Major Update "Firebirds" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

its the UPMB 1500 or whatveer its name is

wait no its not?

maybe some su34 exclusive

Not sure if anyone mentioned this long before in the thread but maybe the F15E (and other NATO top tier fighters) should get the aim120c (early) to be more competitive in ARB (su-34/27sm should get R77-1) also ground strike focused jets have usually come into WT with more modern A2A armaments to compensate for their worse performance and mission in ARB anyway. The F15I PW-229’s are a huge upgrade over the 220’s (as has been mentioned in this thread) and the aim120b is barely different than the aim120a irl (not on the dev server F15E but mentioned in the devblog) - I believe they are the exact same in the game right now anyway (maybe aim120b has slightly greater offboresight but I can’t test it). Aim120c (early block) should have much longer range but slightly worse maneuverability due to smaller control surfaces than the aim120a/b. The difference in performance between the F15I will be huge over really any other aircraft in the game while also having guided A2G munitions - the plane is a rocket ship. The best thing would be not to add the F15I yet at all until other nations had (more) top tier jets (or more modern A2A ordinance to compensate) but here we are.

might be but the name suggests laser guided, which we already have. i havent seen the 1500LG before. from what i can find it might be similar to the paveway IV in the sense it combines gnss with laser though thats just a quick and dirty google search, dont take my word for it

Isn’t this one on the Su-34 as well? I swear I saw it when I checked it earlier today

yea which is why im also wondering

we have the 1500L so whats LG?

im gonna assume its just for su34


its already on there yeah, though seemingly the exact same as the regular L. probably unfinished

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Fixed it for you, pro tip never complain about people who can’t read then don’t string up a proper sentence !

also i guess the kv1 can now serve as AA lmao

I would imagine Russian equivalent of the Paveway III and IV with the Laser+GNOSS guidance

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Anyone tested the building of ammunition crates on the dev server?

Also any idea what the boundary guidance line would mean?

Personally, I think gajin removed Grom-E1 & Grom-E2 from Su-34 basic after updated dev server it make sense because never armed Kh-36 Grom-E1 & Grom-E2

Su-34M only used Kh-36 Grom-E1 & Grom-E2

They removed only E1, the rocket boosted one. E2, the one with more explosive stays.

Any new info on the Patriot or other similar systems???

I think someone said it was for purposes of teaser only
Might be outdated info though

they probably saw that players would sploit the range of the e1 farming bases

Well I did see that their models got a very big complex update from what they were. From like 1 node to over a dozen nodes, so. All I’m hoping is that they would be AI controlled, airfield AA. Would be cool to try and kill them for an objective.

Wouldn’t be a problem if they’d rework ARB tbh

Yeah, but thats more work, they would also need a completely new system for the bases, as you currently can toggle them with the ccrp and since you do area damage you dont really need to hit anything in specific, so you dont even need LOS

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Yeahhh Hunters video really seemed to open some eyes fortunately

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