Lantirn vs Sniper Pods
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Hello,
Can we combine the AAQ-13 Navigation Pod with the Sniper Pod on a block 52? Or, does the real Sniper Pod have low level navigation capabilities which are not simulated in BMS?
I always thought the AAQ-13 and AAQ-14 can only be used together on the block 40 as part of the Lantirn.
Thank you
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The AAQ-14 does not participate in low level capacities. The FLIR is on the AAQ-13.
So it is perfectly feasible to combine a Sniper with AAQ-13.
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Sniper pod is just targeting pod with no navigation capabilities. Things that are not implemented in BMS include RCCE mode (recce mode for automatic picture capturing of wide area for reccce purposes), multi target tracking, video datalink and so on. Also things related with focus, contrast and boresighting are not implemented.
Combine lantrin NAV pod with Sniper? Why not? May be usefull for night missions.
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You can make any combinations you want, both in rl and bms.
In rl the plane needs the software of course though.
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Are there any operational units flying the LANTIRN TGP anymore? It’s considered legacy in the-15 world now.
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Are there any operational units flying the LANTIRN TGP anymore? It’s considered legacy in the-15 world now.
Yes, the greeks, turkish ( they use sniper pod and navigation pod), south koreans, israelis, singaporians, and probably some others i missed.
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I can tell for the ones I know for sure.
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HAF uses the original -old LANTIRN on the Viper, and the old NVP pod. Future plans include the Sniper and Legion pods. F-4E AUPs use the Litening II, there are thoughts to be used with the Vipers when F-4’s will terminate their ops life. Vipers will need a SW update to adopt the Litening, but considering the Viper fleet will be migrated to the V standard soon, SW will be included by default.
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THK uses the original -old LANTIRN, the Sniper, and their new locally-produced ASELPOD. They also use both the old NVP as and a newer version of it.
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IAF uses all versions of Litening pods (II/III) on their Vipers, plus the old NVP on the Sufa.
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POLAF uses the Sniper.
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Thanks for the info.
Well hopefully they bought new old crap and not our old crap.