oh its much heavier. hell, even a normal 6x bombs loadout is heavier. its not about the weight really. if they wanted they could strap a shit ton of weight to it as it has a massive wing and a crap ton of thrust.
the problem is clearance. height is an issue but width and length(in case of the inner wing pylon) are the biggest culprits.
This aircraft is capable of so much more and it only does so “”““little””“” because the countries using it say its enough.
well they say that but we all know they dont mean it and its just a problem of not wanting to get the funding…
I would encourage Eurofighter loadouts being standardised, but if Germany was to then receive the AMK kit and neither of the others, then I would have a problem.
All nations have tranche 1,2 and 3 and then all nations have either Tranche 3A or Tranche 4 which in-game would be equivalent, very easy to keep them consistent.
True the IRST may play a factor but also Germany does and has mounted the IRST to a few of their aircraft.
If they got the IRST plus AMK I’d still have a problem because its the same as the UK saying well we could mount AMK, we just choose not to.
I think they should honestly standardise them through tranche standard and realistically the SRAAM differences wouldn’t be massive in terms of BR placement, plus the UK could always get ASRAAM P3I as its specified enough and based on the built ASRAAM.
ASRAAM which is the UK missile is overall worse other than in terms of range, ASRAAM and AIM-9X are more comparable due to the same seeker.
IRIS-T has DIRCM resistance higher than ASRAAM due to a two-colour seeker (?) which ASRAAM just doesn’t have, in addition to thrust vectoring giving it a rumoured 100g of pull compared to ASRAAM’s 50, however ASRAAM’s predicted range is more than double and the 50g’s of pull is respectable, ASRAAM is also faster.
ASRAAM P3I would incorporate thrust vectoring coupled with the original ASRAAM seeker and a shorter range, I’d guess around 35km instead of the ASRAAM’s normal 50km range. But also ASRAAM P3I whilst proposed, there’s no evidence it was built, just that it had all its technical specifications mentioned.
AIM-9Li would be comparable to AIM-9M but I wouldn’t want my eurofighter to have any equipment worse than whatever the F-15 is using.
It is but they are still part of Germany’s Eurofighter fleet and Gaijin has no exemptions to adding test features to airframes, it will highly depend on who gets what. Germany could get the IRST as well as the AMK kit which I would definitely have a problem with.
Yeah some minor differences but overall mostly comparable which i’d be happy with.
Add AMK into the mix and you get lower fuel burn, which means a lower fuel load, in addition to all the flight performance upgrades, on an aircraft that could potentially receive the best radar (ECRS MK.2) and the IRST as Germany can technically use it.
I got a huge paragraph about it in the German Eurofighter thread but from my quick google literally just now, it would suggest due to the two-colour seeker IRIS-T has increased DIRCM resistance (and not whatever the guy in the other thread said) compared to ASRAAM.