West Germany did seriously consider F-14s in the 70s. HOME OF M.A.T.S. - The most comprehensive Grumman F-14 Reference Work - by Torsten Anft!
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Because that is exactly what it is.
so did Britain
Yes, in the 80s. Also Canada and Japan, lots of potential F-14 customers that never materialized due to budget and political concerns on both ends. Even Israel considered the F-14 briefly but decided the F-15 fit their needs better. The Canadian Maplecat could go to Britain, or we could get an actual British one, Japan could get an F-14AJ, Germany an F-14G to give them a competitive western aircraft, Israel doesn’t need it because they have the F-15 and several F-16s in game.
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Cf18 is more likely for Britain to fill the naval gap
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So Germany’s not getting anything since F-16AJ was an exception that’ll later likely be delisted.
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Always get a swiss f/a18 if needed
Is not getting a top tier aircraft for several major patches really that bad? To the point where we are now adding in paper planes? Italy had to endure that.
I wasn’t asking for a Uk F14 as their is no need for it but UK will have a gap in its naval line and will lack a high performance AMRAAM platform unless they give a early EFT or likely a CF18 with AMRAAMS
And considering how they want to put off anything with the Eurofighter for as long as possible and the fact the CF-18(that would come) is effectively a visual change.
But that depends on whether Gaijin thinks the Gripen is enough to starve Britain for the next 6 months+.
I hope not as I want the CF-18 and there are only two trees it would be an obtainable vehicle.
The UK is possible right now.
Canadian/Commonwealth(sorta) but that’s unlikely for 3 years at least.
F/A-18A/B+ and F/A-18C/D carry up 10 AMRAAMs + 2 AIM-9, compared to 6+2, 4+4, or 8+0 of other early AMRAAM carriers.
I’d guess they’d come with like Typhoon Tranche 2 (with IRIS-T/ASRAAM) a couple updates after the Tranche 1s (without IRIS-T/ASRAAM, alongside F-15C, J-11A, Su-27SM, etc)
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Doesn’t the SAAF Gripen forfill that niche?
If they dont give it AMRAAMS IT wont
I doubt they would give it AMRAAMS as it fills a gap we have now so if it gets AMRAAMS it will cause a gap
I don’t think it will be removed
It will still be viable filler after the eventual introduction of F-2
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It is Block II, because there is no distinguishable cap on the radome.
And it further reduces top speed and acceleration on an already sluggish aircraft, which barely flies supersonic in sea level.
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On the topic of this: do you think if it were added, Gaijin could essentially allow you to have it as either an F/A-18D RC OR standard F/A-18D (via a researchable mod or something in the loadouts selector)?
Depends on how ATARS is implemented. If it is just decoration, removing a gun and installing ATARS is worth nothing, so more likely to be fixed as reconnaissance configuration.
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I think I got a bit confused, and thought ATARS was not just for recon, but also to help with ground attack
ATARS is only for reconnaissance mission, since it does not involved in weapon delivery. That’s why I said it could be implemented as decoration.
But considering the LANA FLIR pod is already implemented as a targeting pod without laser designator (it is only for navigation IRL), same thing may happen to ATARS. It’s totally up to developers.
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Appreciate the answer!
Much as I hate to say it, I could see Gaijin adding the non-ATARS USMC-spec Hornet-D to cap off the strike line, sorta like what Gaijin did with the Barak II.
Then the Hornet A and C can be Navy line, maybe even with an early Hornet B as an event vehicle lol
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