Weapons

Selecting weapons

Almost all aircraft come with an STDM on two hardpoints and an internal gun, usually an MGP-like with 2400 ammunition. The exceptions are the Sk.25U, the MG-21 Mk.2, the CR.105 Mk.2, and the PW-Mk.I, which have an HGP-like internal gun with 550 ammunition, and the SP-34R, which has no missiles but 12,000 ammunition for its internal gun.

In addition, each aircraft has between one and three slots for SP weapons. Each slot of each aircraft has a selection of weapons that can be equipped to it. Each slot also has between two and six hardpoints. Each hardpoint carries one copy of the weapon with its own cooldown bar. Ammunition is given per slot and is shared among all hardpoints.

If you equip the same weapon in multiple slots, their ammunition and hardpoints are merged together into a single in-game weapon selection. For example, if you equip MLAGs (48 ammo per slot) in all three slots of an Sk.25U (2/4/2 hardpoints), they behave as an eight-hardpoint MLAG with 48 × 3 = 144 ammo, and you can lock on up to a total eight targets.

Weapons consume exactly one point of ammunition each time a hardpoint is fired, even if the weapon fires a volley of multiple projectiles from that hardpoint.

There are some exceptions to the above rules; see specific weapon descriptions below.

List

Picture	Weapon	Full name	Role	Ammo	Reload (in seconds)	Description	Compatible aircraft	Lock-on range (in feet)	Maximum trigger salvo (launched projectiles)/lock-on stacking
	STDM	Standard Missile	Multi-Purpose	184	6	Standard universal missile.	SV-37 MG-31 F/D-14 MG-29 Accipiter F/E-18 Sk.27 Accipiter Mk.2	2800	4 (1)/1
	HISM	High-Impact Standard Missiles	Multi-Purpose	48	14	Standard missiles packed with extra explosive charge. Slow travel speed and lower reload rate.	F/E-4 F/C-16 F/D-14	2800	4 (1)/1
	HVSM	High-Velocity Standard Missiles	Multi-Purpose	64	3	Standard missiles packed with more fuel boosters and less explosive charge. Faster and reload rate is higher, but damage halved compared to STDMs.	F/D-14	4000	6 (6)/1
	RDBM	Remote Detonation Burst Missiles	Multi-Purpose	30	8	Manually detonated, large-effect missile. Can stick to targets.	ACG-01 Chimera (Conquest mode only) MG-21 Mk.2	6000	1 (1)/1
	SAA	Semi-Active Anti-Air Missiles	Anti-Air	16	24	High damage. High tracking capability anti-air weapon. Target must remain painted by pilot for usage.	MG-21 SV-37 F/E-4 F/C-16 CR.105 MG-31 F/D-14 MG-29 F/E-18 F/C-15 Sk.27 Sk.37 Decimator-B F/S-15 VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera CR.105 Mk.2	12000	2 (1)/1
	MLAA	Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles	Anti-Air	36	16	Longer range with multi-target locking capability. Lower than average tracking performance.	SV-37 F/E-4 F/C-16 CR.105 MG-31 F/D-14 MG-29 F/E-18 F/C-15 Sk.27 Sk.37 Decimator-B F/S-15 VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera CR.105 Mk.2	7500	16 (1)/16
	MLAA-2	Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles - Dual Volley	Anti-Air	30	26	Longer range with multi-target locking capability. Lower than average tracking performance. Fires at targets in pairs.	VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera	7500	16 (1)/16
	MLAA-3	Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles - Triple Volley	Anti-Air	20	48	Longer range with multi-target locking capability. Lower than average tracking performance. Fires at targets in triplicate.	VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera MG-21 Mk.2	7500	16 (1)/16
	MLAG	Multi-Lock Anti-Ground Missiles	Anti-Ground	48	24	Multi-target locking capability. Anti-ground ordinance meant to clear the field.	SV-37 F/C-16 Sk.25U MG-29 F/E-18 F/C-15 F/S-15 ACG-01 Chimera CR.105 Mk.2	8000	16 (1)/16
