Yeah but It doesn’t have a radar to’ use them. (I also wrote it at the end of the suggestion)
Could still boresight them off the rail? Should get some 20-22km range on its own radar so all you’d have to do is point your nose at the target and mad dog the AMRAAM.
AMRAAM is enhanced by the launching aircrafts radar but it is strictly speaking not needed.
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Ah ok I didn’t know that. The weapon Will be introduced in the armaments section.
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+1
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Were Italian TAV-8Bs made combat capable? The whole reason Britain developed the Harrier T.10 was because they wanted their trainers to be combat-capable, and the original TAV-8B offered by America was not:
In this context “operational equipment” likely refers to stuff like countermeasures dispensers and RWR.
it was seen multiple times armed so i guess yeah it could be used in combat
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This would be a good options for event planes that are foreign built, while domestic projects find themselves as TT or premium. Good post.
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+1 it would be a great add for italy
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Obviously if it has weapons! +1
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so basically AV8B NA two seater for italy? im all for it
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Gonna say +1 to this, seeing as basically all of the Harrier/Harrier II twin-seaters are goofy-looking 5-head planes, plus it’d add more variety to the Italian TT
(I would also say yes/+1 to literally any other two-seater Harrier as well because funny lol)
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Would be an interesting counterpart to the AV-8B NA (with 9L only) or even the Gr.7 (if it gets 9M). +1!
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It’s about TAV-8B, Isn’t it?
Specifications have AIM-120 listed.
Didn’t I delete that part?
Nevermind, I’m dumb, missed your conversation under the post.
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+1
Italy needs a squadron vehicle, this would fit the bill
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so i came back to this thread because i would just love to have a free version of av8b na somewhere in the game, and i’ve got a question
Was this harrier ever spotted with a TGP? given that it developed from AV8B+, which instead of built in camera, had a radar in its nose, and the fact that buddy lasing is not in the game YET, we would have no possible way of dropping GBU’s and JDAMS deployment wouldnt be much accurate
I don’t see why It shouldn’t be able to use It, It has the same wiring of the normal AV8B+, with only less pilons.
The front and rear TAV-8B cockpit is the same as the original “Day Attack” Harrier from before they had any kind of targeting pod capability.
Basically, they do not have a second MFD on the right-hand side of the cockpit that was added to the AV-8B Night Attack and AV-8B+ for the purpose of showing sensor info/footage at the same time as flight information on the other display.
video: https://x.com/TheAviationist/status/1721985681507967354
So they are not completely identical to the AV-8B+ in terms of electronics, and the pilot cannot operate a TGP in the exact same way as the AV-8B+.
Theoretically using a TGP could be done with the aviator in the rear seat operating the pod on his MFD while the pilot flies the aircraft. But I think one would need to find evidence of a TAV-8B with a pod fitted to support the idea that the planes did TGP training in this capacity.
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+1
Would be cool to have the Metal Gear Solid 2 Boss fight harrier in the game
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