https://twitter.com/tsukada0825/status/1669007190609498113
I also found this tweet claiming that the XGC-2 had a proximity sensor to detonate before hitting the surface of a ship. This sensor’s sensitivity was apparently tested against a BK-117 (very common for any sensor tests in to be done against the BK117). This would hypothetically give the bomb an effectiveness against slow moving/hovering helicopters in it’s laser guided form.
Also the GCS-1 should have no issue targeting ground targets. As reported in the past that the GCS-1 was expected to be used against NK missile sites and Chinese sources claiming that the GCS-1 was ground attack capable, the IR signature of ships and tanks are incredibly similar.
Yeah, I’m not quite sure why gaijin hasn’t already just changed the AIM-7Fs to AIM-7Ms yet. It would be one thing if AIM-7Ms had much better performance than AIM-7Fs (like the AIM-7F vs AIM-7E-2 issue), but in game they’ve got identical performance, so there’s not much of a reason why it shouldn’t have them.
Just gonna drop some cool real liveries for the F-4EJ Kai that are not already found in game (I’m sure there is more but this is the small list of really cool one’s I bookmarked after looking through thousands of photos):
Format: Aircraft Registration*(機体記号) (Date of when the photo(s) were taken) {serial number}
*Might be a incorrect translation
Aircraft: 47-8332 (2004/11/03-04){M032}
Aircraft: 07-8436 (2020/11/11-2020/12/05){M136}
^ Not sure but pretty sure this is a mascot or the artist or something since the character/symbol appears on many of the liveries even should appear on the wings of the “White/Black” camouflages in-game but has been removed for some reason
While this is not about the F-4EJ Kai, I think adding AAM-2 to the EJ would give it a balanced but better missile then AIM-9Ps at that BR. We probably haven’t seen it due to lack of data but honestly i rather they just estimate and add it already. Just grab an AIM-4D and double its performance and warhead with the addition of proximity fuse and limited all aspect seeker.
Bruh that’s sad, I’d thought they would’ve a least had them given how they were still sortieing the F-4EJ Kai till 2019.
They would’ve wanted every advantage they could get out of the airframe especially considering the possibility of encountering modern 4th gens.
The availability of AAM-3 will revolutionize the EJ Kai. But the AAM-3 is a 9L+ generation missile and uses two wavelengths, IRH and UVH, which makes it extremely difficult to avoid with decoy flares.
As you will know if you have ever had to deal with the TY-90 in GroundBattle, this form of missile risks destroying the balance of the game with its extremely unpleasant performance.
I would be happy to see it implemented, but personally I think it is better to avoid its implementation for the sake of game balance.
Off topic, but I found an unusual photo.
In the book at hand, I found a photo of an EJ Kai being used as the mothership for XAAM-5 testing, but this was shortly after the development of the AAM-5 had begun. It is only a photo of it being tested with the seeker pod mounted, and I do not know if it was actually tested for launch.
I have confirmed that there is a document in the National Diet Library that compares the performance of the AAM-2 and AIM-4D.
I believe that the AAM-2 (and AIM-4D) were very low performance missiles, but if the implementation is in favor of the F-4EJ (Not Kai) I would consider ordering them along with the F-11F and F-100J documents.
I can’t make any promises though, as it costs money to order them!
The EJ Kai could definitely get AAM-3 now i see no reason why not to add them especially now that AIM-9Ms are coming and ofc those R-73s as well. Even Python 4s were found in the files but still nothing on AAM-3.
Definitely no reason the EJ Kai can’t get AAM-3’s now that the gates have been thrown wide on IR missiles. And I mean hey, apparently according to that one dev the R-73 is equivalent to an AIM-9X, so going by that logic I don’t see why the AAM-3 can’t come to the EJ Kai. Furthermore, AN/ALQ-131 ECM pod when?