	MLAG-2	Multi-Lock Anti-Ground Missiles - Dual Volley	Anti-Ground	36	36	Multi-target locking capability. Fires at targets in pairs.	Sk.25U MG-29 VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera	8000	16 (1)/16
	DT	Drop Tank	Anti-Ground - Unguided	4	12	Fuel tank filled with explosives, converted to ordinance use. It'll work.	T-21	-	2 (1)/-
	UGBS	Unguided Bomb - Small	Anti-Ground - Unguided	40	12	Unguided bomb. Small explosive radius but higher ammo count and faster reload rate.	MG-21 F/E-4 CR.105 Sk.25U MG-29 Accipiter F/E-18 Sk.27 CR.105 Mk.2 Accipiter Mk.2	-	8 (1)/-
	UGBS-3	Unguided Bomb - Small - Triple Volley	Anti-Ground - Unguided	26	20	Unguided bomb. Small explosive radius but higher ammo count and faster reload rate. Drops in triplicate.	F/E-4 F/C-16 F/D-14 Accipiter F/C-15 F/S-15 ACG-01 Chimera CR.105 Mk.2	-	16 (3)/-
	UGBL	Unguided Bomb - Large	Anti-Ground - Unguided	8	24	Unguided bomb. Large explosive radius.	T/F-4 F/E-4 CR.105 Sk.25U F/D-14 Accipiter F/C-15 F/S-15 VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera CR.105 Mk.2 Accipiter Mk.2	-	6 (1)/-
	EUFB	Experimental Uranium Freefall Bomb	Anti-Ground - Unguided	2	35	Nuclear weapon. Free fall. Highly recommend being outside of the blast radius upon detonation.	ACG-01 Chimera (Conquest mode only) MG-21 Mk.2 CR.105 Mk.2 Accipiter Mk.2	-	1 (1)/-
	URS	Unguided Rockets - Small	Anti-Ground - Unguided	18	16	Dumb rockets. Fires in a volley where the plane's nose is pointed.	MG-21 Sk.25U MG-29 Accipiter F/E-18 Sk.27 Accipiter Mk.2	-	8 (1)/-
	URM	Unguided Rockets - Medium	Anti-Ground - Unguided	14	20	Dumb rockets with higher explosive charge. Fires in a volley where the plane's nose is pointed.	Sk.25U Accipiter F/E-18 Sk.27 Accipiter Mk.2	-	6 (1)/-
	URMB	Unguided Rockets - Medium Burst	Anti-Ground - Unguided	14	20	Dumb rockets. Fires entire payload at once where the plane's nose is pointed.	Sk.25U MG-29 Accipiter F/E-18 Accipiter Mk.2	-	6 (6)/-
	SR	Standoff Rocket	Anti-Ground - Unguided	40	15	Single unguided rocket. Massive damage.	F/E-18	-	2 (1)/-
	RGP	Rapid Gunpod	Miscellaneous	3800	0.00999999977648258	Fast-firing gunpod.	Sk.25U ACG-01 Chimera	-	20 (1)/-
	MGP	Medium Gunpod	Miscellaneous	1200	0.0500000007450581	Standard gunpod. Similar to average fighter cannon.	MG-21 Sk.25U Accipiter F/C-15 Sk.37 Decimator-B F/S-15 VX-23 ACG-01 Chimera Accipiter Mk.2	-	20 (1)/-
	HGP	Heavy Gunpod	Miscellaneous	320	0.200000002980232	High-explosive gunpod.	F/E-4 Sk.25U ACG-01 Chimera	-	20 (1)/-
	CGP	Canister Gunpod	Miscellaneous	320	0.25	Shotgun-esque gunpod. Short-range flechette weapon.	Sk.25U Accipiter Accipiter Mk.2	-	2 (1)/-
	ASM	Anti-Ship Missile	Multi-Purpose	8	45	High-damage missile able to pierce through airship and ship defenses. Slow reload speed.	SV-37 Sk.25U ACG-01 Chimera	9000	1 (1)/1
-	EMPTY	Empty hardpoint	Miscellaneous	-	-	An empty hardpoint designed to not carry any weapons.	All aircraft except the SP-34R and PW-Mk.I	-	-/-
-	MGP-I	Medium Gunpod - Internal	Multi-Purpose	1200	0.0500000007450581	Standard gunpod. Similar to average fighter cannon.	SP-34R	-	20 (1)/-
-	HGP-I	Heavy Gunpod - Internal	Multi-Purpose	320	0.200000002980232	High-explosive gunpod.	SP-34R	-	20 (1)/-
-	CGP-I	Canister Gunpod - Internal	Multi-Purpose	320	0.25	Shotgun-esque gunpod. Short-range flechette weapon.	SP-34R	-	2 (1)/-
	BML-U	Burst Missile Launcher - Universal	Multi-Purpose - Prototype	32	40	Missile massacre. Omniversal swarm missile weapon.	PW-Mk.I	9000	1 (44)/∞
	RG	Railgun	Multi-Purpose - Prototype	30	30	Electromagnetic/cordium-powered cannon. Can pierce ship defenses.	SP-34R PW-Mk.I	-	1 (1)/-

