and?
why does the US always need an equivalent?
currently nobody has a effective equivalent to the gbu39 be it range or numbers
and that dosent seem to be a problem?
interesting
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There are the Chinese glide bombs. There should also be wing kit JDAM, SPICE bombs too
can any chinese jet carry 20 of them at once?
No, maybe they should’ve beefed up their flankers?
F-15I can carry 28 SPICE 250 though
you know that there is a difference between a 500kg bomb and a 250lb bomb
and that difference is a factor of 4
Yeah, so probably over 4x the explosive mass too
And there are the Grom-2, trade numbers for explosive power
and?
it has the range but not the numbers
you can still only hit so many targets with it at once
meanwhile you can take 20 gbu39 into arb and get 20 ground kills with it
you cant do that with any other glide bomb because they lack in numbers
so now explain to me why is it not a problem when other nations dont have a direct equivalent to what the US has, but as soon as sombody that isnt the US has something it is a problem?
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Because the GBU-39 relies completely on speed and altitude for its range, while SPEAR 3 is powered, and more flexible.
I got no issue with full capabilities SPEAR 3 but considering it a GBU-39 equivalent is incorrect
I never did that,
I am saying that the US dosent need an equivalent all the time
Because, in the absence of ANY FnF weapon to go alongside the Spear-3s (i.e, no AGM-65, AGM-130 or perhaps soon AGM-84) The Typhoon could get a better version of the GBU-39 to compensate.
Also there isnt a direct GBU-39 equal for the Typhoon.
tell me besides being a little faster how this is so much stronger please im all ears because both have tiny war heads, both have similar ranges that dont matter in warthunder, both are GPS guided the only difference is speed which the SPEAR 3 isnt incredibly quick and numbers an F15E can carry more SDB-1s then an EFT can carry SPEAR 3s by a lot the max number of SPEAR 3s is only 18 the same as brimstone
The right move is to add MMW so it can be added with more counterparts regardless.
There is no SPEAR 3 equivalent for the US either, GBU-53 is just the closest thing as it’s unpowered
So Typhoon operators should have by far the most advanced a2g weapon in the game with 0 counterparts?
LMAO “the most advanced” as if half the features would even be modelled
To get the max range out of the GBU-39 you need speed and altitude, while it helps SPEAR 3 range too, since it’s powered you don’t have to go nearly as high up to get a decent range
It got tested for the first time like a month ago
iam talking about a gps only spear 3 just like it was established before i joined the conversation
the gbu39 has 0 counterparts ingame rn and are you complaining about it?
and again when will you ever need max range in warthunder? even air maps are barley big enough for the max range and that is from one border to the other
There are other glide bombs in game, meanwhile there are no cruise missiles in game
Great, so SPEAR 3 users can go even lower while GBU-39 users would have to still be at considerable altitude and speed to get equivalent range