I don’t usually spawn CAS in top tier, so no, I haven’t. (Or I should rather say that I don’t usually play GRB above 10.3.)
Checking in test flight tho, I do prefer the camera on the Ds and Gs, as it isn’t zoomed nearly as much. I do admit that the zoom on them isn’t great and that the additional zoom would come in handy tho
they gave it HMD cos swedish mains were complaining the SA Gripen was a C model and got HMDs, the Swedish one didn’t even have it originally till they changed it later on tbh…
The swedish Gripen A originally didn’t get HMD. Until 2000 iirc. It was also tested with RB71 and RB99. Gaijin just decided to add the early gripen A. The gripen A was decommissioned in 2012 and replaced by the gripen C’s everything it has now is what was mounted on it. The upgrade included the HMD but everything else it could already use. Its still missing some weapons but gripens from the get go were set up with the intent of being able to carry everything in swedish use. It was the C that expanded on that.
The problem was and still is gaijin limited both vehicles to prevent them from being too advanced which is why the C is still missing its 5th A2G pylon and VWS
Shutshutshutshut, I want my beautiful forward swept Berkut T_T
(plus if Gaijin wanted they could leverage it history of being ordered for the navy before converting into a flying lab and assisting with PAK FA program)
This one is fair however. Not sure about being “technology demonstrator”, but there’s afaik practically no information about this jet beyond rough estimations based of visual shape and form