İ dont know if they fixed it or not but last time i checked Mavericks wasnt overpressuring tanks, in fact there was a bug report on it.
Also Ah1-Z never used Aim9L in its service life.
İt should either use Aim9m or Aim9x models.
So your information about loadout is currently wrong.
Is there a reason it couldn’t use the AIM-9L? The pylon it uses supports it.
Pic of page
It states in here that it can use the AIM-9L also.
Bell’s website has a photo of what looks to be 9Ls on pylons for promotional.
Also that’s funny. The gun is in the locked position, but the lead helicopter is locked onto the photographer’s aircraft.
The AH-1Z didn’t downgrade the AH-1W’s capability of mounting AIM-9L’s, rather it just didn’t likely use AIM-9Ls in active service. It could totally carry them regardless, and reminds me of a similar situation where I saw an AIM-120A mounted on a Harrier-2… which wouldn’t be such a weird thing if it wasn’t for the fact that the thing was mounting it in 2022. It’s 100% possible the AH-1Z uses an AIM-9L from storage for a practice live fire or even in active service if that’s what is on hand.
I have a manual that says it can use 9L , it is a downgrade but i guess it is due to the fact that the stock was still there they could just use it for normal sorties as it is safer than dummy sidewinders.
The thing is they would not use it for oprations at all
Funny enough 9x is not officially cleared for use on viper , i read they are going to add it woth 9x block 2 .
Not couldnt but rather didnt.
Viper entered service in 2010, by the time it entered the service Usa already switched to M model sidewinders for active duties.
So if you’re looking from tehnical perspective, it can use L model sidewinder but this doesnt change the fact that current loadout for Ah1-z is wrong in this game.
The loadout isn’t wrong tho. We’re playing wargames, not historical battles.
After all, this isn’t like Mirage 2000 where the 5F is incorrectly limited to 2x Magic 2s when it should have its 4x Magic 2s.
That way when MICA RFs come next year, we can get an 8x total missile loadout with 2x or 4x Magic 2s as backups.
Actually we are playing historical game, its just developers loves to bend historical assets whenever they want.
No, we’re not. War Thunder did try history, but players didn’t like it, so it became a wargames simulator instead.
And no assets are “bent”.
Then why developers asking multiple historical resources for loadouts,vehicle performance chart and ect and ect.
This game based on historical assets but developers bending those assets (or rather rules) however they see fit.
For example can you show me a single Mirage2000F5 that used Super530F models?
Basically you cant but just because it can “technically” use they decided to add it in order to make it so called “balanced”.
They use the restrictions set on by manufacturers and physics. That’s the rules.
& within the ammo options, chooses the ammo from the pool for balance.
Nothing is bent, no rules, no assets.
Which means they are bending those assets.
Like i said can you show me a single Mirage2000F5 that has used Super530F models with pictures and solid proofs but not just with assumptions?
Is the radar incompatible?
There is no evidence pylons 2 & 8 were re-wired at all. It’s why they can take Magic 2, fuel pods, and according to documents Gaijin has 530s, and not MICAs.
Like i said you can “technically” use Super530 models on 5F model but is there any solid proof such as photos and documents about combat loadout that shows 5F did use Super530F in its service life?
Here’s the thing with photos. They can help you with fuel tanks and maximum loadouts on pylons that don’t service fuel when it comes to France.
Because France LOVES, is absolutely addicted to, putting fuel pods on all their demonstration aircraft.
And their airforce isn’t going to equip reserve missiles for demonstration when they can equip 2x MICA IRs and 4x MICA RFs along side a ton of fuel.
The thing is by the time Mirage2000-5F model entered the service Super530F was already decommisioned. So even in inventory there was no 530F model was left.
But somehow in this game developers forces us to research that missile Just because it “technically” can be use on Mirage2000-5F, thats why im saying they are bending however they see fit.
Yeah, but you have to prove it can’t use it. And the only reason it couldn’t is if it couldn’t use the 530D as well, and thus the pylon was rewired to use IR missiles only for AAM.
I mean, Magic 2s is what we’re going to use those pylons for when MICA RFs come, but until then we use the 530s.
My friend i think you misunderstood me.
İm not saying it cant use those missiles, what im saying is Mirage never did use those missiles especially 530F cause there was no 530F model left in France inventory by the time they commisioned 5F.
So what they are doing is they found some couple of documents that tells RDY radar is “technically” compatible with Super530 models so they used this documents to their benefits in order to add Mirage2000-5F so early.
They exactly knew Mirage2000-5F will be too advanced with its real life combat loadout so they decided to use those documents in order to use for their advantage.
İm not against Super530D but at least they could remove those useless Super530F’s before putting Mirage into tech tree.
Btw i forgot to tell, source you shared is about Super Cobra not for Viper.
Also Viper entered service in 2010 not 2000.
It was an example photo, actual evidence that this was done for the A-4E can be found here
Also the USN AH-1’s should be be able to take Sidewinders on its other stations as well, not just the wingtips.
