Rafale M used Magic 2s and MICA EMs as well.
Just as Typhoon used AIM-120s and AIM-9s.
You are over-estimating Typhoon’s other characteristics.
He is?
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https://x.com/Armee_de_lair/status/1823717564263825748
two rafales collided while returning from a refueling mission over germany, so far only 1 pilot has been found
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SAR Squadron has been dispatched to find the other two.
One Rafale C and one Rafale B, the pilot of the C has been found, the search for the two in the Rafale B is ongoing.
Fingers crossed they find the other two unharmed as the first one.
they unfortunately didnt make it
3/30 Lorraine 80th anniversary camo would be cool to see on the Rafale
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Hot damn!
From the 4 dispensers, we can have 72 flares/chaff on the smaller side. 112 fixed chaff. So a total of about 184 countermeasures.
You can take a maximum of 32 60mm flares/chaff or a maximum of 72 40mm flares/chaff, and there’s mix and match in between those numbers for the regular dispensers.
Rafale re-uses Eclair and Spirale from the Mirage 2000s but has four less dispensers of the Eclair-M system.
Interesting video of a Rafale dumping all 72 flares, you can even slow down the video and individually count the flares:
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Interesting find using a primary Dassault document. On Dassault’s website, it states 10,000kg empty weight.
However another document lists the empty weight of the 3 variants. Rafale C weighs the lightest, Rafale B weighs more, Rafale M weighs the most.
Rafale M does not even reach 10,000kg.
This is important to note as many sources comparing the Rafale and Eurofighter’s TWR incorrectly place the Rafale’s weight too high.
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I believe rafale M is 10000kg
Very close, Rafale M, atleast the early ones, is sitting at 9,900kg empty.
So Rafale C at 9300?
Btw do you think we will get the 3 variant or only the C variant?
Hard to determine. They may get each standard of each variant in the game at some point but it’ll have no real interest except cosmetics and so performances. If we want the best Rafale overall then C is the way to go it’s the lightest. If gaijin decides to implement different variants for the different standards we might see Rafale C F2, Rafale M F3R and Rafale B F4.1. then the best out of them will probably be the F3R as it’ll have the METEORs while being lighter than the F4.1 but F4.1 might get access to MICA NG but it’s DF performances will be slightly worse. But the best choice to have would be the C overall. And having all variants of all standards in game would be a loss of time as you’d have to grind 3 times planes that have same loadouts just diferents looks/performances.
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The figure is made up and has nothing to do with reality.
Not exactly,… it was the Proposed Charts when Dassault and France tried to sold the Rafale at export markets.
But i agree that it doesn’t give the reality of the current Rafale Capabilities.
Now that’s what I call a meteor shower ;)
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Technically 6 METEOR and 4 MICA (2xIR and 2xEM, might even be NG variants), if you get rid of the STORM SHADOW missile
Also look at that magnificent piece of Anti-ship missile, the infamous AM.39 Exocet ^^"
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