Spain, Italy, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia all bought Aim120C-8. Germany and Uk hasn’t publicly announced them so no one knows for those countries. Since its technically possible to mount C-8 though, all the typhoons can get it.
We bought AIM-120D
I was talking about the C-8
C-8 is export downgrade of AIM-120D so nations with the D are not going to get C-7
wasn’t 120D purchased for F-35 though? as Meteor is STILL yet to be intergrated
yes
The issue is Gaijin thinks giving typhoons Aim120D is too op. So why not give them all C-8 as a stop gap till typhoons can get D or even meteors later if they can’t get D. Wouldn’t be game breaking as its just longer burn time, no GNSS and DL
Purchase was approved in September 2024 with delivery for 2029-2032
Ok great so Germany can get C-8. I couldn’t find info on UK though
Pretty sure we’ve moved over to Meteor now, so probably not required to get more AMRAAMs
As far as I am aware, after the C5 the UK just stuck with the Meteor. They only got Ds because of the F35 and the US breaking the contract
I think Germany lagged behind Britain by a bit in acquiring Meteor, so went to C8s. The advantage of the Meteor being a British weapon. No idea about the timeline for Italy
Yep, but I see no problem with UK getting C-8 if Germany and Italy gets it. Basically same situation where su30mkm got KH38 from technical feasability even though malaysia didn’t order kh38.
Yeah. Or just the entire Typhoons A2G situation
Strictly speaking, Italy should have basically no A2G (beyond standard GBUs) , Germany only Spice-250s, and Britain should have Brimstones and PW4
That would make germany the best typhoon for cas, since Gaijin didn’t implement brimstones correctly. I think its fine if all the typhoons get the same loadout as Gaijin used that logic for the su30. Though a year or two later and there’s like 50 meteors on rocky pillar…its gonna be ugly
I hope it doesnt remain the status quo. Like I hope ASRAAM and IRIS-T become nation specific. Also other differences like Storm Shadow vs Taurus for example should also be nation specific.
When has Gaijin been this specific for top tier air? Israel just got spice too. ASRAAM and IRIS-T is tricky as technically both fit on all typhoons but its use varies by nation. Would Gaijin’s technical feasibility take priority over the originality argument we saw for the F18F going to only UK? Maybe it will come down to what Gaijin thinks is “balanced”
Tornados they’ve been obsessive with nation specific loadouts.
they denied PGMs for Italy and Germany and there is no chance of the Tornado GR4 and SLE getting GBU-39s from the RET8
Even though they are strictly speaking, in the same boat as the Typhoon
mmmmmm maybe Gaijin did that since tornadoes aren’t used that much so its an incentive to grind each varient. Typhoons are like end-game so it would make sense to keep a standard for whatever stays top tier. I hope they get specific with ASRAAM and IRIS-T. Both are essentially IR missiles but provide diversity.
Which is a core part of why I hope they get different IIR missiles. If they all get both, there is no reason to grind out more than 1 Typhoon nation
Do u have any source material on ASRAAM stats?