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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 just said that they will ruin 8.0 gameplay and my comment got deleted, nice
why are you yieing man that you're coment got deleted?
SpriteFmX, lyeing*
I am all for each nation getting their own helicopter tree BUT why is the Lynx.-G premium so far and above every other nations? There are many suitable candidates without giving Hellfire & Stinger missiles for $.
I hope they will be foldered
Whoop Whoop, British Helis finally! <3
Good timing! I almost have my first rank V in the British tree. Scout and Wasp look awesome <3
It’s a lot of manpower to make large changes to a games economy and matchmaker. I’m sure they work several updates ahead and the stuff we’re seeing now has probably been finished already.
NICE! This just makes me hungry for the Bell OH-58 Kiowa though! Good stuff Snail!
OK. But when will we get rank VI jets or rank VII helicopter devblogs?
lol you guys are saints to put up with all these cry babies, keep up the good work 07
Wouldn't it be great if afther the release of a patch Gajin open a poll to see what people want for the next one ? This way we could all see what everyone want . You could ask influencer to make smaler poll to see the choice you need to put in the main poll .