which tank carry such smoke grenades?
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.
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Russia is winning simulator ™
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It is being said that DIRCM works against the Iris-T, but shouldn’t the Iris-T have IR and radar guidance?
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
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Btw you know something funny? Gaijin couldve added ah64e with spikes and ldircm eons ago which wouldve made usa helis usefull. But no.
They add fictional kh38mt but not the JAGM IR
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yea idk whats up with gaijin not buffing US heli’s cuz they are borderline trash.
Even a flight model fix for hellfires would be enough to make them more usable
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.
“This was not implemented on a real vehicle and it contradicts the concept of stealth aircraft.
Converted into suggestion.”
I cant wait for gaijin to do a complete 180 on this statement when the Su-57 gets added
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su-57 doesnt have ircm it has dircm or the laser one.
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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
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This is the one on the su-57? looks like a helicopter to me, su-57 one should have access to lots more power
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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.
There are different standards for missiles gens and nobody can know whatever one meant who made that brochure
https://web.archive.org/web/20240304191652/https://defin.by/en/media/publications/26-11-14/
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Decent chance this source is overestimating the ability of LDIRCM, seeing as
- The document in question es estimating the capabilities of “4th generation” seekers
- We have sources proving LDIRCM to be ineffective as a countermeasure vs imaging seekers
- Diehl specifies the IRIS-T is highly resistant to LDIRCM
That being said, thanks for the info, any idea what the acronyms all mean?
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US Blackhawks, AH-1Z have it, also pretty sure one was tested on the D.
For UK the same DIRCM on 64E is present on some of their H-47’s so it’s possible they buy some for theirs
Standard modern jammer pod stuff bro. A lot of things need it.
Probably banking on customers probably not actually testing it and the fact that if an IRIS-T operator gets in a fight with a LDIRCM equipped enemy the real combat resistance to LDIRCM is going to be the least of their worries