(LIGHTNING F.53 EXCLUSIVE)
The Lightning F.53 lacks a lot of armament it had in real life which would be of great use in game. the F.53 could carry 1000lb fire bombs (napalm) as well as ordinary dumb bombs both below and above the wings (2x below 1x above on each wing (a total of 6 bombs) as shown). it could also carry a single matra SNEB pod without an attached fuel pod above each wing as opposed to the current single option of 2 WITH fuel pods which significantly increase the weight load, reducing the possible armament presets significantly due to the low in game max weight limit. On the other hand, the document does show flare pods but those were said to be “non decoy flares” by a gaijin moderator 2 or 3 years ago.
overall, napalm bombs on this aircraft would be a brilliant addition and make the F.53 a somewhat viable premium again due to the recent nerf to rockets and their damage to bases. and No this wouldn’t be broken in air realistic battles as the F-104 Starfighter has access to napalm bombs also, and is nearly twice as fast as the lightning.
Source of the annotated image below and what I said: 1968 | 1766 | Flight Archive
(BOTH LIGHTNING VARIANTS)
https://news.mcaa.gov.mn/uploads/bookSubject/2022-03/6243f50a5241f.pdf ← Page 150, 151 & 152 show details on the ejection seat system for both lightning variants. these aircraft getting ejection seats is long overdue since this feature has been in the game for well over a year and nearly every aircraft with them in real life has received them in game other than these.
I did point this out on the gaijin.net issues forum but i believe that was the wrong place to do so.
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