Standard Missiles

These missiles are capable of attacking both air and ground targets.

• STDM: Standard Missiles: Choosing this as a special weapon gives you extra STDM ammunition and increases the effective number of hardpoints.
• RDBM: Remote Detonation Burst Missiles: This weapon is only available in Conquest mode. This missile only ever has one effective hardpoint. After firing the missile, a blue indicator will appear on it reading "RDBM - EN ROUTE", and pressing the fire button again detonates it. The weapon's cooldown doesn't start until it is detonated. If the missile strikes a target, it sticks to it.

Anti-Air Missiles

• SAA: Semi-Active Anti-Air Missiles: This weapon always has two effective hardpoints, and mounting it on additional hardpoints will only grant extra ammunition. The guidance for these missiles require you to keep the target within a certain angle of your nose, depicted by an octagon on your screen when you have this weapon selected. If the target moves outside the octagon, the missile will stop tracking. This means these missiles are difficult to use at short range. On the plus side, these missiles have enhanced tracking capabilities that allow them to hit targets from all aspects, as well as high damage and long range; utility aircraft take only two missile hits to down.
• MLAA: Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles: These will lock up to as many targets as there are hardpoints ready to fire. No target will be assigned more than one missile. The F/S-15-MLAA combination has the highest possible number of hardpoints for an air-to-air weapon at 10. Same damage as the SAA.
• MLAA-2/3: Multi-Lock Anti-Air Missiles - Dual/Triple Volley: These variants can either lock on to 2/3 targets per hardpoint and fire one missile each at them, or if less targets are present can fire 2/3 missiles at once on the same target. However, they have lower volleys overall and a longer reload time.

Anti-Ground Missiles

• MLAG: Multi-Lock Anti-Ground Missiles: These missiles are only capable of locking onto surface targets, when launched, the fly horizontally towards their targets before diving down on them, striking with great precision. Like their anti-air counterparts - these will lock up to as many targets as there are hardpoints ready to fire. No target will be assigned more than one missile. The Chimera-MLAG combination has the highest possible number of hardpoints for an air-to-ground weapon at 13.
• MLAG-2: Multi-Lock Anti-Ground Missiles - Dual Volley: This variant can either fire one missile at two targets per hardpoint simultaneously or two missiles at once at the same target. This increases its effectiveness against hard targets such as railgun turrets at the cost of fewer volleys overall and a longer reload time.

Bombs

When bombs are selected, an continuously computed impact point will be displayed on the ground, with a circle indicating the splash radius of the bomb.

• UGBS-3: Unguided Bomb, Small, Triple Volley: This weapon releases a volley of three bombs. There is a small delay between each bomb and a random spread; as such, high altitude, high ground speed, a lofted trajectory, and hard maneuvering will tend to increase the spread.
• EUFB: Experimental Uranium Freefall Bomb: This weapon is only available in Conquest mode. Essentially a tactical nuclear weapon. The explosion will kill you if you are within its radius when it goes off. The area it hits will be permanently scarred by the blast.

