| LAAD Stinger | LAAD Stinger A | LAAD Stinger C |
The LAAD Stinger is an anti-aircraft team for the United States in the Wargame series, they first appear in Wargame: European Escalation. In Wargame: Red Dragon, the unit was subdivided into LAAD Stinger A and LAAD Stinger C.
History
FIM-92 Stinger is a shoulder fired missile that uses passive infrared to track the target. It was first started in in 1967 as the Redeye II. It was accepted for further development by the U.S. Army in 1971 and designated FIM-92; the Stinger appellation was chosen in 1972. Because of technical difficulties that dogged testing, the first shoulder launch was not until mid-1975. Production of the FIM-92A began in 1978 to replace the FIM-43 Redeye. FIM-92C has reprogrammable electronics system to allow for upgrades along with the dual-detector seeker which allowed more resistance to countermeasures.
Stingers were first used in conflict by SAS during the Falklands War which used it to shoot down a Argentine Pucará ground attack aircraft along with Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma helicopter.
Overview
AirLand Battle
The Stinger is certainly one of the best MANPADs available in the game with high accuracy and high HE power, it's NATO counterparts in the British LAAD Javelin and the Swedish RBS 70 and RBS 90 while comparable in terms of accuracy and HE power, lack the Stinger's Fire & Forget (F&F) trait, forcing the target to remain within visual contact and for the team to remain exposed when firing (although it should be noted that both the RBS 70 and 90 are longer ranged than the Stinger). By contrast the Stinger's F&F trait allows the team to immediately fire on the target when it appears, and quickly move away to avoid retaliation while the missile guides itself.
It is a much more even comparison against its Soviet rivals the Igla and the Strela-3, the Stinger is just a point more accurate than both, and does a point more HE damage than the Strela-3. The main places where the Stinger is at a disadvantage are:
- The Igla outranges the Stinger, besides the Stinger being more accurate both have similar stats.
- The Strela-3 is only slightly less effective, yet unlike the Stinger it is massively available. It comes with Category B and C decks, allowing for a large bonus to the number that can be deployed, further increasing its base availability of 12 vs the Stinger's base availability of 8.
Game stats
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Class | Anti-Aircraft Team |
| Cost | 15 
|
| Armor | Front 0 / Side 0 / Rear 0 / Top 0 |
| Strength | 2 |
| Size | Very small |
| Optics |
Medium |
| Speed | 15 km/h |
| Stealth | Very good |
| Stabilizer | None |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | All |
| Prototype | No |
Weapons
| Weapons | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Assault Rifle | SAM | No Weapon |
| Name | M16A1 | Stinger | |
| Caliber | 5.56mm | Infrared [AoE] [F&F] [STAT] |
|
| Ammo | x 320 | x 4 | |
| Range | Ground = 525 m Helicopters = 525 m  Airplanes = N/A m
|
Ground = N/A m Helicopters = 2275 m Airplanes = 1820 m
|
|
| Accuracy | 6 | 11 | |
| AP Power | 0 | 0 | |
| HE Power | 1 | 5 | |
| Suppression | 40 | 200 | |
| Rate of fire | 141 r/min | 10 r/min |
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Class | Anti-Aircraft Team |
| Cost | 2  20
|
| Armor | Front 0 / Side 0 / Rear 0 / Top 0 |
| Size | Very Small |
| Optics |
Normal |
| Speed | 18 km/h |
| Stabilizer | NA |
Weapons
| Weapons | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Assault Rifle | SAM | Grenade |
| Name | M16 | Stinger | M67 |
| Caliber | 5.56mm | Infrared | Fragmentation |
| Ammo | x 760 | x 6 | x 4 |
| Range | Ground = 700 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
|
Ground = N/A m Helicopters = 2450 m Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 263 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
|
| Accuracy | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| AP Power | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HE Power | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Rate of fire | 600 r/min | 6 r/min | 5 r/min |
Available transports
AirLand Battle
- M35
- M998 Humvee
- M113A1
- M113A1 Dragon
- M113A3
- M2 Bradley IFV
- M2A1 Bradley IFV
- UH-1H Huey
- UH-60A Blackhawk
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