapon?

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Technically every one that uses Aim-9L’s with a TGP can use this weapon.
But since it has currently only been mounted on a gripen and a tornado ids…
Only those two should receive it and i would say sweden doesnt need something like this because they have good enough CAS.
There is no source stating that sweden plans to purchase this weapon.

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Well, knowing how Gaijin treats Sweden, them just testing it is enough for them to get it.

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True sigh.

I’ll include a poll for which nation should receive it first ig?

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So this thing has the same exact warhead as the AIM-9L? I figure it will only be useful against thin-skinned light ground vehicles. Still a +1, seems like a very quirky weapon

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Like a laser guided Zuni rocket. Which is ironic since the Sidewinder was developed from the Zuni.

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One problem, based on the way the Aim-9L’s warhead is currently modeled in protection analysis, it wouldn’t be able to destroy anything with more than 30mm RHA equivalent protection where the missile strikes.

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No, by all means if the Tornado IDS can carry it too then add it.

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best thing is the 18km range

  1. use TGP to spot Pantsir at 20+km
  2. launch at 18-17km
  3. turn around while guiding this bad boy in
  4. enjoy!
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yep, thats why this is a SEAD or DEAD weapon instead of an Anti tank weapon

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you wrote this suggestion for germany. Including another nation would be out of place.

Despite that sweden didn’t buy it. It should go to the producer country (like all prototype vehicles). Else germany should get the triple mounts for the F-4 aswell

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I agree with this, about time we had some unique weapons for our tornados

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So we got a 30g pull missile that does not affect by flares👀

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If you lock onto an air target yes you can theoretically have 18km of front aspect lock without any warning but you lose the proxy fuse so itll be decently difficult

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That’s fine. A Pantsir has 15mm armor max.

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and then we see the effects of an AiM-9L warhead

Radar turns yellow

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you can already test it’s usefulness because you can choose AiM-9L in the armor view

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actually i think it has a delayed fuse as can be seen from the testing videos.
so it will detonate inside the vehicle causing heavy damage to SPAA especially
nearly 5kg tnt is more than the 50g of tnt in the panthers rounds and those can pop an SPAA fast