Mmm, yeah i still don’t exactly think it’s gonna be, on part with other platforms. Like a Su-30/34 can take 6x Kh-38s (the closest comparison in game), 4x MRMs, and 4x SRMs. Meanwhile the F-2 is gonna be stuck with some combined total of 4x ASM-2s/MRMs, and 4x SRMs.
It’s never going to be on par with the best CAS in the game, that’s kinda my point lol. If you want to be CAS dominant, Japan is the wrong nation. However, it will still be miles better than what we have currently, at least compared to the AJ (I think it’s slightly better than the Gripen?).
We also just dont know what kit gaijin will give the F-2 such as HMD which IS crucial at top tier and even in ground rb.
It allows you to essentially start going cold and defending against a fox 3 while shooting off your own fox 3. Without hmd you will essentially have to face them almost head on depending on the radars performance and angles which is a disadvantage as that means he’s already defending, while your nose on JUST shooting off your own fox 3 while he has his in the air already.
In GRB you will essentially lose each 1v1 unless you pick him up first simply because he can just defend and keep shooting off fox 3s whereas you either have to defend or full commit and shoot a fox 3. even worse giving the lack of fox 3s the F-2 can already carry at best 2 in ground rb if your taking some bombs or ASM-2 while most opponents will have 4 or six even with a full ground loadout.
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Now on a more optimistic look…while its still being researched and debated…they can give us a theoretical loadout of being able to carry fox 3s and weapons on the outer pylon and inner most pylons
This would allow for a air to air loadout of 8 fox 3s and 2 IR on par or better with other top tier jets.
For ground it would also be good as this would allow for high cas loadouts and be able to carry fox 3s
With the theoretical loadout above we could look at a max jdam loadout of 12 and still be able to carry 2 fox 3s and 2 IR. Or even 4 fox 3s+2 IR and 8 jdams
Its more crazy with ASMs since you can carry 6 ASM-2s and 2 fox 3s. Or 4 fox 3s and 4 ASM-2s much better then the regular options. That and sniper pod plus if they give us HMD simply because it was mentioned in a document and the F-2 would be a beast.
But thats up in the air as its debated that those pylons can carry such loadout but there are some hints that they possibly could but nothing confirmed really more cope talk from me.
We know it seems that it was at least planned to have used radar missiles on those outer pylons at some point pre production but that changed post production.
We also know it can equip at least bombs on the inner pylons but it doesnt mean ASMs can be used at least so far. Maybe JDAMS?
dont take what i said too seriously as most is still debated and most likely not possible its up in the air right now. That being said if we were able to get this theoretical kit alongside HMD it would be a very strong top tier jet besides raw speed which would make more sense why it hasnt been added just yet…im coping lol
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Yes but I’d say it’s more favorable than not that we’ll see HMD but we have to wait and see before we doom and gloom. But like I said, vertical ACM at least will help in dogfights, mostly for gun lead
Fox 3s are nice but in GRB they’re really only useful for taking care of high flying CAS or keeping someone on the deck. Otherwise you can still multipath very well to close in the distance and 1 vs 1. What’s more dangerous is smokeless ir missiles even through maws. However, dogfights leave the deck sometimes and in those cases yes, off boreshot aam-4 is useful. Though realistically, probably will be jettisoning aam-4s if it gets to that point as they are too heavy to dogfight with
Anyhow, guys I think I’ll agree to disagree with the BR rating. Ultimately, I don’t care if its 14.0, 20.0, 1.0, or 9999.0, I’m going to be excited for it and playing it anyway as I’ve only ever expected a better F-16AJ with AAM-3 and AAM-4 with a drogue chute :P
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NGL i think we can fairly safely say it’s only gonna get 6 ARHs at best, as the justifications for them kinda contradict each other.
Either Gaijin gives us the inner most one, as it should seem to be able to physically mount them, but wasn’t originally intended to. Or they give us the outside one, which was intended to, but never physically could.
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““i wish they add both early f2 and late f2 and unnerf amm-4 f2 early 12.7 and f2 late 13.7 responsibility””
or give it amm-3 and aim7m and goose to 13.0 but this would suck is too high for non fox3 slinger and but amm-3 is great 4 of em too
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F-1 and Jaguar IRL are cars of the same class, but in the game…
Maybe this version will become a premium
I swear to god
finally found a pic of the plane that i have a model of
also found this: sadly not from another angle
The model in question (ignore the Tornado F.3 standing behind it menacingly)
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What kind of missile is the white model hanging from the wingtip in the picture?
If you’re talking this one?
AAM-5
Mounted on an actual F-2 -
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Think they meant the tornado F.3
That would be ASRAAM then.
Yes, thank you
No problem, have a good day/morning/afternoon/evening!
Just did a quick search on the serials.
Both sides of 13-8513.
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9704326
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9665406
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