BRIMSTONE 2

Dual Mode BRIMSTONE

In March 2010 Brimstone was selected as the basis for the RAF's requirement under the Selective Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 2 Block 1 programme. The Demonstration and Manufacture contract increased the missile's performance "significantly", and converted the warhead and rocket motor to use insensitive munitions. Brimstone 2 has an improved seeker, a more modular design and improvements to airframe and software for "an overall increase in performance with improvements in range and engagement footprint", including a "more than 200% increase" in maximum range. A five-release test campaign in October 2013 culminated in a successful strike against a pickup truck travelling at 70 mph (110 km/h) in a cluttered road environment. Brimstone 2 was planned to enter service on the Tornado in November 2015, and was further updated with an insensitive munition compliant rocket motor and warhead in July 2016. It was successfully integrated onto the Tornado GR4 and has trialed on the Eurofighter Typhoon and AH-64E Apache.

In February 2016, integration trials with the Tornado GR4s saw 11 missiles fired at "[various] structures, a very small fast-moving vehicle, and [targets at the] edge of the weapon system’s performance envelope." All in all 10, or 91%, of the 11 missiles were successful; the only missile that missed its target was involved in a very short-range shot in which the missile's semi-active laser homing and millimetric-Wave seekers did not have enough time to effectively acquire its target.

In July 2016, MBDA further proposed a new variant of Brimstone 2 for the AH-64E Apache. It would specifically be for non-armoured targets in land and sea domains, but will not compromise Brimstone's anti-armour capability. It will have a launch aircraft cockpit-selectable trajectory, which will allow line-of-sight engagement (flat trajectory) and high and low missile flight profiles to avoid close-in obstacles; a cockpit-selectable capability that allows the pilot to determine the elevation and impact angle on the target to maximise weapon effect; and a new set of warhead modes, which includes delayed, airburst, impact and proximity fuzing.

On 7th of June 2021 the British Army Announced that BRIMSTONE would not be equiping the new AH-64E fleet. They selected the US-built JAGM missile along with the new AGM-114R Hellfire.

Real World against Arma
Detail	Real	ARMA	Config Value
Weapon Type	AGM		weaponType = "x";
Mass	49	49	mag: mass = "n";
Warhead Mass	9	255	ammo: hit = "n"; (Proportionate Value mass vs hit ref Mk82)
Warhead Type	HEAT	HEAT	ammo: warheadName = "x";
Fuse Type	Laser Prox		NOTE: No Direct Arma value
Fuse Range	5	20	ammo: proximityExplosionDistance = n;
Seeker	Radar, Laser	Radar, Laser	See class component type
Auto Seek Target	No	No	ammo: autoseektarget = n; (0 or 1)
Counter Measure Immunity	High	0.95	ammo: cmimmunity = n; (Range 0 > 1)
Camera View Available	Yes	Yes	ammo: cameraViewAvailable = n; (0 or 1)
Flight Profile	Direct, Top Down	Direct, Top Down	ammo: flightProfiles[] = {"<TYPE>"};
BoreSight Angle	90	100	ammo: missileLockCone = n; (Degrees)
Max Speed (m/s)	450	450	ammo: maxSpeed = n; (n= m/s)
Min Range	0.5km	500	ammo: minRange = n; (Dist in m)
Max Range	40km+	12000	ammo: maxRange = n; (Dist in m)
Indirect Hit Value		90	ammo: indirectHit = 50;
Indirect Hit Range		8	ammo: indirectHitRange = n; (m)
Maneuverability	32 G	42	ammo: maneuvrability = n; (Higher = more agile)
Danger Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: DangerRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI aware in m)
Suppression Radius Hit		N/A	ammo: SuppresionRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI suppresion in m)
Pylon/Rail	Single, triple Launcher		N/A See Hardpoint below

ARMA Class details
Ammo	Mag	Weapon	Hardpoint
rksl_amo_brimstone_dm	rksl_mag_brimstone_dm_x1_direct	rksl_wpn_brimstone_dm	BRIMSTON_DM_DIRECT
	rksl_mag_brimstone_dm_x3_triplerack		BRIMSTON_DM_TRIPLE
	rksl_mag_brimstone_dm_x3_triplerack_rear		BRIMSTON_DM_TRIPLE_REAR