Source? I havent seen anything official about that from the USN
Yeah, it can break Mach as sea level just fine, it doesn’t go much faster, but you’ll do 1.1 - 1.2 Mach with a decent missile load for sure.
And at higher altitudes it can definitely break Mach, though the climb will be a bit slower, and it won’t hit the same high speeds as other aircraft, you’ll likely still do 1.5 with a full load
Well for the maps we have currently I rarely even go Mach 1.5 in the F-15E at altitude because of how small they are so I don’t see that as an issue and Mach 1.1 to 1.2 on the deck won’t be that bad. I’mma go sift through any DoD I can get my hands on about the F/A-18C and F/A-18E though I would assume that second one would be harder to access.
yeah, it won’t be able to do the F-15E/Typhoon level of BVR, but that isn’t my playstyle anyway, I rarely go above Mach 1.2 anyways, mostly if I’m chasing someone down, so as far as I can tell, the F/A-18 will fit my playstyle a lot better than the F-15s do, I’ve never really enjoyed flying them much, whereas the F/A-18 is still pretty nimble at transonic speeds, can pull more AoA, and likely out dogfight an F-15.
People just hate on it because it isn’t amazing at the high-flying missile slinging that is considered the meta.
An honestly 10 AMRAAMs it too much, id’ likely take 6, maybe 8, plus the 2 Sidewinders anyway for some improved flight performance
1 Like
Isn’t F-15 good at low speed too?
cant wait for the Sep V3 to finally come and its very meh and doesnt buff the tank in any meaningful way, (I doubt if the LFP was upgraded gaijin will let it stop 590mm+ pen ammo)
4 Likes
Well, for F-15C/Es, their definition of low speed is 900km/h ish, which is definitely good enough. You dont want to go lower for sure.
2 Likes
depends on what we’re comparing to, it loses to a lot of things at that BR in a dogfight from my experience, and it should lose to the F/A-18 too from what I know
1 Like
the only thing the US has that should beat the F18 at low speeds is the F16 everything else from what I know will lose in a low speed dog fight
F-22 would slam the hornet in any speed
Iirc there was a LFP armor upgrade developed in the 90s that increased the KE protection by 33%, but it wasn’t used due to weight limitations or something iirc. 33% increase would put it slightly over 500mm vs KE from the top of my head using the current Abrams LFP armor from memory.
I would assume that this would be the base value Gaijin would go for, but then again this is Gaijin. They might just do what you said.
i meant in game lol
even being lightly over 500mm of KE most top tier rounds are pushing 600mm so I doubt it will help very much, I dont think the Sep V3 is gonna be this saviour people think its gonna be lol
Ok then
I think the F-16 does better at higher speeds but the hornet is better at lower speeds
Sounds like a Marketing lie :P
1 Like
Eh it would at least stop the Abrams hull from being a lolpen for rounds going back to DM33 even.
Also it’ll be a new tank that is actually a somewhat meaningfull upgrade, unlike the SEPv2, so it will eventually help getting more actually good multi nation players returning to the US. Thus helping with their winrate.
The Leopard 2 PSO, which most would argue really wasn’t much (if at all) of an upgrade over the 2A6, but there was an increase in top tier German winrates after it was added.
I could see gaijin saying that lol
ZT3A2 fire on the move capability moment
1 Like
it still fat and still get penned tho
with the an F/A-18A+ or F/A-18C premium I doubt it, especially when they have what is it 3 or 4 top ground premiums now?