Countermeasures pods, BOL, and other countermeausre pods. Where are they?


Here you go. Looks a lot more than the 12 it gets.

That isnt BOL

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This is BOL

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Sorry i’ll change it but is this blue thing?

Its not quite clear enough to tell what that is but I dont think it is.

At least Id want another source stating it was BOL or that Syria even had BOL in their arsenal first though

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Hmmm well I changed the thread to take about proper flare count and missing BOL pods.

that not a Saab BOL pod.

looks to be either russian or domestic made.

appears to be a permanent modification too

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Yeah I corrected myself and the thread

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IK, this forum especially when it involves a vehicle in the “big three” can be very claiming of things from one nations own modification of a vehicle being no different to another if it benefits them. just wanted that to be clear

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The F16AM has more than just a bol pod, is a PIDS pylon, it has an included maws, and was designed by terma a danish company, those pylons cant carry missiles and the trade off is the f16AM doesnt get a radar hms

Its only the syrian and hungarian su22m3 that have fewer countermeasures than all others, but they have significantly more thrust

Yeah idk why the new finnish f18 needs 1280 countermeasures its kinda hilarious

Yeah it’s mostly Western fighters that are missing it.

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I believe its the additional countermeasures from the mig23ml

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Well I mean all modern and export besides the Swiss F/A-18 (I believe) are compatible with those BOL and I think possibly the PIDS (But that just might be the Super hornet)

It is they just super glued them on lol.

Doesn’t really matter to me. As long as BOL gets unnerfed and they’re realistically implemented to all compatible aircraft.

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Then you want what I want.

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sort of, at least when its the Saab BOL pods specifically. Saab themselves only claim their CM systems are on F15s, F/A-18, Jas39, Eurofighter and a couple other airframes as of October last year, Historically they appeared on harriers and a few extras but as they arent really in service nowadays they don’t boast about them.

I don’t really know for other aircraft such as the F16, F2 or anything from the soviet bloc what extra countermeasure dispensers were used.
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I just want them added iykwim. I feel like it would be better for the planes that get them juts to get them now even more so with the new AA.

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more countermeasures is gonna be vital in the future, whether extra CM pods stay practically worthless like BOL currently is or not

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Change title to countermeasures pods or BOL and other countermeausre pods then

Ok did it but then we also got to talk about a lot of lower BR things missing later in life counter measures