GBU-53 used by more than just US. Also SPICE 250 ER should come with it.
SPEAR 3 is much better than anything in its general class in-game right now, calling it a GBU-39 equivalent is wrong
that was gaijins choice not ours (dont forget the F111C came out at the same time as the better 111F)
everyone got ARH missile at the same time (ignore that that the UK was stuck with AIM-7E2 equivalents (we also got R-Darters)
for the longest time we had worse AIM9s (G vs J)
got these months after the US had them
from what I remember we have 1 none british version in the tree
dont have this we have an Achillies which is again a british version and its a higher BR due to a better gun
we use our own version that the US doesnt use the MK13 GBUs
this one is fair we got this at the same time from what I remember
a premium that we got after the F6F came to the US tree
again got the FGR2 after the US got the F4E (forget it was bugged for over a year and almost unplayable
I assume you mean the ww2 plane which we dont have
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The Martlet is in-game no?
Thanks for reminding me about AIM-7 btw
when it has the same warhead if not smaller, and is also GPS guided with the option for SAL or IR (they can make it just GPS) I wouldnt say its “much better than anything in its general class in-game right now”
Typhoon gets no stand off GPS guided weapon like GBU-39 or Grom-2/FAB-3000
Typhoon gets no FnF AGM like AGM-65, AASM or Kh-38.
If we are purely talking about GPS-only spear-3s, then whilst they would have better range than GBU-39, they would help off-set the total lack of any FnF AGM by giving us an advantage. Not even necessarily all that big of meaningful given the inherrent weaknesses of GPS only weapons with regard to using them at meaningful ranges.
Its annoying that the Typhoon gets denied a huge amount of its A2G potential already, even something as simple as SAL-Only Brimstone 2s, its another when potentially unique advantages are apparently not allowed for the Typhoon
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This is a fair ask, SPEAR 3 isnt
Personally I’d rather have MMW but it is what it is with Gaijin
no we have starstreak
That’s the British name for the F4F
He means the event version of the f4f that is incredibly uncommon
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While still having an barely working radar, which still lacks the GMTI mode
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Why would GPS only Spear-3 be unreasonable?
Unlike Grom-1, they dont have any meaningful warhead, so wont be an OP base destroyer and the US already has the GBU-39 for mass launched GPS glide weapon.
Yeah… and yet I love how people claim the Typhoon has the strongest A2G performance at the moment.
That is very unrealistic, personally would rather just not have it than have it all messed up, since that isn’t a SPEAR 3 anymore
Nor is a Brimstone a Brimstone without MMW. But here we are
Spear-3 as GPS only for now, and then maybe GPS+SAL in the relatively near future would be a good option for a longer ranged stand off weapon whilst we await MMW
ill give you a hint its because we said the US doesnt need to get something just because the UK is
There are 2 other Typhoon operators inagme
fair enough
And those have their own threads, this one is for the UK one
neither of which have tested the spear 3 (I would assume they would get them like how they got brimstone 1s)
Yeah they would, jsut like how they got PW4s as well.
At least they are buying a later variant of the Brimstone. I dont think they have any intention of buying PW4s
But I dont necessarily think that is all that unfair. Its a shame for unqiueness sake, but for game balance not giving them Spear-3s would kinda suck for them.
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