Its fairly important for hard maneuvering. I also noticed that the Shar HUD has AOA markers all the way up to 20 units.
If they added the Harrier III (which would just be a GR.9A with the Shar 2 nose and Blue Vixen) then we could have a Harrier that can do very well in dogfights and do BVR with plenty of missiles
That could be cool but unfortunately one was never built irl so it would be unlikely.
It is more real than some of the vehicles at top tier. The only argument against it is that it wasn’t built but other than that we know how fast it would have been, how it would fly, what weapons it could carry and how they would be carried
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True but gaijin seems to stick with if it wasn’t build it doesn’t get added.
At least with British and South African stuff, the F-16AJ is impossible and hasn’t been somewhat corrected
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This is true.
The FA.2 is pretty capable now it just suffers from limited load outs.
I’m not saying it’s bad, the Shar 2 is very capable in air combat but the Harrier III would have the Stryker HMCS or HMD (not sure which) 8 missiles all with BOL and carry both cannons with missiles, not to mention Harrier II flight performance and engine
The Gr.9 can not carry a gun unfortunately.
The Harrier 2 is limited in speed and altitude.
But I agree with everything else.
The GR.9 is just a software / avionics upgrade over the GR.7, so as the GR.7 can carry a gun pod the GR.9 very likely can too. Obviously it didn’t do so in service though.
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Nvm so that’s good to know.
The option was there if needed.
Should the Shar HUDs not be physically much bigger in game. They look far too small and the FA.2 HUD looks tiny.
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Didn’t they redo the tail as well?
GR.9’s tail is the same as GR.7s.
It’s the T.10/T.12 that has a different tail, to offset balance issues extending the front fuselage for the second seat.
Rear fuselage was rebuilt (some sources say only on ones fitted with Mk.107 engines), but they look the same.
In the US, AV-8B NA and AV-8B+ have a longer heat exchanger inlet on the tail, but that was never incorporated on British Harriers.
I swear I’ve read about the tail getting replaced on the GR.9s, give me a bit I’ll see if I can find it
The Harrier III was meant to a fighter but also do some precision strike to retire the Harrier IIs that were in service, it literally said in the site I found it that it was going to carry gunpods for training missions so it doesn’t need to be learnt at other times
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Would have been basically a better AV-8B+ radar attack.
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Better than even the upgraded AV8+ that is currently being retired
I have seen that there was also a proposed radar upgrade that would have come with it that would just make it so the radar can guide more missiles in flight (talking about more mid flight course correction with datalink)
Yes the plan was to just give the Gr9As the Shars Blue Vixen Radar in the nose.
However they quoted the upgrade at like 25 million and in classic MOD fashion they called it too expensive.
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Guys, a reminder please. This is not a place to discuss politics. Please keep on track.
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