Yea comparable is a big asterisk because not all nations are equal even among contemporaries.
and even so its still an insane piece of weapon wich even when limited would still stomp every plane in game and funny enough it was designed for iris-t integration at least for the DA1
Early Typhoons didn’t have AESA radars, the CAPTOR-M is more in line with the Gripens radar, not that a worse radar would make the Typhoon fine tho
Agreed, it would be an actually competitve jet for minor nations for a change AND certainly would force other nations to have a challenge. In aprt why people are probably against it.
But there has to come a point where everyone else has equivalent. At that point? I think that would be Q2-3 next year. Any later than that and we’ll be Sea Harrier FA2 vs F22s and Su-57 before we even got early Typhoons
yeah but i dont quite remember what were the first versions of the eurofighter equipped with instead of CAPTOR-M since CAPTOR-M was equipped for last 3 versions if im not wrong
ECR-90C
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i will say that a good option would be to have a massive update adding them all in 1 so you dont have to deal 1 update having an F 15 against an SU 57
Nah, the CAPTOR-M is the early one, the CAESAR (later CAPTOR-E) is the AESA radar
and that is PRECISELY what i think they need to do. Late F-15s and Su-27/30s, Gripen E, Rafale, J-16?, F2, etc. and you would create one hell of an update, Then Typhoon can just be slid into that as well. Jump all nations ahead equally, balance sorted
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Always remember that weapon loadouts are the least of concerns- they are one of the primary balancing factors, and a plane being capable of carrying a powerful weapon is not a guarantee that it will be equipped with it upon arrival, so that factor is off the table when considering potential new additions.
uuh dude CAPTOR-M is the latest one offered by HENSOLD
It’d be a J-11, not a J-16.
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F-2 early will probably be added before Typhoon and hopefully as the first AESA capable aircraft in game, J/APG-1 (first gen) won’t be insanely powerful tho at least compared to CAPTOR. I can see late F-2s added with Typhoons with J/APG-2 AESA radar from 2012, but even then there is also the late XF-2A which brings a even more powerful radar the F-X AESA radar specifically meant for tracking stealthy aircraft this is from 2019 and definitely not coming anytime soon I expect this near the very end of gen 4.
I dont really know my chinese aircraft, whatever the Su-27 photocopy is
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Agreed! Maybe it will take a couple more of major updates, though.
We are advancing at an alarming rate- we reached present day in Ground and we are on the 90s in air… at this rate, we may be running out of potential additions within two years! And War Thunder survives through the addition of new content every 3 months… so it is likely that they will be starting to slow down the pace at which they move forward and may begin filling more gaps and adding more sudegrades before taking as big steps as they have been taking lately.
The J-11 is the equivalent to the Su-27/30, the J-15 is to the Su-33, and the J-16 is to the Su-35.
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it most probably will
Yep, So currently my timeline is and I think shall remain, first typhoon Q2-3 unless they throw one hell of a end of year surprise.
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Thank you
I just want to say the AESA is the only thing worth mentioning (even if it’s the first generation so could be “glitchy”). The “Technology better than any 4th gen jet” is irrelevant here and means nothing in WT terms.
We know F-2 can use 9L and 7F/Ms so it would already just be an F-16C from that perspective (which is in the game already). Ground ordinance would just be rockets and dumb bombs for now (maybe JDAMs, but not laser guided or anything). If other nations get Fox 3s, we have AAM-4As which are comparable.
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