Need Help: A4E, A10E (9.7, and AH1G

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Hi. I am an okay player on the ground. I have the above mentioned aircraft/helis that I use in my 9.7/10.0 line-up.

However, I am having a hard time dealing with AA and using them properly to support my team.

A4E:

  1. Cannot get the agm controls to work to save my life. Also seems like I am constantly locked or tracked - I have scored some kills and learned to use the agms as direct fire. I have some trouble identify or telling when I am being fired at via IR missiles.

  2. A10E, bomber loadout at BR 9.7. Had one or two good matches where it felt fun - but AA seems to saturate most matches and I am not very good with the 500lb bombs (I get thats a skill issue that takes practice).

For the two of them, I have some trouble with the regular rockets - is that something that could be fixed by buying skill points to up precision/accuracy??

  1. AH1F - does it not have optical target lock? Is it just sight stabilization?

Is it worth using the atgms? Their range kinda sucks and I struggle with how to deal with AA. I try to skim tree tops but the downside is very limited vision - if I bob up feels like half the map is shooting even if I am 2 miles away.

Could really use help, I know this is all a lack of experience on my part and some of this is just going to be learned.

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A-4E i’m gonna be honnest, i don’t even try to use the AGM controls, as they are often wat to sensative to work on the PC

AH-1F, as its a lot older than the AH-64s it doesn’t have any target locking, only sight stablization, would recomend having a mix of rockets/TOWs to deal with SAMs

as for the A-10 (i’m assuming you mean the A-10A early) bombs were recently nerfed because people wouldn’t try to juke aircraft coming in to kill them and just sit there and take it (insert inuendo here) or rely on allied SPAA (its war thunder teammates are just salt or other vehicles to soak up hostile rounds as they are very rarely helpful) so the 500lbs bombs are kinda just like that, its not limited to the A-10s

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Got it.

A4E, direct firing the agms seems to be pretty effective though it leaves you exposed.

Well, I have been taking the rocket missile combo for the AH1F - sounds like I need to keep practicing my hover/cover/move/shoot.

A10, so short of very direct hit… at least not a me issue. The 2000lbs seem to be decent. Probably should just take those and one set of the rocket pods. As backup.

Have you ever tried the gun pods on it? Saw one guy just using the main brrrt and was fairly successful - so maybe aside from a pair of 2000lbs, save weight and just go fun and zoom

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i don’t have the A-10A early, i do have the late spaded and the A-10C though, but from what i’ve seen, as the 20mms are the same on the F-4C and F-4E they wouldn’t be much better outside of larger spray area unless its on a light target, and even then the 30mm has more range than the Vulcans, the 30mm CCIP starts roughly a mile and a half out vs the 20mm Vulcan which starts at roughly half a mile

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So the gun pods won’t hit the same target area except at either dogfight range or close strafing range - which the 30mm does better than it anyway.

Okay. Thank you.