Moin community,
let's groom the Wildcat.
Sources:
- "EC665, Dans les griffes du Tigre" (2013), Erich Hartmann,Air Combat n°1.
- "Le Tigre au combat, Itinéraire d'un hélicoptère hors du commun" (2012), Frédéric Lert, Air & Cosmos Hors-Série n°26.
- "Antipodean Tiger, Aussie Tiger on teh prowl" (2014), Gordon Arthur, Air forces Monthly #313.
- "Tiger land, Spanish Tiger" (2013), Dirk Jan de Ridder & Menso van Westrhenen, Air forces Monthly #299.
- "Sharpening the Tiger's claws" (2012), Vince Powell, Combat Aicraft Monthly Vol.13 No°9.
- Revue d'information de l'ALAT, n°19-24.
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http://www.airbushelicopters.com/site/e ... s_190.html
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http://www.defense.gouv.fr/dga/equipeme ... tere-tigre
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http://www.turbomeca.com/IMG/pdf/fiche_ ... mtr390.pdf
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http://www.safran-group.com/site-safran ... pour?10189
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http://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/d ... tigre-hap/
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http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/equipe ... ons/tigre/
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http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/he ... HRQAwfqJ-/
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http://www.ejercito.mde.es/materiales/h ... TIGRE.html
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http://www.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/docu ... nistan.pdf
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http://www.army.gov.au/Our-work/Equipme ... /ARH-Tiger
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http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/army/abou ... tiger.aspx
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https://www.thalesgroup.com/sites/defau ... e_2014.pdf
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http://www.helibras.com.br/wp-content/t ... Poster.pdf
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http://www.helibras.com.br/wp-content/t ... er-HAD.pdf
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[*]#??? - 367 liter Ferry Tank[/color]
Please create a new ferry tank named as above and carrying 292 kg of fuel. "Ferry" bceause they are not droppable, AFAIK, they are used in combat zone though.
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/e ... ction-had/
http://www.opex360.com/wp-content/uploa ... 141128.jpg
http://i.gyazo.com/8f279ec174206c75540268b72a4a2382.png
http://i.gyazo.com/ceb8223bfa3e95a1dd50d31aa4e73b48.png
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[*]#??? - Osiris/Strix (CCD)[/color]
Please create a new "3rd Gen, Weapon Director & Target Search, Tracking and Identification" device, based on "#4837 - Euroflir [CCD]".
[*]#??? - Osiris/Strix (FLIR)[/color]
Please create a new "3rd Gen, Weapon Director & Target Search, Tracking and Identification" device, based on "#4835 - Euroflir [FLIR]".
[*]#??? - Osiris/Strix (Laser Rangefinder)[/color]
Please create a new "3rd Gen, Weapon Director & Target Search, Tracking and Identification" device, based on "#4836 - Euroflir [Laser Rangefinder]".
[*]#??? - Osiris/Strix (Laser Designator)[/color]
Please create a new "3rd Gen, Weapon Director & Target Search, Tracking and Identification" device, based on "#4838 - Euroflir [Laser Designator]".
[*]#??? - Osiris/Strix (Laser Spot Tracker)[/color]
Please create a new "3rd Gen, Weapon Director & Target Search, Tracking and Identification" device, based on "#935 - AN/AAS-35 Pave Penny LST Laser Spot Tracker".
[*]#??? - Strix Roof Mounted Sight[/color]
Please create a new Sensor Group, for example based on "#4834 - Euroflir 410 EOS Tri-Sensor Turret [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]".
Add the Osiris/Strix subsensors you just created.
Sagem's Roof Mounted Sight as on most Tiger variants.
[*]#??? - Strix Roof Mounted Sight (HAP)[/color]
Please create a new Sensor Group, for example based on "#4834 - Euroflir 410 EOS Tri-Sensor Turret [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]".
Add the Osiris/Strix subsensors you just created but the Laser Designator and the Laser Spot Tracker.
Sagem's Roof Mounted Sight as on most Tiger variants.
