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Surely gaijin, this Premium helicopter will get what its was designed with, right gaijin?
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if it did it would have to be a higher BR
It definitely would not…
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though, currently it is the same br as the YAH-64 which has 2 more hellfires than this and is only 11.3 because it has absolutely no effective defense against aircraft, if this could bring a loadout of 13 helfires and 6 ATAS it absolutely would need to move up to 11.7
Doesn’t matter. By your logic it is under-br’d as it sits simply because it has access to stingers. The YAH is over-br’d anyways. The KA-50 is 11.3.
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the ka-50 doesn’t have a thermal that’s why
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if the reports do go though, it should get, at minimum;
- the AN/APR-39(V)1 RWR
- AN/ALQ-144 IR Jammer (see AH-1F)
- M-130 chaff dispenser (see AH-1F)
and a much lower Radar (630 times smaller than the AH-64D, and 250 times less than the OH-58D)
and IR signature (half that of the AH-64A), in scout configurations, limiting it to internal stores only.
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it doesn’t need thermals. use your mark 1 eyeball and map knowledge
Also the Vikhrs are way better than the hellfire b
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yes, I was talking about YAH-64 which is at the same BR and commonly acknowledged to be very good for the br with its only advantage being 2 more hellfires
I never said that not having a thermal was a problem for me but in war thunder not having a thermal affect the BR of a vehicle, take for example the T-80UD ( 10.3 ) and the Chinese T-80UD/DU1 ( 10.7 ) one has thermal and the other doesn’t have one that’s the only difference and yet ther are not in the same BR , a thermal is really useful especially when it is a gen 2 or 3
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BVV_d already said it won’t get countermeasures.
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When?
Near the end of the Russian dev stream.
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Was it before, or after the report was accepted?
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Seems intentional but I could be wrong.
It very well could be, but as the report for the ALQ-211 was rejected due to a lack of evidence( alternate sources have been presented in the RAH-66 avionics topic). There isn’t much to confirm things one way or the other.
But if Gaijin are going to add prototypes they may as well get them right, and as nothing has been said about their particular configuration it should be on the table.
Even if it is a premium, not in the tech tree. Though it is absolutely being done dirty considering the various missing ordnance.
It really does suck considering this appears to be the extent of Gaijin’s years worth of research into the vehicle, when all it too was one keyword search into an archive, and 30 minutes of reading to turn something up.
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Before in this case. This was before the Russian dev stream ended and dev opened after that.
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It was more so to highlight that that statement was made, without certainty that he had considered all of the information, also as it’s not in English there is some room for the lack of context to make certain that that the intent is sufficiently clear in a given translation.
I intend to ask a CM in the Rumor roundup if it should still be considered current, considering the provided reports postdate the claim. when the Devblog appears, as it may answer the question.
Also the effective difference between the APR-39 and ALQ-211, if there would be any may be handy to have on hand to make the case for one or the other, if there is anything to be found.
Seems like the ALQ-211 would be a significant upgrade.
Also the APR-39A(V)1 should have synthetic aural warnings, and a digital display apparently, when compared to the baseline APR-39(V)1.
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I’ll remake an ALQ-211 RWR report, based off the above brochure. and cross reference the APR-39 one see what they say.
Now live:
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What did they mean by this?
“not enough info”
ALQ-211 is the name for the complete self-protection system, not an individual RWR.
That doesn’t make any sense, the ALQ-221(V)3 performs the role of the RWR, as it is modular, it is its designation. the RWR is not a distinct component but a module of the system. And anyway how is that grounds for the “Not Enough Info” tag?
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