The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft cruiser

[VFA41_Lion]

This topic is gonna be less about the 'Hog and more about the simulator's other aspects.. like naval ops and fast movers and such.

 

Anyways, the Kuznetsov is armed to the teeth. In a mission I just saw it take down a wave of HARM missiles, fire about ten SS-N-9 Granit anti-ship missiles, sink a Normandy cruiser, a Perry destroyer, shoot down the Harpoons lobbed at it, and gun down the Tomahawks. And it was entirely alone.

 

It's got guns, its got the SA-15 system, its got the SA-19 system, its got anti-ship missiles, and best of all, it can launch and recover aircraft. Russia sure knows how to build an aircraft carrier!

[Shein]

Me and a few friends have a lot of fun trying to take it on.

 

 

...we never once even HIT it...

[Grimes]

With the changed gun modeling added in FC2 (I think) the ships in the sim have gone from pretty good at defending itself to having the skills of Neo from the Matrix.

[VFA41_Lion]

No way you're going to take down the Kuznetsov with an A-10...

[Essah]

No way you're going to take down the Kuznetsov with an A-10...

 

Actually....:music_whistling:

back in Flaming Cliffs 1 days I took down Kuznetzov with an A10a, divebombing it from very high up with a bunch of MK84. Not sure if that's still possible, but worth a try. just make sure you are out of range of it's SAM's

[Inseckt]

I also took it with A-10A in FC1. Just load up two of the biggest bombs, then fly directly behind it at an height of approx 3-6 ft. While using CCRP, pop up right before and drop two. It uses some time from radar acquisition is established to actual missile launch, so I sometimes got away with it, and the bombs did the rest...

[Boberro]

I remember good days sinking 3-4 OHP per one sortie :D I took few MK-84 and few MK-82 plus 6 or 9 Mavericks. During flight I was below about 27 feet, then missiles could not hit me at all but I had to be careful against ship's AA guns - in this case I had to attack from other angle. They couldn't fire guns too then :D

[Tailgate]

Any decent carrier group would have their fleet defense fighters airborne. Good luck in a solo A-10. ;)

[Depth]

Any decent carrier group would have their fleet defense fighters airborne.

 

Something similar to this?

 

 

 

 

Only 2 air-to-air missiles on your hog though (unless you ditch the jammer), so you have to take out most of the migs with the cannon.

[EtherealN]

Well, no, fleet defence fighters wouldn't be trying to fly fingertip with the carrier. :P

 

They'd intercept things to such ranges that not even ASM's get launched. ;)

[july865]

i agree with etherealn.

when you own a $$50billion piece of hardware your stand-off range better be dam good. i have no rl experience but i bet its in the hundreds of miles.

if you like the russian version of the carriers defenses, i wonder what the ronald reagan would be like if ED would model it.

ED, would you??

[Depth]

Well, no, fleet defence fighters wouldn't be trying to fly fingertip with the carrier. :P

 

They'd intercept things to such ranges that not even ASM's get launched. ;)

 

:thumbup:

 

 

 

I just thought it would be more fair to dogfight over the carrier, those migs don't stand a chance now

[Jona33]

Yes, killing a dozen migs is very easy. Especially since if you're being picky then those would actually be Su-33's or Mig-29K's, the one that can carry 8 adders. :thumbup:

[Tailgate]

I've been thinking about putting together a Fleet vs Fleet mission (ships only) and observe the outcome. :D