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I think 45kts for SS-N-27 ASW payload is very good deal
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I agree, and it's electric!
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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
In my experience at least, the present situation is such that you basically would never carry a Stallion. Its torpedo is inferior (and will remain so after even this latest downgrade of the torp on the SS-N-27). The missile itself has greater range but of limited utilitity since you won't really shoot that far anyway and the SS-N-27 has more than enough reach...
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Correct. The Stallion is a remant of the era when nukes would detect each other across CV's, and then practice firing nuclear SUBROC's at each other.
The nuclear SUBROC was the PRIMARY ASW weapon of the Cold War Era.
In fact, it's even likely that having the SS-N-27 in the game is anacronistic boardering on quaint.
In ASW terms, the Stallion has such a range to be considered perhaps in DW as an "operational level weapon", something like the mines. Generally speaking, unless you have intel that the acoustic conditions are producing a CV of such and such range band for the CV1 and you know there is a nuke coming your way, the Stallion just isn't going to be much use.
In terms of the mod, there isn't much we can do about this. Unlike the MK46 to Mk54 conversion, or the SET-53 to YU-8 conversion, the Stallion is not COMPLETELY useless, and it is not likely to be replaced by anything in the near future. In fact, it does/did it's job quite well, it's just that it's job doesn't come up very often in most DW missions. But if you find a nice fat CV with a nuke you want to torpedo... you've got the right weapon in the Stallion.