Yep. Wtih all the fake nerfs Gaijin applies to the CR2s. Better to just run Scimitar, Fox and Desert Warrior and bomb the living hell out of the other team with CAS.
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The only changes from the existing -120B for the AIM-120C-3 war changing to Clipped Wings & and control surfaces, so it’s only relevant to airframes that have internal bays, also technically due to that it would take a slight performance hit too.
The -C4 makes some improvements to the Warhead (?changes to a Directional Blast Frag?), which doesn’t really have an impact on flight performance.
The -C5 adds the longer motor & small GCS section to maintain the Center of Gravity, so would be significant performance improvement.
The -C6 optimizes the Target Detector (proximity fuse), to allow for Small Target (e.g. Class 1 & 2 UAS) defeat.
The -C7 improves the Seeker (unknown) in some fashion.
-C8 Backports some improvements of the -120D series, for Client / export nations but not everything.
The -120D-3 refines various guidance systems to improve kinematics significantly(apparently at least +50% over the 120C-5), probably by the introduction of a two way datalink and GPS/INS and more efficient trajectory shaping.
If I had to predict how things are going to go, -C5’s and later are likely to be held in reserve until either the Gen 4.5+++ variants of the Teen series ( F-15EX / F-16V / F/A-18E) have been added, and have to deal with things like the F-22 / meteor equipt EF, etc. to help even things out, since past a point extended range performance won’t help (also due to reduced RCS of said airframes), in a similar way to the F-14 / AIM-54 struggling to deal with existing AMRAAM equipt fighters.
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Warthunder wiki got a major glow up, lookin clean!
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Hu… 404 error. Not a great start :D
different aircraft. does work. Does look a lot better
I have been dunking on US mains a lot already in the last weeks. Only fair to change it up every once in a while.
@Smin1080p_WT
The new wiki looks stunning!
Give your colleagues a tap on their shoulders from me!
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Worse than the pre- or post flightmodel/speed/acceleration nerf F-15E?
F-15E should easily match or beat the Typhoon in top speed and climb rate. Typhoon might have it beat on acceleration.
In terms of turn performance, Typhoon wont be a major leap over the J-10 or Gripen C.
F-15E will likely still hold the advantage in a BVR fight. Typhoon will hold the advantage in a WVR fight unless it goes ultra low and slow, at which point an F-16 has a fair chance at beating it.
The closest aircraft in terms of performance to the F-15E is the Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen E, etc. For 80% of nations, the options are advance to the next step, or watch F-15Es just rain Aim-120s down on everyone else without competition.
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a yugoslavian skin would be great :
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and the addition of F/A-18s to the currently suffering trees would not solve the problem, it would just give them a different non competitive Jet
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the issue is we know damn well that gaijin wont be adding the EFT or Rafale this patch so the chances of the us continuing to dominate uncontested are pretty high
Yep, maybe a nice filler, depending on its implementation, could bodge some holes like top tier CAS for Germany, but other than that. Its likely not going to change the meta much
Yeah… Thankfully I dont play much top tier these days. Been enjoying 12.0 a lot recently.
as they’ve always been
rememeber when the F4E was added, as the only plane with Flares for a year
remember when the F-14A was added, as the only plane with ARH missiles for a year
(no CAS on the Swiss Hornets)
I know. Like I said though, depending on the implementation… Maybe they’ll do an SAAF Gripen / Yak-141 / F-16AJ and give it CAS appropriate for an F-18
I kinda hope not because if they get the special treatment once everyone is gonna cry over it and get really annoyed at the Germans for getting something Semi historical
besides that there are 2 other aircraft in the German Airtree that could get a Semi/Ahistorical CAS update if they really felt like the Germans need it
F4F could get Tripple AGM-65 racks
Tornado could get PGMs
Just beware of friendly A-10s
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I’m just wondering what JP will get this update…
Sure hope something.
Always.
Be aware of US players in general is always a good stance to have. 99% of the time I get TKed in Sim is a US aircraft that has a decent radar with IFF.