Gaijin was willing to give the Yak-141, an unfinished prototype, multiple production standard inclusions such as flares/chaff, a radar, RWR, and missiles it would have used. The radar the Lavi had theoretically could have used Derbys and the aircraft would have mounted Python 4s in service.
There’s an included poll on the original Lavi suggestion asking the community if these weapons should be included, which a slight majority voting yes. Unless gaijin has double standards, I believe it will receive those additions, or we’ll see the Lavi prototype and a also Lavi production aircraft to give the Israeli air TT more uniqueness.
If the museum that currently holds a Lavi prototype states it has that radar, I’m pretty sure it can be used as a primary source. See if you can find anywhere online where the museum specifically states that it uses the radar and that would be the best kind of source you can get.
However the sources for the Lavi suggestion here on the forums state it used the Elta EL/M-2035 radar.
Tbf, the post does have a lot of misinformation, but yea, it only carried the 2035. It’s easy to mix up with the 2032, as back then it was made for the Lavi (but as far as I know, it wasn’t mounted). It should be noted however that it had the possibility to fire ARH missiles.
Apparently some sources state the PL-8B also has a big engine upgrade, making it a lot faster than the PL-8, which might explain why gaijin doesn’t want to add it.
Lavi is a must if Israel’s going to have any chance of becoming a faction people actually want to play. Reskins and variants are fine and all but a domestic jet, even with a limited armament, would help a lot
It could mount and use the Aim-9L and Python 3 for air to air, and carry 4 of each at a time. Despite what the old suggestion says, it never mounted the Aim-9M. And although yes the radar could theoretically guide sparrows and could guide Derbys, the rails for carrying sparrows were never used on the Lavi and the Derby didn’t exist yet. That, alongside the 30mm DEFA, are the only armament options available for this aircraft
Realistically given the fact we know little about would have/could have been planned for production variants, we likely may not see countermeasures added or anything beyond what we know the prototype aircraft carried. Realistically we could make assumptions based on the systems compatible with the aircraft, such as certain launchers/rails that could carry basic unguided weaponry, but I doubt we’d even get that.