[*]#??? - Osiris Top Mast Sight[/color]
Please create a new Sensor Group, for example based on "#4834 - Euroflir 410 EOS Tri-Sensor Turret [FLIR/CCD/Laser Designator]".
Add the Osiris/Strix subsensors you just created.
Sagem's Top Mast Sight on Tiger UHT variant.
Note: there may be some abstractions here as I can't figure out what sesnors each Tiger variants exactly had/have/will have based on public sources I do have at hand.
http://www.sagem.com/spip.php?rubrique73&lang=en
http://www.sagem.com/IMG/pdf/D1221E-Air ... ronics.pdf
http://www.airbushelicopters.com/site/e ... s_192.html
http://www.sagem.com/IMG/jpg/tigre_strix-2.jpg
http://www.safran-group.com/IMG/png/strix-4.png
http://www.sagem.com/IMG/jpg/aero_mil_h ... ptro-4.jpg
http://www.safran-group.com/IMG/png/osiris-2.png
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[*]#324 - EC.665 Tiger HAP -- France (Army), 2007-0, Support and Escort Helicopter[/color]
Name: please name it "EC.665 Tig
re HAP" as it's known by their operator, and delete "Support and Escort Helicopter" to normalize its name along other platforms.
Date: 2009. It have been declared operational by the 18th of may 2009.
General Data:
- Length: 14.77 m
- Wingspan: 4.53 m
- Height: 3.53 m
- Empty Weight: 4100 kg.
- Max Weight: 6400 kg. (advertised 6100 kg is a peacetime limitation, MTOW was 6400 kg in Afghanistan.)
- Max Payload: 1195 kg.
Sensors:
- delete its "Generic LLTV", "Generic FLIR" and Generic Laser Rangefinder;
- add the "Strix Roof Mounted Sight
(HAP)" you created, its arc is +/- 120° in azimuth and +40°/-25° in elevation.
- add "#2241 - AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles" (not sure they manage to use it on their HMCS but all sources mention their usage.)
Mounts:
- 30mm Giat 30/M781: its arc is +/- 90° in azimuth and +28°/-25° in elevation.
Stores:
- swap "#1336 - Mistral 1 ATAM" with "Mistral 2 ATAM" (to be created, as asked for a few posts back), in loadouts too.
Loadouts:
- "SNEB 68mm Rockets, Mistral 1 ATAM": make Mistral (2 ATAM btw) optional, they are not fitted when there's no A/A threat.
Comms: make the UHF radio secure.
Properties:
- add "Helmet Mounted Sight / Display (HMS/HMS)"
Propulsion:
- Engine name: "MTR390-2C"
- Military Static Thrust at S/L: 1285. (1556 you had is the "One Engine Inoperative" emergency power available for 30 seconds.)
(All Engines Operative Take-off Power expressed in Shaft Horsepower, which is the unit of measure you guys use for the AH-64 Apache)
Fuel: Quantity: 1105 kg
http://gallery.airbushelicopters.com/ai ... edia/21161
Note: 40 planned.
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[*]#??? - EC.665 HA-28 Tiger HAP -- Spain (Army), 2012-2017[/color]
Please create a spanish variant based on the french HAP #324 you edited.
In 2003 Spain ordred 24 Tiger HAD, to be locally assembled. In the waiting, from 2007 they received 6 HAP (which are supposed to be upgraded to HAD by 2017).
Batallón de Helicópteros de Ataque Nº 1 became operational in 2012 and have been subsequently deployed in Afghanistan.
http://s.libertaddigital.com/fotos/gale ... 413-02.jpg
(Credits: mde.es)
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[*]#1520 - EC.665 Tiger -- Australia (Army), 2012[/color]
Name: "EC.665 ARH Tiger", as it known down there.
Date: 2011. 1st Aviation Regiment have been declared operational on ARH Tiger in December 2011.
General Data:
- Length: 14.77 m
- Wingspan: 4.53 m
- Height: 3.53 m
- Empty Weight: 4100 kg.
- Max Weight: 6400 kg. (advertised 6100 kg is a peacetime limitation, MTOW was 6400 kg in Afghanistan.)
