They gave the Su-27SM dual pylons because of a photograph of service Su-27SM.
A test bed based on an F-14A is not a service F-14A or F-14D.
No…
Only photo of dual R-77 mount is… Su-35S. Which has more space between engines.
Current model is wrong btw
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I thought that was only for Su-35S and Su-27SM3
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not a Su-27SM but a Su-35S
you can see it having downwards dispensing flares in the tail which is only found on the Su-35S ontop of it having 2 more wing pylons than the Su-27
Su-27SM3 didnt get the dual pylons either, but 2 extra wing pylons which would amount to the same amount of missiles carried as a whole
my theory is that gaijin wanted to turn the Su-27SM into the SM3 but didnt want to bother changing the 3D model for the 2 extra wing pylons, so they just gave it double pylons
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Oh, Thanks. I knew the SM3 carried more I just didn’t know where.
Damn, So we have another Franken plane?
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yes exactly
the upgraded engine we have on the 27SM were only mounted in 5 - 10 27SM1 as an upgrade, while the 27SM3 had them from the factory
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I would like to see D model never gets AMRAAMs and just buff AIM54s irl level.
AIM-54s makes F-14 what it is.
Well
Even if added - it gonna be long - aim-54 hand, mid - aim-120
Why not
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The f14A tested them navy plan was never to give the f14A/B model 120s only f14D and that’s on doc not sure witch ones it could be the ones in top I’ve read a lot of them so I don’t remember witch ones as well as a lot of docs saying it could use 120s just didn’t received them
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Your wrong it could carry 6-10 missiles witch some1 has posted a doc of
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I think it’s the lau127a (witch has a dual variant )theirs a lot of docs that mention the f14 development of 120s
Edit I forgot about this one:
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Is that like a leaked model, or just something someone else kitbashed?
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Ik thats the Block 135 i think so probs from another game entirely since the UI doesnt look like WT’s CDK
I hope that whenever they add the F-14D that it gets more skins than the B. I really liked some of the unlockable skins on the A, and the fact that the B only gets one skin with two on the marketplace will forever annoy me.
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Why in god’s name is the F-14 ACM still capped at 9km??? And why is no one talking about this.
Virtually ALL US jets with an ACM mode from 10.0+ have a 19km range.
All the phantoms, the F-5E, even the goddamn F-111F BOMBER with a search radar only has a 19km ACM.
But the F-14 with a state of the art radar when it was introduced is still stuck with a 9km acm at 12.7-13.0 br with no hmd or irccm missiles? What is this BS Gaijin. I understand when this was used as a way to balance aircraft, but the tomcat is waaaaaay past its prime now. It’s time to remove this nonsense.
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Iirc the AWG-9 has multiple ACM modes, with the longest range one (PAL) reaching up to like, 28km and the shortest range one only going about 9-10ish km.
But yes, I’d also love longer range ACM.
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the F-111F uses F-5E radar as placeholder that’s why it has the same ACM range
Tbh when was the last actual fix or update to the F-14s bar the persian cat nerfs?
Would not be surprised if gaijin has just forgotten about them.
Huh that explains quite a bit, always wondered why the F-111Fs lacked GMTI and it’s other A2G weapons deployment modes.
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This has nothing to do with the topic to begin with, and the user who posted it, that being you, is supposed to confirm whether this is classified or not
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