Afaik got tested with bay door mounted AIM-9 rails but it was never adopted and there are no photos of such config
It will be useless in Air RB agreed, because ARB is a team deathmatch with name tags, not at all suitable for CAS.
In ground RB though you don’t have markers, so with 2x 2000lb bombs and stealth you could make it work. It all depends on how well they model it’s stealth.
People on here are so hostile to this aircraft they won’t even entertain the idea it could be OK. Not great but OK.
Let’s see what Gaijin cooks up
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TL:DR They’re 381mm guns taken from the Battlecruisers Courageous and Glorious and improved, basically the goal of the Vanguard Class design was to take the 381mm guns from the R-Class battleships and put them on a faster KGV-based hull which would make them 7 knots faster as the R class were very slow and therefore not ‘useful’. Due to the war kicking off, they re-used the turrets in storage from the Battlecruisers but with tonnes more armour added so the battleships weren’t out of the war.
If you are more interested on the actual purpose of Vanguard here is my slightly longer response.
As soon as it get’s within the BR range of the rolands it’ll be free RP lol. Let alone the leaked OSA.
you guys are forgetting that as far as stealth goes F-117 will be easily visible against the blue sky and SPAA players can simply guide the missile without lock
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“Stealth” is something people just dont understand and it shows. The Nighthawk at the end of the day is a massive black dorito that’s subsonic.
It will be easy to spot, and higher tier SPAA should easily lock it.
See thats the thing we don’t know that for all we know we could be getting RCS this update
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It’s a brick, for sure, but a stealth brick! and the first at that too, it’s a huge milestone for the game.
I’m not really excited for the 7th F-15 Version or some Su-27 strike varient tbf, but that’s my opinion.
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Had a cup of tea with Chinese officials? Lol, that could actually be true, cause of the issue of the mysterious valley map last time.
Fair it’s the first of something, but it’ll also have 0 impact on any part of the game due to the vehicle itself.
Not in WT, where most of the fight takes place within 10km
Then again we’ve said that about alot of things…
It’s going to be useless, mark my words
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Exactly, almost as if the Night-hawk was meant to be flown at night…
It is certainly going to be useless, but it’s certainly cooler than any of the other vehicles
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Yeah, but this one it’s pretty much guaranteed.
How is stealth going to save you from a mouse guided SAM that is headed in your direction?
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I give u that
Assuming they even know you’re there most SAM players never look straight up
Couldn’t 117 carry nukes?
Might actually be usable then