Unguided Rockets

All rockets drop off with distance. Despite being classified as an anti-ground weapon, rockets can be employed against air targets as well, though their lack of guidance and low velocity means they are easiest to use against slow targets such as airships, or in head-on engagements.

• URS: Unguided Rockets, Small: This fires a volley of seven small rockets in a ripple. They have a significant spread.
• URM: Unguided Rockets, Medium: This fires a volley of seven medium rockets in a ripple. They have a significant spread. Medium rockets pack more punch than small ones but has a lower ammo capacity.
• URMB: Unguided Rockets, Medium Burst: This fires a volley of seven medium rockets at the same time. They have a significant spread and can be best described as a rocket shotgun.
• SR: Standoff Rocket: Unlike the other rocket weapons, this is not a pod but a single large rocket. It always has two effective hardpoints.

Gunpods

Gunpods are effective against both air and ground targets. Holding down the trigger will cycle between the hardpoints, but the total rate of fire is only that of a single hardpoint.

When within 4,000 feet of a locked-on target, a floating gun pipper will appear. This pipper automatically computes lead; placing it over the target, and firing will virtually guarantee hits. Note that the gun shells will keep traveling far beyond this range, though they will drop due to gravity.

• HGP: Heavy Gunpod: It's possible to get a higher rate of fire by pressing the trigger rapidly rather than holding it down. Can reach 20 shots per second or four times the normal firing rate.
• RGP: Rapid Gunpod: It is essentially a second default gun strapped on a hardpoint. This has the highest rate of fire at the cost of damage per shot.
• MGP: Medium Gunpod: A balance between the heavy and rapid gunpods both in terms of damage and rate of fire.
• CGP: Canister Gunpod: It functions just like normal gunpods with the difference that it has a shotgun spread of flechettes, making it a potent weapon on par with the HGP.

Miscellaneous

• ASM: Anti-Ship Missile: This massive missile only ever has one effective hardpoint. It can only target ships, including air, sea, and land. Unlike other weapons, it can damage ships directly without having to destroy its subsystems first.
• BML-U: Burst Missile Launcher - Universal: Unleashes a massive swarm of micromissiles, totaling 46 warheads. Can lock onto an extremely high number of targets, with missiles divided roughly evenly across locked targets.
• RG: Railgun: Fires a high-velocity explosive projectile after a brief delay. Like Anti-Ship Missiles, the Railgun can destroy all three classes of ship without needing to destroy subsystems. Reload rate is slow.

Trivia

• Regarding the gunpod triggers, Matthew Nguyen clarified the developers knew of this glitch, but left it in as they liked it.
• Some weapons were formerly available to use in the demos (eg. the Anti-Defense Missile/ADM), but were cut from the final version.
• Many of the weapons are modeled after comparable actual aircraft armament:
  • The STDM is modeled after the R-73 (AA-11 Archer) for Russian-based aircraft and the AIM-9 Sidewinder for all other aircraft.
    • The HISM and HVSM use the same Sidewinder model.
  • The SAA is modeled after the R-27 (AA-10 Alamo) for Russian-based aircraft and the AIM-7 Sparrow for all other aircraft.
  • The MLAA is modeled after the AIM-54 Phoenix for the MG-31 and F/D-14, the R-77 for all other Russian-based aircraft, and the AIM-120 AMRAAM for all other aircraft.
  • The MLAG is modeled after the AGM-65 Maverick.
  • The UGBS is modeled after the FAB-500 for Russian-based aircraft and the Mark 82 bomb for all other aircraft.
  • The UGBL is modeled after the GBU-31, a Mark 84 bomb in a Joint Direct Attack Munition configuration.
  • The EUFB is modeled after the B83 nuclear bomb.
  • The URS is modeled after the B-8M1 rocket pod, which fires S-8 rockets, whose models are used for both rocket and BML-U munitions.
  • The URM is modeled after the Bofors M70 rocket pod.
  • The HGP is modeled after the SUU-23/A gunpod.
  • The ASM is modeled after the RB-04 (which is also the unused ADM model) for the SV-37 and the AGM-84 Harpoon for all other aircraft.