Panavia Tornado (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion

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1764

Yeah it really does.

Im not sure how I feel about Gripen C with only Aim-9Ms. (or aim-9Ls if they really really hate us)

It could be good, but I also seeing it a total pain in the butt in SB. So would really depend on its multirole. SA Gripens were mostly used for Ground attack, so at least it “should” have a decent loadout of ground attack weapons as well.

But if we do get ARH. Then I think personally I would prefer the Sea Harrier FA2. Or at least if we got both, It would be the one I farmed for first. It would also open the door for other aircraft at a higher BR than the Skyslugs allow for.

As for the Premium Tornado IDS though. My god, that is gunna be a powerhouse farmer in SB and I might consider actually getting that. Especially if we ever actually see the Tornados further completed

1766

I hope SAAF JAS39C Gripen would be tech tree after F-4M Phantom FGR.2 at rank VIII

1768

This topic isn’t for new addition speculation. Please shift that talk over to the UK speculation thread.

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1769

I personally think MiG-29K (9.31) from Indian Navy (IN) could be better Gripen C (PS-05/A Mk.3 radar)

But go to this thread

1770

So the premium Tornado was not British XD
And it looks like it doesn’t even have a tgp

1771

Correct its just a premium tornado without any guided ordanance and 9Ls

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1772

WTF? It’s just a Tornado without the GBU’s! Goddamn Gaijin’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

1773

No guided weapons means 11.0 or lower (Dev hinted at it being lower than 11.0 in the RR thread)

That means for a farmer in SB it’s going to be truly OP

1774

@Gunjob what do you know about prototype tornados, gromv said the br would be much lower the 10.7 , so best guess 10.0-10.3.
Besides it not being able to bomb because of F111A i just dont see how they can decrease the br of the tornado that much (without fixing all tornados br)

1775

I don’t think a prototype tornado would be any different from what we have now. The only thing I can think of is max of 7 bombs without the duel racks for the bombs

1776

But the reduction of bombs cant reduce the br that much can it?

1777

It Will only allow you to destroy one base instead of two but the IDS premium has the 12x mk 83’s.

1778

You are saying that like it is possible to destroy 2 bases normaly in the first place lol

1779

More EC maps would definitely alleviate most of the bomber problems

1780

Or just add in the 30s base respawn again, which apparently was a “bug”

1781

It’s a development/test airframe to my knowledge so that could mean anything from the basic dumb bomb loadouts to more exotic weapons. But if Grom is aiming for 10.7-11.0 then I’d expect just the basic dumb bombs.

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1782

Its only basic bombs problem is grom is aiming for a br of 10.0-10.3 thats what confuses us

1783

Hmm sounds like it will be a basic Tornado then, given the store page isn’t mentioning anything about smart weapons. Decent base bomber but not a replacement for the Assta me thinks.

1784

Definitly not, but generaly even if only dumb bombs if they reduce the br of the tornado to 10.0 or 10.3. All tornados should see a br reduction. If definitly at least the MFG, if the only difference is the bomb load. In the first place you rarely get to bomb more then 2 bases

1785

We guess in the future gaijin might consider add aircraft premium pre-order pack rank VII Tornado without guided Air-to-Ground armament for british & Italian tech tree ?