With the new upcoming update “Tusk Force”, France has recieved a rank VIII squadron vehicle, the F-16A OCU (operation capability upgrade, done by the Belgian company SABCA). The variant we see in-game is a prototype used by SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques) to trial Matra Magic II missiles and AS-30L Air-to-surface Missiles. This discussion is a place to ask about its armament and talk about bugs or inconsistencies found in its current implementation on the dev server.
One point of contention with these loadout options is the fact that there are no standard Belgian Air Force air-to-ground munitions. Only the SABCA trialed/prototyped munitions are currently available (AIM-9L, AIM-9M, Matra R550 Magic 2 and the AS-30L Nord).
Stock Loadout
A picture of the airplane in real life, note the lack of BAF markings.
The strange thing is that one of the miners found in the files a varied implementation of air-to-ground weapons, in addition to the AIM-102A, which Gaijin intends to add to this aircraft. From what I can see, if this variety of weapons is added, the F-16A OCU will rise in battle rating to at least 13.3.
My question to aircraft experts is: If it is a test base, have the following weapons been tested on this platform?
That’s from me, the screenshot was made on my website: https://gszabi99.github.io
It collates basically everything that is in the files, but not used in the game, regardless if they ever will be.
All of those loadouts are remnants of the initial copy-pasting process (from the F-16AM-20). As such, there is no guarantee they’ll ever be actually used by the F-16A-15OCU.
Thanks for the clarification, as a lot of these armaments were bought 10-20 years after this testbed was loaned from the BAF, so now I’m less confused. :D
All credit goes to @gszabi99 . I didn’t know I could tag you, but next time I use your information, I will give you full credit. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your work. S2
To be perfectly honest, for someone like me who only flies in simulation, the weapons for this BR make me happy. The only thing missing is some kind of bomb.
Wait the F-16 they’re adding is that one modified F-16 with the Magic 2s? Guess I judged it too harshly… at least this one is somewhat unique and belongs in the French tree
