Thanks ^^
Somehow feels so wrong seeing Gripen A with the Meteor missile lol x)
Wait till you see Viggen with Meteors
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Where did you see that this was 196? That 39A has been scrapped.
Viggen with IRIS-T and Meteor when?
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below the canard theres a small label 39196
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BR 14.0 viggen with Meteor and IRST lol! XD
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and HMD
Production numbers are painted on the air intake under the canards:
I don’t think there are many A or B versions left, most were scrapped for parts to build the C and D versions.
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Oh damn yeah, interesting. A list of all Gripens that is out there and shows what happened to them shows all 39A series numbers as “kasserad” if they weren’t used for parts for C/D, became a test bed or had a total faliure prior to 39A being taken out of service.
Yeah that is why I am slightly confused
Yeah, some still left in museums, one even painted in M90 camouflage colors:
( Lista över Saab 39 Gripen – Wikipedia )
Would be a cool skin for in-game.
Very old images.
This is getting off topic now though :P
you can argue for backwards compatibility
when was this pic taken ? i didnt know they used meteors in the 90s ?
This is a test aircraft in 1996 by the looks of it, Meteor wasn’t taken in to service until 2015/2016 with the 39C MS20 package.
Not for the E since that is a completely new airplane, there are almost no parts that are still the same compared to C or older. That’s also partially why they didn’t scrap the C versions to built the E, it would hav cost more in labor to break them down just for those few parts compared to what new parts would cost.
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yes. but why loose out on some compatibility? asking because im genuently currious
Meteor started development in 94 i think, though i don’t think they were put into service until way later.
In general likely taking up to much space in connectors and software that could be way more effectively used for other things that are actually in service.
We were first to take it in to service in Sweden.
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@Michael-IR Ayo! Spice 1000 “fixed” ( Community Bug Reporting System )
Edit:
Label “fixed” and comment “implemented” but at least for me not available on the DEV server as of now.
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