The picture of the AV-8B+ with outrigger pylons is a mockup though.
It has no upward firing flare dispensers that were on the prototype and production AV-8B+ and the end of the fuselage spike has the Marconi PVS2000 doppler MAWS that’s only on the British Harriers.
It’s from the early 1990s when Harrier with APG-65 was first being pitched, and McDonnell/BAE were still courting interest in the project, and seemed to include the UK as a potential buyer.
1991 AV-8B+ prospectus published by BAE
The outrigger pylons and doppler MAWS haven’t been on any prototype or production AV-8B+ since it first flew in 1992
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So what your saying is its a sales pitch for the British
I understand why Italy wants local production, so good for them (I also dislike that we (NL) are getting way too close with Germany, but that is off topic).
This would be interesting for in game as well. Germany could be progressed with more modern leopard 2 variants while Italy could receive the KF51 earlier (the hungarian one with the 120mm). This way both would have strong future top tier MBTs while having some uniqueness setting the trees apart.
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I’m sure we are getting BOL pods for the AMRAAM’s aswell, pretty sure they were in gszabi’s unused assets list. So possibly we could take AMRAAM with BOL + 2 9M with BOL on the outer pylons then a gun + AMRAAM on the inner pylons.
Is chaff broken for anyone else?
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Yep, FA2 should have BOL + AMRAAM on the wings. Yet to be added.
So yeah, you could run 2/2 with a gun and still have 1x BOL. Though the 30mm ADEN and the limited FM of the FA2, does mean Id rather take a third AMRAAM.
But if we could get BOL no matter what config, and have the full 380 CMs. Then we’d be golden
there ya go american mains can stop complaining about not having a harrier 2 (they already have better cas with the F16C)
Gonna quote myself from another thread here
neat so the MAWs is unique to the british one
They’ve now started complaining that the AV-8B+ is over BRed and instead they want the AV-8B at 11.7 to match the Harrier Gr7s BR
next event is a naval one. and its going to be in a month after this churchill event. cuz they said they are doing a month break
I mean if hungary / italy adopt the KF51 and germany doesn’t then idk I would be pretty much the KF41 all over again so I would assume germany wouldn’t get it
I guess they are ignoring it has more bombs, AMRAAMs and Radar?
Yes, but as example Hungary is getting a 120mm KF51, so what happens to the the 130mm version?
Yep, they want the AV-8B NA that didnt have AMRAAM so it can be 11.7
Russian TT :P
it would still be better with more bombs, a better pod and a radar so would be 12.0 I would argue
if no one else adopted it in game then germany
AV-8B+ pre-AMRAAM was 11.7. In the Gr7 you trade Radar for 4x more CMs and MAWS. So its fair. (and we should have 6x Aim-9Ms) But they’d all be the same BR in GRB at 12.0
yes, but there is where my fear comes in, that gajin just decides to not give germany any KF51 and make them italy/hungary exclusive even for version they never used or developed