They’re textured as normal ventilation grilles and are present on the standard F-16 fuselage, so I’m pretty sure Gaijin haven’t treated them as dispensers.
I did think those blisters on the wing seemed likely for CM dispensers but not seen evidence for it.
Looking through Tony Landis’ book published by the AFMC History Office, the ingame one does seem to be missing provision for centreline weapons and support pods that may have included countermeasures or ECM, and the planned FLIR pod in the usual F-16 position https://www.scribd.com/document/684919287/F-16XL-Book-Final-Web-1
Thanks for the clarification on those grilles. Never noticed them before because most f16’s are dark color so they don’t stand out.
I’d say an official NASA book about their own prototype is good enough evidence for the wing pod CM placement. But not up to me at the end of the day :)
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IMO it might even be able to take 8 AMRAAMS.
The 3rd to last row says specifically “(1) AMRAAM + (1) AMRAAM Launcher (MRL)”
There’s no reason to specify “AMRAAM Launcher (MRL)” if it’s just a single AMRAAM so I think that means a LAU-115 + 2x LAU-129 Rails.
To be fair, he did not specify or explicitly state the aircraft is LIMITED to four AMRAAMs. The excerpt you used was illustrating a comparison between F-16XL-1 and F-16A.
The F-16A ADF having AIM-120s on wingtips sets a precedent for six AIM-120s on the F-16XL-1, in my opinion.
If Gaijin really wants to put the F-16XL-1 at 13.3 (worst scenario), then there’s no reason for it to remain at 13.3 without a six AIM-120A loadout.
However, if Gaijin puts it at 13.0 first, then I would have no objection to restricting it to four AIM-120s.
