S-3B Tanker labeled with a "B" on the icon instead of a "K"

[Stackup]

Thanks so much for adding the new model to the S-3 Tanker!  I noticed in the Mission editor/F10 map that its label is showing a B instead of the K every other refueling aircraft gets.  Not really a big deal but a break from the normal way tankers are labelled in game.

[Silver_Dragon]

Someone need remember never was a "S-3 Tanker" on reality. Only a S-3 with a buddy tank.

[Northstar98]

Not sure about this one.

Ideally the symbols should change to reflect the current role (in which case, the K would be accurate, as the S-3B tanker unit can only be configured as a tanker and can only perform the tanker role, even if there was no tanker variant IRL).

Although B is probably wrong for the S-3B unit - it should probably be either A (Attack/Strike), P (Patrol), N (ASuW patrol) or (if it was actually capable of ASW), S (ASW, carrier-based).

A link to NATO APP-6A symbology can be found here (and there's a fair amount that DCS gets wrong).

Edited October 27, 2023 by Northstar98

[Stackup]

On 10/26/2023 at 11:26 AM, Silver_Dragon said:

Someone need remember never was a "S-3 Tanker" on reality. Only a S-3 with a buddy tank.

For the record, I am well aware of this and had previously speculated/hoped that ED would be combining the S-3B and S-3B tanker into one unit during the rework as this would unlock buddy pods for other aircraft such as the upcoming A-6E and A-7E. 

However, ED decided not to give us a proper buddy tank refueling system and instead kept the S-3B as two seperate units instead of one.  As such, while we have a tanker only unit, as in that's the only thing it can ever do without a complete overhaul of the refueling system in DCS, it should be labeled with a K.

Edited October 29, 2023 by Stackup
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