i will be using HAMMER’s as A-A missiles
And it pisses me off too,… Gaijin being Gaijin, we can’t expect them to make it right anyway
Let me guess, you saw a youtube video telling you the Rafale can carry a ton of missile and have an incredible FM, witch give you a great impatience and now you are disappointed
90% of players who requested more missiles are in this case
How about the fact that it’s been commonly repeated that the artificial limitations on the Rafale are due to budgetary and stock concerns? Exterior underwing missiles have been not only presented on several airframes at once, but armee de l’air also claims F3.3 presented new hardpoints, and dassault aviation’s own twitter demonstrates useable pylons there. To say they can’t be used is basically saying that the Rafale’s own weapon management station, the screen showing pylons, has 2 mystery slots that contribute nothing but still show up anyways for no reason
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No Im just pissed that Gaijin made Mirage 2000-5F better by giving it ahistorical pylons and capabilities. I’m also pissed about lack of underwing drop tanks on 2000 series
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Yes it has. Lower empty weight, more fuel and some tweaks to thrust and drag/lift coefficients.
I see.
I still think there are aspects regarding sustained turn that needs a buff.
I don’t care anymore,… i’ve found your website, and they’re saying this is a Testbed aircraft:
That Dassault developped with DGA, and singlehandedly funded,…
Photos come from spotters/official Dassault communication,…
yet this doesn’t prove that SP3 were wired yet, neither do they precise any Firing tests,…
Those are Development of Concepts as told before,… DGA then worked with AdAE to know if the aircrafts should be getting those upgrades or not.
Most F.3 to F.3R in AdAE were already upgraded from earlier F.2 standards, which limits some capabilities to be added on those Rafales, might explains why those F.3 standards were not getting those SP3 pylons in reality, when theorical Testbed was made.
Now, you cope with REALITY,… Dassault don’t advertise Rafale F.3 (any of those) to have SP3,… but only F.4,… so you’ll cope 6 missiles only on Rafale F.3R that is going to be added.
Being a thug about a testbed aircraft only proves nothing.
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That’s not the only link, not even my own. One was Armee de 'air’s own presentation showing F3.3 with more weapons, 2 side by side Rafales from 2011 with additional weapons, and now you imply the Rafale’s own weapon management station is lying about what the Rafale can do? For what? And where’s the actual proof that it was never wired? The evidence sounds in favor of it being wired; Rafale’s Weapon Management Station, the additional load of the F3.3, the commonly seen pylons under the wings before the flight of the F3R and contract of the F4 Standard…
Of course there’s no direct proof of it, that’s how modern aircraft are. But the evidence sure is in favor of it
Wild to claim that the aircraft itself is lying
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That I can understand
No link no proof,… give link instead.
I’m tired of arguing in the wind
So do I brother. The issue is finding sources to back this up.
@Admiral_czech would you be able to share your source for this statement please ?
None target designator pod only
Equipped TALIOS targeting pod
Equipped Damocles XF pod
Carried TALIOS pod like Rafale F3-R ~ F5 standard
Unofficial blog, however shows very real Rafale images. It shows the Rafale’s weapon management station with markers under the wingtips; which, supposedly, didn’t exist.
Rafale with a familiar pylon, this time from a Rafale M in 2013.
News from 2015 where a Rafale with a MICA under the wingtip is very visible, twice. One testbed is not 3 aircraft.
https://x.com/Dassault_OnAir/status/401727242168176640
Dassault Aviation’s twitter, 2013, showing the same pylon when stating how various its loadout is.
Image from 2011 by a visitor to the display
Rafale F3.3: Emports meaning Hardpoints, describes additional hardpoints, backing up the claim
Its quite clear that the choice of 6 missiles on a Rafale is not a limitation past F3.3, but rather, a doctrinal one to maintain stock and lower cost. This goes directly in-line with the limited purchase of Meteors later on
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brimstone would be cool
In game GPS and IIR can be launched independantly, and IIR variant does hove Imager so it caan adjust in terminal guidance, in order to hit the intended target.
Curently AASM thermal imager is none existent for now in game. However we will be able to use the OSF as a FLIR. Report as been accepted. It will have limited downward coverage (since its on the nose), but would be enough to lock and launch IR AASM
Better for knife fights
Unfortunately I don’t think they actually put it on, unlike the exterior pylons and some of the Air to Ground weaponry (None of which I’d pick over AASMs anyways)
yeah, I was afraid that EFT would have an edge in AG due to having 12 brimstones. Thank god they are extremely unreliable at best. EFT keeps the air, Rafale keeps the ground