Just paste the silhouette of central and south america in a random color background.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure I present some new information I’ve come across regarding a vehicle that was suggested here:
I’ve been doing some digging, and I found something you all might enjoy to see, as I found a rare image of a M.D 450B Ouragan in service with El Salvador which depicted it with a very unique feature:
That my friends, is a pylon for mounting/using the Shafrir 2 AAM. I’ve always read the El Salvador had/used the Shafrir AAM, but could never figure out what they used it on, and today via this article:
I’ve uncovered that it was actually very likely tested on this aircraft, and not just any Shafrir, the Shafrir 2 nonetheless!! This addition would officially make this aircraft a unique addition to the game, (and although I would prefer if it went to the Israeli TT) it could bring uniqueness to a potential LATAM TT in this configuration!
Shafrir 2 AAM on display at National Aviation Museum in El Salvador in 2002:
The Shafrir 2 exhibit in its current state, most recent of images is from 2 years ago:
and would you look at that, right next to the front of a Ouragan turned into an exhibit… I wonder what that could imply… (if anyone lives in El Salvador and wants to grab a pic of that Plaque next to it, you’d be my hero!)
The article cites the following sources: (which I may need to get my hands on in the near future 👀)
HISTORY OF THE SALVADORAN AIR FORCE – Douglas Alcides Cornejo Escobar (2002) – ISBN: 99923-0-076-0
HISTORY WITH METAL WINGS (1790 – 1986) – Marco Antonio Argumedo Najarro (2016) – ISBN: 978-99961-0-513-5
AEROTECHNICIANS’ INCREDIBLE STORIES – Herard Von Santos / José Jesús Castillo Blandón (2014) – ISBN: 978-99961-0-402-2
Sidenote: kewl pics of No.713 and No.714
Anyway, that’s all for now, hope you all enjoyed my findings!
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Awesome find. I too read about it using Shafrir 2 somewhere, but could never find proof of it. Thanks for sharing!
Now I wonder if it could carry those missiles together with at least one rocket pod on each wing. It’d turn it into a pretty flexible fighter and stand out even further from the other Ouragans already in game.
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Just no, thanks.
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remember the modified C-130 frontline bomber Argentina used to sink a tanker ship the 8th of June 1982
(TC-68 restored with dummy bombs)
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actually, thinking about it, if this tree were to be added it would have the most amount of alpha jet-like aircraft in game:
a-36 ( C-101) (chile)
pampa (argentina)
JL-8 (bolivia/venezuela)
MB-339 (argentina/peru)
L-39 (cuba/nicaragua)
which is fine with me bc i want to colect them all
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It would be cool to se Mexican F5 Tiger II and T-33 Shooting Star
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Honestly, the Mexican F-5Es would likely be my fav plane in any Latin American TT/Sub Tree, just because of that config. Due to that, I say absolutely to including it
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Honduras also had F-5E Tiger II’s
Along with sabres too (F-86K & CL-13)
Super Mystere
P-63
These would be cool to have in game even if they’re just skins
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The Super Mystere is actually a Sa’ar
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This is another thing that is nice about the LATAM tree: there’s tons of potential for historical skins since many of the vehicles were used by multiple LATAM countries. Having such skins also helps to represent everyone.
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Mexican Airforce F-5E
also what’s mounted on the wingtip?
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Training missile
brazilian b17
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did the B-17 lost all of it’s defensive armament? Even in the last photo I can’t identify any
Yes. Flying Fortresses in the Brazilian Air Force were only used in the SB-17 variant, for search and rescue. The only relevance of those photos is to serve as reference for an optional skin for the Dominican B-17G.
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A friend of mine founds this: IAF Ouragans used FFAR rockets too, SNEB rockets as well. It wasn’t a El Salvador thing but rather this capability was inherited by the capabilities of the IAF Ouragans, only the Shafrir 2 seems to be:
He also found some photos of the Shafrir 2 on display while the aircraft was in service:
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I see. I based myself off of the Ouragans already in game to claim that. Guess Gaijin also has to add those to Israel then. Thanks for the pictures.
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