Eurofighter Typhoon - Germany's Best Fighter Jet

[HakwHunt]

I mean, we could propose a sort of Semi Active mode? What if we had to initialy guide them WITH lasers to a target before it goes “active” and guides on its own with a REALLY slow reaction time?

That way theyd basically function as a Fox1

[Morvran]

its because Brimstones use MMW.

They “explain” here in the Tornado Gr4 dev blog

Spoiler

@Stona_WT

Developer comment: We’d like to mention that Brimstone will only have semi-active laser homing (SAL) mode in the game. The fire and forget mode and the active radar homing seeker will not be available for a few reasons. The primary reason is that this seeker utilizes the “lock-on after launch (LOAL)” mode, this mode allows the weapon to be fired in the general area of a target without needing any actual precision from the operator, who can remain at long range in complete safety.

We feel weapons that can be used outside of the direct line of sight of the target without needing any preliminary reconnaissance or direct user targeting are not currently workable for the game. Weapons such as Brimstone, AGM-114L cause a particular problem and similarly to other ATGMs that have lock after launch modes like the Spike and AJ.168 will not have such abilities in the game.

These weapon types present several issues all at once, they require no challenge to use effectively and have no counterplay options for those being attacked. The attacker can operate outside of the range of any anti-air system in the game, Brimstone is also immune to smoke, so this won’t help either.

ARH modes for air-to-ground weapons won’t be workable until natural and artificial interference to these guidance systems can be implemented, as there are no electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare systems in the game. Adding these weapons now would allow them to operate perfectly without any counter, which we don’t want to do. Additionally, at closer combat ranges ATGMs with ARH cannot distinguish between allied and enemy targets, and this would lead to a large amount of accidental teamkills as well.

but the only thing of note is the fact that the MMW seeker can see through smoke. The rest is somewhat nonsense

[Zer0_Tru7h]

Has the plane lost the ability to accelerate vertically? it was doing it yesterday but not after the afterburner nerf it seems. Even without weapons.

[Morvran]

I think dry thrust is still lacking a bit of power

[Sean74218]

Eurofighter Typhoon (Germany) Dev Thread

not sure, i don’t have WTRTI installed, but its engine feel plenty strong enough but it does now supercruise at Mach 1.42 @11,000m [image]

It might be correct now

[ron_2303]

I looked a bit into the basic capabilitys of the Captor-M:
-apperently it operates in X-Band at 8-12GHz
-can be Gimbaled upto +/- 60 degrees horizontal and vertically
-can hold lock over its shoulder
(upto 100 degrees offcenter, still need to find a propper source for that tho)

The Captor-M Radar - Defense Archives

Top ten fighter radars

https://www.bmlv.gv.at/truppendienst/ausgaben/artikel.php?id=807

[Ruskie_Turtles]

If the weaponry isn’t being held back for game play reasons, why are we not receiving aim9li-1 with a smokeless motor, as that’s absolutely a game changing mechanic in sim?

[Morvran]

a CAPTOR-M improvements is in the works, so until we see that, no point reporting anything

[luque13]

Also much slower, though
The best way to use Brimstone isnt as a standoff weapon but almost as a guided rocket.

The Kh-38 is a standoff missile with great range and good tracking that requires no additional input from the launch aircraft.

[ron_2303]

Ik but like smin said:

@Smin1080p_WT

Nothing on Typhoon is fully configured however I would recommend reporting anything you believe is missing. As far as I’m aware there are not many radar reports.

[Morvran]

I asked gunjob in the other thread if I should hold off on things like reporting the low INS tracking time, and he said yes. So gunna wait for now

[ron_2303]

ok
didnt see that until now

[HakwHunt]

Yeah that seems fine to me!

[Thodin]

@Morvran_

but the only thing of note is the fact that the MMW seeker can see through smoke. The rest is somewhat nonsense

Sounds like a superior air to ground weapon is made worse than current russian ingame ones…

They could have made them work like russian KH- fire and forget missiles. No reason to make them lol laser guided bombs with rocket engine.

[HakwHunt]

Its because we can carry 18 of them on 1 jet.
18 FnF weapons on 1 jet seems like a bit much don’t you think?

[ShOt_MaCkEr]

18 brimmstones equals to exactly 1 pantsir killed, lol

[Thorluis299272]

70± azumith

[Thodin]

@HakwHunt

Its because we can carry 18 of them on 1 jet.
18 FnF weapons on 1 jet seems like a bit much don’t you think?

They can restrict the loadout count? All I know is that laser guided stuff becomes meaningless above 10.7 BR - 11.0 BR. SPAAs are too powerful for jets which need to hold laserlocks. Its suicide.

[WereCat888]

They said the reason they don’t want to add ir or tv seekers on them is because it wouldn’t be accurate. So they limited them to only use the laser mode. Even if they only had ir they would be op, if they went back on the the accuracy part and made them tv at least that would be good but it wont happen.

[ShOt_MaCkEr]

We need to look into it further, because if Typhoon has the ability to perform evasive maneuvers while still lasing the target - they’re cooked, packed and sent via doordash to the closest garbage disposal facility. By them I mean pantsirs - the only SPAA that can somewhat pose a threat to typhoon.