This would be a great top tier fighter-bomber! If they go ahead and integrate Brimstones, this would really be an exceptional step from the previous German Tornado variants. Here’s hoping to see it sooner, rather than later! o7
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+1 Very good interdictor/strike aircraft for germany tech tree
I guess Tornado IDS SLE could add to rank 9 and located after Tornado IDS ASSTA 3.1
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+1 eventually
However, the IRIS-T would definitely be game-breaking.
25km range
60g overload
Focal-plane array (entirely unflareable, 5-8x more reliable than AIM-9M)
Overall the aircraft would probably be pretty balanced at ~12.7, but it’d be an extremely missile-focussed aircraft with very poor flight performance. Sort of like a Harrier or A-6E.
So I’d rather have actual fighters (at 13.3 or above) with such 4th gen missiles before attackers with those missiles. And fighters (like the F-15A, Su-27, MiG-29K, etc) at ~12.7 with current 3rd gen missiles before fighters with 4th gen missiles.
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I don’t think this will suit the game, it’s basiclly a Tornado IDS, what it does in game is throwing bombs in air and ground battles, half of the updates won’t change the game preformance, and the other updates can’t be in the game(like iris-t and cruise missile).
At the end of the day yes, it is a Tornado, but it would bring many welcome improvements which include:
- Expanded armaments including GBU-54 and HOSBO F&F glide bombs.
- LITENING III targeting pod with higher resolution
- BOZ 101 EC Increase to 200 chaff or flares
- BOZ 101 EC missile alert warning system
- BOW radar warning receiver that can detect K band
- AIM-9L/I-1 for self-defence (and later IRIS-T)
- Night vision for pilot
- Reinforced landing gear
So it definitely has a place in game.
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I NEED IT!! So damn glad the german Tornado is going through it. Belongs in game
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Nice suggestion! It could be added very soon without the IRIS-T
germany needs it. plus it can serve as a test rig for the IRIS-T just like the Su-25BM did for the R-73
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Would this help in fighting against the pantsir? Because everytime i am against a pantsir, i get shot down. Either i am not that good at cas (its my first time playing cas with guided bombs) and i dont know if there are any tactics or the pantsir just completely disable any “only” guided bombs cas.
brimstone are service in Luftwaffe already？
We know from the most recent armament report that they are being purchased.
Between the new RWR that can detect the radar of the Pantsir, the MAWS that can detect launched missiles, higher quality thermals, and longer range weapons, so yeah, it should be more effective against the Pantsir.
The new missile is more reliable than the R73 and Aim9m so it would make it viable in air rb however the missile might be too op with how its near unflareable and has 50 to 60g overload
Do you mean the AIM9L/I or IRIS-T?
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Is the IDS radar able to guide them?
within 19km yes
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You mean using the radar of the missile? I heard that an radarless aircraft could lock and launch a fox 3 with only the radar of the aircraft
no the tornados own radar can guide the missile within 19km in game (irl probably like 100km) but the method you just described is called a non-slaved launch, its similar to ‘mad-dogging’ missiles without a lock from the launch aircraft.