No it won’t… that and heli PVP isn’t a game mode anymore.
TY-90 will still be the best helicopter equipped anti-air missile.
@Sandwich1776
Vehicle development takes longer than one major update to do.
Research, written plan, execution of plan, quality assurance, dev server, publication.
USA have AGM-114L which is a fnf variant of hellfire missiles but gaijin wont add it cuz it can see through smoke and would be “too op”. Anyway here’s 6 Kh38MT because it’s balanced.
(AGM-114L uses active radar homing as their guidance, not IR, thats why it can see thru smoke)
So it’s entirely a fabrication on Gaijin’s part that said capability couldn’t be abstracted and subsequently included in the “generic” smoke formulation and so provide protection.
It’s also another question entirely as to if the Brimstone would be impacted as we don’t know the technical details of the M81’s MMW component as the Longbow and Brimstone seekers function at fairly different wavelengths 35 vs 94Ghz so determining as such isn’t possible.
They fit the standard 66mm NATO smoke mortar, so most Western tanks. As per the document it was trialed on a demonstrator M2 Bradley and M1 Abrams (Unspecified config, likely Marine representative).
It’s not obvious that it Reached IOC (Initial Operating Capacity), but it was at least type classified.
But that aside it wouldn’t be the first time where capabilities are abstracted for gameplay balance purposes, and it would also means that the various MMW seekers aren’t all to different from existing IR ones.
It shouldnt. The seeker uses a mirror to scan the target 80 times/second reducing the seeker exposure. Also if it detects being jammed it has a Home on Jam capability. The LDIRCM shoud make it a bigger target
Well, the Comanche was a chance to add some neat stuff, and I’m not 100% sure that things won’t flow backwards in future since the Longbow config AH-64D shares a number of systems. Also theoretically a chance for the ALQ-144A to be added but apparently IRCM is pointless on stealth airframes.
The distinction doesn’t make a difference functionally, it’s got nowhere near the power it needs to actually damage the seeker over the time of flight, it still impacts missile guidance by injecting a jamming waveform into the seeker.
The only impact would be that the effective range increases significantly vs a similarly powered incoherent system, such as the ALQ-144 or ALQ-157.
It’s also worth noting that the system claims protection against 1st (AM) 2nd(FM) and 3rd(Conical-scan) gen missiles.
Which notably doesn’t include seekers using Rosette (4th) or Imaging (5th) seekers
AH-64D has its correct weapons without going to BR 13.3 with AGM-114Ls.
AH-64E should come with Spikes whenever they finish it, and I hope it’s priority for them.
@MythicPi
DIRCM has been in the game since at least 2023.
