Major Update "Firebirds" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

Unless they add the variant with HE proximity fuze >:-)

You know, to better delete other helis

or the HEAT variant…

That too

Also the fourth response from folks like me, I didn’t watch it and don’t plan to, I’ll see what gets added when a list pops up.

Mk4 has a filter upgrade compared to Mk3. And Mk4 also got extra weapons capabilities. They are not the same.

“The Superhind Mk.III was intended for export, ATE would go on to develop the Mk.IV with further improved avionics, weapon options and additional packages including air filters; and the Mk.V with a completely redesigned cockpit and canopy.”

From old forum

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Maybe, if they were referencing Repulse they should have used twin engine fighters, as Force Z was attacked explicitly by only twin engine aircraft (G4Ms), but maybe thats my slightly obsessive attention to detail.

I would certainly not complain if we got a modernised version of these or a KGV to just be the all-in-all and push naval into the next era.

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I love how Britain’s WW2 Refit or WW2 built ships are considered so good they’d push War Thunder into the next era :D

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Gaijin would rather give France Leopard 2s than fix the Leclercs lol

I mean the Leo 2s won’t hurt. It’s just too bad they didn’t try and make the Leclercs appealing instead

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Does anyone know the EXACT start time of the dev streams?

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Won’t know exactly till they post their announcement.

GR.4 like “apex predators” update wont even be in the same ballpark as the Su-34 and F-15E

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Just because it isn’t the best CAS of the update doesn’t make it not a top tier strike aircraft

It would be if the Brimstones were FnF, but because of the illogical reasoning used to nerf them into oblivion, the GR.4 is instead going to be barely better than what Britain already has.

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I found it interesting that the Patriot launcher was able to rotate in the teaser, it currently doesn’t have the animation nodes to support that:
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Compare to MIM-23 launcher, which does have those animation nodes:

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What makes it top tier? Brimstones…
Vs 20 GBU-39 glide bombs or the Kh-38 on the Su-34.

If Brimstones act anything like Hellfires do in game (which they likely will) The PGMs will be the best weapon any Tornado has for Ground battles.

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HMD and Aim 9M…Yay that will save it from R-77 and Aim-120 mounted to the F-15E and Su-34

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It’s not like these will be very good in ground battles if we only get the GPS guided ones lol.

Hope these and the new runways are in, dang they look so nice…finally rearming wont be a DEATH sentence XD This would also be a amazing objective to KO the enemy team SAM cover :)

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Inertial navigation and GPS testing they can hit a target going 80kph