Ive only really been paying attention to ground in the past 2 or so years and from that PoV the Abrams has been solid and gotten several buffs it probably didnt actually need (like 5 second reload)
F-15E vs screwed radar EFT was sort of a fair fight, but once the radar became usable the EFT was better.
and Rafale vs F-15C/E is not a fair fight at all
R-37M shares similar TTD as the regular Meteor… the only difference really is flight (and target, but as a certain event somewhere has shown it can also hit fighters (unaware, but still)) profile.
R-37 is a full on long range missile like the PL-17 or AIM-174, is much bigger, and is way faster than the Meteor
Explain its 200 km max range then?
thats for RVV-BD iirc, export version
Right, and every source to the domestic version is either an opinion piece or some rumour
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The M1A1 got clubbed hard on release by the 2A5.
They were going to add the 2A6 w/DM53 while giving barely any other nation a better round than L26 and M829, they reverted that decision but the 2A6 still clubbed.
The BVM also clubbed the US shortly after that. Main problem being that the US had just such a shallow lineup at that time with only the M1A2, M1A1 and IPM1 (M1A1 and IPM1 only had M829 and M833 back then).
The Abrams is solid now only because of that 5 second reload buff. Take that and they would be a straight up worse 2A6, they would get dumpstered by the 2A7s/122s.
They had to do something when they released the 2A7 and gave the 122s spall liners. However like I said in the past, I’ll gladly trade the reload buff for a SEPv3 with actual armor.
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then we cant know for sure. personally i think RVV-BD is worse than domestic R-37M since the Russians do have a history of exporting worse versions of their equipment, and 200km seems awfully low for a fairly modern very long range missile
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what about all the other Abrams?
They would be okay with the 6 second reload. Just like Germany has 1 truely good/powerful MBT and a bunch of lineup filler afterwards.
Unless you are saying that the 2A5/2A6/PSO should also get a 5 second reload.
the M1A1 and base A2 would be, but what about the SEPv2 and v1?
those ones should have better armor no?
I feel uncomfortable with this statement. Immediately after being implemented in the game, it was a very difficult aircraft to fly due to TWSESA bugs and a narrow scan range, but after receiving buffs that fixed the bugs and expanded the scan range, it became a very powerful jet fighter. It was truly on par with the Rafale.
To be honest, the MRML was unnecessary for this aircraft. The current 15CGE performs like a BR 14.5 vehicle, which completely renders the 14.3 aircraft. I cannot understand how anyone could be dissatisfied while possessing an aircraft like this.
They have slightly better hull armor, but not enough by a longshot to offset the reload advantage of the Abrams.
But that is more for a ground topic I think.
The Meteor can be added with other similiarly capable missiles. The UK will likely get the F35 when the F22 is added, so the F35 is the counter.
The F15 GE is not the only aircraft with AIM-120Ds. If the F15 GE was the only aircraft with the AIM-120D, that might be a reasonable comparison.
I think the F22 is overhyped and underhyped. I think too many people put way too much stock in certain aircraft beating the F22 once or twice in war games where the F22 is heavily disadvantaged but also manages to win more than it loses. Will the F22 be an unstoppable monster that requires zero intelligence to fly? No. Will the F22 be a very capable plane? Also no. I think the F22 will be made very mediocre in game and likely be outclassed intentionally by other planes added at the same time. The result will be US mains upset that one of the most dominant planes ever made isn’t great in game and foreign mains complaining that US mains just want OP shit.
No, all AIM-120s.
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Then the UK, only having the F-35B currently and thus the far weaker version of the F-35 compared either the A and C let alone the F-22, can get Meteors to balance it against said aircraft… (which should have been intergrated already if the the US did break their contract)
Though it is funny how US mains are already arguing that the F-22 needs equal or superior missile to the Typhoon.
I think this depends on whether the F22 added to wt will have access to hmd and irst or just the base 1990s configuration.
So now you want F35s with Meteors? And you claim US mains want to be OP.
The F22 will be at a higher BR fighting other 5th gen fighters. The Typhoon is not the comparison.
Based upon March stats, it is actually the second best performing aircraft in-game right now. beating out 2/3 AESA Typhoons, the Su-30SM2 and the Rafale. So… (and based upon the massive spike in player count, I think its pretty clear most people are realising its actually gotten kinda OP at 14.3)
I am not trying to deny that the 15CGE is overpowered, but I do not think it is appropriate to directly compare the 15CGE, which is not used for CAS, with other aircraft that are used for CAS in tank RB. statshark is not a pure ARB statistic but a combination of ARB and GRB statistics. Or is there a site that lists only pure ARB statistics that I am not aware of?
Its Gaijin. We’ll be lucky if they add AIM-120Cs to the F22, let alone HMD and IRST.