Gimonz Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 As the title says, I wonder if we are going to get Sniper XR TGP for the Viper. As far as I know it's been planned but lately on some FB group I read that it's been removed from the roadmap. Irl f-16s block 50 started getting their Sniper pods in 2007 and ED says that that's exactly the era that they're aiming for with this module. Does anybody have any info on this matter or is it still a mystery? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Clark Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Current planned feature list is here: 1 Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCPanda Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Bunny Clark said: Current planned feature list is here: This is highly inaccurate. A lot of the stuff in the "Product Sustainment" section have been already introduced, but F-16 is still in the EA phase. Sniper XR was in the list, but somehow ED removed it quietly. Additionally, the list was last edited by Wags on July 24, 2020. In the F-16C Viper roadmap posted by ED on Aug 14, 2020 however, Sniper XR was in the list. (https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2020-08-14/). So I think and hope we will get Sniper XR on our Viper. +1 I would like to get a confirmation from ED whether Sniper XR will be coming for the DCS F-16. Edited March 3, 2021 by SCPanda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusC42B Pilot Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 They mentioned on facebook recently that it is planned 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCPanda Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, IkarusC42B Pilot said: They mentioned on facebook recently that it is planned Yeah they also mentioned it in the roadmap. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2020-08-14/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) It has been on and off the planned features a few times, I think it's more related to whether or not it's feasible or not. Edited April 21, 2021 by Northstar98 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimonz Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Well it's still relatively new piece of equipement so the data might still be clasified I guess... on the other hand Hornet is getting ATFLIR so lets keep our hopes up, would be really nice if ED clarified it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 You can typically find more information on the displays of ATFLIR rather than Sniper XR (at least last time I checked), there's a fair few videos of it too. There seems to be less for Sniper XR. The F-16 we have is definitely compatible with it, according to this (we have an M4.2/M4.3 aircraft and Sniper XR came on M4.1) - I think the A-10C II should also have it. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinky.ben Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I also read a long time ago the F-16 was getting the AGM-154B. I’m assuming that’s not on the planning list anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair_76 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 33 minutes ago, Blinky.ben said: I also read a long time ago the F-16 was getting the AGM-154B. I’m assuming that’s not on the planning list anymore? As I understand it the JSOW-B was a US Navy only model. After testing it was shit canned. So it follows we won't be able to use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinky.ben Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Sinclair_76 said: As I understand it the JSOW-B was a US Navy only model. After testing it was shit canned. So it follows we won't be able to use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon You are right except the AGM-154B was a airforce only project. The navy didn’t get involved in this variant. But this is my understanding from a little research so I could be completely incorrect here. I found a old post showing the AGM-154B as a planned loadout https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/brh3i7/agm154a_and_agm154b_jsow_are_back_f16/ Edited March 4, 2021 by Blinky.ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 AFAIK AGM-154B never entered service and was cancelled. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinky.ben Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Northstar98 said: AFAIK AGM-154B never entered service and was cancelled. Damn...... would have been awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Blinky.ben said: Damn...... would have been awesome I guess so, even then I question the ability of a stand-off cluster bomb that can't be retargeted in flight, and wasn't set-up to engage moving targets. It's not so bad when it's on essentially a free fall bomb - the travel time is less, and it's over the target. I don't know it just seems to me, that even with what is essentially a winged CBU-97 there's more potential to just completely miss the column you're after, especially given that it might take a fair amount of time from launch to function. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroskills Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Northstar98 said: I guess so, even then I question the ability of a stand-off cluster bomb that can't be retargeted in flight, and wasn't set-up to engage moving targets. It's not so bad when it's on essentially a free fall bomb - the travel time is less, and it's over the target. I don't know it just seems to me, that even with what is essentially a winged CBU-97 there's more potential to just completely miss the column you're after, especially given that it might take a fair amount of time from launch to function. I imagine it's more useful for DEAD than regular ground vehicles. Edited March 4, 2021 by Zeroskills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Zeroskills said: I imagine it's more useful for DEAD than regular ground vehicles. Even so, the AGM-154A is probably more than useful enough - the BLU-108 and its associated skeet were kinda more designed to take it tanks - given that they use EFPs to kill vehicles. Not saying it can't defeat unarmoured stuff - it definitely can - it just seems that it's a more expensive way of achieving basically the same thing; given that the overwhelming majority of air defence units are basically unarmoured. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberduck85 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Even so, the AGM-154A is probably more than useful enough - the BLU-108 and its associated skeet were kinda more designed to take it tanks - given that they use EFPs to kill vehicles. Not saying it can't defeat unarmoured stuff - it definitely can - it just seems that it's a more expensive way of achieving basically the same thing; given that the overwhelming majority of air defence units are basically unarmoured.Also self propelled artillery batteries are a viable target. Many modern models have decent armor. However A model is already good, just need ED to implement fragmentation damage model!Sent from my MI 10 Lite 5G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Just now, Rubberduck85 said: Also self propelled artillery batteries are a viable target. Many modern models have decent armor. Meh, I'm not seeing anything particularly spectacular on their armour, the BLU-97 combined effects submunition should have enough RHAe penetration to go through the majority of armoured vehicles, so long as they don't feature additional roof protection (which mostly seems like tanks). The skeets from the BLU-108 seem to have a few hundred mm of RHAe penetration, which might even be defeated by ERA present on the tops of turrets present on the majority of Soviet/Russian MBTs from the 80s onwards. Engine decks and any other vehicle however are easy pickings however. Just now, Rubberduck85 said: However A model is already good, just need ED to implement fragmentation damage model! Absolutely. Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberduck85 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Not spectacular but maybe more than a BRDM from the 60's.Also SP guns are more spread out when they are set to shoot, the semi-intelligent skeet sensor could find them and allows to use fewer (more expensive) ammo to do the job instead of carpeting a square kilometer of terrain.Sent from my MI 10 Lite 5G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 10:30 AM, IkarusC42B Pilot said: They mentioned on facebook recently that it is planned Trying to find that post but cant, hope it is planned still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Is Sniper pod possible, planned or ditched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceandar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I asked this to ED COO Kate Peredeko and her answer is yes. https://forums.eagle.ru/index.php?/topic/230714-DCS-World-roadmap-update#entry4235568 Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, Oceandar said: I asked this to ED COO Kate Peredeko and her answer is yes. https://forums.eagle.ru/index.php?/topic/230714-DCS-World-roadmap-update#entry4235568 Yea that was in April 2020, was hoping for more recent news on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCPanda Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 10 hours ago, Furiz said: Yea that was in April 2020, was hoping for more recent news on that. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2020-08-14/ This is more recent, and it's an official newsletter on their website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiz Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 8 hours ago, SCPanda said: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/2020-08-14/ This is more recent, and it's an official newsletter on their website. Ah nice, thanks;D Found some promo videos, don't know the exact version of those: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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