Depends Viggen bleeds speed like crazy and it cant gain speed back fast. The biggest gripe i have with them is their damage model. One hit to the engine and it turns light yellow and will struggle to go past 400km. Hit the wing slightly and it falls out of the sky. Imo they are the worst delta when it comes to flying with damage and thats impressive as i originally thought the mirage III was the worst but its actually decent conpared to the viggens.
I don’t worry gajin add Rb 99 and increase battle rating to 13.0
Can’t up to 13.3 because JA37D unlike another modern 3rd gen fighter and not armed 4th gen IR missile
Right
Meanwhile my JAS39 flies perfectly fine without its two wings, but god forbids if you lose one of your canards :D
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It literally has no right to be 13.0 with 4 ARH.
Lose the Canard and you might as well J out. Kinda similar to the viggens, hit anything on the wing or body and it just dies. Gripens clearly to OP nerf more
Dont forget, Sea HArrier FA2 at 13.0, 9/10 times, has no IR missiles at all. Only 4x AMRAAM and is sub-sonic
Couldn’t agree more. If gaijin is really worried about it just add a late variant. This vehicle carried it in real life and should in game.
There is no Late version of the D, there is only the C which can have a late model as the C near the end of its life received the D’s upgrades for BOL and aim 9L. The D was made with the purpose of carrying AIM 120 until the gripen was ready. The only other D would be the Di Otis which isn’t a substantial change between them.
Gaijin is gaijin. But if they don’t want to add a late variant for the sake of a BR difference, then they need to add this armament now. Its supposed to have it and very much should.
Id rather it be added when the BR’s are decompressed where it wont be 13.3 and effectively kill the D off as its at a decent BR right now. If they do that then i want my home countries F16A or Norways F16A as a gap filler between the C and the Gripen A.
Few aircraft have their IRL loadouts.
Phantom FGR2 missing Aim-9Ls
Tornado F3 AOP missing ASRAAM
Tornado Gr1 Missing Aim-9Ms
etc etc
Viggen D could be renamed Viggen C (late) and then a Viggen D added at 13.3. But it really wouldnt be that good.
Im really glad they didnt just move the F3 up to 13.3 and instead added the second, but stock grinding it is pretty brutal and its not that good. F3 is likely better than the Viggen D in quite a few respects.
The problem is none of the swedish aircraft actually have their respective arms, there isnt a single viggen with the correct name. Gaijin added the C as it had internal countermeasures. They didn’t even check if the A had a CM pod before adding it. And ect ect, literally gaijin hasn’t shown a single care for swedish aircraft, its no wonder the gripens are such a mess
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Well, I mean, it is, the most important part of it.
F/A-18C basic at 14.0 BR, not armed AIM-9X, lack JHMCS and limited active radar homing missile AIM-120B only but no Air-to-Ground armament
F/A-18C MLU 1 with AIM-9X Sidewinder & JHMCS but limited AIM-120B AMRAAM and not advanced, lack Air-to-Ground capabilities, no AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening AT targeting pod and BOL chaff/flare dispenser
F/A-18C MLU 1 equivalent F/A-18A HUG Phase 2.4 (RAAF), F/A-18A+ (USN) and CF-18A IMP II (RCAF). my guess
F/A-18C MLU 1 would be 14.3
Air-to-Ground weapons, BOL chaff/flare dispenser, Link 16 datalink, AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening AT targeting pod
Funny about that, Finland is actively working on re-equipping their F/A-18C fleet with ground weapons :3
They already have the F18C with CAS though? What other munitions do they have planned?
If J-8F was given its PL-12s i dont see why Ja-37D cant get its AIM-120.
No, actually, their F/A-18C’s were strictly A-A weaponry, and has been until now.
Until now like in the past year? Theyve been able to carry CAS since the arms treaty with russia finally expired iirc. They’ve had munitions since 2015 iirc. Which when the MLU 2 was done, specifically with the role to add CAS back to them
Yes, this is what I was referring to.