It’s why we say Gaijin is hating on Germany. No F-18 (yet supposedly). No better Tornado variant. Finally getting a ratty IFV around the 7.0-8.0 BR after Britain and US mains have had their fun with theirs.
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Happy
let hope it perform better than paveway
Since its only 500lb my hopes arent high
Cant forget this…
I know this is Wikipedia, but is this correct?
" The ASSTA 3 upgrade programme, started in 2008, will introduce support for the laser-targeted [Joint Direct Attack Munition] along with further software changes."
ASSTA1 not capable of using JDAM?
If so, why would they be adding it to the ASSTA1 and not just implementing ASSTA3?
Gaijin’s vendetta against adding stuff to Germany
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upon more research (chatgpt with references LOL) ASSTA3 was the FIRST variant able to use JDAMS.
Since everyone and their mother want to scream “but they didn’t use them” “that plane never actually had armament!” “You can’t add a UFO!” when adding a new weapon/vehicle.
But when it comes to adding something that won’t make a difference, people are okay with it?
Guess I can submit a bug report? But why would I want to do that when Germany doesn’t have ANY other JDAM vehicles?
Bug report resulting in the ASSTA3 variant? Unlikely.
bug report removing the JDAMs? Very likely. Now back to step 1.
Simply doesn’t make sense in the context of other vehicles/weapons added for other countries.
It got allready reported with sources from Panavia thenself that the ASSTA 1 cant use LJDAMs
Result: Not an Bug because nit good source
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/rpyuib0O2LuE
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What the actual F***
Insane.
Its better though do you really want to grind another Tornado for a new bomb?
Would be alot eazyer for the future atleast…
But maybe they plan to add also an Mod for ASSTA 3 like the Jaguar GR.1A → Jaguar GR.1B
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Germanies final iteration of Tornado with full ECM, Taurus and IRIS-T will be very good.
Failing that Germany as of 2024 are procuring Brimstone for Typhoon.
Aka Tornado ASSTA 3.1
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Better? Maybe. But I would rather Gaijin implement a more viable platform to use JDAMs on.
The Typhoon is the answer, its just a question of when.
or the swiss F/A 18C , might come with actual stand off missles as well
Typhoons all nice, but gajin crippled it partialy with restricting Brimstones to laser guidance and will lose a lot of its potential as a result
Cool that the last 3 planes germany got are premium planes. Guess they dont add tech tree planes anymore for germany
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Yeah that’s pretty insane. This thread is also discussing it