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PlasmaKrab said:

Thanks for the info. I had been looking for a bit of clarification on that as well. Just two quick questions on that:

- Are you sure the USMC AH-1J was TOW-capable, and if so, from which date? The introduction of the original J model seems to predate the AH-1Q and even the ICAP TOW-integration program.
Could it be a confusion with Bell's "AH-1J International" variant, (as delivered to Iran) which carried the TOW as an option? I had gathered the AH-1T was mainly an uprated AH-1J with TOW capability. Was the guidance system retrofitted to some J models while in service?

-How positive for the APKWS being in service simultaneously with the AH-1Z?

As a side note, there's a "Sidewinder ATAM" in Obat012, if needed you could probably patch up some stats from the Chapparal as well. (I mean, the guidance system is bound to be worse than the Stinger, while warhead and maybe range should be higher)

As with most things in the OOB's there's a bit of compromise.
It's not really possible to include every helo variant and potential weapons load-out.
Since I didn't include the AH-1Q variant I merely included the TOW capability with the AH-1J's.
Tho, yes the guidance capability was apparently retrofitted to some of the AH-1J's (more or less making them AH-1Q's).

As to the APKWS, again a compromise to keep the number of variants to a dull roar.

Yeah, I looked at the Sidewinder and Chapparel in OBAT #12, but again took a compromise position. Since I'm adding several variants of the Stinger already I just used those instead.

As has been said by the "Powers That Be" SPMBT is not a simulation so it's somewhat a matter of individual interpretation/taste what compromises to take.