Italy has joined the ECRS MK2 programme back in 2021
It will probably be installed on the alredy existing Trance 3 (and T2 if possible) and on the new T5
Didn’t Germany also spend a bunch of money developing their own DASS system, only to buy EuroDASS in the end?
that i dont know, not an aero expert, just know the surface stuff
I’m aware, but this is the first time as far as I know of an aircraft flying german colours mounting spear, and it’s a spicy bit of kit.
Tbh I could see spear 3 in game before brimstone. In the guidance mode likely to come to game (laser) effective range is about the same as brimstone, but the tti is much longer, would help to balance the quantity of brimstones/spear 3 one can bring.
How? We are embodying ECRS2 which is the MOST advanced of the efa radars.
The mica has a significantly shorter range the then public ranges of the aim120c. The meteor is of course an excellent missile but you are attempting to subscribe knowledge where there just isn’t any, seekers, datalinks are just as important as range states and you simply do not have the knowledge of. Attempting to say the 9x and 120 are shit is just… honestly strange more than anything. Literally all of these systems are extremely effective with their own positives and negatives and trying to declare them “shit” is either extremely ignorant, extremely nationalist, or just trolling.
he was refering to the AMRAAM in game i think, so the A variant
per public figures, mica is slightly longer range than AIM120A. Not by much though.
Would you be able to explain the posotives of the 9x, as looking at it from a surface level, it just seems worse for a higher cost. its more expensive than an ARAAM and I RIST, less range than an ASRAAM, Less mobile than both maybe…
In what way is the Mk2 superior to the Mk1?
if i am right the MK2 comes with eletronic warfare capability, but germany is developing a modified mk1 with basicaly the exact same purpose
Yep, EWAR is planned for the Mk.1 in its Step 2 upgrade
And Mk.2 is only planned to come into service in 2030, while the Mk.1 comes with the Tranche 4 next year
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MK1 uses the same backend as MK0, MK2 is a completely new radar which actually requires a nose change due to either it’s power output or size.
again, you cant say if that wont be the case for the EWAR either,
no no its been clear from the start the MK2 requires a new nose, which is extra cost which is why some have opted not for it.
yes thats why potential mki1 for those that dont want to modify their nose, The EWAR is seperate thing, which might require upgrades.
And even then we were talking about the AMK kit here
not about the radars, which at the end of the day, will perform exactly the same in war thunder propably
It says its a software upgrade?
mentions modernisation of the processor as well. I am not the most well versed.
But like i said earlier we were talking about the AMK kit and PIRATE. In game purposes the radars wont have much of a difference. Besides that germany might get a AEASA variant first since the british and italian one apparently need a good bit longer
That doesnt say anything about superiority. New nose could for example also just be because it uses the same repositioner as the Gripen Es radar instead of one designed for Eurofighter
There also is the CAESAR, a fixed AESA, that was mounted on DA5 in 2007
well UK has DA5 with ceasar and Italy has ISPA6 with ECR MK0. Not good as the ECRS MK1 but still better than nothing.