British Weapon Systems - Technical data and discussion

It looks the same to me

Its probably best to wait untill the dev server (probably this friday) and we will see for sure

The gimbal limit wasnt changed tho unless i missed something?

Its the box in line with the lock. That looks new to me

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Im pretty sure thats been there for a while, looking back at old videos on Youtube it looks basically the same

In test flight the Red Tops guidance delay is also certainly longer than the new 0.3 seconds

I think the representation of the radar beam is new(ish?), but all other elements have been there for a while

Yeah, its on live live as well, so eitehr i never noticed it, or it arrived in the last few days

It seems to fade with distance, so maybe its an indication of estimated illumination beam strength at a given range?

Anyway its neat but probably doesn’t have a real purpose

I want a scope with ranges properly labeled, rather than just the max range and max gimbal limit

Yeah a proper radar update with ARH would be nice

*sigh I’m gonna have to learn manual target cyclic for the radars with the new update, aren’t I?

I should make a suggestion for allowing the change target keybind and manual target cyclic to work interchangeably

in SB I manually select target already. Means you can actually control the TWS

You’re right, I forgot it was changed some time ago

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@Gunjob, a R-Darter mounted on a Brazilian F-5EM. Can you identify this rail? It’s definitely not the same one used on the Cheetah.
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Yeah it’s just the Rafael rail I’ve seen derby mounted on. We have confirmation R-Darter/Derby is compatible with CRL so it’s no worries we will still be able to get BOL with R-Darter.

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Guessing you have a draft report ready in case the BOL + R-Darter isn’t possible on dev?

Did it months back yeah.

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YES that’s awesome!
In theory we should be able to carry it on wing tips right?

R-Darter? Not that I know of. Wing tips are IR missile only on Gripen as far as I know.

So max load would be 2x Sidewinder and 4x R-Darter with 4x CRL/BOL.

huum, I thought that since it can carry Python 4s there it would carry Derby/Darter too…
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Depends if Derby/R-Darter uses the LAU-7 style mounting and if the stores management system can support those missiles there. Physical compatibility is one thing, but the SMS knowing what to do with a weapon on a hard point is a whole other thing.

Evidence available publically only had IR missiles on the wing tips so you’d need evidence of ARH missiles mounted there for any change.

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