Hey all, this is going to cover the Mk-4 FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets of late world war 2/early cold war, and the modern version the Hydra-70.
In-game we have both rockets, they’re both 2.75 inch unguided, folding-fin rockets. They’re also launcher compatible I believe.
Originally intended for the Anti-Bomber role, the FFAR Mighty Mouse was very rapidly superseded by early missiles, and heavier rockets such as the AIM-4 Falcon, AIM-9 Sidewinder, and AIR-2 Genie. In-game, this rocket is almost exclusively available in its air-to-ground configuration, and is available from late props onward.
Of course, this missile from the very early cold war would be developed. This resulted in the Hydra-70 rocket.
The primary difference between the rockets is the updated Mk. 66 rocket motor, which as you can see above uses wrap-around fins as opposed to the fold-back fins. This is more space-efficient as thus allows for a substantial thrust improvement.
Many of the launchers and weapon systems in the US tree using the old FFAR mighty mouse rockets are using launchers specifically referred to as “Mk-66 Compatible Launchers”
So, the purpose of this thread boils down to this: Why is modern US military equipment in-game still using the outdated FFAR Mighty mouse rocket when the nearly identical, but far more historically accurate, Hydra-70 rocket exists?
