General Dynamics F-111K Merlin: The Vark goes British

Unless Gaijin changes their stance on unbuilt vehicles, than -1

Their stance is:

What constitutes an (unfinished) prototype:

  • Vehicle was (partially) constructed
  • Vehicle-specific parts (i.e. guns, powerplants, etc.) were built

Which would mean that this vehicle fits those criteria as the parts were finished, the aircraft were just cancelled mid-way through assembly.

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Yeah, TSR2 would be the better option, but currently Gaijin seems very unwilling to add anything unique to Britain. So the best we can hope for at the moment is a C&P from other nations. Probably F-111C from Australia as that can be C&P over from the US

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I’ll give an answer in a few months, after we see what 12.3s Britain will have come the December update.
Cause this would likely be an 11.3 anyway.

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I personally think it would be a good squadron vehicle, it has several defining factors that seperate it from the regular US variant and its kinda a testament to the end of the TSR.2 program, having been born out of its cancellation.

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Comparing the aardvark and jaguar shows you have no idea what you’re talking about. Opinion invalid.

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Would certianly be more interesting than an Indian Aircraft i’ve never heard of before as well

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No thanks. If you really like pressing spacebar and flying straight, ask for the Vulcan.

The Commonwealth argument is complete bunkum and previous mistakes don’t excuse more nonsense.

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This is the F-111K. It wasn’t commonwealth, it was built for Britain according to UK specific specifications and had UK made weapons pylons with British ordnance.

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And was also never built.

See my earlier comment, it was half-built, all the components were finished, assembly was halted because the contract was ended not because it wasn’t viable or something. We got fake stuff, we got imagine-buffed stuff, we got half built stuff. It fits the criteria that Gaijin themselves laid out, end of story its an applicable addition.

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Found some extra images during the F111Ks construction

mauritius images - 12332063 - Fort Worth , Texas - Work has stopped at General Dynamics Fort Worth plant o... F111K aircraft following the cancellation of the British Government 's order for 50 of the controversial variable-wing ai
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Spoiler

PLEASE NOTE

Whilst these are the only images showing for far along the F-111K was, the chances are that they reached a greater stage of completion as almost all of my sources state that the airframes were in the FINAL stages of construction when cancelled

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Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.

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