CI-22 Cricket

The CI-22 Cricket is a subsonic attack aircraft well suited for counter insurgency operations and low-intensity battlefields, featuring a robust landing gear which allows for short takeoff and landing capability, allowing it to operate from unprepared fields such as highway strips.

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The aircraft’s main focus is low-altitude anti-ground vehicle strikes, either using its AGR-18 Lynchpin rockets, or using its internal 12.7mm rotary gunpod. Additional 12.7mm or 20mm gunpods can be mounted on all other pylons, making the plane into a very powerful cannon.

It does not have high speed, defenses, or agility, therefore it cannot easily defend against fast moving enemy aircraft. It lacks radar jamming capabilities and speed to evade radar missiles, it cannot operate in heavily defended territory, therefore it is only good for ground strikes in team defended areas, without a high enemy aircraft or SAM presence.

Other than its signature lynchpin rockets and cannons, it can also be equipped with a smaller amount of IR rockets for defending against enemy aircraft, and both the AGM-48s and the AGM-68s

“Designed for counter insurgency operations and low-intensity battlefields, the CI-22 Cricket features robust landing gear and short takeoff and landing capability, allowing it to operate from unprepared fields. While lacking in speed and survivability, the CI-22 possesses remarkable agility and the ability to mount an array of weapon types. ”

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