Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

The J(M) is going to end up at basically the same BR as the 15EX family, only like 0.3 to 0.7 lower.

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Any links for this? And your sure it’s not 1979 C being compared right

I’ve also heard of JASSM-ER for Japanese F-15’s, but I’m not sure if it’s real or not

If this is true then in game the only differences between it and a J(M) would be the radar, additional CMs (apparently not even those) and the fact it doesn’t use Japanese missiles anymore.

It’s probably still a slight upgrade, but pretty underwhelming compared to an actual F-15EX (at least in War Thunder)

Better RWR too. But yeah that’s about it, btw I checked and there was a JASSM-ER order for Japan in 2023 not sure if they have arrived yet (surely at least a couple have)

worse maneuverability

Honestly i’m not sure which C was being compared, i’ll try to find the source but it was some offhand blurb in some report about the J/APR-4 being equivelent to the ones used in american F-15Cs. And we have stuff talking about it being upgraded various times since (The J(M) in game should use a J/APR-4B), and the F-15J can technically have the -4A, although its understandable it only has the base -4.

It would be on par with a F-15C Late

New radar, MAWS, and new missiles.

What MAWS?

US F-15EX MAWS?

Only slightly, the engines and FBW make the flight performance difference practically negligible.

the F-15C has MAWS, so yes… lol

IIRC there was talks about getting the new pylons, so it could run 12x amraams like the other advanced eagles (maybe).

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What MAWS? Seriously, which MAWS does it get ive never heard of this before

Ooh then it would get FBW (iirc need FBW to run the outer pylons)

Yeah it gets all the new electronics and their programs, hence why JP missiles don’t work on it, cause the US doesn’t wanna let japan mess with their shiny new electronics. (This has not stopped japan in the past, the US never approved the AAM-4’s installation on the F-15J in the first place, lmao.)

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@Pvt_Wade

oh my bad, I was mistaking EPAWSS for MAWS

F-15C’s didn’t even get the EPAWSS upgrade though, it got canceled

because it dosent
it has the mounting points for it at the cockpit for example, but there arent any sensors in it
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Yeah ik that’s why I was confused