gaijin there is tons of proof why the f111f should get aim-9m
F-111 Overview
The F-111 Aardvark was primarily designed as a tactical strike aircraft, but it also had roles in air superiority and could engage in air-to-air combat.
Air-to-Air Missile Capabilities
Missiles Carried: The F-111 could carry various air-to-air missiles, including the AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder.
Variants: The F-111D and F-111F variants were equipped with improved avionics and weapon systems that enhanced their capabilities, including air-to-air combat.
Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Capabilities
AIM-7 Sparrow: The AIM-7 Sparrow missile allowed the F-111 to engage targets at longer ranges, qualifying it for BVR engagements.
Avionics: The later variants, especially the F-111F, had advanced radar systems (like the AN/APQ-171) that could support BVR engagements effectively.
Half-jokingly, it will go up sky-high to 13.0 (malicious F-15A with AIM-9M stays 13.0)
It will be better on 11.7 with AIM-9L than 13.0 with AIM-9M.
Those damn friggin AIM-54 phoenix-spamming tomcatters are an ass, but better than facing F-15C with AIM-120 AMRAAM. right?
No, the F-111F should not be made 12.7/13.0 as you desire.
It’s already one of the best 11.7s in the game, and would even do fine at 12.0 with just 9Ls.
There’s no reason to ruin its BR for air and ground over some missile that’s not needed.
Sad Harrier GR.7 noise while brand new AV-8B(NA) received 11.3BR thanks to AIM-9M-less
Harrier II fuselage was a good subsonic fuselage but was quite much outdated for air-realistic mode thanks to the speed feature. especially when F-14A just slaughtering the supersonic teammates with malicious AIM-54 and giving GR.7 no time to find the perfect angle and fire 9M. :/
according to my Harrier GR.7 experience, F-111F with AIM-9M will be even worse than 11.7 Tornado IDS (which are virtually the same as 11.3 IDS for Air-realistic but can mount guided bombs was their only difference) :/
F-111 fuselage is clusterfuck status of bleeding energy in FM after FM nerfing which was kicked in a long time ago. maybe those new F-111s will be a worse tornado IDS in the current situation
more AIM-9L but if you mount a bomb to destroy a single base for attacker purposes, the missile number goes down. and eventually goes the same.
worse RWR
fewer countermeasures
I think they can’t stand against Top Rank 4th-Gen with ARH with that old fuselage if they receive the AIM-9M. sticking with AIM-9L will be better for them.
Ehhh… I have guilty pleasure about F-111F getting AIM-9M and being the perfect flying target for my Tornado F.3 CSP though (evil laughter)
240 countermeasures isn’t really something to worry about.
On top of that, the “nerfed flight model” when paired with the most powerful TF-30 engines ever produced makes it perform as well as a Mig-23ML and mostly of an F-14A despite the extra fuel weight necessary.
Other than that, the rest of your post is rather on point.
The AAM pylons are shared with ordnance, and its RWR isn’t ideal.
The last time I visited the Dev server, 240 CM were only for Aussie F-111C exclusive, and F-111F were kept their old 52 CM.
Did they change the number of CM of F-111F while I was out of the Dev server?
If F-111F kept nerfed new FM and 52 CM from F-111A, but receive the AIM-9M and goes higher
Things will be brutal against them when AIM-54 Phoenix or Advanced ARH like AIM-120 AMRAAM flies right into F-111F.
well could you provide that proof. I know it did, but nothing you’ve put in there actually proves it did. Service Manuals (if you’ve got declassified ones!), Australian Air Force website, third party history books, etc.
I still don’t think it should get 9M, purely because that’d kick it even further up in terms of BR.
If you’re going to make an AI generated post the least you could do is read it to make sure it is relevant to the topic. Everything from “F-111 Overview” onwards is irrelevant to whether the F-111F should have AIM-9M or not.
And Gaijin knows that the F-111F (and C) could have AIM-9M. It’s probably being with held for balance reasons.
To be fair, it’s quicker and easier than doing it yourself, if you’re strapped for time, it’s understandable. But it lacks the humanistic personality and perspective, and jokes of a human produced “article.”
I think I could just about make the argument for the 11.7 Tornado IDSs to get Aim-9M/Aim-9Li without a BR increase (as they already have said BR increase) but the F-111s not a chance they’d stay put. Not too mention the fact they carry way more, but they are tenatively a stronger overall airframe. In a downtier it would be a menace
For something this short, yeah, but for a suggestion post or in depth on a vehicle, the AI really does help. Not even for writing, but finding data and sources is just a massive tool and help.
I really have no issues with AI if you use it for coherency and just general grammar maintenance but when you just let it write for you it’s super lazy.
