+1 Very nice
+1 would be nice to see more of a SA air tree given the gripen in uk tree
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12.7 might be a bit too far, but 12.3 would work
5 R darter would be nice at 12.3
Or 3 plus 2 kukris
i think it had the A darter not the R
The post says up to 5 R Darter or up to 2 Kukri (V3).
Cheetah also has a Fire Control Radar and R Darter I believe can be self designating.
There’s also pictures of it with R Darter.
You might be thinking of Cheetah D?
I haven’t seen any mention of the A-Darter being used with the Cheetah. Maybe it was used in testing, but the Cheetah was retired by the time the first A-Darter was launched from a Gripen.
Cheetah definitely had R-Darter, as well as Darter and U-Darter. Despite being named similarly, R-Darter is a completely different missiles (V4) while Darter and U-Darter are from the same family (V3C and V3D respectively). A-Darter (V3E) is the next missile in the V3 line but has been stuck in development.
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+1, would be nice to see this September-October time!
mistake on my part confused the two
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True, I was thinking about the 2 IR and 3 R Darter, but 5 fox3s at 12.3 might be a bit ludicrous
I mean R-Darter is the worst ARH ingame and AIM-120 is the best and the FM and radar are no better than on the ICE so really the most tangible upgrade is the HMS and CMs, but are they a huge factor for it to be above the ICE considering the AIM-120 means you will rarely get to use them at optimum.
However it does fill a role of a great conventional (lacking VTOL or Swingwing) at 12.3 now Gripen is 13.0.
Though I think 12.7 is probably the better BR for it with so many ARH’s, if it could only carry 2 R darter and 2-3 V3S with HMS then it would be perfectly fine at 12.3 with the F-14B.
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We just need a guidance fix to tell if it’s truly good or not. It’s amazing at close range tho.
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Its not that its the worst ARH but the fact it is an ARH will stop gaijin ever putting it below 12.7, only the hopeless cases such as the harriers or J8F get the luxury of being 12.3. The Cheetah airframe can at least stand its ground without losing all its energy in a single turn
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Would love to see the Cheetha’s added to Brittan and also some mirages for the 10 -12.0 bracket to have some nice fighters. South African Air tree please to use with my South African ground vics. :)
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it would be cool to have a proper sa air sub tree rather than just the gripen to keep uk air competitive in the interim
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Hot take but I think the Atlas Cheetah series should be in the israeli tech tree bc israel helped produce the upgrade package and supplied airframes (I think?). Also i dont think a mirage series plane should be in the british tech tree. Even disregarding that, it would be overshadowed by the Gripen C, which it would most likely share a BR with.
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+1
Yall really don’t want event vehicles
Why the Fuck would Israel get such an iconic and important aircraft.
The Cheetahs must and will go to Britain as Britain needs that type of performance jet.
The Cheetah C carried R-Darters, the JAS 39C couldn’t and will never in SAAF service. The Cheetah C also doesn’t have that level of manoeuvrability, as many missiles or radar but it will more likely be at 13.3; so a step down in some regards but a step up in others
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Whilst Israel collaborated with South Africa during this time period, Atlas a South African company produced the aircraft.Sure they might have used some information learnt from Israel but I don’t see how that justifies it e.g. your professor can’t just claim your project because some (not all) of the information you learnt from him
+1 for UK tree, would love to see all the Cheetahs!
Side note, how did you do that table?