I’d put derby/darter before that.
The thing with ground ordnance is that gaijin made two separate brs for planes within ARB and GRB. Since stuff like AGMs dont serve much purpose other then striking AI targets i dont think they should factor much into the ARB battlerating, and should rather count towards the GRB battlerating.
That, is the TRT-Thompson / CSF-Thompson / Thales, “Rubis FLIR pod”, a navigation pod purchased by Thailand and paired with the ATLIS II to give the jet better capability at night. Iirc the thermal module is the same exact as found on early French helis, the CHLIO module, which would make it gen 2 thermal. As far as I know, Thailand is the only use of it on the F-16- the French did briefly use it on the Mirage F1CR / 2000D and Super Etendard, and it may have been integrated into the pylon on the UAE’s special recon Mirage 2000RAD, but that’s about it in terms of users.
Some closer photos
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ohhhhhhhh~ I see, ty ty
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will this be a good idea to add? since ATLIS II don’t have thermal
It would be useful for launching mavericks, though it can’t lase on it’s own and is more limited than ATLIS in traverse angles- it would still be worse than a single Litening pod.
Also, the AMRAAM removal bug report got passed, so there is hope for this platform yet.
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