planned for q2 2025 AN/AAQ-33 Advanced Targeting Pod?

[Lord Akira]

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Edited January 19 by Lord Akira

[EchoOneOne]

[Stroke 3]

On 2/16/2025 at 8:01 PM, EchoOneOne said:

 

From what i know this can be turned on and off from the control page.

Edited February 18 by Stroke 3

[mrbluegame]

A while ago Wags was talking about the f-16 in his video and at the end of the video the sniper pod was shown in the video and even after that video a little later he said that the progress on the sniper was going great and now it was not even shown in the 2025 and beyond video. Why is it not being talked about anymore?

Edited February 19 by mrbluegame
forgot to add image

[rob10]

They have said recently it is planned for Q1/Q2 of 2025.  So it's still coming, just not here yet.

[mrbluegame]

7 minutes ago, rob10 said:

They have said recently it is planned for Q1/Q2 of 2025.  So it's still coming, just not here yet.

Ah okay nice to hear

[Furiz]

Whopping 6 months ago we saw it in Wangs video, not a word after that, what happened to it?

[Roy35150]

Great stuff all round,

BUT right now the viper is imo the best module in dcs.

This is how it should be done.

Yes i welcome the sniper pod but i hope they will still allow us to use the Litening targeting pod.

Right now the viper is amazing.

 

[EchoOneOne]

On 2/17/2025 at 5:59 AM, Stroke 3 said:

 

From what i know this can be turned on and off from the control page.

Correct.

[Pingodingo]

i really hope this goes through it would really be a cool feature 

[lee1hy]

I don't know what  software version of the sniper pod DCS will using, but it should be pretty much the same as the current tgp

[EchoOneOne]

19 minutes ago, lee1hy said:

I don't know what  software version of the sniper pod DCS will using, but it should be pretty much the same as the current tgp

No, it wouldn't be the same. 

[EchoOneOne]

M7.1 in gun mode with deslaved TPOD function. 

[Wags]

Hey, everyone. We know that many of you are very anxious to get your hands on this; so, I wanted to give you a little update

All primary functions are now in, and internal testing has started. The bones are looking good, and we have a good handle on what needs to be changed/added. Please note that we are simulating the Sniper ATP per OFP 4.2+.

We are still on track to release by the end of Q2, which should be June 2025. Naturally, if in test we discover blockers that prevent this, we'll need to work on it further. But for now, things are looking good.

Also, given the large number of missions and campaigns that are using the current TGP (LANTIRN/Litening mash-up), we'll keep both around, at least for a while.

Wags

[Beirut]

Sweet! 

[heroe]

Does that mean we wont have a Litening pod on the F-16? Many countries use it, its a shame.

[YoYo]

June? Looks ok for me! Thx for the update.

[QuiGon]

10 hours ago, Wags said:

Also, given the large number of missions and campaigns that are using the current TGP (LANTIRN/Litening mash-up), we'll keep both around, at least for a while.

I hope that doesn't turn into infinity. The plan was to remove the current LANTIRN/Litening mash-up TGP or replace it by a proper LANTIRN TGP once the Sniper TGP is available, due to the LANTIRN/Litening TGP being a fantasy pod that doesn't exist like that IRL.

Edited April 25 by QuiGon

[BIGNEWY]

32 minutes ago, QuiGon said:

I hope that doesn't turn into infinity. The plan was to remove the current LANTIRN/Litening mash-up TGP or replace it by a proper LANTIRN TGP once the Sniper TGP is available, due to the LANTIRN/Litening TGP being a fantasy pod that doesn't exist like that IRL.

As Wags has mentioned it will be kept around for a while, it will give mission creators time to swap the TGP out from missions and campaigns and replace it with sniper. 

[UmamusumeMirage]

Will A10 get the Sniper pod, or is it only available on F16?

[Dr_Pavelheer]

On 4/20/2025 at 6:39 PM, EchoOneOne said:

M7.1 in gun mode with deslaved TPOD function. 

Interesting, it seems to show steerpoints in TGP like in F18. I wonder if it's a function of targeting pod or newer tape?

[BIGNEWY]

54 minutes ago, Dr_Pavelheer said:

Interesting, it seems to show steerpoints in TGP like in F18. I wonder if it's a function of targeting pod or newer tape?

It does not look like it is from 4.2+, in fact its not clear that image is sniper. But not a discussion for here. 

[VarZat]

Can you confirm if the CDE circle is a part of the 4.2+?

 

[Tholozor]

I haven't seen the circle mentioned in the M4.2+ tape guide regarding the Sniper pod's functions.

[SeeYouAtTheMerge]

4.2+ Sniper can show frag rings