- Max Payload: 1195 kg.
Sensors:
- delete its "Generic LLTV", "Generic FLIR" and Generic Laser Rangefinder;
- add the "Strix Roof Mounted Sight" you created, its arc is +/- 120° in azimuth and +40°/-25° in elevation.
- add "#2241 - AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles" (not sure they manage to use it on their HMCS but all sources mention their usage.)
Mounts:
- 30mm Giat 30/M781: its arc is +/- 90° in azimuth and +28°/-25° in elevation.
Stores:
- add "367 liter Ferry Tank" you created.
Loadouts:
- "Ferry": add 2 "367 liter Ferry Tank".
- "AGM-114K Hellfire II, FZ 70 70mm Rockets, Light": set "#1299 - FZ 70 70mm Rocket" amount to 33 rockets.
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/a ... 8_001b.jpg
Comms: make the UHF radio secure.
Properties:
- add "Helmet Mounted Sight / Display (HMS/HMS)"
Propulsion:
- Engine name: "MTR390-2C"
- Military Static Thrust at S/L: 1285. (1556 you had is the "One Engine Inoperative" emergency power available for 30 seconds.)
(All Engines Operative Take-off Power expressed in Shaft Horsepower, which is the unit of measure you guys use for the AH-64 Apache)
Fuel: Quantity: 1105 kg
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/downloa ... 6_0332.jpg
Note: 22 planned.
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[*]#309 - EC.665 Tiger UHT -- Germany [FRG/Reunified] (Army), 2013[/color]
Name: " EC.665 Tiger UHT (ASGARD)", as it known down there.
Date: 2011. 1st Aviation Regiment have been declared operational on ARH Tiger in December 2011.
General Data:
- Length: 13.85 m
- Wingspan: 4.53 m
- Height: 5.2 m
- Empty Weight: 4100 kg.
- Max Weight: 6400 kg. (advertised 6100 kg is a peacetime limitation, MTOW was 6400 kg in Afghanistan.)
- Max Payload: 1195 kg.
Sensors:
- delete its "Generic LLTV", "Generic FLIR" and Generic Laser Rangefinder;
- add the "Osiris Top Mast Sight" you created, its arc is 360° in azimuth and +40°/-25° in elevation.
- add "#2241 - AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles" (not sure they manage to use it on their HMCS but all sources mention their usage.)
Stores:
- swap "#163 - SNEB 68mm Rocket" with "#1929 - HYDRA 70mm Rocket", in loadouts too.
- swap "#1217 - HOT 2" with "#77 - HOT 3", in loadouts too.
Loadouts:
- "HOT 2, AIM-92C Stinger ATAS": make "AIM-92C Stinger ATAS" optional, they ain't fitted when thre's no A/A threat.
- "SNEB 68mm Rockets, 12.7mm/50 MG": set "#1929 - HYDRA 70mm Rocket" amount to 19, set "12.7mm/50 MG Burst (20 rnds)" amount to 20 bursts (the gun pod hold 400 rounds), add 2 optional "#739 - AIM-92C Stinger ATAS".
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... emande.JPG
- "SNEB 68mm Rockets, AIM-92C Stinger ATAS": make "AIM-92C Stinger ATAS" optional, they ain't fitted when thre's no A/A threat, set "#1929 - HYDRA 70mm Rocket" amount to 38.
- create a loadout with 20 burst of "12.7mm/50 MG Burst (20 rnds)", 4 "#77 - HOT 3" and 2 optional "#739 - AIM-92C Stinger ATAS".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAEt4TKWNk
http://www.y-punkt.de/resource/resource ... k_1280.jpg
Comms: make the UHF radio secure.
Properties:
- add "Helmet Mounted Sight / Display (HMS/HMS)"
Propulsion:
- Engine name: "MTR390-2C"
- Military Static Thrust at S/L: 1285. (1556 you had is the "One Engine Inoperative" emergency power available for 30 seconds.)
