Sea harrier, no, its an fleet defence aircraft. Strongest A2G weapon it can get is Sea Eagles and maybe ALARM (though evidence is limited for the latter)
AV-8B. Ive never seen any images of it equipped. likely deemed not necessary
RAF Harrier IIs, no.
Italian Tornado IDS with GBU-39
Gripen C with GBU-39
Its not US only
According to wiki. GBU-39 is in the Arsenals of Australia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sweden and Ukraine.
Surely it is all US aircrafts…
No?
Tornado IDS is not US.
Gripen is not US
Do I need to clarify that in the thread about the American aircraft I am speaking exclusively about American aviation?
Oh right, I get your wording now, but it was terrible
When you said:
You meant:
Most likely not, The GBU-39 is only used by the US Air force branch and is not used by the US Navy or US Marines. Meaning the AV-8B most likely doesnt have them.
The wording implied only the US operates them and not only that one branch within the US operates them
Out 3 bomb carriage when gaijin.
Adding it here bc I’ve not seen an AV-8A/C thread
They are missing twin stores
That was an RAF Harrier Gr.1 XV742 painted in US colours before it went on loan to the USMC for trials. The bombs and twin store carriers in the photo are all RAF stores (UK 1000lb GP bombs and BL755)
The AV-8A can carry uk bombs
It also gets the twin stores
Not to mention the sneb launchers we have are training launchers and not the actual war time ones.
Was it ever figured out if it can actually use 4x Sidewinders (mounted on a pair of dual rack adapters if I’m reading it right), or if it’s just reusing the display to cut down on costs.
“Sidewinder Ready Indicators. Four Sidewinder ready indicators, labeled 1 though 4, are provided to indicate the AIM-9 missile status.”
“The numbered Indicators are associated with the four missile stations on the left and right outboard wing pylons as follows: 1- left inboard, 2- right inboard, 3- left outboard, 4 right outboard.”
It can take 4.
This is seen on the matadors and Thai harriers. They are almost unchanged from the AV-8A standard.
However I’m not sure if the Americans ever decided to use the twin racks as they made the harrier handle rather poorly. It moved the Cg a little out of bounds making the aircraft unstable.
This is why the FA.2 was originally going to have extended wing tips.
Do you know the rail’s designation? May as well try to build a Report for it.
Its not in the manual sadly.
Any images of an AV-8 with it mounted?
No just pictures of the matadors with them.
Isn’t the matador still a Harrier? There’s evidence that the AV-8A retained the wiring for said dual carriage rail, so it should be “technically” possible as it seems to imply that it used the same solution.
Found images at least. No idea what it could be though. Do you know what the designation is for FRS.1’s dual Sidewinder rail?
Yes but sadly there is none of a USMC plane with them.
It’s specified in a manual though so I’d at least assume that it was tested to some degree.
None of the AV-8A/C manuals have it listed.
As far as I know this is a manual for the AV-8A, no?
