It seems like the things do exist which proved by the armed sales contract US sign with Türkiye (Link1) and I just know that it got cancelled now
BUT there is a patent about the adaptor worked like TMLA do exist and it is possibly already become true according to that they does sign a contract to buy such a thing (Page 6 FIG. 2C in the Link 2)
It might worth the consideration of the TMLA to be added since most of the planes that F16C blk52 about to face will have at least 7-12 missiles
While the 16 only got 6 missiles it will be a huge disadvantage when the battle comes to closer range that everyone is notching and try to supressing enemy with missiles
I think that it could be balanced with adding more drags or lower the max wing-break speed of the aircraft (like wings will break in lower speed with TMLA) or even make the BR higher
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Aren’t these pylons unable to carry any Air-to-Air missile? Like basically you’d have to choose between a MAW + more CM and having your modest full missile count of 6.
USAF PoBITs are still Block 40/42/50/52
There are structural differences between Block 40/42 and 50/52 which means all PoBITs cannot be upgraded to one universal standard, and so they don’t change Block designation.
The main problem is that the blk52 is able to mount most of the PoBIT upgrades on it however the 1080p said that it just a blk52 with SABR upgraded only which is impossible?
Yes but Gaijin aren’t calling it a PoBIT even though it has SABR which is a main focus of PoBIT.
It can’t have SABR without PoBIT since SABR isn’t a standalone upgrade for US F-16’s. It either has SABR and the rest of PoBIT or it doesn’t get anything. You can’t just pick what you choose from PoBIT it’s either all or nothing.
What have they specifically said it wont have from a PoBIT though? Smin just says if it’s not mention in the devblog it doesn’t currently have it. He’s just avoiding committing to features that aren’t yet live.
The CPDU? The cockpit hasn’t been shown at all. Model might simply not be finished so it can’t be said the model currently has it - but from what I’ve seen, BVVD said in the Russian stream that it will have a new cockpit.
JHMCS/Scorpion? Devblog says it has a HMD without specifying what system it’s modelled after
Other parts of PoBIT are the SLEP, which isn’t anything that will concern War Thunder, and the new IVEWS system which isn’t even on operational USAF aircraft yet.
Perhaps a major thing that’s missing is an IRST21 pod. But even for the F/A-18F they haven’t shown if/how it works in the devstream, and never even mentioned it in the original devblog - it just happened to be there in the renders, and we assume it will be there and working by the time of the update.
So the same applies to the Aus Super Bug - it’s not really written about in the devblog or talked about the streams because it doesn’t currently have IRST21. Smin wont confirm or deny it will come with IRST21
And how the new F-16 currently still hasn’t been shown to have PIDS/PIDSU which would be a helpful addition. But that’s not a PoBIT or Block thing - it’s an ad-hoc operational fit that goes back to Block 30.
PIDS should be on the plain F-16C too - there’s a ticketed suggestion for it on the regular F-16C. If PIDS is under consideration for the vanilla F-16C then it’s wouldn’t be worth mentioning in a dev blog for the Block 52/PoBIT as a specific new feature of that plane anyway.
None the less, the current lack of it is a concern.
So so far, the new F16 has a worse engine, an AESA with the worst gimble, and 6 120Ds which are so far copy paste C5s and its placed at 14.3. The only way this is viable is if Gaijin massively buffs the 120D to have insane range and have better HOBS.
How to save Block52 from DOA: Short Term:
1.AIM-120D HOBS
2.ALR-69A correctly modeled (PoBIT completion)
3.PIDSU Smart Pylon
4.F100-PW-229 Thrust Buff
Long Term:
1.ALQ-257 IVEWS
2.AIM-9X
3.GBU-53/B StormBreaker
4.LEGION Pod
5.AGM-88B/C and ASQ-213HTS (ARM To Be Added)
6.TMLA (Low Possibility)
7.ALE-50 Towed Decoy (Awaiting New Mechanism)
8.ALQ-131/ALQ-184 ECM
(Awaiting New Mechanism)
Optional:
1.Electro-Optic Maverick-AGM-65H/K
2.BOL For F-16
3.AGM-154 JSOW
4.AGM-158 JASSM
5.CBU-103/105 WCMD
6.Smart Weapons on Station4/6
7.HaveGlass