100% dont expect to ever see GMTI
Soon TM
did you read or just get angry because I mentioned a British thing?
Lmao no you can try to use that when you’re not talking to someone who also plays British air. But your claim to need ASRAAM because of 9 missiles on an aircraft striked me as you being ignorant
The Finnish F-18C is identical to the American one for air RB and air sim.
It’s obviously going to be 14.0.
Gripen E would be a sidegrade to F-18C.
They’ll come when they’re ready.
I think Gripen-E is way more likely to come together with any future update that brings electronic warfare and plane-to-plane datalinks (or perhaps awacs) mechanics to the game as those are the major selling points of it.
Also, the suggestion for it got passed to DEV’s very recently. (JAS 39 Gripen E - Swedish Perfection)
Still think they couldve just added one of the numerous NG models when the EFT/Rafale came.
Plus you gotta admit seeing one of the weird NG models would be very interesting considering some of the models.
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True, would have been cool to see a NG with IRST, bigger wings, MAWS and the new engine.
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If Brazil is added this would essentially be the only unique E esq model to sweden considering i don’t believe the late model NG’s are different from the E.
Depends if Thai gripen E is added.
I don’t think there really are “late” NG models, they have been used to test large amounts of different technologies at different times and on different crafts, so some features that were tested early might have been removed from the NG but still came on the E later. So the NG would likely just be a “lost and found” bin of tech that the DEV’s just build themselves to make it unique (which i really hope they do, i’d rather have something different than something “good” when it comes to the NG). I hope they add things that didn’t make it to the E later like the bigger wing for example.
The E can be the thing they add to make it actually good, like with ECM, EW, IRIS-T, Meteor, etc.
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More so simplify it for the snail. Considering the Gripen C status… some models of the NG are definitely weaker than a standard MS21 Gripen E while other are more inline and close to the E. Like having IRST on the nose or the same rear wing designs.
IIRC The E didn’t receive the end wing extensions the the NG was tested with (if we are referring to the same thing).
Thats what i was talking about i thought some of the models had their wings changed back to what would be the design for the E since the tail was different originally though i may be wrong
NG still looks better imo
Now i’m not sure, but the best way i have found to see it in images is at the point where the wing meets the body at the back, the JAS39C (and likely E) has that little “notch” to not make the wing meet the body at 90 deg while the extended version meets the body in a straight line.
SAAB’s commercial for the E has the “notch”:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n50suTPXXSo
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I would very much not like to see the Gripen E in the next few patches, much more so some sort of Gripen NG.
The whole schtick with the E is the incredible EW suite, the most powerful one there is just why of the F-35.
But that thing is massive in comparison and just has the space for more cooling/power generation.
Before such systems are implemented i strongly feel som amalgamation of an NG testbed is more appropriate as we will still get the “basics” as of current war thunder, such as improved weapons, increased load out, RM16 and aesa radars (Es/05 raven). And then we can get the more intricate stuff with a true Gripen E.
Or fuck it, just give us the FS2020…
Unless I am mistaken, it is very comparable to the French Rafale, and both outclass the F35 when it isn’t dedicated to the role? Or isn’t the Israeli version of it.
Well, the systems work differently, I’m not sure i would say one outclasses the other. But with a larger size such as the f-35 you certainly have the capacity to put in bigger radars the an/apg 81 is simply larger in size and can thusly accommodate more antennae. With that comes an increase in power generation and heat, so an increase in cooling capacity as well.
So, from a pure power perspective the f-35 has the edge, what these systems do and what effect they can put through is different however.
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Ah yeah, was referring to the entire ECM suite as a whole rather than just the radar. I do concede the point on the radar though.
A NG model is more likely to be added as a stopgap; I can’t see how the 39E would be introduced without Meteors or IRIS-Ts. And gaijin will most likely plug the CAS issue with a newer Finnish F/A18.
Personally I would be very bummed if the 39E came this early, without more advanced missiles and EW having been implemented… at that point it just feels like the same C but with more missiles, fuel and a better engine, but with none of the techy EW features or super advanced missiles that it has irl.
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Yeah, Rafale came in missing a lot of the snazzy stuff, and whilst it is great to have a Rafale, would have been cooler if it had all the bells and whistles.
Though I do maintain it would have been nice to see something closer to E with the update that gave us the Rafale and EFT.
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