Discussion about potential wepons for the Gripen C

A list of all weapon systems supported by the Gripen C.
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I’d really like to see more NATO integrated weapons come to the game, for example Brimstones really suit the gripen’s playstyle for CAS and would be an excellent addition in conjunction with the Glide bombs and Mavericks, furthermore I’d also like to see R-Darter/Derby added to the Swedish Gripen, as it’d make for a more dynamic jet and said system has been shown before (Both AMRAAMs and Derby) on the Israeli F-16C, so it’s definitely possible, plus Thailand has a stock of Derbys so that could work too for them.

TLDR I want more NATO weapon sharing since some of them are major boosts across the board, and bring the gap closer to the big dogs of top tier

You ever tried brimstones before?

Played them a fair bit on my eurofighter, stay low, pop up and kill is what the gripen and eurofighter excel at, so the Gripen could get it’s 4 racks of 3x brimstones. So i can carry 2 mavericks, 3 Brimstones and 4 Gbu-39s

Well if you find them worth it, more power to you. I personally dont like them, I think theyre just too unwieldy to use in top tier enviroment.

Well I’d rather they were fixed and/or FnF but until that happens, I’d like to have as much choice open to NATO integration platforms (Like Gripen, EFT and F-16) open as possible, especially with the new SAM systems shifting the meta towards faster missiles (like brimstone or Kh38s)

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Oh, dont get me wrong, im not challenging that.

Yeah, Im not a fan of them precisely because theyre not FnF. The “brimstone trick” just takes too much work for too little reward.

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Agreed, they definitely feel lacklustre, especially with the new targeting box, but at this point anything has to be better than mavericks in contested airspace, they can be intercepted with a slight gust of wind and require perfect parameters to even hit, let alone do damage

Paradoxically contested airspace is where I prefer mavericks since they allow for full defense after launch, unlike brimstones. Its the sole reason i bothered getting swiss hornet lmao.

I adapted new tactic for them, currently need to just work out the kinks and ranges, but ive had some success with them.

Oh yeah defo, against tanks wrapped in composites and ERA theyre a coin toss on whenever they vaporize the tank or do absolutely nothing.