Its not just a difference of armament
The JAS39C is better in nearly every way
Engine is better, its more lightweight, technology integrated is better
Sweden players have been waiting 2 years for a proper top tier fighter just to get shafted
This shouldve been titled “Ultimate nordic warbird for south africa”
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The gripen is also missing its 3 drop tanks
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…so are many other aircraft.
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I think it was mentioned in another thread that it will be after the FGR.2
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I love it!
@Smin1080p
Is it possible to get info on what specific version will be in game? Like what year of modifications or the specific MS upgrade? It will make it way easier to research for bug-reports and missing features.
(Might i even ask for info on what version of the JAS39C is coming to Sweden? Will we get both a JAS39C Early and a JAS39C Late?)
knew i’d seen it somewhere, it was on the news post
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Engine: i Don’t think that is correct, many people that claim this are looking at data for the Gripen E. i have yet to find any sources that confirm an engine upgrade from A to C.
Lightweight: again, i don’t think so, i have seen no sources on this.
Tech-integration: Yes to some degree, id depends on what version of A we are getting since the A also was upgraded alongside the C when they coexisted.
Neither is the south african air tree…
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Except, that an air tree for Hungary is all but confirmed.
Probably because Italy has already had one of THE Meta jets for the majority of the year. Neither Britain nor Sweden have had that. Its already removing uniqueness from the Swedish tree to add it to Britain but at least Britain worked on the design of the Gripen with Sweden.
Meanwhile Italy has enjoyed the meta for the majority of the year unlike either nation and didn’t contribute to the design. They can wait until the rest of their air tree is finished.
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We do not have the Hungarian air line in the Italian tree yet. We have already said we have considerations for Hungarian aviation in the future. Italy was one of the first nations to receive a modern Generation 4 fighter with it’s F-16. Sweden and Britain will now receive their Gen 4s after waiting much longer than the Italian tree.
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At the moment they are not tied to a spesific upgrade.
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is there any plan to make it so?
i personally think that making reports is going to be very hard without some sort of guidance and there will probably be a lot of repeats of reports of features you have opted to not add.
How is Gripen C able to guide Skyflash? The radar should not have a CW illuminator.
Generally in those cases, the reports are passed along as suggestions.
Understandable, I thank you for assuring me that the Italian tech tree isn’t forget. I can wait but please don’t make things too unbalanced for older planes :)
It’s almost a shame that you’ve chosen to model the A so closely to the C instead of adding an ‘earlier’ version of the A to sweden. They could have gotten the A months ago and then gotten the C now. Unless the A is getting nerfed in March, the C is going to feel a little underwhelming for them (unless it comes with AMRAAM)
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neither does the F-16C and Barak, but they still use them
There is also a small glimmer of hope that they give os a VERY late C version. The Swedish defence force ordered upgrades for the C just 2 months ago that includes A LOT of new upgrades to make them interoperable with the new Gripen E (the first production version of E got delivered 6’th of October of this year). its a bit vague but “better instruments and hardware” is mentioned.
in addition to that an upgrade ordered last year includes a better engine, better “self protection”(?) and newer weapon selections.
Latest:
Last year:
https://www.fmv.se/aktuellt--press/aktuella-handelser/uppgradering-av-gripen-cd2/
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