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The Westland Scout is a light British utility helicopter, developed during the 1960s for general purpose use by the British Army. Appearing in pilots’ hangars in update 1.91, the Scout, along with the navalized Wasp, will become one of the first vehicles available to players in the upcoming British helicopter tree, also set to arrive with the next update!
Briefly: Two early British helicopter designs, featuring modest performance and armament, making them ideal starter vehicles for the brand new British helicopter tree!
Development on the Westland Scout began in the late 1950s, however not at the Westland company, but at Saunders-Roe. Saunders-Roe developed their Saro P.531 light utility helicopter, which itself was based on the design of a previous piston-powered helicopter. The Saro P.531 already had several prototypes built and tested by the time the company was acquisitioned by Westland, who in turn, decided to continue development of the P.531.
As a result, in the early 1960s, the Westland Scout was created. The Scout conducted its maiden flight in August 1960 and was well-received with both the British Army and Royal Navy during testing. Following the favorable reception, the helicopter was subsequently ordered into production for the Army as the Scout AH Mk.1.
As work on the Scout steadily progressed, Westland continued developing a navalized version of the vehicle in parallel. The ‘Sea Scout’, as it was initially designated, only featured several minor design differences from the base model, such as a wheeled undercarriage and foldable blades and tail section, along with some other differences. After being reviewed by the Royal Navy, the ‘Wasp’ as it eventually became known, entered service with the Royal Navy in 1963, alongside the Army’s Scout.
Both versions of the helicopter took part in combat operations during their service, most notably in Borneo, the Falklands and Northern Ireland. In the end, around 280 machines of both types were built, including export models.
Westland Scout & Wasp, helicopters, Britain, V rank.
Pros
- Light and nimble
- Small profile
Cons
- Limited weaponry
In War Thunder, the Scout and its naval counterpart - the Wasp - will be among the first vehicles awaiting pilots in the brand new British helicopter tree, coming to the game with the upcoming update 1.91. Featuring performance typical for early turbine-powered helicopter designs along with modest firepower, both the Scout and Wasp will be the perfect starting vehicles for pilots just getting their feet wet with helicopters in general and British machines in particular!
Despite being practically the same design, the Scout AH Mk.1 (army variant) and Wasp HAS Mk.1 (naval variant) do possess some differences that set the two versions apart which extend beyond simple visual differences.
In terms of general flight performance, both versions are unsurprisingly similar to each other. However, with the Scout AH Mk.1 weighing about 200 lbs (~100 kg) less than the Wasp HAS Mk.1, it’s able to reach a higher top speed of 131 mph (211 km/h) compared to the Wasp’s 120 mph (193 km/h), despite using the same Rolls-Royce Nimbus turboshaft engine.
As a result, this gives both the Scout and the Wasp comparable flight characteristics to other nations’ early helicopters. This, in addition to their rather small silhouette and great agility, makes them highly suitable for sneaky attacks from cover. On the other hand however, their lightweight design and small size don’t accommodate for great protection, meaning that enemy fire is best to be avoided whenever possible.
Speaking about attacks, some pilots are likely wondering what weapons they’ll be attacking with and rightfully so! Unfortunately, those looking for a heavily armed gunship helicopter will likely be let down by the Scout and Wasp. However, for those pilots which have already flown into combat at the controls of other nations’ starter helicopters will feel right at home with the Scout and Wasp as well! Namely, the arsenal of the Scout/Wasp, although modest is no less deadly, consisting of two rifle caliber machine guns and up to four SS.11 ATGMs.
The Scout AH Mk.1 and Wasp HAS Mk.1 are both arriving to War Thunder as part of the new British helicopter tree with the upcoming update 1.91 and will be available to all pilots upon release of the update. In the meantime however, be sure to follow the news for more information regarding the next major update coming to the game very soon. Until then, clear skies pilots!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (88)
I waited all weekend for a dev blog and we get another British helicopter... yay...
I was hoping for T-90 devblog, or Mi-28 today :(
Same :(
Gaijin! This is NOT what the community wants from you, just fix the darn game already, look at the ideas on the forums, watch the video's/streams from influencers and FIX THE GAME!
Speak for yourself... i just want new stuff. Sad i cant play the new helecopters because i havent got a rank v plane or tank.
and how many of those Ideas are actually doable. I bet there will be quite a few fixes in the 1.91 update, but they havent given the patch notes for it yet since the update isnt out yet.
Give me T-90A Devblog pls!
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I don't care how bad it may be, I think it's glorious, and I love it.
I would have to agree with that statement
I 100% Agree, with you on this! +1
Why does the german Alouette get atgms from the start but the Wasp and Scout dont? Looking at the vechile the Wasp and Scout, the only difference I see is that they both have 2 less guns than the Alouette and maybe a little faster.
more 9.0 helis that will ruin playing 8.0-8.7 <3 this is exactly what we need <3
FIXED: Two early British helicopter designs, featuring awful performance and armament, making them ideal practice targets for surface to air missiles and helicopters that were developed decades after this thing was retired from service
ahhh yes "this is what we wanted for so long another helicopter to mess with 8.0+ matchmaking in ground battles" How about you fix the dumb matchmaking gaijin but no you're going to remove the maus which saw combat because its hard to balance because you keep adding tanks at its br that can kill it with ease oh like the obj 120 or the bmp1 or any other post war tank that has atgm's or dumb high pen heatfs.
LMFAO at all the crybabies crying crying crying.... Thanks for the new Brit helis Gaijin, really pumped for 1.91
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