Its visual signature approximates that of the AH-1 COBRA, and its acoustic signature is about that of an OH-58D.87 These characteristics will greatly reduce the threat’s ability to detect the RAH-66.
It (the M-130) should also be able to carry Flares (?M206?) as well, but it’s doctrinal due to the presence of the IR jammer that they wouldn’t be needed.
Probably it won’t lead to anything, but I’ll leave it here.
Now for the RWR systems…
Comanche’s Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC) comes from ITT Avionics in Clifton, N.J. The SIRFC (ALQ-211[V]3) is a stand-alone radar-warning receiver designed to provide radar warning, situational awareness, and electronic countermeasures to help the Comanche detect, evade, and defeat modern and emerging air defense threats.
The Comanche program had a long development period, so the subsystems also had changes accordingly (e.g., the addition of the Longbow radar).
AFAIK The AN/APR39(v)1 was the initial specification, and it seems that the seemingly more advanced ALQ-211(v)3 was planned later. Sadly, however, the ALQ-211(v)3 was developed for the Comanche, so it disappeared along with the Comanche when it was canceled. So what the specifications of this were can only be guessed at through other versions.
Going back to 1993, we were visited by a representative from OSD who ran all the government R&D facilities. With him were all the directors of the labs. Their task was to coordinate their activities to support the technology needs of the program. We used optimistic weight assumptions based on their projections. As Army funding was reduced, the lab support disappeared, along with our optimistic weight projections. As for growing Army requirements, there were a total of 85+ user operational requirements document (ORD) changes from 1991 to 2001. These included:
Radar warning receiver (RWR) • Radar frequency interferometer (RFI) • Armor • High frequency (HF) radio • Radar cross section (RCS) combat kits • Link 16 • SATCOM • SADA • Fifth-percentile female • Integrated mission support system (IMSS) • Air bags • Image-intensified charge-coupled device TV camera (I2 on nose) • Internal weapons bay fuel tanks • Two-axis seats for the fifth-percentile female • Chemical detectors • Two-station external fuel and armament management system (EFAMS) • Increased gun rounds • Growth T800 engines
Is this the HSTV-L of the sky? Practically being a completely different vehicle in-game than real life, the only thing being the same is the visual model…
Do you think any of these systems will be implemented for the Comanche? I really hope so. I’d love to be able to learn and effectively use every system the Comanche has to offer. I’d like to be as potent as possible. Ever since I saw the Comanche in the Incredible Hulk I was hooked to it. I really hope Gaijin actually understands that there has never been anything like the Comanche and what it offers in capability.
What does doing all that even do? I’ve never taken Gaijin as much of a listener to their players about changing vehicles that aren’t ones they want to artificially make broken.
