They are at the same proposed BR to save 12.7s from the obnoxious US main F-15 spamraam
everything you mentioned the F-15 can get, the typhoon can get, but better. ECRS is superior to AN/APG-82 and all it’s sub-derivatives, the typhoon gets the same BOLs, plus the cherry on top is that the ASRAAM and IRIS-T will outperform every IR missile the US can recieve.
F-22 is a black sheep that can stay away from WT until everyone has received a light stealth multirole (F-35/J-35/Su-75) and armament cannot be used as an argument to balance it because it will still be spammed by useless players, alike will the Su-57
This will happen anyway, the AIM-120C and it’s variants are by far the most used AMRAAM and most of the top BR AMRAAM carriers will eventually have their A/B replaced with a variant of the C.
That has happened to a metric TON of legacy NATO aircraft over the years, especially over Desert Storm, Falklands, and other notable conflicts. Mainly relying on buddy lasing to provide guidance for it, would be a nice addition for the game tbf, would make some nations who are reliant on laser guided weaponry viable again
I’m aware, however they are now actually purchasing them, so there is even more concrete evidence to add them to a potential T2/T3 luftwaffe typhoon in the future
Makes sense though, as they have a maintenance facility for Sniper in the country to support the RSAF’s F-15s, and other customers in the region, including Qatar and Kuwait who are set to operate Sniper on Typhoon.
However, in order to strengthen the case to Gaijin I ask everyone who is able to look primary or secondary sources that support the EF being able to use AMRAAMs on the inner wing pylons.
Just saying 10 air-to-air missiles can be carried is no use unfortunately, because it could be refering to the Twin Missile Carrier loadout (4 MRAAM + 6 SRAAM).
The problem is that so far that first image is the only somewhat reliable evidence for AMRAAM on the inner wing pylons, and it contradicts multiple other documents which imply or outright state AMRAAMs are not carried there.
Does Saudi Arabia or other Typhoon users have IR-guided CAS ammunition?
According to Gaijin’s prejudice against MMV missile, I’m afraid we need to find another way.
Otherwise, another useless SAL ammunition VS KH38MT is still very “balanced”
I remembered this when even multiple videos was released on YT stating and showing how the Gripen suddenly behaved different, i also noticed it ingame without anything showcased on the changelog. Hope still remains that they can buff some parts to make it more viable in the future until we see the “E” model.
Yeah, Italy’s ISPA4 (MM7306) was used for initial flight test in 2020, as Leonardo were managing the sale of Typhoon to Kuwait who were taking delivery of the planes the year after.
More recent trials have been carried out in Spain with IPA4 as that’s the primary single-seat development airframe for air-to-surface weapons integration.
As far as I know full Sniper integration is still ongoing, but it’s part of P3Eb
