Shall I list all the decisions gaijin has pulled over the years to keep the soviets competitive? I don’t think I can, but I will start:
KA-50/52 dominance in GRB for years which has only recently come to an end because of #3
Only nation with decent spaa for like three years
Best CAS nation in game b/c of the KH-38MT and S-130Fs
UFO soviet armor
Unwillingness to give NATO CAS FnF capabilities or NATO ground modern rounds for MBTs b/c soviets have no analogues and would obliterate balance between ground vehicles
Questionable additions to the game such as the Kronshtadt and the Sevastopol
Made center-mass hit to NATO mbts always disable turret traverse based on little to no evidence
Nerfs to stingers because “muh igla”
PT-76-57, BMP-2s, and 2S38 are criminally under-BR’d while the Bradley is useless at the same BR. Speaking of, 50 cals got an overheating mechanic because “too op,” but no overheating for these?
Thermals for T-80B and U based on single prototype, but still waiting on those prototype Abrams hulls…
Stealth is pretty much irrelevant in the game because of the map sizes and distances involved. It still has the same Hellfires and ATAS as the AH-64D. It’s just going to be a gimmick and probably sell a lot because it looks cool, but that’s about it.
The only thing that annoys me it’s that it’s a premium and not an event reward or tech tree. I’d love to get my hands on it, but I’m not paying 70-80 bucks for a vehicle on a tech tree I already grinded.
Stealth helicopters are absolutely real, the Bin Laden raid was done with Silent Hawks (stealth Blackhawks), which were built with lessons learned from the RAH-66 program almost 30 years earlier. The efficacy of the Comanche’s stealth mechanics are only questionable due to the F-117’s implementation in-game, which as we all know is 85% useless. Was the Comanche in reality on par with the Nighthawk in terms of stealth? Not at all. But again what it comes down to is what Gaijin dictates and the fact that War Thunder, despite its claim to fame being, “realism” is highly unrealistic.
Maybe i mix smt up here but the Binladen Raid was, as u saied, done by Silent Hawks, modified Blackhawks with the main purpose of making as little noise as possible.
“stealth” helis may be a thing, but as far as i know its basically just “less noise” and not really stealth in terms of Radar/IR signature, as u cant really to enough here to make a meaningfull impact. But ofc u try to minimize Radar signature, but its just dosnt do very much.
Hellfire B(Lima hellfire is a joke nowadays), No flares / chaff whatsoever, don’t have any AA missiles, basically same useless good as defunct longbow radar
I was really looking forward to this helicopter, but boy… that’s hopefully not final, 'cause that’s some hot garbage right there.
Also kinda hilarious that in the Russian live stream the radar is useless just like the radars on helis on the live server (by the looks of it. I don’t speak Russian but they clearly say “radar” and he has trouble locking that plane, so…).
As for now, that’s a clear AVOID vehicle.
