Im hoping that Turkey will go crazy and do it
im of the opinion its 100% possible, but a 2+8 or 6+6 weapons fit has never been needed. especially in the CAS, QRA or air policing focused roles the Typhoon has generally taken so far
we saw something similar to the lead up of the Falklands. FRS1s were rapidly cleared for a load of weapons and the lead up to Op Granby where Tornados got 9Ms, BOL and other kit.
14 AMRAAMs Comes ro mind xD
A 10 AAM loadout with 8 amraams and 2 WVRAAM’s would be an amazing loadout, especially if they buff the seeker of the current C5, I hope someday an image/more proof of the inner pylon amraam pops out.
6+6 would be awesome with ASRAAM. With Aim-9M… probably not worth it.
But yeah, I think we need to pay attention to Turkey after their delivery of them.
I’d be running 6x6, the AMRAAMs just suck way too much in-game to trade 4 AIM-9M’s for 2 AIM-120’s. They’d have to stop artificially gimping the AMRAAM’s maneuverability and seeker to make me change my decision. A fix to the range/energy wouldnt do anything either imo, since gaijins made it so incredibly easy to completely invalidate any BVR shot anyways.
As Morvran said 6+6 would indeed be a well balanced loadout, enough for BVR and for WVR, no more 6+2 or 4+6…
As for the seeker of the C5, I still can’t get my head around the fact that they nerfed it in the dev server, they should have literally introduced it like it was.
Having the AIM-120C-5 HOBS capability and fixed agility would have been most helpful for when I was flying the EF2000.
Or 4+5 :P
My usual go to. 6x Aim-9M isnt worth it because 9Ms suck but AMRAAMs are too weak to be worth running 6x AMRAAM
that asymetrical kinda cringes me haha
holy
Do the devs have any plans to implement multi-mode seekers onto these kinds of munitions in the future? Or are they just planning on sticking to the multiple variants of what are the same missile?
There are plenty of missiles and bombs in game that should eventually have some sort of LOAL/MitL capabilities.
I think the US will have an F/A-18 with JAGMS before Britain has Brimstone 2 or any kind of top tier FnF missile.
The seeker of the 120A would still be underperforming if they had given it the dev server 120C-5 seeker, THATS how much the 120’s seekers are gimped atm.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/QhYDPYj3LIRl
And this is just regarding beamwidth.
Would have made the Rafale mains too angry, they already had a post begging for more buffs going on the dev server back when the 120C-5 was only going to come to some F-15/18’s. Only the french are allowed to have a properly modelled seeker.
It’s worth noting that the F/A-18E uses regular JAGMs, not the JAGM-MR we have in game right now. In other words, SAL + MMW, not IIR.
Not to mentioned there’s a whole other type of JAGM, the JAGM-F (F = fixed wing), that is used by the F-15E. Again, SAL + MMW, not IIR.
Both are different, and neither have the tri-mode IIR seeker present on the JAGM-MR (that we know of). I’m sure it would be easy to swap out the seeker section and make it tri-mode, but we don’t have evidence of that happening yet.
I just want a BVR missile that doesn’t get defeated by a badly executed notch and a few drops of chaff. Like, dying from a 20+ km shot is just a skill issue on the defender part atp.
JAGM-MR uses the same launch rail no reason why it wouldn’t be added.
And US mains would love it.
Even just getting rid of the smoke trail would be a boost. Quite often I see them firing before I get any meaningful RWR warning and so Im ready for them long before they come in.
This is also what I do all the time when defending against F-14s in an uptier. Im still not sure how people miss the incoming volleys
Note also the worst missile at medium range and at short ranges and in ground battles the worst missile when your rivals have MICAs and R-77-1
You and me both, but the fighter jocks that want guns only and are mad missiles even exist at top tier are a pretty loud bunch
