F15EX-II got supermanuverbility or near supermanuverbility supposedly so idk and yes its a 4.5 FM wise its a F15E no cft and turns better due to weight reduction
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Heavy as in the aircraft being heavy or heavy as in with a big payload?
Because neither really fit the Hornet. It’s CAS loadout is really light, let alone the multirole loadout.
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Heavy when compared to the Typhoon at least and i’ve heard its a bit of a chonker with its max AAM loadout.
But yeah, its probably not all that heavy in a CAS/Multirole fit
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I would agree but I cant think of another top tier cas plane which germany could get. Tornado maybe? But germany really doesnt have an upgrade in air to ground armarment there. I doubt it is an eurofighter with more cas weapons.
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F-4F KWS LA is also a thing, but it would only be top tier in ground battles lol
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IIRC this plane could only carry 2 guided bombs aswell like all german F-4Fs.
Edit.: 2 Mavericks only
2x AGM-65D or G, but yeah, Germany mostly used their Tornados for A2G otherwise
yeah but that isnt top tier either. It would be 10.3 in Ground RB (like the normal F-4F)
or, probably more likely in a conflict with the soviet union. Focusing on defending the airfields whilst the RAF went in and bombed ground targets
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It wouldn’t be that low in GRB, it gets AIM-9L(I)s so it has to be at a higher BR even if it “only” gets AGM-65D/G over the F-4Fs AGM-65Bs
Germany was more heavily artillery focus (more or less since prussia) and after ww2 germany was reluctant to have bombers because they are mostly used agressively
Israel will probably get US copy paste 6th gen.
Yep, and given where the front line was. That makes far more sense from Germany’s perspective for defence.
The normal F-4F doesnt have aim9L. I see no real reason why this plane would get Lis. It would be a redundant to add in the first place
It’s an upgrade over the F-4F.
AGM-65D/G over AGM-65B
AIM-9L(I)s over AIM-9Js
The F-4F is 10.3 in GRB the F-4F ICE is 11.7. There is no reason to add this plane. It offers nothing new for ground rb. It would suck in Air RB. The only reason to add it is to make the grind harder. It could be squadron but germany already has 2 squadron planes. And germany definitely doesnt need another shitty bomber premium like the tornado and su-22
I’m of the belief nothing really suffices to be called 6th gen until it has accomplished the ability to have supersonic flight without fixed vertical stabilizers. That’s the only real big game changer.
Look at F-15QA demo for an idea of what the EX does
You act like they never add any vehicle variant that only gets slightly better weapons lmao.
I don’t see why the KWS LA shouldn’t be added and I feel like they should have added the Tornado ASSTA 3(.1) as well instead of adding that as a mod for the ASSTA 1
True heavy multirole is only done by the strike and advanced eagles.