I would love to see this aircraft coming into the game but just a note it should technically be possible to carry 8 ARH missiles plus two infrared missiles but there’s not much evidence to support that
what even is this comment “kick them back to the curb” lol
F/A-18 while capable of a fighter roll was a multirole aircraft, not sure the typhoon is a comparison to the hornet. Perhaps the typhoon is more similar to something along the lines of the F22? Since they were both “introduced” in 2003 and 2005 respectively.
I am against adding any late 4.5 gen and 5th gen fighters into this game however until we get proper counter munitions such as AWACS, larger maps, real objectives brought to RB similar to in SB, an overhaul of bombers so that interceptor aircraft have something to actually intercept (tu95, B-1, Tu-160, “F”-117, B-2, etc.) and a comprehensive BR map PRIOR to the release of these aircraft that disallows them from flying against aircraft that truly have little to no defense against these modern systems.
But absolutely, the typhoon will be a highlight amongst the eventual arrival of the 4.5-5th gen. aircraft that will inevitably grace the games skies.
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In literally what characteristic beyond introduction date? Remember that the T-2 and F-15 entered service in 1975 and 1976 respectively, doesn’t mean they are anywhere comparable!
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im really just matching OPs absurdity with “kick them to the curb” with a little of my own absurdity, and giving him/her a little reality check of how outdated the typhoon was the moment it was introduced. Especially since OP wants to compare the typhoon to the f/a-18c which was introduced in the 80s and had worse missiles, until later updates.
That being said on a real note, I believe a lot of players are learning what was learnt IRL, that the weapons platform is second to the weapons being carried.
The typhoon if introduced in the current state of the game would very likely not be able to use its real life loadouts to maintain “balance.” And as i stated previously, i dont believe any of that should be added until gaijin outlines a roadmap and fixes their game.
Also this is an interesting article to read about the f-22 vs the eurofighter typhoon going head to head in combat games. I may be an american, but im not so disillusioned as to think the f22 is an untouchable aircraft, and certainly the eurofighter is an incredible aircraft as well! Despite slightly different philosophies (f22 introducing a new type of warfare and the eurofighter “perfecting” an existing type) they absolutely would dominate anything in game currently and as such shouldnt be added till way later, but i do want the eurofighter added! (Can the Eurofighter Typhoon Beat the F-22 Raptor in a Dogfight? | The National Interest)
I believe you missed quite a key part of this suggestion- the Block 2 Typhoons only used missiles we currently see in-game, AIM-120Bs and AIM-9M copies, same as would be found on an F/A-18C. Just as we won’t see AIM-9X on the F-18C (or F-15C or F-16C currently), despite carrying them, we won’t see IRIS-T on the Typhoon. At least at first, later blocks of both aircraft will surely introduce such capabilities.
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but they add J10 without any change
how about the ground strike cability of luftwaffe’s Typhoon?
Non-existent until the Tranche 2 unfortunately. Germany was struggling with the financial burden of Reunification so the ground-strike components of the German Typhoons were much delayed compared to British and Italian aircraft.
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Can it carry any dumb bombs?
I’m not sure. The Typhoons were designated for air superiority and precision strike in high-risk environments, not as general-purpose bomb trucks (that was the Tornado’s job). So dumb bombs and rockets didn’t really fit into the doctrine and weren’t really intended as a part of the Typhoon’s complement. However, Typhoons have of course carried dumb weapons.
So while the T1B2 definitely was incompatible with LGBs it might have been able to carry unguided weapons, but still probably never did. The Block 2s and Tranche 1s were pretty short-lived after all.
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The max speed should be mach 2.35, according to the bundeswehrs website
https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ausruestung-technik-bundeswehr/luftsysteme-bundeswehr/eurofighter
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YES YES YESSS!! German Fighter tree need to be Buff!
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Also said by airbus
while i do agree that the eurofighter should added soon, my question is whether it would be added with the f-18. the typhoon is a major step in european air defense, i would imagine it would be its own update. i think it’ll be the f-18 update, and then a separate typhoon update
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Israel gets F-15 with F100-PW-229 engines and USA possibly (hopefully) as well in the upcoming update. There is absolutely no reason to delay EFT any longer considering the state of German top tier right now.
INB4 muh HoRnEt.
IDGAF about F-18. If I wanted to play F-18, I would play USA (I do) or any other nation that used it.
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Yeah Imo I don’t like how top tier American built vehicles should be copy pasted in other countries, really UK Italy and Germany should already get the Eurofighter. I think the T.1 BLK 5 would be perfect.
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Eventually, though I disagree with the notion that it could be added to the game as it is. It’s an air superiority fighter from the 90s/early 2000s and would be going up against airframes, even if upgraded, from the 70s with the same missiles. It would easily require at least a new BR. If the game isn’t ready for the Super Hornet, a multirole fighter of about the same time period (it is so different from the base F-18 that for practical purposes it’s a different aircraft), I don’t see how it would be ready for an air superiority fighter from the same timeframe.