They’ve tried like 3 times now. There just isn’t the space without radically changing the airframe.
That does have floatation gear. But its smaller. As a result, max takeoff weight is 20% less than NH-90, it has no ASW capabilities, range is significantly less, half the dismounts, 40% fewer stretchers.
It’s just a different class of helicopter. To compare the two is pretty much the same as comparing NH-90 with CH-53K, they’re just designed to do different things.
USMC had them dropping sonobouys in exercises :P
Oh it looks like they’ve recently started adapting them to do sonar dipping. I suppose the other half of it is fitting them with torpedo’s or depth charges then.
I doubt they’ll release it during a grind event. My guess would be either before or on the 5th June or after the 17th.
Could make for a decent ASW helicopter, it’s got a smaller footprint, rugged and proven design, just needs to mount depth charges (probably dropped from inside) and torpedos instead of rocket pods
It’s already got sensors and everything, and we know the airframe can handle it because of the AH-1Z
Would be decent but there would be better options in the US inventory and certainly on the foreign market, naval helicopters don’t often take damage, ruggedness really isn’t a factor as much as range and endurance here.
I’m not really sure why they’ve decided it’s worth the investment other than that aforementioned floatation gear, which eliminates other US helicopters, so maybe its filling that area for them, but really every naval helicopter should have floatation gear.
It also depends on them fitting the equipment, right now all its doing is dropping sonobuoys for other aircraft/vessels to monitor, it has no equipment to monitor them itself.
On the international market though Wildcat is filling the same niche, but doing literally everything better (in a Maritime environment) plus having a full ASW capability, rather than just manually dropping sonobuoys.
what game balancing? why is it ok to give the aim-120C’s to fome planes, like the F-15’s and the F-18’s
but not to give it to Gripen?
no, balance can’t be the reason
otherwise F-18C (Fin) and F-15J(M) would’ve gotten them too
the Tyhoons ans Gripens as well, they do perform well but not that well, especially the Gripens could use a Better weapon to be more competitive as it’s now fighting mostly Heavier, larger and faster Missile carriers
With how buggy and unfinished things are, depending on how this week goes. Maybe week after next
In which line Bismarck gonna be placed?
Is that now how War Thunder updates are supposed to be?
Could someone tell me what was updated for the dev server for the third time?
They seem to limit them to 14.0. The simple solution would be to give the Gripen C C-5s and move it to 14.0, but I think Gaijin doesn’t want that.
ye. and i tried to tell them that in my thread:
That is true
@Smin1080p_WT has there been any consideration to make the new SPAA systems/current ones like the S1 Pansir up to 12.7, to be on pair with the best planes ingame? specially these new ones are supposed to be one of the best anti airs out there, and having them fight 11.0 aircraft feels something kinda unfair… not to mention that having stuff like the ADATS at 11.7 and .3 br later things like SLAMRAAM feels a bit unfair br wise… thanks a lot!
Under the Sachsen
I think the official server update won’t be until after mid-June