Really good if Gaijin give it AASM (and not butchered), really meh if not.
It’s mostly a 2000-5F with some new bombs (nothing crazy outside AASM), and only 2 MICA max, so worst for air battles.
Everything depend on the AASM or not.
It’s mainly an MLU to keep it alongside the last 2000-5Fs ingame variant .
But even with AASM i don’t think it’s a danger like new F15 andd Su are.
No the testing was only on the dev server and never came to the live one
I believe it’ll get the GR4 Treatment
Wich is?
One thing sure it’s even if it’s not on par with the other it will be nerfed, because IRL it used only MICA IR, and since i doubt Gaijin give them (even if only 2) so they already limit it’s capability even if not on par with others xD
In the video of the GR4 we can see a mirage 2000 but we don’t know which variant
It won’t bring much new thing although. Just a new pod (maybe with more than 20km of range) and the ability to carry bomb and gun at the same time. AASM is still not certified for the aircraft (although tested from a 2000N) and we won’t see MICA IR yet even if it is gimped irl on the 2000D RMV (no data link, so no fox 2 with fox 3 range)
GR 4 gets 9M instead of ASRAAM and Brimstones are implemented like some Laser guided Heli ATGM rather than what they’re supposed to be like
I don’t know much about the french AASM but I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets nerfed just as much as Brimstones
and I kinda expect it to be stuck with Magic 2
Pantsir is not so powerful, I’m sure a Tornado can avoid it in 15km away, where it’s missile already lost mobility. VT-1 has 12km range, but in old time people just avoid it in 8-10 km and hit ITO or Flarakrad with LGB or Laser guided missile, the problem is you should pay attention if pantsir’s missile is coming to you.
Besides, Brimstone is not so slow, Hellfire is slow because it’s launched from 0 speed Heli, not a 1Ma jet, I think it should be 1.2 ma in average, while KH-38 is 1.4 ma in average.
GBU-39/B SDB I, my guess
The F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) integrated Raytheon GBU-53/B StormBreaker SDB II and Lockheed Martin AGM-158B JASSM-ER. maybe
From trailer major update " Firebirds" would be F-15E late, equipments mix 1999 ~ 2010 but before Radar Modernization Program
Another variants newer GBU-15(V)1/B & GBU-15(V)2/B
MICA IR right? Some people say it would be way too OP even at a Br .3 increase of current max Br.
I figure no matter how good the missile if it only gets two then it probably wouldn’t be too bad. Also with Gaijin doing its balancing.
I’m not an aviation guy whatsoever but do we know what version of the F-15E we’re getting in-game? I would assume its likely a later version with the ability to equip AIM-120’s to make it a comparable aircraft to the Su-34 but still.
nobody knows until dev stream and server
That’s fair, I was just wondering if there was any determining factor based on the images from the trailer such as visible mods or specific features that can be pointed out.
From teaser it looks like a Frankenstein version since it has a latntirn pod but small diameter bombs which are from an era when lightning pod was used
Only visible thing someone pointed out was the tail number on the skin:
However we don’t know for sure how much significance the skin holds to the variant we are getting.
If you’ve seen my reply, it’s a lot of speculation, since it used small diameter bombs that came out in 2006, the strike eagle should have at least a lightening pod, but we’re getting the older lantirn pod.
For context lightening came out in 2006
true, Gaijin is known to frankenstein certain vehicles/skins, so we will have to wait and see to be sure.
Maybe it will have a choice of pods, depending on the modification
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