Eurofighter Typhoon (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion (Part 1)

Yeah, top tier wouldn’t suck half as much if the stuff we had below it was good. I’d be fine in the Sea Vixen or Lightning for a while. If red tops were usable. Or they could give us some interesting stuff like the Jaguar Gr3A or TSR2 but nope. Nothing. Even just finishing the Tornado Gr1 with its bells and whistles would be awesome.

As much as I’d love something usable at top tier. And I’d personally be happy with FA2. We don’t even necessarily need a new jet if they just finished what we had.

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Some of it I understand, some of it I look and think… what is the thought process there. No Jag Gr3A: sure it had asraam it would have 2 guaranteed kills. But no Gnat or Type 545 or Hawk, I look over and go, ‘do the soviets really need another squished objekt tank when the UK doesn’t have a viable rank 6 fighter’. No TSR, sure they don;t want to encourage supersonic bombers.

Historically its understandable that we are where we are for the new generation of top tier, we do not export vehicles like France, US and USSR, we do not get everything domestic with modification like Israel or Sweden. And we have stuck with challenger much past its relevancy and the Tornado ADV was meant to be a short term fix but ended up spanning 3 decades.

But the gaps that can be filled are killing me. Tracked Rapier, Warrior ADATS simply so its a British tree, any warrior IFV variant not in-game, Gnat/Hawk/Superswift for rank 6.

Apologies for the rant its entirely off-topic.

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Gr3A could just have Ls at 11.0

Gr1/A had 9Ls but stuck with Gs. Would be perfect for that slot.

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That subsonic brick that has really limited loadouts? Yeah everyone would be happy right?

could i see the proof for the BL775?

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Italian Eurofighter
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any proof of it ever mounted or showcased with a british one? Since the devs require at least the weapon showcased with the aircraft

thats the tough part, good luck differentiating between eurofighter weapons when the only difference is a software update at best

When it comes to the Prototypes, I’d say its best to treat them all as essentially the same aircraft.

When it comes to production models, then I think its worth thinking about, but for the most part, what one can carry, they all could. Brimstones for example would in theory be only RAF Typhoons, but I think they should still go to the Italian and German ones.

I guess then every efa will have the same lodout. I probably won’t complain, they will be more balanced

Yeah but at least brimnstone were seen with all those nations EFA at least one time. Some weapons like BL775 weren’t (like Alarm for example)

Prehaps, but with no BL775s, that would leave German and British Typhoons with nothing at all and I’d prefer to have at least something in A2G. Even if that was just a handful of unguided weapons.

yeah the italian one will be the only with cluster bombs. at the same time the british one (alarm) will be the only with an harm capability. We will se how the devs will make theyr choice on those obscure weapons on the EFA.

especially because new weapons are not tested on one nation’s jets only. see Storm Shadow for example

Assuming we ever get ARMs.

Though I’d not consider them true A2G weapons like Brimstone, Cluster bombs or any other form of bomb.

In Storm Shadows case. There are other options, Like German and I think Italian ones could run Taurus cruise missiles instead. But they’d perform the same role

well but following your reasoning it should be added to all if it will ever come

depend wich weapon (for eaxmple marte was only tested on an italian efa, altought a british one was showcased with it once). as for other more normal weapons like storm shadow, taurus, brimstone etc they have been tested and showcased with all nations that have EFA as far as I remeber.

yeah but they were still put on other nation’s aircraft.

and i think that gaijin won’t add taurus or scalp unfortunately…