I’d see the Cheetah E somewhere around 11.0 and then the C being at 12.0 with the R-Darter and then the Gripen would go to like 13.0 with the R-Darter and 9M combo.
I assume 2 fighter aircraft before F-4M Phantom FGR.2 might be Mirage IIIEZ & Mirage F1AZ
Another 3 fighter since 10.3 ~ 11.0 in rank 7 would be Mirage IIICZ, Cheetah E & Mirage F1CZ before Tornado F3
In my opinion, for Cheetah C very good 3rd gen fighter aircraft and could be 12.3 or 12.7 before Gripen C, and in the future Gripen C increase BR to 13.0 with add 5th generation IR AAM IRIS-T replace AIM-9L/AIM-9M
Ideally we can get the Gnat at 9.3 as well as the Sea Vixen FAW.1 at 9.0 and the Supermarine type 545 at 9.3 too. Then we can get a Hawk variant at 10.0-ish the Cheetah E at 10.7-11.0 and then the C as I said at 12.0-12.3 and the Gripen goes to 13.0-13.3.
Mirage F.1’s would be cool but only if theyre modified ig. The one with the Mig-29 engine and R-73’s seems unique enough for me to not feel like we ‘stole’ from France.
To be honest, I really have no interest in the JA39C from South Africa. At least Gaijin could give us some vehicles from Commonwealth realms, such as Australia or Canada.
I don’t mind it, it’s a very fun plane and South Africa deserves some air representation. However it is basically destined to become a stepping stone in the way of the Typhoon so I can understand how someone would be disinterested
If Sweden and South Africa weren’t in-game we would have gotten it anyway because we have the closest ties to it outside of operators and obviously Sweden.
It was a joint product between BAE and SAAB at one point.
I don’t mind it, its a good stepping stone and prepares you for what the ‘full-capability’ aircraft will look like.
I certainly don’t mind adding a top-tier vehicle to the British tech tree, considering that many British players may not have the Swedish JAS39. However, the modern SANDF’s military culture and traditions are not as closely linked to Britain anymore. So, I would prefer to see some RCAF or RAAF fighter jets instead. As long as Gaijin can let me fly the CF18 in the game in the future, I don’t think I have much to complain about
In the past, one thing that really angered me was GAIJIN placing our Canadair Sabre CL13 under the German tech tree. I suppose not many people care about low-tier vehicles now, but back then, it was a top-tier vehicle. I don’t mind Germany having the CL13, but it’s truly intolerable that the CL13, which served extensively in the RCAF and RAF, is not under the British tech tree. Especially considering that in the 1950s, Canada’s official name was still the Dominion of Canada. Actually, if GAIJIN were to introduce a premium CL13 for British tech tree today, I would probably buy it without hesitation, even if I don’t fly it much, purely because I just love it
Do we have anything that can carry similar AGMS to the new Kh-38s? I know we have the tornado with pgms, but they are horrendously slow and not viable at longer range imo
I don’t have a definitive answer for that since I don’t want to speculate on what the developers may or may not be thinking. I can say the P.1154 at least meets our suggestion standards (as evidenced by the fact that the suggestions exist on this site) and that they may be considered by the developers at some point in time.
It’s less of a Germany takes them and more of Why haven’t they been added under the Canadian flag(or at least the UK) for how long they’ve been in-game?