Report for the ability to stow the gun
[DEV] RAH-66 Comanche missing ability to stow it’s turret
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.
Some will be, probably not all, but at least with the reports lodged early I’ve done my bit.
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.
So the Comanche got the APR-39 and LWR in the last patch, and this little line at the bottom of it’s sensors page.
Hopefully this is indicative of it getting it’s countermeasures given, well, CM programs are useless without CMs.
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You think IRCM also? And it’s 130 countermeasures right?
It won’t get 130 countermeasures, documents just say it has M-130 dispensers it doesn’t give a definitive number so reasonably it would either be 1 or 2 dispensers. Each M-130 dispenser has 30 total countermeasures. The amount of chaff and flare is up to the crew since it is configurable. So really it should end up with either 30 or 60 CM’s.
Not an effective ircm tho, just that disco ball thing that doesn’t do anything to irccm missiles that every fighter and sam would be using at this br
It’s the same IR Jammer that the MH-60L DAP and AH-64’s has which from what I’ve is passable. By far not the best but also can come in handy a few times.
It surely isn’t Ka-50 IRCM, but I’m hoping it even gets it. Is it staying at 10.3? (I don’t remember what the ground or other mode Br it is).
Right then this is just ridiculous now
Clearly they just don’t care about modelling this thing correctly.
Just watch them come back do the same with the M-130 report now.
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With the ability of the RWR (ALR-39A(V)1) to identify emitters, it could be set up to (Active, Covert, Standby, Off) automatically to activate only in response to a relevant IR threat being detected, so the power could be provided activating the Noise source (Arc Lamp) should it be needed by the pilot.
Also the ALQ-144(V)3 is literally installed on the AH-64A. So it does exist on a real vehicle, and as an aside, the mention of both high and low frequency modulation means it is likely able to inject the appropriate signals to defeat some types of IRCCM.
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“This was not implemented on a real vehicle”
Oh that is glorious BS and they know it.
Should we dig back out the Yak-141 and it’s entire sensor suite and weapons which were never implemented onto a real vehicle?
Also, don’t the SU-57 and F-35 have DIRCM? If IRCM contradicts the concept of stealth aircraft then why does the two most flaunted stealth aircraft in current existence have IRCM built into them?
Like, this is really well known.
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[DEV] The Comanche is Missing (at the very least) the AGM-114K // Gaijin.net // Issues
Tossing this up here for visibility.
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Potentially we could ask for most variants, if they consider the following. I think it might be a good idea to ask for the -114N since We’re only getting the HEAT warheads for the hydra’s.
More reports all are live, now.
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The warhead of the AGM-114M missile contains 2.511 kg of PBXN-109 explosive, which corresponds to 3.21 kg of TNT equivalent. With such a small amount of explosive, it will hardly kill any tanks in game and even struggle to kill some SPAA. It is pointless to have such missile in game.
Comparing the specified TNTe to already implemented similarly weighted HE warheads it should have about 30~32mm of penetration, that’s more than enough for the roof / engine decks and sides of many tanks, let alone SPAAG / TEL(AR). But that’s not really the use case since the existing HEAT warheads Hellfire variants are better suited to that target set(armor).
The reason for adding them would be for better effect against lightly armored targets since the HE Warhead has superior fragmentation, and blast properties as modeled, and to provide standoff capability should be needed considering the range deficiency of the Hydra 70, and the lacking accuracy of hellfire’s and to some degree could act to counter-smoke in effect due to the increased blast effect vs variants that use the (Tandem) HEAT warhead.
If we assume that the fill weight of the AGM-114N is similar to the -114M, (same pre-launch mass between the -114M &-114N as seen in above chart(s)) but change the Re Factor to reflect that of FAE as modeled based on the (now defunct) value given to the S-13DF of 3 that still provides an estimated TNTe of 7~7.5kg or so, which puts penetration on the order of about ~40mm RHAe, and significantly increases the Fragmentation radius vs the -114M, and approaches that of a 155mm HE shell.
So it’s not as if it couldn’t do anything, don’t forget that the APKWS II using the M151, and M282 warheads are implemented which are far less performant.
Any idea what they mean by this?
“The source says nothing about RAH-66”
Do I legitimately need to prove that the RAH-66 can carry Hellfires?
Would the screenshot already attached to the report not have been enough?
Or is it more to prove the overlap of the RAH-66?
