Does anyone know if the Japanese F-86-F-30 and the both 40s is capable of carrying more than 1 type of loadout? Like carry 1x 1000lbs with 1x AAM with the rest being HVAR rockets. Tired of being limited on CAS options for that 8.7 to 9.0 Br. Would love to be able to edit my loadouts. Also, it drops both bombs instead of 1 when doing a bomb run.
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Unfortunately, none of them have custom loadouts
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I did find this video on youtube, looks funny but this more or less how it will function.
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What sort of guided CAS option can we expect from Japan air in the future?
To my knowledge, the GCS-1 guided bomb was canned because it “could only track ship IR signatures” (due to the GCS-1 being canned, I really don’t expect the JASDF’s expanded arsenal of anti-ship missiles being able to lock onto tanks because of some arbitrary Gaijin-ism), and I don’t think Japan is really big into ATGMs like Mavericks except on the Kawasaki P-1
What could something like a F-2, F-15J be expected to carry? Or will Japan just be left in the dust with JDAMs only?
Since it is just some arbitrary Gaijin-ism we can push for GCS bombs anyways. Gaijin had similar amounts of excuses for the Type 81 before it was added. We just have to stay persistant.
I also believe I’ve seen the ASM-3 being mentioned to function as ARM somewhere, which could be helpful once that becomes a thing.
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I hope you’re right, I hate seeing stuff suggested and begged for Japan ranging from a few months to a few years for it to be implemented, it’s honestly like trying to pull teeth out.
Ayooo I did not know Japan had these vehicles at all…
TBM-3S2 with it’s CAS capabilities?
TBM-25
Toyo FD-25, Built in Japan Basically a baby mini bomber with ground strike capabilities. A tad slower than Ju-87s but makes excellent work for 3.0 Br CAS up to higher BR if anyone willing to CAS with it.
EDIT: Not me just realizing there’s a suggestion already of it lol Voting YES
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somewhat unrelated, but I’ve always thought it was weird that Japanese weaponry is sometimes behind Western counterparts. For example the Type 89 IFV seems somewhat dated.
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I don’t know where you got that impression from my post, but Japan has basically been on the forefront of military tech for a long while. The problem is the equipment is rarely upgrade so an IFV built in 1989 that remained relatively unchanged is going to seem dated in the modern day, but when it was built, it was one of the most advanced IFVs on the market. Same with the Type 90 having a fully automatic target tracker that is still absent on many tanks to this day. Or the Type 99 that was the first in the world that could be entirely remotely controlled with no crew when hooked up to the artillery command network. I think the next in line to have that feature is the K9A3 which hasn’t even left the drawing board.
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Didn’t the Type 89 got a new hull at some point, which eliminated the gun ports?
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I have a question, where did the info come from that the AAM-3 is mach 2.5? I had a friend ask me about the missile’s maximum speed which is indicated as mach 3.5 on the The Market for Air-to-Air Missiles by Forecast International (2010), and I wanted to double check this information on available Japanese sources but I’m drawing blanks with the only sources being third-party blogs with no actual sources released by the JSDF.
Screencap from the pdf in question:
If anyone could prove or disprove this, it would be great.
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I know how to get the missing mach.
AAM-3-kun~ GANBATTE!!
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Japanese Sabre using MA-3 rockets? Look like fuel tanks but those are MA-3 with caps still on it.
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While the F-4EJ Kai can use AAM-3, I feel like it would be too much of a buff and I think it would result in the F-4EJ Kai being moved up to an unjust BR just because of the missiles it has and not because the plane is fit to be there. So maybe what might be better is a separate F-4EJ Kai/L (Late) version with AIM-9M, AIM-7M, and AAM-3, because at least to me the current EJ Kai fits pretty well in the battle rating and setting it is in.
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the F-2 can use laser JDAM IIRC and has a TGP
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yeah GBU-54 pictrured on them and laid out for em
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I wanted to make a suggestion for the Ki-98 but I have no clue what this is, does anyone know about it? The only Ho-201 I know is supposedly a 37mm.
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Ki-201 would be nice…
It says Ho 201 30mm. I’d assume they mean 37, just rounded down to the nearest step of 10, since the Ho 201 was a 37mm as far as I can find.