British Aerospace Hawk 200: The Hawk Becomes The Hunter

oom1992 · October 28, 2023, 3:26pm

+1 Need this jet fighter because currently great britain tech tree lack multirole fighter

I guess Hawk 200 Early very good multirole fighter 11.3-11.7 and Hawk 200 Late good multirole fighter 12.7-13.0

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 3:40pm

Yep, 9Ls would make the early higher than 11.0 imo, maybe 9Ps would make it 11.0.

oom1992 · October 28, 2023, 5:37pm

Actually F-4K Phantom FG.1 & F-4M Phantom FGR.2 performance & payload better BAE Hawk 200 but no guided Air-to-Ground & FLIR pod

You guess Hawk 200 Early 11.7 BR same Harrier GR.7 or lower ?

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 5:46pm

The phantoms are faster and carry more payload, but in game I would say that the Hawk would perform better just for the better manoeuvrability and, as you said, guided A2G weapons.
I could see it going to 11.7, we will see what Gaijin will do.

lxtav · October 28, 2023, 6:00pm

you have to remember its sub sonic though, i think it would be more reasonable at 11.3 or 11.0 cause if its at 11.7 it wont be able to keep up with its counterparts, plus the early variant will only carry Aim-9s and Skytrashes, meaning unless it get Aim-9Ms it will struggle

i think aim-9Ls at 11.3 would work though

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 6:05pm

Thats the thing, the GR.7 is also subsonic at 11.7. The 200 has more missiles, better maneuvrabillity while being less capable of ground pounding. While the GR.7 is better at ground attack.

9Ls and Skyflashes would, without a doubt, make it more than 11.0, both 11.3 and 11.7 are possible.

oom1992 · October 28, 2023, 6:07pm

BAE Hawk manoeuvrable at low speed better BAE Harrier II and McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II ?

I guess BAE Hawk 200 good CAS and ground attack because variety of guided ground ordnance but not sure larger or smaller Harrier GR.7 & Harrier GR.9A

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 6:08pm

also found this

No sauce unfortunately :(

lxtav · October 28, 2023, 6:08pm

No Skyflashes?

plus on one of the images shown above the Hawk clearly has Aim 9s mounted of a twin mount

lxtav · October 28, 2023, 6:11pm

not to mention this which shows the hawk carrying 7 Retarded bombs

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 6:11pm

I can understand no Skyflashes since only the demonstrator ever carried them or any type of BVR missiles. It might be capable of carrying paveways but without a targeting pod it will have to rely on buddy lasing.

lxtav · October 28, 2023, 6:13pm

the thing is they could, I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be part of the armament options if it was capable of carrying them, plus if skyflashes are compatible wouldn’t Aim-7s be as well?

galaxygms · October 28, 2023, 6:14pm

It’s probably based on the malaysian or Indonesian variants, not on the aircraft in general.

lxtav · October 28, 2023, 6:15pm

aahh ok, ive enquired to BAE about its Aden Armament anyway seeing as there’s some debate on whether the internal Aden’s could be used alongside AMRAAMs so maybe that will shed some light on it as well