Lead Pilot

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“	Required to operate helicopters. This role comes with a stripped down kit for self-defense.	„
	~ In-game description

The Lead Pilot is one of the Kits available in Squad. This kit is necessary for flying helicopters. It is essentially a Squad Leader kit with Pilot abilities.

Description

Allows squad leaders to operate air support vehicles. Gives vehicle squads access to command chat, map markers, fireteam leads, fire support markers etc. Also has access to Rally Points and Radios, but needs three squad members/3 team members respectively to place them.

This kit is available to conventional factions only.

Gameplay

• In most factions, Lead Pilot has two red smoke grenades instead of regular white ones, possibly intended as distress signals.

Kit Variants

Faction	Primary weapon	Secondary Weapon	Explosives	Smoke grenades	Medical supplies	Addtl. equipment
Australian Army	EF88C Tracer + Specter, 2 mags	Self-Loading Pistol Mk3, 2 mags SOCP Knife	—	M18 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
British Army	L22A2 Tracer + SUSAT + Foregrip, 2 mags	L131A1, 2 mags SA80 Bayonet	—	L132A1 Red Smoke, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
Canadian Army	C8A3, 2 mags	Hi-Power Pistol, 2 mags Bayonet2000	—	M18 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
United States Army	M4, 2 mags	M17 MHS, 2 mags M9 Bayonet	—	M18 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
United States Marine Corps	M4, 2 mags	M9A1, 2 mags OKC-3S	—	M18 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
People’s Liberation Army	QBZ95B‑1, 2 mags	QSZ92, 2 mags QNL95 Bayonet	—	DSF161 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Type 95 Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps	QBZ95B‑1, 2 mags	QSZ92, 2 mags QNL95 Bayonet	—	DSF161 Smoke Red, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Type 95 Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
Russian Airborne Forces	AK-12, 2 mags	MP443 Grach, 2 mags AK74 Bayonet	—	RDG2 White Orange, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Russian Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
Russian Ground Forces	AKS-74U, 2 mags	MP443 Grach, 2 mags AK74 Bayonet	—	RDG2 White Orange, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Russian Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
Middle Eastern Alliance	HK 51, 3 mags	Hi-Power, 2 mags G3 Bayonet	—	M18 Yellow Smoke, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Soviet Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point
Turkish Land Forces	SOR-109T + HNA, 2 mags	SOR-9, 2 mags G3 Bayonet	—	M18 Smoke Yellow, 2 grenades	Field Dressing, 2 packages	Field Binoculars Vehicle Repair Tools Rally Point

See also

• Kit Role Selection
• Vehicles
• Helicopter flying