Fairly certain it has 9
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no more
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Hope it’s unique to Sweden so it’s finally worth it to grind that tree all the way to top tier
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Well with Thailand currently in negotiations for a major order, it’s likely that it could got to the Japan tree as well
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From what I understand, it will take quite a while for RTAF to fully equip their 1st wing with Gripen E/F. According to Wassana Nanuam, one of the leading military journalists, interview with the commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, Gripen E/F will arrive in Thailand around 2572 BE (2029 CE)…So, yeah, idk if we have to wait until 2029 for Gripen E to come to Japanese Thailand-Sub tree ^.^"
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That might be an image describing Gripen NG and not necessarily Gripen E (the info seems correct though).
If Gripen E gets added to the game this is likely something players are going to get wrong A LOT.
Gripen NG (NG = Next Generation) is the testbed that was used to develop the Gripen E and has in stages had both additional features that the end product did not get as well as lacking some abilities that the Gripen E in the end did get. So it’s important to differentiate between the two (especially if the Gripen NG gets added as a separate vehicle)
One example being the extended back of the wing the NG had at one point but that was later scrapped and not added to the E (left NG right E):
Point being that we need to be careful of what sources are used as many reference the NG instead of the E version (some even write one of them but show info for the other… ).
But the info of amount of missiles seems correct, from SAABs own website:
(Gripen E-series | Saab)
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Yeah, it will take quite a while for them to arrive. It remains a possibility for gajin though even if Japan has quite good more modern aircraft like the F-2 that can (and should) be added first
Do we now how many NG aircraft exist? So far I only have seen the demonstrator with the number 6002.
It also didn’t have IRST when first unveiled but seems to later be upgraded
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Yeah Meteor should not be added right now imo since it will be way too strong. @Gunjob can sing you a song about its capabilities over the current Fox 3s
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It’s greedy of me but would love to see this in the SA tree, the Typhoon while great (excluding the Radar) isn’t as much fun as the Gripen is
I hope they fall through xd
There is absolutely no reason for it to go into the SA tech tree.
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I believe it will most certainly come to the game eventually, so it’s a thumbs up for me, but i agree with @Necronomica where we need to be very careful about what sources are used and differentiate between the NG and E.
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Well yeah considering they haven’t got the Gripen E or plan to
The only other nation that should get the Gripen E is Japan via Thailand
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You are correct I had mistaken SA were planning to acquire them
I think the NG versions are not numbered or registered IIRC. So if that is the case we can’t know how many there are or how many times they have been changed/rebuilt.
The 6000+ numbers are serial produced E versions as far as i know.
I’ve seen images of tail numbers 39-(low numbers, like 10 to 20 or something like that) prototypes that i can’t seem to find in any tail number list (number39-1 to 39-8 are A and B prototypes IIRC).
Here is 39-10 for example with the IRST on the nose:
Spoiler
And 39-9 with IRST:
But then here is 39-9 without the IRST:
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So honestly its a bit of a minefield with the NG versions and will likely just become what the devs want it to be.
From what I’ve gathered 39-7 is the initial Gripen Demo plane unveiled back in 2008
39-8 should also be the first Gripen E prototype from what I’ve read
FVI flyger nästa generation av JAS 39 Gripen – Flygvapenbloggen.
I think you are correct about the 39-8 being the first NG, but the 7 i’m pretty sure is a D version.
Found this (https://www.saab.com/globalassets/cision/documents/2017/20170615-lyckad-forsta-flygning-med-gripen-e-sv-0-2591790.pdf) by saab announcing the first NG flight as 39-8 :)
Which also prove what minefield this is going to be as SAAB themselves call it an E version…
Edit:
Seems like both 39-7 (called DEMO) and 39-8 are testbeds but the 39-8 have been rebuilt to E standard later:
(FVI flyger nästa generation av JAS 39 Gripen – Flygvapenbloggen)
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yeah it really seems to be quite the mess XD