Will we see the AGM 88 after the event in the game?

[The_Hutske]

Or are we not gonna see them again for months/years?

[MeanBROSofD72805]

Has bro never heard of an update?

[Morvran]

They are planned to be added to the main game

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Based upon what is said in the Q&A [1:20]. I would say quite likely we’ll see them in the June/July Major update and this Event is in part all about beta-testing them before release, which is not uncommon.

Im just praying that they dont limit it to just the ARMs we have seen the event, for example, AJ168 and ALARM would be surely missed if they were that lazy

[DankanXP311]

AGM88 will be very underwhelming, planes can carry too few and AA like Pantsir/2S6 etc can easily intercept them without any issue.

So you’re better carrying 8 SBD than 2 harms in any context…

[PyroAddict]

I was once eager for them to arrive in-game. Now, given the game setup, I unironically hope not.

The whole munition interception mechanic and the lack of a proper RCS modelling to ordnance has defeated the purpose of ARHs.

@PyroAddict

Sure it has nothing to do with OSA/strelas countering ARMs flawlessly, defeating the whole purpose of the weapon system.
Not to mention equipping them hinders any plane loadout who carries them.

In War Thunder, the incentive is so perverse that, eventually, launching an ARM will reveal the general location of the aircraft carrying them in ARB, when in reality, there was a reason why radar operators had to turn their radars off until they had visual confirmation of the aircraft.

That’s how poor realism is in-game and its implications around RCS.

[itango]

You’re better carrying 4SDB + 1 HARM to find any AA on the map by locking on.

Now you have a faux SEAD sensor.

[lglscs]

Keep in mind that all the ARM missiles in game are severely underperforming relative to their real counterparts, they have an extremely limited gimble launch limit (some ARMs were able to be launched against targets behind the launching plane), they can’t lock on targets after being launched (even the shrike could do that…), they don’t have inertial guidance to be able to hit targets even if they turned their radar off (admittedly this should have a bit more drift than regular iog systems), and they are missing their proxy fuse like they should have.

[itango]

They 100% aren’t giving the AGM-88E with MMW

Imagine the pantsir SMSV players crying about how the HARM finds them in smoke with the radar off.

[arsenal119]

Well being that munitions are unrealistically easy to intercept, they will probably just be shot down like they are by the AI.