(All Engines Operative Take-off Power expressed in Shaft Horsepower, which is the unit of measure you guys use for the AH-64 Apache)
Fuel: Quantity: 1105 kg
http://gallery.airbushelicopters.com/ai ... edia/21189
Note: 57 planned.
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[*]#359 - EC.665 Tiger HAD/HCP -- France (Army), 2014-0, Multipurpose Combat Helicopter[/color]
Name: please name it "EC.665 Tig
re HAD" as it's known by their operator (drop "HCP"), and delete "Multipurpose Combat Helicopter" to normalize its name along other platforms.
General Data:
- Length: 14.77 m
- Wingspan: 4.53 m
- Height: 3.53 m
- Empty Weight: 4100 kg.
- Max Weight: 6900 kg. (advertised 6600 kg, based on the + 300 kg MTOW that was allowed in Afghanistan.)
- Max Payload: 1695 kg.
Sensors:
- delete its "Generic LLTV", "Generic FLIR" and Generic Laser Rangefinder;
- add the "Strix Roof Mounted Sight" you created, its arc is +/- 120° in azimuth and +40°/-25° in elevation.
- add "#2241 - AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles" (not sure they manage to use it on their HMCS but all sources mention their usage.)
Mounts:
- 30mm Giat 30/M781: its arc is +/- 90° in azimuth and +28°/-25° in elevation.
Stores:
- swap "#1336 - Mistral 1 ATAM" with "Mistral 2 ATAM" (to be created, as asked for a few posts back), in loadouts too.
- add "367 liter Ferry Tank" you created.
Loadouts:
- "Ferry": add 2 "367 liter Ferry Tank".
- "AGM-114K Hellfire II, AIM-92C Stinger ATAS": make "Mistral 2 ATAM" optional, they are not fitted when there's no A/A threat. (If the name ain't automatically set, then there's a typo, the are Mistral not Stinger).
- "SNEB 68mm Rockets, Mistral 1 ATAM": make "Mistral 2 ATAM" optional, they are not fitted when there's no A/A threat.
- create a loadout with 22 "#163 - SNEB 68mm Rocket" and 1 "367 liter Ferry Tank" you created.
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/54/74/5 ... 21-013.jpg
- create a loadout with 14 "#163 - SNEB 68mm Rocket" and 2 "367 liter Ferry Tank" you created.
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/var/dicod/st ... -tigre.jpg
- create a loadout with 22 "#163 - SNEB 68mm Rocket", 4 and 2 optional "Mistral 2 ATAM".
http://www.meretmarine.com/sites/defaul ... %20efa.jpg
Comms: make both radios secure.
Properties:
- add "Helmet Mounted Sight / Display (HMS/HMS)"
Propulsion:
- Engine name: "MTR390-E"
- Military Static Thrust at S/L: 1467. (1556 you had is the "One Engine Inoperative" emergency power available for 30 seconds.)
(All Engines Operative Take-off Power expressed in Shaft Horsepower, which is the unit of measure you guys use for the AH-64 Apache)
Fuel: Quantity: 1105 kg
http://gallery.airbushelicopters.com/ai ... edia/42876
Note: 20 planned.
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[*]#??? - EC.665 HA-28 Tiger HADE -- Spain (Army), 2013[/color]
Please create a spanish variant based on the french HAD #359 you just edited.
In 2003 Spain ordred 24 Tiger HAD, to be locally assembled. Deliveries would start in 2015.
In the waiting, from 2007 they received 6 HAP (which are supposed to be upgraded to HAD later).
Batallón de Helicópteros de Ataque Nº 1 became operational in 2012 and have been subsequently deployed in Afghanistan.
Stores:
- swap "#683 - AGM-114K Hellfire II" with "#546 - Spike ER".
- swap "#163 - SNEB 68mm Rocket" with "#1929 - HYDRA 70mm Rocket", in loadouts too.
http://airbushelicopters.ajaris.com/air ... edia/24008
Note: 18 planned, first delivered in 2013, last delivery planned by 2015.
(Spanish army document where Spanish Tiger is named "HADE")
http://www.ejercito.mde.es/Galerias/mul ... o_2014.pdf
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Voila!
