Hongdu JL-8

Imo looking back at what i said yesterday it is possible, although i would still prefer to wait to see what happens this year, if Pakistan happens to be one of the new trees, I’ll probably look into them more. And to be honest, the hardest part about K-8 info finding is that a lot of online platforms mix and match data, but that most likely wont deter me.

But for now, I’ll be focusing on suggesting domestic models of aircraft (May Change)

Well you 3 guys could check this article in the Old Forum

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Vehicles
Vehicles are primarily sorted by the nations that operated them not by the Tech tree where OP’s would like to see them be implemented. This is done to both give credit to the nation that actually used the vehicle as well as centralize discussion about the vehicle in question. Of course there are always vehicles that were never operated by anyone, suggestions for these vehicles are just sorted by the nation that actually tested them. Following that, there are vehicles that were made for a nation but just before being delivered some type of intervention happened that caused them to not be delivered (E.G. the Israeli CL-13), these are just sorted by the nation that ordered them. Last but not least there are the vehicles that were made by a company and garnered so little international interest that nobody even tested them, these are just sorted by the nation that houses the company that made them.

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this was exactly my reasoning.


What is TRG bomb?

I don’t know either, I haven’t found any information related to TGR bomb

I think TRG bomb is probably practice bomb.
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Do you have title of this? Could be for a different variant.

more details about K-8NG, the agm should be C-701



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50 kilo laser bomb is adorable lol

there is even 25kg guided bomb, usually for drones

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Chinese MOD video showing last use of JL-8 by Shijiazhuang flying college
Keep in mind, it is not retired, it is purely no longer used by the Shijiazhuang flying college of the PLAAF

what’s the replacement?

Likely JL-9 or JL-10
PLAAF still uses it, just that one of their training bases no longer uses it

A better look at the 23mm Gun Pod :)

JL-8

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It’s naval aviation
See the navy flag and the “中国海军” (Chinese navy) text
Presumably the PLA Naval aviation university in yantai

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+1 for armed trainers

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If we only give bombs and rockets, how about a weight of 6.7?I don’t know if the performance is close to L-39ZA.
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Performance wise the JL-8 is slightly better than the L-39 in game, it will be faster by 40km/h(800 km/h) and the engine produces a little more thrust, is also lighter by if I remember correctly like 950 kg but I will check that later, however apparently it can carry 100kg less of suspended armament than the L-39, I think we should try to find if all the pylons could be fitted with suspended armament supposedly the plane has a 1000kg capacity of bombs/rockets but I will imagine the cannon will have to be sacrificed in order to bring 4 × 250kg bombs or 2 × 250kg bombs and 2 × 57mm rocket pods, funky enough the post where we are discussing right now mentions the 90mm rockets but eveywhere I look and even in pictures the JL-8 is carrying 57mm rockets

For me the vehicle should be 6.7-7.0 just because of the better performance than the L-39

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so cute 25kg laser guided