They just increased the range from 20km to 30km last major update (alongside the soviets getting their first Tpod equipped multirole… convenient…)
But we’ve had longer ranged weapons like PGM for over a year now. Should be effective out to about 50-60km but barely usable past about 25 at the moment
do you see it logical to switch range for a small amount of weapons vs changing it when you introduce cruise missiles in general to the game
they can change it when they feel like it and i see the second option as more logical
when cruise missiles would be added i would imagine defense already exists against them
otherwise they’re just risking another review bombing
From a static position at about 1200 meters the AGM-65D should be able to travel 15kms everything should go up from alt and speed from there.
I really dont follow…
KH-38 and AASM are effective out to 60-80km currently, or more practically, 30km with the ingame limitations.
AGM-65 maxes out at 23km even without the bugs,
AGM-84 is one option for a longer ranged weapon that would more closely match the performance of the KH-38 in terms of range. Or they could get JAGM-F or GBU-53 but those do raise questions of quantity balancing, much like the Brimstone.
All 3 would give a meaningful buff in at least 1 key way to the US at the moment and through that maybe onto others. Such as Sweden, Japan and Israel. Britain, Italy and Germany just need SAL-Only Brismtone 2s combined with GPS-Only Spear-3s until MMW can be added. China has their own version of KH-38MT iirc.
1 half of this thread is about the fact the KH-38MT barely has an equal. The other is that it does not seem to even exist
Isnt 23km the max operational range?
(just going by stat card / Wiki)
The WT Mavs are severely under preforming.
Yeah, but if they were buffed up to IRL performance, what range would they get?
26km when fired from 30k ft?
23 with a bigger warhead? What warhead do we have in game?
they’re not exactly cruise missiles though nor are they comparable here and ofcourse their range is reduced as no defense exists against them
for the kh-38 we can imagine it as a ballistic dependant missile whereas cruise missiles get their huge range from a long firing motor. you can be low and slow and it will still do the 100km or whatever their intended range is or get near it while if you want max range from these non cruise missiles you have to get high and fast and risk yourself
and like i said, no defense exists against them. if they had even higher range this game would be just ridiculous. i don’t expect missile ranges to be extended further until cruise missiles are introduced.
the agm-84 really outmatches the kh-38. you don’t need to expose yourself in such a dangerous way
the way they reach their range should be taken into account
one could speculate whether they get datalink control or not. if they’re added after we get something like patriots and harms and the equivalents then maybe.
guess we will see what happens
with the 300lb warhead yes.
G uses the 300lb
D 125lb IIRC
Yes, but it is not manual. In this book you also can find F-14 with HARMs. Hellfires on A-10
At least they must fly 10km when fired from heli. In game it cant fly 5-6km when fired from AV-8B in hover mode.
Actually, I’ve always figured the range was a game limiation. In SB for example, aircraft dont render in on a Tpod past a certain range (about 20-30km), really annoying, but figured the 20km and now 30km was just a game limiation that had nothing to do with balance.
By the fact that you can outrange most top tier SPAA at 10km, if there reasoning was increasing it to 30km was balance, then I really dont think they know the meaning of the word.
Last I knew the hellfires A-10 integration didn’t go through cause the A-10 was too fast to get a reliable lock with the 114 seeker.
Also A-10 haven’t laser designator, so it useless. But this book as i said bad.
we have both warheads in game AGM-65A/B/D/H is 125lb and AGM-65E/F/G is 300lb
A lot of ground lasing or buddy lasing was a common thing for the time.
Thank you
yes as those integrations were planned and ongoing at the time