This small LGB is generally used by drones
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I think the GG8 had a rocket propellant which allows range, bit I’m not sure.
Gaijin doesn’t need to know that
Any updates on the PL12? As per the closed issues report, they will need visual confirmation that the PL12 to be installed and preferably launched from a JH-7A that’s not JH-7A2 and JH-7E, etc. Also, the picture cannot be of antique resolution, and you cannot tell whether it is a PL12 or not. As per textual sources, I’ve seen the Jane’s quotes and other credible quotes provided by players, which they didn’t seem to reject.
Let’s put it this way: a simple CCTV or People’s Daily report/blog that explicitly states that JH-7A is capable of launching the PL12, and the pictures of the JH-7A hanging them under the wings and preferably launching them that is of good resolution will solve the problem all at once. It’s as simple as that if anyone could find a source as such.
But it seems to me that JH-7A may never get the addition of PL12 in War Thunder. This is because both the JH-7A and the PL12 are old, about 20 years old. And they are neither widely used nor widely reported. Although I’m convinced that the JH-7A is likely to have the ability to carry and launch the PL-12, since it’s not its main role, and the age and the rarity in the footage, it is unlikely to have any footage of the JH-7A carrying the PL12, before or in the future.
Since they are phasing out the JH-7s for J-16s, it’s not even likely to see a future representation of the specific JH-7A model carrying the PL12 (which is also old since now they have PL-15 and PL-17) in future airshows or interviews. Because that would be obsolete showcasing.
Therefore, since Gaijin needs a visual confirmation on an obsolete plane carrying an obsolete missile that didn’t have much previous footage, we are likely never getting them in the game.
Period. Simple. As. That.
If anyone has any updates on the PL12, I am glad to hear.
PS: It’s not about balancing. I am totally fine to have 2xPL12 options on the second pylons (or even the first pylons, yes, taking the same slot as Kh-29 as it did on MiG29-SMT) from the fuselage and throwing the JH-7A all the way to 12.7 in GRB and 13.0 (13.3 SURE I WILL TAKE IT FOR 2 PL12s) for ARB.
Chinese air, especially in ground battles, is like 2 planes doing separate CAS(JH-7A)/CAP(J-11A), while almost all other nations can do that in 1 plane, with both guided munitions and Fox-3.
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I had a good image of the jh7a with a pl12 on it but I lost it
Undoubtedly, JH-7A can use ARH missiles,the launch process of modern AShM is similar to that of ARH missiles.
That’s why they used the JH-7A as the experimental carrier for the new long-range missile PL-17 when the J-16 was not yet ready.
the PLAAF had very few ARH missile carriers in 2000s.J-10(not J-10A) and J-11 has not upgrade ARH missile modification yet, only J-8F successfully launched PL-12 in 2004. In this case, it is not surprising that the related institute experimented with mounting PL-12 on JH-7A.
总结
Although Gaijin believes it is LD-10, in reality, both LD-10 and PL-12 use the similar launch rail.
Therefore, launching ARH missiles from the JH-7A is completely feasible, with the only limitation being that modern PLAAF already have enough ARH missile carriers.
so there is no need for attack aircraft to carry ARH missiles to air combat.
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They do now, Russian drone got 50kg LGB for this updated, it now has a strike range of more than 12km.
Hey those are images of pl12’s on jh7a’s. Put them in the thingy.
Every picture I can find of an LD-10
has two stripes at the nose. None of those we see mounted to the plane have those stripes.
Pl-12’s don’t have the stripes.
What missiles on side rails?
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Pl5b’s?
No? they have round heads don’t they?
The b’s don’t
unkown.
Maybe a small ARH missille like Derby, or maybe a special model PL-5
However, we know that Gaijin has its own double standards. The Swedish TT JAS39C was never equipped with AGM-65G, but according to the usage records of the South African Air Force, the Swedish TT JAS39C obtained AGM-65G in game.
Japanese TT can obtain F16 that they have never used before.
I think it’s difficult for chinese TT to get such treatment from Gaijin, although they did test mounting ARH missiles for JH-7A :(
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I also want that original Q5 modified from J6 but I guess we will never see them. I mean Russia is getting LGB on drones and apparently T80BVM 2023 and China is stuck with a falsely modelled 99A.
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Well I’m pretty sure they’re doing it so they don’t have to change it’s br, but I’d take a 13.7 jh7a. Did you ever get around to sending in those images?
But you’ve got some pictures there of an actual plane carrying them, not a model.
The pictures submitted by issue report is consistent with I posted