I’m referencing why the Swiss version has altflir and the American version has the litening
Not like they didn`t do it before. If im not wrong, the 9L was first added on the AH1Z as a test , sorta like what they did with the R73 on SU25BM
Swiss don’t operate carriers. the ATFLIR wasn’t cleared for carrier operations while the litening was.
I keep getting kicked to the login menu in the Dev Server client, even during test drives.
Why do only the new Finnish F/A-18Cs (MLU 2) get the BOL upgrade tho? Shouldn’t the US and the Swiss ones also get this?
Gaijin doesn’t seem to understand that any armor can be penetrated with enough speed — whether it’s a ballistic vest or ship armor. I thought that was common knowledge. For example, in the USN empirical formula, velocity is raised to the power of 1.1, while mass is only raised to 0.55.
Compare Okun’s calculations to what Gaijin uses — just look at the penetration ratios of the shells they’ve modeled. It’s clear as day.
Figures at 0 meters and 14,600 meters (almost 15,000), all versus British Cemented Armor, for example — and effective pen (shell not broken):
- Yamato: 31.7 and 19.3
- Iowa: 32.8 and 21
- Bismarck: 31.1 and 18.5
- Richelieu: 32.9 and 18.8
- Roma: 31.9 and 20.4
Gaijin’s values (first one for 1000 m):
- Yamato: 870 and 630
- Iowa: 857 and 583
- Bismarck: 708 and 439
- Richelieu: 738 and 491
- Roma: 771 and 513
You get it, right?
I’m not even going to talk about Stalin’s dream ship — there’s no reliable data on its gun, since there was only one and it broke after 80 shots. Overall, it was deliberately overperforming to showcase supposedly incredible results. Just like the rest of the ship, which the Soviets couldn’t have built even without the war, not before 1945. There are published sources on this, but as usual, Gaijin doesn’t care — not when it comes to the Red Nation.
In the end, it’s clear the Germans are nerfed — as usual — in this ‘game’.
Iowa and Yamato obviously have overestimated penetration values. Or, more likely, the 380 mm guns are heavily underrated.
Iowa’s penetration matches what’s in Battleships: United States Battleships 1935–1992, calculated using the USN empirical formula. But using the same formula, Bismarck’s penetration is actually significantly higher.
Double standards, perhaps?
That formula gives more weight to velocity than to shell mass.
Yet in Gaijin’s model, Richelieu — with the same caliber, 10% more shell mass, and 2.5% less velocity — has higher penetration.
According to Okun, close-range penetrations are nearly identical across these calibers, but heavier shells lose velocity more slowly — which makes sense.
So either the penetration values for the 406–460 mm guns are inflated (except for Rodney’s 406 mm for some reason — although SS also show inflated values in the same pattern), or the 380 mm guns are massively underrated — most notably Bismarck’s.
And all these ships will be matched against each other anyway — as we all know, BR 8.7 vs. 8.3 makes no real difference.
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Since F-15E getting C-5s is unlikely to change anyways, can you like retroactively give the Su-34 R-77-1s? It’s not broken right since it is still a bad platform anyways
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Nets doesn’t use Anything but pythons or 9’s
No Leopard 1A2 for Germany? Despite it being their tank?
USA broken pls gib R-37M
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Why can’t I see the Gneisenau preorder on Xbox?
better see ungimped AAM4s, Micas and PL something something with the C5 arrival, or it will just prove another US crybaby situation
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I know you’re being sarcastic. But I’m not even asking for VL-BVR. Just asking for already existing missile on a terrible platform
You know, unlike the F-15E where it’s actually a good platform getting a better missile
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There is no concrete armor on Roma. Is this intended or just missing on Dev Server?
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By any chance will GB get any new AAs, for example, the Sky Sabre? Just curious
@Smin1080p_WT Will there be a significant reduction in the grid fin drag of the R-77 and R-77-1 or addition of R-27EA to counter the 120C-5?
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Oh look at that, America gets AIM 120Cs, because that’s so balanced and fair.
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i know right, they had to fight a plane that was vaguely equivalent for 1 update, too much for them
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Yeah, despite being in the game and abusing literally everyone with the best missile in game, and being able to literally outrun everything at a high altitude, now they need the most broken missile (again). What’s the point of playing air at this point if you’re not playing US?
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@Smin1080p_WT Is there any particular reason for Italy, France and Great Britai to not be recieving a new top tier SPAA if it could be asked. Are there plans but not yet finished, or could we expect something to come before the dev server closes.
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