Italy has the chance in the far future to get a fully personalised KF51. We’ve cut the Leo 2A8IT deal with KNDS because we wanted more agency over modifications that we needed/wanted. So Leonardo has signed a deal with Rheinmetall to 50% 50% the development of the platform for Italy (a version of the KF41 is also considered) to then sell it later on to potential customers. Pretty much giving us the much needed MBTs and tracked vehicles + getting more money on the back of it.
Anyhow this goes off-topic, let’s take this somewhere else if you want to continue.
gripen f16a and eurofighter is OP? mate F16C, 2 F16A, F14A, F14B, F15A/C/E, Harrier, A10, F111 and countless F4 bombtrucks are in the US TT alone (adding to this totally viable platforms all those who are missing, like endless hornets, late vipers and late f14s). yes they built them, but viable at top tier italy has EF2000 and gripen. F16A is a bit shit.
I’m talking about possibly trying to balance Italian air since they are getting the EF(grippen,f16,EF in the same tech tree is just too OP in my opinion)
how are those 3 top tiers any more OP than like USA and israel with f15c, f15E and f16C or japan who will have F15C, gripen and f16am next update.
is there even such a thing as a too OP tech tree? why does it matter?
note: only 4 nations (germany, USSR, UK, sweden) are not going to have 3 13.7 aircraft after this update, and israel has the most with 4
@Faster_Boiiiii so according to EFA CEO, the P4E development Is going to be started this year and the P3E integration (for all the remaining efa I suppose? It’s not specified very well in the article) Will be ended in 2026.
this is accurate.
New contracts will have to be signed once SD phase is done and Development can commence. that can probably be expected for next year
P3E is still ongoing. in fact, the german government signed some contracts for further P3E related equipment/upgrades, mainly for ground stuff.
Since He mentioned it in a general way, that probably mean that the rest of the Eurofighter partner nations (Italy, Germany and Spain) are probably going to have P3E on all theyr operative Eurofighter by 2026 (minus T1, wich Will be phased out by 2027-2028).
lol so italian eurofighter would actually be the most versatile eurofighter and best, it has irst and could chose either asraam or iris-t. well it doesnt have lwr, but doesnt matter really.
