I’ll reiterate, the F-15 will be excellent in ARB, an all rounder with very capable missiles, gun, and FM (as well as 800CMs ;))
It wont break the meta until AMRAAM, even still it will perform capably. Likely maintaining the meta, in GFRB it will have no purpose other than a strict Air Superiority mission, which is largely unnecessary.
It’s capable of up to 18 Mk82s, 3 Mk84s, 3 GBU-8s, or 2 GBU10s and a centerline TGP. All that with a full load of A2A. I think it will be VERY popular with the Anti-CAS crowd
I was implying that it can’t notch like the SMT can but not a lotta people gonna catch that.
The SMT should be limited to 85deg of gimbal limit, however that aside, having 60deg and an F pull solve most problems.
You forget the APG-63 was fielded in '73 quite a bit before the ill fated N1001 series. ;)
Primary documentation shows 90 degree gimbal iirc.
I have never heard of an F-15A/C carrying air to ground ordinance, particularly when it was specifically designed with little/no consideration for air to ground operations.
I still see no reason to bring an F-15C into GFRB over an F-16C, which can do both CAP and CAS nearly as well, if not better.
As for Air RB, I still stand by the statement that it will be a decent, but unimpressive aircraft.
The F-15E on the other hand is something pretty exciting for GFRB.
The israeli F-15s can carry a variety of A2G ordinance GBU-8/15 being among that
The Israeli’s strap ground ordnance on their F-15 Baz. Granted, not the same as the US, but if the devs play with ordnance how they do, it’s possible ground ordnance could be carried.
Plus, that pic has a Baz carrying AIM-120 and AIM-7 together.
I saw something primary that mentioned the 90 degree gimbal but didnt think much of it when I saw it and I havent been able to find it since, bummer
American F-15s can also carry GBU-8s its covered in the SAC and weapon employment manuals
Much appreciated for the correction!
You can find the entire PDF online for more information on how the EO weapons work as well
Look forward to seeing that!
and python 4 or 5
Should be but as mythic says, radar modeling is very poor ingame.
The latest concrete info(modes) of the apg63 is from 87’ and range is from 83’. I was wrong in thinking RGH(range gated highprf) was introduced in early 80’s but it was present by 90’ through PSP updates definitely(apg 70 -86’- and apg65 -1983-used RGH since inception). RAM (which has had better doppler, range and angular esolution) was removed in favor of TWS(-87’ latest-). RGH processing generates a matrix like MPRF(which stepanovich can’t model) but with larger range bins and slightly lower max Vc than pure HPRF.
The APG-63 analysis report is very clear on the progression of the radar. It will be very capable in head on/rear shots, depending on how Gaijin feels it can have TWS.
RGH would be neat to see. For the sake of bug reporting I hope Gaijin accepts it.
Its an 83’ document, and reaches late 80s. Beyond that its unknown other than v1 v2 v3.
Kind of irrelevant how good the radar is when the missiles wont be able to keep up regardless or doesnt actually offer a notable increase in lock resilience over current radars seen on top fighters in-game…
Then I have a newer doc :)
Unlike the F-14(AWG-9) and F-16C(APG-68) the F-15s APG-63 will have features from both. Having both interleaved HPRF/MPRF as well as the for/away tracking seen recently with the F-16Cs APG-68.
As for in game change this will allow for better locks against notching targets, better detection against maneuvering opponents, and further lock range than seen by the current top jets. This along with the possibility of AIM-7MH/P or AMRAAM would give the F-15 a serious leg up in any BVR engagement.
