Surely actual targets for the Martel missiles will be re-added to air RB right? …Right?
Whilst I understand the point you are trying to make. The damage is already done via the other All-aspect slingers at that BR, its unfair though, that its only a few nations that have such an asset, in perticular, the Premiums. It is ultimately though, a compression issue. Though in June, some of these aircraft can move about and help relieve the problem a bit.
That being said. The Buc S2B I dont think will be the same at all. First things first, it has no guns, its primary and only form of Air to air defence is the 2x 9Ls. Secondly and this is the more important point here. They are optional. I reckon even in ARB, you wont always run 9Ls and in gamemodes like GRB, probably never.
I know in ASB I’ll have 9L loadouts ready, but i’ll probably not use them often
So how many GBUs it could take? only 3?
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Interesting that it was the RAF and not naval version that had AShM capabilities
I think so. 3 + Pavespike. I dont think any can be taken in the internal bomb bay
Just a matter of timings.
The Sea Harrier was equipped with Sea Eagles Im guessing that there was little point for the RN to upgrade the Bucs with ASMs as they were being phased out anyway. The Bucs would have probably been scrapped altogether if it wasnt for the fact that the RAF was in need of them, and so modernised them.
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The RAF S.2B version was equipped with Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles in real life.
True but also a heavy blind fold from Gaijin.
The Super Étendard is a perfect exemple of that → MAGIC-2 is currently limited to never go under 11.3BR Aircraft.
But AIM-9L have no problem being put on 10.3 aircrafts…
→ showing a Heavy differences in between nation balance. (Magic-1 is a good rear-missile, but is not an All-aspect one, making the Super-Étendard to always be defensive, unless being undetected)
However,… lot of 9.3 aircrafts (F86F30 and previous/MiG-21F-13 or Su-7’s as exemples) with no flares/no missiles are facing those missiles.
The problem is that Gaijin is not giving similar means to any nations, and Absolutely ZERO ways to counter those missiles for the lowest BR range aircrafts.
Similarly, a La-15 compresses so much that you can’t dodge AIM-9B shot at high speeds from 1.2km-1.5km away.
To me the whole game in between 8.0 to 12.7 today is needing a HEAVY BR Rework, with actual Relimitation up to 13.7BR
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Well, Great Britain is kinda one big aircraft carrier, so also its air force is kinda like navy…
Just joking, but what I mean to say s that also the air force would be tasked with coastal defense, given the geography of Great Britain, no?
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All the aircraft that have 9L at 10.3 are subsonic
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Just ignore the massive difference in flare resistance.
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That as well but i think they have less range
Somewhat, the drag buffs did close that gap a lot.
Having to use pave spike instead of TIALD is going to be painful. No thermal and no target lock capabilities 🤢🤢🤢
Sometimes the aim 9l got a pretty good flare resistance and even if you flare it will hit you.
cough cough *Jaguar IS
There are reasons why Sweden is referred as The Greater German in the Chinese Community, they always get some OP stuff that is more advanced than the German one.
It having no guns is irrelevant when it has 2 9Ls that can near-guarantee 2 frags against subsonics that lack CMs. Against supersonics it depends on speed and angle.
And adding another 9L/R60 platform to bully the flareless aircraft BR range just because we already have a few is a damn copout. It isn’t solving the problem it’s only making it worse.
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Yet another aircraft with AIM-9Ls to continue in the destruction of the entire 9.0-11.0 BR bracket.
They ruin the fun for flareless jets like the F-86F-2 in downtiers, and are completely and utterly useless when they’re on your team in an uptier.
I’m all for new ground strike jets, but putting these things at a BR where their SELF DEFENSE missiles are more often used as offensive weapons is insane. Put the A-10, AMX, Su-25, and this new Buccaneer at 10.7 or 11.0 where these missiles belong.
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You know that not how it would work as they would become useless