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GUNSHIP!

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Over the past couple of weeks we've been flying Gunship!, and after many phone and email exchanges with the developers, we're ready to give you a run down on some of the game's features. We'll also be examining some of the issues COMBATSIM.COM's readers have been concerned with, and we have some of the development team's responses to some of your questions, as well as some of ours. Bare in mind this is a preview, not a review of a finished product, and instead of going through each of Gunship!'s features in depth (we'll save this for the review), we'll have a brief look at the really interesting stuff.

Take note: The version we are currently using is 2.11, and many of the game's features, most notably the flight model, are not complete in this build. As we mentioned before, we've communicated a great deal with the developers and producers, and we have answers straight from the horse's mouth regarding some of these features that aren't working properly, or simply weren't ready in time for the build we received: More on this later….

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Fig. 1. Tiger in Nap of the Earth profile

Flyable Aircraft

The player is able to fly four different helo's in Gunship!. The AH-64D Apache, WAH-64D Apache, UHT-2 Tiger, and the Mi-28N Havoc are available in both single player and campaign missions. Each of these choppers has a unique suite of armament, and below is a partial list of the weapons available.

AH-64D
  • M230 30mm Chain Cannon w/m789 HEDP and m799 HEI ammunition
  • AGM-114K Hellfire (laser guided)
  • AGM-114L Hellfire II (mm band radar guided)
  • Aim 9L Sidewinder
  • FIM-92C Stinger
  • M261 Rocket launcher w/ HE, MPSM, Flechette, and WP rockets
WAH-64D
  • M230 30mm Chain Cannon w/m789 HEDP and m799 HEI ammunition
  • AGM-114K Hellfire (laser guided)
  • AGM-114L Hellfire II (mm band radar guided)
  • Starstreak A-A missile
  • CRV7 Rocket Launcher w/ HEISAP, MPSM, and Flechette rockets
UHT-2 Tiger
  • Giat AM-30-781 30mm cannon w/HEAPI and SAPHEI ammunition
  • Hot 3
  • ATGW-3LR Trigat Imaging Infrared Fire and Forget
  • FIM-92C Stinger
  • TDA-Type 68-22 Rocket Launcher w/ ECC HE, EAP MPSM, and Flechette
Mi-28N Havoc
  • 2A42 30mm Cannon w/ API and HEI ammunition
  • 9M114 Kokon (AT6 Spiral) ATGM
  • 9M120 Vikhr M (AT-16) ATGM
  • 9M29 Igla-AD (SA-16 Gimlet)
  • S-8 Rocket Launcher w/ HE, MPSM, Flechette, and Smoke Rockets

 

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