I suppose next aircraft pre-order pack rank 8 for USA might F/A-18C (config 1992 ~ 2000 era).
At present, USA tech tree no fighter aircraft premium with active radar homing medium-range Air-to-Air Missile in rank 8
F/A-18A (late production) from desert storm era might premium (pack or GE) 12.7 ~ 13.0 BR
F/A-18A early production (pre Operation El Dorado Canyon ~ Desert Storm) with AIM-9L & AIM-7F
F/A-18D Early (desert storm era) battle rating same F/A-18A late
Could be new rank, but battle rating 15.0 minimum
After EF-2000 and F-2000A (Tranche 2 Block 10).
battle rating 14.7 minimum, my guess
Rafale F4.2, maybe
Might be J-10B (early)
Everyone here is talking about the Super Hornet’s AESA radar, but they’re not talking about how the Super Hornet (Block III) had reduced RCS due to incorporated stealth features.
didnt super hornets have reduced RCS from the start? maybe increased with block 3
@SPANISH_AVENGER on this particular topic. While yes the EFT doesn’t have AESA currently. Captor-M is a ridiculously strong Mechanical radar, making arguably to superior to some of the lower end AESA radars.
AN/APG-79 isnt a low end AESA radar
yes I know but just, saying generally speaking.
Not sure but watch it not be modeled yet again.
anything on the Rafale, J-whatever, or F-whatever thats AESA is beating the CAPTOR-M
Yeah, it should be the best mechanical radar basically ever put in a fighter jet, but it isn’t as good as the AN/APG-79, and it still lacks a lot of the advantages that AESA provides
hate to say it, but this might actually be marketing to save face for lack of AESA on modern fighter
Shush anti-eurofighter-thought is enough to get you hanged here.
but we already have stealthy F-117
I would not mind if some features were clearly explained that it will be modelled for x update, next year or whatever.
But well anyway even that would be hard to trust when they do not fullfill their promise on even smaller things (ex saying that they will add x vehicle, or x shell to a tank…)
It’s more that it was developed at a time when most other radars were switching to AESA, it is the pinnacle of mechanical radars, because mechanical radars were starting to become obsolete at the time of its introduction.
That only applies to A2A though, there are many better mechanical ground radars
well it’s talking about wikipedia I’m going to take advantage of it
I have Restricted Access on these documents ,
I don’t know if the PDFs are classified or just if I don’t have authorization via Wikipedia
I would have liked to have access to the PDF which details the technical value of the WS10A that would have given me proof to give as a bug report in case it does not accept data from Wikipedia, for when the WS10A and j11B will be in games
what about balance though? F-117 full stealth is a hell of a lot less impactful than F/A-18E or Rafale reduced RCS
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The question mark over the third F-18 is interesting, a previous leak from this source stated the Swiss F-18C would be going to Germany - I’m not sure if this ❓ is meant to hide that this new one is the same as that previous one, or if it 's a different operator 's Hornet for a completely different techtree.
^the previous one, for reference.
Tigre HAD(ESP) was in the files a very long time ago, neat to hear it’ll be returning to become playable. I wonder what armament it’ll be provided w/. The HAD Block 2 in the FRA tree ingame currently uses the (IRL) weapon options of the Spanish variant, since France does not operate the Spike missile but Spain does.
AMD.35 kwk.39 is an oldie, discovered in the files briefly in 2022
( https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/twe9ez/new_vehicles_added_and_readded_with_the_ultra/ )
Harry Hopkins is similarily old, Oliviia leaked it just under a year later:
2S19 coming as two variants, I’m not totally sure they’d both come at the same time ? Hopefully they’ll both be techtree researchable regardless of when they appear.
YAH-56A as an event vehicle 😭 It 's not unexpected, but I had still be holding onto hope for a more obtainable implementation. It 's been a very long time since a helicopter was an event prize anyway, I wonder how score grinding them would even work in the current setup.
Dunno what " new page or new line " would mean in relation to strategic bombers, they are just aircraft ? We already have aircraft pages and lines ?
But it 's long term, so it will either be revealed w/ the passage of time or come to nothing.
It’s more complex than semi-stealth jets where Gaijin will have to add RCS for every loadout it carries.
what about AN/APG-71 though? had full datalink system to pair F-14D together, quite the radar
