AH-64A for DCS Cold War Germany?

[JoeT-2024]

Does this AH-64D now support the AH-64A cockpit and limitations for the 1980s DCS Cold War Germany map, or might this module have a later update with that?
 
The old Jane's Longbow and Longbow Gold had both flight models and cockpits

[Fisherman82]

No on first question, no on second also it has never been communicated at least but only ED knows. 

[Vampyre]

I doubt ED will revisit the AH-64 with a radically different earlier version of an already complex module. That has not been their modus operandi with the single exception of the significantly less complex FW-190A-8 and FW-190D-9... and I think other factors might have been at play there. The best US Attack Helo you could hope for would probably be an Army AH-1P/Q/E/F Cobra for CW Germany. I wouldn't hold my breath for that either as ED also has a history of doing the most modern and capable versions of an airframe that they can legally get information for so I expect that if they do a Cobra variant, it will be a Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra or AH-1Z Viper. As for an AH-64A, the best one could hope for is a third party to convince ED to allow them to develop an AH-64A. The problem with that being it would rightly be considered as sales competition to ED's already existing AH-64D which would be negatives for both ED and the potential third party developer. A lot of money goes into creating this software and, at the end of the day, it has to be maximally profitable to even be considered for development. Would I like to see a cold war AH-64A? Absolutely! Do I think it is going to happen? If enough people ask for it maybe but as it stands right now, not a snowballs chance in hell. I would love to be proven wrong though.

[JoeT-2024]

Thanks for the info and insights!  I am going to leave this open as a suggestion for the future.  I am still working my way around Cold War Germany and the Iraq maps.  Clear skies!