I think Derby can be mounted on the belly still, so that does mean 4+2 or 2+3 or something is probably possible.
But compared to the FA2, no BOL & No Mk106 engine. Its a straight downgrade
i always ask myself why can the harrier carry 8 missile, i know there is a lot of variants, but 2 belly, 2 inner wing, 2 double rail as we see it now and maybe 2 wingtip
that is 6-8 fox3 and 6 ir missile
You mean the GR7/9?
There was a proposal for a Sea Harrier MK3 which was a Harrier II turned Sea Harrier. Which probably would have had some of that capacity. But never happened unfortunately. Instead we bought the Fail-35
yep, gotta feel bad for britain, thier power was completly lost since ww2, long live the british empire but if only the gov can take care itself first rather then sending more debt war
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Made a forum about the Harrier III a while back, look on my profile for it, there is same nice stuff. TL;DR of the Harrier III/ Sea Harrier 3, a GR.5 with Blue Vixen, or the 2000s one is a GR.9 with Blue Vixen and can carry 8 missiles.
@Morvran could the Sidewinder pylons on the GR.5+ carry a weight like the AIM 120? or is max ASRAAM? Wondering how many missiles a theoretic SHar 3 could carry on belly and wings
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I doubt the weight would be an issue.
If I’d hazard a guess. Probably would be very similar to AV-8B+
2+4 or 4+2 (and still leaving the station for fuel tanks) with the belly free for either mission equipment, guns or extra missiles
If the pilots wanted to go full intercept mode, I’d imagen that they would bring (inside going out) Belly AMRAAMs, Inner wing AMRAAMs, Sidewinders/ASMRAAMs, AMRAAM, AMRAAM but maybe guns tanks and 4x AIM 120 and 2x Fox 2 is more realistic
About the pre-LUSH version, do yall think it’d be better to put it at a low BR (11.0?) with only Magic 1s, or with Magic 2s at a higher BR (11.7? 12.0?)
Don’t add it at all. Unless the flight models get fixed.
Gaijin refuses to fix the plethora of issues riddling the harriers.
It’s a terrible platform in game. Subsonic brick with 0 hope.
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I guess that makes sense if India stays in Britain (which it probably will). But if it were added with Magic 2, what would be the battle rating? Considering the F1C is 12.0 with them.
I need it for something
Frs.1 late is 11.3 in sim and 11.0 in RB.
Gr.7 is 12.3 with 9M
I would assume the early Frs.51 with blue fox and Magic 2 would be 12.0
13.0 for LUSH. With Darby
But I really do not want to see harrier higher than 11.0 it would suffer.
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musthave for british techtree
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no lol,
They shouldn’t even bother unless they fix the harrier issues.
If its basically a Sea Harrier FRS1 with Magic 1s. Id place it 10.0?
Magic IIs, probably 11.7/12.0.
But honestly, whether we should get any at the moment is questionable. FRS51 would be notably weaker than the FA2 and the FA2 isnt in a healthy place at the moment and before anything else is added we really should get the Harrier GR9A.
Though until we get a Harrier overhaul… Its like trying to start a fire with wet kindling,.
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Lighter airframe, Magic 2 and derby with guns. I think it might be stronger.
Still want none of it until gaijin just fixes the harrier they have all the data they need they just refuse.
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But weaker engine and no BOL.
The engine isn’t too much weaker the FA.2 and Frs.1 don’t perform all that differently.
Should be single pop flare/chaff if they fix the IR issues the CM count wont be too big an issue.
Maybe, Id still prefer the FA2 over the FRS51 99% of the time
Depends on playstyle really, long range AMRAAM, vs low altitude ambush.
Which is what I prefer. (BVR)
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