Just remembered I had this screenshot from somewhere, I genuinly dont know where I got it, nor does it indicate which station is numbered, but it is interesting:
We could technically cross reference the chart to the known weapon stations for comparison tho. Interestingly it also includes Skyflash/Aspide, which @Gunjob says the radar cant illuminate for, along with the asymmetric loading of the AMRAAM being odd, so it likely this isn’t accurate.
As a sidenote, allegedly the source for the 14 meteor Typhoon is Eurofighter themselves:
Yea, a art from Eurofighter World
Spoiler
rather easy to figure out
Yeah its a future concept for how they envisage the Eurofighter to grow into its role as a more mature platform.
They expect that it will take advantage of datalinking and stealth aircraft as well as air defence networks such as Type 45 destroyers, Sachsen’s and Horizon class’ in order to use its high service ceiling and speed to launch Meteor from long range whilst allowing assets like F-35 to remain hidden but provide mid-course corrections.
Very much like what the F-15EX is supposed to do from what I can tell.
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Yes it will be allowed, we are talking about 13.0+ BR’s?
Tbh this looks like a render to me not sure tho
Peep the fins and location of the landing gear…
It appears to be a photoshoped / cleaned up version of a different photograph (which l think is real, but I’m not 100% sure).
Original image:
Photoshop:
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So they photo shopped one missile
You do not know that with any degree of certainty. Must we forget block 50 F-16s are in-game with no AMRAAM currently.
Because AMRAAM isn’t in the game
Looks like they only photo shopped the seeker of the missile and extended the pylon. The roundels have also been changed and that thing on the right side of the intake appears to have been straightened out.
If anyone is interested i found the EADS presentation for Norway it will be up for 24h
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My assumption is an initial limitation to 6 missiles as on a QRA or if we are lucky 8 missiles, then that should just be retained with airframes gaining more diverse missiles (later amraam, meteor, iris-t, asraam).
I only expect they would delve into the theoretical number which can be mounted (not launched or even flyable), should the Tranche 3+/4 variants end up fighting Stealth aircraft where volume can attempt to offset the other glaring downsides.
But in my opinion stealth aircraft should be hard capped to fight eachother, 4.5th gens aren’t viable even with the current known range of the IRST and the AESA.
That’s because amraam isn’t in the game? Sorry what’s your point here?
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Is it not obvious that the Eurofighter could arrive sooner than Meteor or ASRAAM and early variants may be limited by the number of certain types of ordnance just like the situation with the Mirage 2000-5 variants as I described?
Of course it’s not coming with ASRAAM and meteor? What is stopping it coming with 4 amraam and 6 9Li though? Which was what was being discussed.
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Appears to me the argument is over the number of Meteor missiles used and on what tranche. So again, I’d like to make the point that Gaijin will decide for themselves who gets how many missiles based on their idea of balance.
The M2KCS5 has 2x magic 2 maximum whereas the 2000-5F arbitrarily carries a maximum of 4. The Typhoons are very likely to be similarly limited by the number of certain types of ordnance much in the same way. Any speculation on how or why is useless because it’s not in the game yet and Gaijin isn’t consistent enough for us to guess.
So again, better to collect sources on possible load outs and submit complaints as needed in the future as suggestions.
Meteor itself was never mentioned, this whole discussion was about what the FCS and pylons are capable of…
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The EFT will likely be added alongside other jets of similar capability, its loadouts therefore should not be limited due to balance.
Unless of course you are saying the EFT is the best jet ever. :)
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again genius, what does that have to do with us generaly discussing the capabilities of the EFT? the implementation in war thunder is a whole other matter
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