Indonesian Skyhawks were limited to iron bombs and rockets, I’ve never seen a photo of Skyhawk with guided munitions
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Yes and No
Yes the A-4’s that Indonesian was upgraded to Ayit specs however most if not all of the Israeli avionics were omitted by the US and substituted with US avionics prior to Indonesia operating them as part of the deal
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They showed scale models with weapons at the commissioning ceremony.
I wish the real ones were armed too.
Airbus had shown an armed setup during the test flights as well.
Edit: I found this video. What is mounted on the nose?
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So would it be functionally the same as the Ayit in game? Or atleast use the same armament? I would assume it’d lose the ability to use the Shafrir but can still use Sidewinders.
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Indonesian A-4E’s wouldn’t be able to use any secondary ordinances of Israeli origin so no Shafrir 2 or any other ordinances of Israeli origin that the Ayit may get in future patches
They can use the rest just fine
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So in theory, potentially AIM-9Ds on the wingtips, I can live with that honestly since Shafrir 2s aren’t really that good to begin with, and it’s more about CAS than air combat as well
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The AIM-9D aren’t great either and should be treated more as a sidegrade to the Shafrir 2’s. The AIM-9D is faster, has a longer missile guidance time, slightly lighter and a longer lock-on distance over the Shafrir 2 while the Shafrir 2’s has a uncaged seeker, higher explosive yield and a slightly longer launch range over the AIM-9D.
However you are right that the A-4E/Ayit is still geared around CAS & Ground Attack mostly because inspite of the improved engines the energy retention is still not great
I assume if the rail launcher for AIM-9B and 9D is compatible with the 9P, then Indonesian A-4 in theory could carry AIM-9P
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Maybe the Shafrir 2 has a longer lock on range but its actual range is far less than the AIM-9D, the 9D has the same range as the AIM-9G since it behaves like a caged 9G, the Shafrir 2 struggles to hit targets at 2 km or even 1.5 km if it’s maneuvering, it’s also noticeably slower as you’ve stated the 9D being faster, the only real advantage it has is the uncaged seeker and explosive yield, in practice the Shafrir 2 has little over half of the range of the AIM-9D
What gameplay advantages and/or difference those helmets have over the normal Russian ones?
Little known fact but the Cobras that the Philippine Air Force operated for a brief time were ex-Jordanian AH-1S Tzefas which technically has the capability to fire Spike-ER Missiles, which is operated by the Navy funnily enough.
Sadly the Cobras were really only used to prepare the PAF for the eventual arrival of the T-129B Atak helicopters, training helicopter pilots and maintenance crews and so the cobras in PAF service were really only seen to be armed with rocket pods. It was seen with the pylons for the TOW missiles (only operated by the Army) but was not actually seen to be fitted with it.
They were decommissioned December of last year together with the OV-10 Broncos.
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I’m not into tech and electronics so frankly idk, but it used the Ukrainian SURA HMS, which I believe also used in MiG-21 Bison, which is in-game
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correct, RMAF MiG-29 and Su-30 pilots opt for MSA Gallet than ZSh-7 as it was said that ZSh-7 felt heavy on them hence chose for Gallet
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IdAF performed a live fire test of the indigenous Sari Bahari’s BNT-250 250kg bombs few days ago. As the bombs was designed for Western-made aircraft, it could offer a unique payload for some Indonesian aircraft in the proposed sub-tree.
https://x.com/Jatosint/status/1990969127066906862
Video footage on YouTube
Spoiler
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If implemented, it would likely be placed under the attack aircraft and bomber tree…?
Hawk 209 pack premium inbound
the black panther on the decal is slightly wrong though
actual insignia (left) vs decal (right)
in regards to the SELEX SEER RWR i’ve already prepared the necessary links for a while now
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This bit kinda annoyed me
It’s not experimental marine camouflage, it’s just a variant of the standard blue tricolor scheme from the 1980s to the 2000s
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ah-64e’s camo desc also is still messed up i think 🙂
