I would say it depends COIN aircraft have there advantages for example the mother off all COIN AC-130 gunship would be almost immune to MANPADS but they are known to have been very stable gunnery platforms. Jets would have very small amount of time on target much less them in ground in a COIN aircraft or Gunship you can orbit the battle field picking off targets.
We would need a better orbit tool basically drop a pin and orbit but be aware because you are not invincible. Most COIN aircraft also have low heat and sound so you might go unnoticed.
I mean two of us trialed the EFT lol, though in our case the EFT was just inferior to the F-35 when under evaluation. Gaijin could pull a dumb move and add that
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Could also have aircraft like the Rhodesian Cessna 337
Would do wonders in Vietnam era infantry.
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attack helis have LDIRCM and jets can do more damage without sticking around to be shot at
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The issue with infantry mode is what your hunting which is troopers yes a napalm bomb is good at mopping a lot its bad at preventing friendly fire. Even if COIN aircraft have massive weaknesses you can handle more pin point targets better. Sort of similar to UCAV drones slow is sort of better. Way to avoid MANPADs in infantry is being cool and staying high in the sky.
Stuff like the A/KC-130J does have other weapons to be able to hit targets from a distance. For example Hellfires, SBD’s, Griffins, Black Arrow etc which could be used to take out atleast the AA from a distance before closing the gap to hit soft/light targets.
They would still be very vulnerable to someone just spawning in an AA right as they are below you or any enemy aircraft but they are cool and cool > practical always.
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One thing that make COIN aircraft so good is extreme flexibility some with turrets can do orbit attacks and then switch to rocket runs if a heavy target pops up.
Also so many field mods (you cant bolt that to the plane o wait you did)
COIN aircraft like the AC-130 are designed to operate under air superiority tho. They are pretty useless when theres enemy air to air capability
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Its about rule of cool and effect. People want what they want not because its perfect.
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I highly doubt that a vehicle like the AC-130 could even fill a reasonable role in wt besides being a punching bag for guns and missiles
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It fills the cool role and that’s all that should matter really.
Useless in 99% of situations in game? - Yes
Peak? - Yes
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Hampter struck by the extreme heatwave, can’t blame him…
WiPblog when.
The heat must not do the 2013 Chromebook Pixel with no working fans and a dodgy battery that the game servers seem to run off of any good. The thing already struggles as is.
Gaijin still stuck to the Alan Turing machine to run its servers :)
another update without being able to remove the bar armour on the tall scimmie ;-;
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and another day of no gamba
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And another day without NATO Inbuild ESM
Another day of france being the unwanted child of the game
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