This is a video from the helicopter’s objective control systems. It is not intended to be shown on a wide IMAX screen. It is intended to analyze the actions of the crew. The system is simple. A flash drive (of a different kind than you are used to) is inserted into the helicopter and video information from all screens and sights of the helicopter is recorded on it. It is possible to record screens selectively. The less screens are put on the record, the higher the frequency of video recording. The more screens, the lower the frequency. Small frame rate is set to save space on the storage medium and recording speed. To save the recording, it is once again converted to the desired video format, which also affects the quality of the video you are eventually shown and we’re not even talking about video compression.
In the cockpit, the crew sees everything smoothly and cleanly, without these freezes and jumps.
Such videos say nothing about the true quality of the picture in the Apache or Ka52 cockpit.
then find me a true image of a KA-52 FLIR because i haven’t seen one, until otherwise, thats the only proof i’ve seen, and either way, thats a poor image rendering and i don’t know who would use something that poor to record something.
25km isn’t that remarkable for modern missiles, these days helicopters have extended range variants of missiles like the JAGM (AGM-179), Griffin (AGM-176) that are carried in greater numbers than the one / two per station of the LMUR.
This goes onto Ka-52M, not Ka-52, as the sights were modernised with some other things.
Ka-52 use GOES-451, which footage the video shows.
Here is day channel of GOES-451M, I will find thermal one in a bit.
Left one is without zoom, second one uses optical zoom at around 5 KM).
That not my point, i just don’t accept a guy that post a random comparison withouth even know the standard to make a comparison and then claim something bad.
AH-64 and many modern CAS Heli will have more weapon that has at least 20km range, they are and they will exist.
And here is another image showcasing GOES-451M
Left is day channel zoomed at 1000 meters, right is thermals zoomed at about 5,4 KM.
I apologize for thermal camera being so blurred around the edges in advance, as theres no other photo showcasing both at same time.
Uh, sure. Right now I’m going to buy a nice expensive camera, get in the ka52, turn on the thermal imager and take a short video. Give me five minutes.
It’s a well-known fact that 99% of the helicopter videos or images you can find online was heavily degraded and compressed.
Plus all helicopters regardless of the quality of their irl thermals in the game have at least 2+ gen for playability. For example ah-64a, which in real life have 1st gen in game flies with 3+. So ka52’s thermal can even be worst on whole earth irl but will be minimum 2+ game.
And that better than vast majority of apaches videos. Choose the option yourself. USA for some stupid reason give worse thermal to the military and better to the police. Or the military all over the world equally dislike showing their real capabilities so they always degrade the picture before show it.
Ummm what ? As someone who was infantry every infantryman has night vision standard issue. It’s a vital part of our kit and we always have it. There’s no “Struggle” to outfit everyone even non infantry (POGs) get night vision. There’s no situation dependent that it gets taken away. You always have it, it may not be mounted to your Kevlar, but god help you if you’re caught without it on your person. On top of that we had a thermal monocular in every fireteam and every post had had atleast 3 larger thermal observation devices.
The image provided is not the same available to the pilots in cockpit.
Recorded videos are compressed and downgraded to be able to be stored in on board memory drive.
Try recording 4k videos and sending them through telegram. The result is not a 4k video anymore
