Doesn’t the E/EX beat the F-15C performance at altitude and at higher speeds?
The engines do make up for airframe’s weight past mach, and it does flop way more below mach compared to the C (which already flops at that speed). Not too sure about EX, given they have different engines and perhaps different weight loading due to being new frames.
Really Hope the EMBT is going in both french and german TT otherwise there will be a huge community bully. Like we did for the sk105, the df 105, the Clovis etc…
Ooh it’s got MAW as well, you can see the blisters aren’t covered
This is kinda my issue with proponents of 16 missiles for EX, since while the Golden Eagle is a tech demonstrator, the EX is a service jet, so it’s a bit weird to me that we’re putting tech demonstrator stuff on a service jet that doesn’t carry it.
In my headspace it’s like claims of a specific F-14A which carried amraam and F-14D’s avionics suite, therefore F-14D should get amraams. An argument that was rejected by devs before.
F-102 should not be higher than 8.7
Missiles that struggle to hit a Tu-95, no guns. Objectively a worse sea vixen at 9.0
Thing’s gonna be the peak stalemate machine, it can’t kill anything, and nothing at its br or lower can kill it unless the pilot screws up.
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Not really, aside from MRML the F-15C GE is pretty much just an ANG F-15C. The term golden eagle is both the more extensive upgrade proposal name, and also what they called the F-15C’s in good condition which got the radar upgrade instead of being retired
If it gets the FFARs of F-89D, it can kill something. Otherwise, only outcome of this would be a complaint filed about why F-106 (which also lacks AIM-26s btw) is an event vehicle and this is a tech tree / squadron
Even squadron vehicle status would be better for this.
First document refers to the “Golden Eagle” as an MLU program, not the plane - something that would be in track with Boeing’s initial Golden Eagle 2040 proposal. It should also be noted that this funding was before the F-15C upgrade cutbacks of 2010s, and not all aircraft would receive upgrades. We also know that not all items from the Golden Eagle program were implemented on existing F-15Cs, and were moved to the EX program instead.
2nd source also has similar issue, predating cutbacks due to F-15C’s airframe age.
The one we have in game imo is a typical frankenplane (See: F-4E) in that it has certain features here and there but not really definite of a specific variant. It’s not quite exactly the service configuration nor the demonstrator.
That said I’m not inherently against the current iteration of the MRMLs on the CGE in game. With only 8 missiles max it would’ve been 2nd worst only above the PoBIT. 12 arh missiles are perfectly serviceable with the current top tier arb.
Independently knds Deutschland.
Pretty sure that was independently knds France.
The rest of the vehicles could be added to both nations as they were both knds Deutschland and knds France although some like capint should only be french
I just double checked, the C still beats the E in terms of being able to pull a lot of Gs at high speed and altitude, for example in order to go into a notch, although the E bleeds less speed. This is ignoring the acceleration/climbrate differences ofc that goes to the E.
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There were 2 EMBTs shown in the trailer with different camos, which indicate it is likely going to both trees.
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leopard 2A6M CAN canadian for UK
Does EMBT use same turret as Leclerc?
The one in the trailer/update ye
Aw :(, that thing is gonna be terrible then.
No problem if that thing goes below Leopard 2K and do not barrier a space in the main line.
Prototype + Foreign involvement. Straight to KPz line.