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Today we’re taking a look at some early screenshots and information about the Agusta Westland AW159 Wildcat attack helicopter, coming to Great Britain in the next major update!
The AW159 Wildcat is a modern multi-role helicopter developed to meet the joint requirements of the British Army and Royal Navy. This helicopter features advanced avionics and modern guided weaponry, equipped with a modern radar and an onboard defensive systems consisting of an RWR and countermeasures.
We’ve already created the general geometry of the AW159 model and are now working on the details for it. Just from these screenshots alone, you can see just how complex the model is turning out to be. It’s going to be even cooler when the camouflage is made, which we’ll show you soon!
Work on adding the armament is proceeding separately, as this will determine the AW159’s rank and Battle Rating. It’s already clear that the AW159 is set to be a strong alternative to the Lynx and Apache. We’re making the Martlet, a small guided missile that will be new to the game, specifically for the AW159. This helicopter will be able to carry a substantial amount, either 5, 10 or even 20 at once! While these missiles will struggle to destroy MBTs, they are quite effective against lightly armored vehicles and other helicopters. We’ll be carefully looking at the new missile’s performance to ensure the Wildcat finds its rightful place in the research tree.
We’re also working on pods featuring a special variant of the SPIKE ATGM for the AW159. Whether the AW159 will receive these missiles entirely depends on preliminary testing, as they would significantly increase the helicopter’s Battle Rating.
Keep patient, as soon we’ll publish a full dev blog on the AW159 Wildcat once the model, camouflage and weaponry is ready. That’s it for today’s news, the full dev blog season will start very soon, so stay tuned and keep an eye out for the first one!
Please note that vehicle specifications and model visuals may be subject to revision and change before being added to the game.
Comments (27)
Comments will be premoderatedSo the real question; when will Martlet (aka LMM) make its down to the Stormer?
Will the Stormer HVM get the Martlet?
P.S put the G-Lynx on sale please so we can grind the tree ;)
You can also use tanks to research helicopters. Just im case you didn't know 🙏
And add additional separation for BR matchmaking for Heli PVE, please. Especially for 9.7s or 10.3s that can't compete with top tier helicopters.
Stomer HVM can also fire martlets, how about adding them to that as well?
My favourite helicopter of all time, have not touched helicopters in War Thunder yet but this might just convince me!
Give it a try for sure :)
I tried so many times, still can't even take off, ran out of keybinds lol
Looks amazing!
The Spike missiles were added latter on, originaly the helicopter had only marlet missiles (2019). Spike is an export requirement. You can add the Marlet varriant to UK tech tree and Spike into Japanese. But i wont play it over AH-64E with muvh better kit...
Makes sense as the Wildcat is a Naval Helicopter with a primary ASW role ( UK). It's not intended for an anti-armour role like the Apache.
Even if it is an export requirement, there is nothing standing in the way of incorporating it into the UK tech tree. It doesn’t matter whether the UK actually used it on the AW159. It would be a different story if a country that imported the AW159 had made it possible through its own modifications, but it was the UK itself that equipped the AW159 with the capability to use spikes.
Pretty! Also WY-55 Hellcat by beloved
Will it get it's torpedoes?
Helo's as of yet are not in Naval game modes. So there is no need for that.
Any chance we can see going forward helicopters getting the torpedo's they should have? For example the Westland Wasp's 2xTorpedo's? So that when the Wildcat comes it get's it's Stingray torps? (And for the torps ingame if applicable, to finally get homing capabilities?
No plans at this time considering torpedos do not work on land,
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