So I noticed that they featured the Patriot system in the update trailer. Is it just a hint for something in the future or is it possibly getting added?
They’ve been datamined as AI targets, I guess AI targets in various gamemodes. There was a “radar” ai target in a ARB match on the dev server but wasnt really paying attention to it that much
I’d imagine it’s just going to be an AI controlled unit. We’re still yet to see how the snail would go about implementing multi-unit SAM battery’s for player use, and I doubt the first one they start with would be one of the most potent SAM systems in use today.
Patriot would absolutely blow Pantsir out of the water in terms of capability - and we all know how broken Pantsir already is, so that’s surely not happening.
Maybe it will be a static defence on the new airfields we are getting? Would give the base zombers in sim a thing or two to think about lol.
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I saw a lot of people asking for the Patriot overview in the dev streams for the update - what do people expect to do in a stationary SAM site?
I’m just thinking cause how many people are complaining about not having good SAMs. This would definitely wipe the floor in any ground battle.
Is some ways they could implement it on wheeled platforms but it would also require more systems to function.
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broken pantsir, are you kidding me???
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Yes the Pantsir is broken. You have to kiss the ground to even have a chance to survive, and that’s not even bringing up its range. In some maps you can’t even get away from your airfield before getting shot it.
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Yeah, i’ve seen a lot of US players seemingly expecting Patriot to be playable and i’m just assuming they don’t know how nuts that would be.
ADATS definitely is no longer good enough, But Patriot would be legitimate no fly zone.
Broken in terms of how vastly superior it is compared to everything else in the game, yes. Am i kidding you with that fact? no.
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Think it’s just a ground target we don’t actually get to use, it’s just a reference to the current war in Ukraine for some reason.
and the fact that the S1 made only by papers and not real combat its just funny
(S1 cant track normally small/slow fliyng things)
From what I understand it was show cased for the SU-34 cause of the audio released a few months ago.
The only way i could see it coming to warthunder is as a static defense for airfields but that would still be insane given the patriot has a range of 160km.
They would have to nerf the range by a very large amount if it did come as static defense.
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I wouldn’t be opposed to it as a base defence if they majorly, artificially limited it’s range. The Rolands are useless.
Something like 20km in Sim would be nice. Give the Zombers something to think about. (Though…we could have had Pantsirs do that for a while already)
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Well since they are also adding the first stealth aircraft to the game, It wouldn’t be insane if they added it in certain ways. It would definitely be later on in the game though when more stealth aircraft were added for both sides.
Now it is time to join this SAM .The plane will become superior ,from kh25 to kh38.VT1 ADATS It’s no longer useful .Infact su34 and other 4 gen jets it can take cover this SAM
Yeah of course, so would like all battery based AA systems. Pantsir is a TELAR, and a very mobility oriented one at that, meant to function isolated if it can. There are multiple other TELAR systems you can compare to, and if we’re talking about TEL systems like Patriot we need to account for S-300s (SA-10) and the such.
Would be absolutely great in SIM or in the big EC maps. Also, would be great for community/custom events/battles
like this
Most people play their SPAA as stationary SAM site anyway, so i guess not much would change lol.
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