Thats literally an ADTW, but there are no pictures of service F-2 with AAM-5.
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oh i thought there are no pics of an F-2 with the AAM-5 in general
Yeah, as Ares said here are images of AAM-5 on ADTW planes but still no one for service F-2. Maybe it will be changed when newest upgrade for F-2 will come
Question.
Does anyone know why Gaijin named the premium F-2A the F-2A ADTW? I’ve been reading through this thread for a while, and the ADTW planes get all the funky stuff put in 'em, like AAM-5, testing HMDs, and that sort of thing.
So why name it F-2A ADTW and not F-2A Early, XF-2A, F-2A (Prototype), or something of that sort??
This particular instance was the first to test the J/APG-2, which is why it doesn’t have the AAM-4 as it was before integration tests.
(Although this is kind of debatable, as the J/APG-2 does technically give it the physical requirements for DL, and as ours has JDAMs it has the AMC OFP upgrade, so it should actually be fully compatible. But personally im leaning more towards JDAMs should be removed from it)
Also it should only have 90CMs i believe? There are some images of it missing the right underside CM dispenser irl.
So uhhh, kind of a hybrid of multiple versions atp, normal gaijin stuff.
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How… peculiar.
So just a hodgepodge of Early F-2A’s.
I mean, hodgepodge of different points of life on one F-2 ADTW is more accurate. Technically everything individually on it is correct for the airframe, just not for all at once for any one particular point in time. Very anachronistic.
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Entirely unsurprising.
F-16A OCU moment
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f-14b moment, f-15e moment, fa-18c moment, su-27sm moment, kinda hilarious how so many planes in this game are just mashups of a bunch of different versions of the same plane
is ADTW everything same as service one??
is F2a can use AAM-5 ??
well maybe IIR is coming we’ll get both best IIR missile
in japanese tech tree IRIS-T and AAM-5 what a lovely
and maybe we’ll get the python 4 yippy!!
ADTW (Air development and test wing) F-2s are generally similar to regular service F-2s, but not always. Given what we know about the AMC upgrade, AAM-5 compatibility should be the same between them, but its not 100% confirmed.
And yeah the thai STT gets Python-4s, but also domestically in the JP TT we could hopefully see the AAM-3s buffed up, which should be very near the Python-4 in terms of performance.
aam-3 is the best missile right now probably the best of missile except r73
why it’s need to get buffed is something wrong??
mainly dual plane maneuverability which is not special to it and a better seekerhead which is also not special to it
its IRCCM is the same as AIM-9Ms which is also incorrect
Right now its fine for the current balance, but if the Python-4 was added it would be nice to see the AAM-3 better, cause it should more or less compete with it.
(Same IRCCM, a little worse maneuverability, maybe a little more range then the P4 (rn its range is accurate, the Python-4s is just worse).
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I’m not really sure what the differences are between the P4 seeker and the 9M.
Also, how does the seeker on the AAM-3 work? Is it similar to the one on the Python 4?
I guess the AAM-3 will have to wait quite a while to get buffed, since even Israel hasn’t received the Python 4 yet.
The aim-9M uses a kind of seeker shutoff both IRL and in game (IRL its more complex then in game, with things like push ahead and how it uses its scanning pattern). But the Python-4 and AAM-3 both use dual band seekers. Basically they see both IR and UV light, instead of IR. Think like the IRCCM the stinger uses.
Warthunder does not have dedicated dual band IRCCM modeled, so instead they get both seeker shutoff and gate width, as seen on modern SAMs/MANPADs in game.
The AAM-3 isn’t even the only missile missing a dual band seeker, several chinese AAMs (The PL-8B and PL-5EII), should also both have the same dual IRCCM type in game.
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i see