British Aerospace Harrier GR.5: The First Second Gen Harrier for the RAF

Probably No.

This is the premium we should have gotten instead of the Mig21 BigMac

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I mean its a production aircraft and one that could fill a reasonable gap in the tree, no need for it to come as a premium.

As ive already mentioned there is the GR.5 (Mk.107) we could get or something along the lines of a saudi or prototype Tornado

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Yeah… It could, just we could do with a Su39 like equivalent. We really don’t have much in the way of premium CAS. Considering it’s loadout and stuff. It would be the ideal candidate and I’d also rather get the Harrier Gr9A on the TT first.

I mean, with a full loadout the GR.9A is a long way away, right now a GR.7A would probs be the best option for a premium imo, slightly better to justify sales and not taking away from any tech tree options

There is also the Hawk 200 Night attack that could come as a prem given how it was only a single converted prototype

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Perhaps. I’d just like one with 9Ls instead of 9Ms as the Gr7 is unplayable in sim with it’s current BR

Harrier GR.9A from Royal Air Force full Air-to-Ground munitions sure and equipped AN/AAQ-33 Sniper XR

Harrier GR.7A better engine only but laser designator pod and armament like Harrier GR.7 from researchable ?

I don’t know in the future next aircraft premium pre-order pack at rank 8 for great britain it might fighter aircraft or attack aircraft

I would prefer the best 4th Gen conceptualized, The British Harrier II

I mean as i proposed we could get the GR.5 with just 9Gs and then a GR.5A with 9Ls on top of that to differentiate between the two

Yeah, we could, but I think just getting 1x Gr5 (I really really hope it would have a minimum of Aim-9Ls) is going to be an extensive battle. Especially with the Gr9 as a more likely candidate “Soon™” Whilst I’d love every single variant we could get. Experience with our “selection” of hunters tells me its unlikely to expect very much in the way of Harrier variants. Especially with how poor state they are in.

I think we should get a Harrier GR.5 (Pegasus 11-61) at 11.3 with

  • AIM 9L
  • AGM 65D
  • GBU 12
  • Mk 13 GBU
    and other retarded & conventional rockets and bombs
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That the Mk 107?

yes

Pegasus 11-61 is just the preproduction name for the Mk.107 iirc

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Which one has the better P/W ratio, the FA.2 or this?

idk, ask BAE, not me

Now that the US tech tree has the AV8B NA, we could at least get this as well as a premium counterpart for the UK. it makes no sense for them to have it and not us

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+1. Fantastic addition. Great aircraft and would be a very nice sidegrade to the new AV8B night attack. I would love for many more less advanced versions of airframes (without access to meta a2a loadouts like the GR.7’s aim9m) to come in at lower battle ratings, as I only really spawn strike aircraft for killing tanks in GRB as opposed to playing air RB with them.

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Did the GR.5A have a new engine?

No, unlike the 7A/9A no GR.5As had new engines

So just some avionics and airframe changes