I believe from the Eurofighter thread that it could theoretically mount 10, 2 pylons are exclusive to SRAAM’s and 1 for fuel or targetting pods. I believe eurofighters have the wiring but haven’t been integrated across all 10 pylons but I think theyre integrated across 8?
Even at max though its still 10 and not 12, with dual racks on the 2 wet pylons I think it could carry 12.
Rafale I believe the current maximum is 8, I have no idea of the wiring for the pylons though other than the 2 fuselage ones are for pods only.
This is correct. there are 4 semi recessed pylons and 6 wing pylons which can mount AMRAAM, Meteor or similar, in addition to the 2 tip rails which only do IR missiles such as AIM-9, ASRAAM or IRIS-T.
However due to cost and necessity, only the outer wing pylon carries missiles at the moment so the maximum loadout you’d see on a jet would be 2xIR + 6xARH or 4xIR + 4xARH. thats just air to air missiles though, they sometimes carry 2 bombs, 2 fuel tanks and a tpod with that or maybe even 4 bombs, 1 fuel tank or no fuel tank, 4 bombs and 1 tpod
I personally might expect gaijin add Rafale M LF.1 at rank VIII or Rafale M F.1 Late in rank IX from French Navy and located after F-8 Crusader in Q4 2024 or Q3 2025
Proof was found for RBE2 PESA variant having LPI or Low Probability of Intercept, which is a game changer although yet to be implemented in-game on some radars such as the AH-64D.
Let’s play a game, there’s 1 interesting thing in this photo and I’ll wait and see who can spot it first. @WreckingAres283 already knows and thus can’t participate.
So far Arakneo, Fennec, Chatbonk, WreckingAres, and even the Razbam CM has guessed it!
It is the wingtip MICA EM
This is important because Gaijin might limit the first Rafale F.1 with just a 4x MICA EM and 2x Magic 2 loadout, when it should have 6x MICA EM loadout as optional as well.
