SRAAMs never actually made it into service, but the T8 Harrier (I think it was) at RAF Boscombe Down (I think) did test fire an SRAAM. Which is why it got it in game. I could be wrong, but I dont think the Gr1 ever had an AAM and the Gr3 only got AIm-9Gs during the Falklands.
Im not sure what the story is behind the F6 getting SRAAMs, but probably the same,
Yeah… Tornado Gr1 missing Martels, FGR2 missing Bullpups, Gr7 has a number of loadout issues. Etc etc. And then you also have the lack of ePaveway for GPS guided bombs for the Gr7 and Napalm for the aforementioned aircraft
ill never understand why they didnt add the GR7A, atleast it would then have a much closer flight performance to the american harrier 2, but alas, what happens to those bug reports tho? do they get shelved/ignored or…?
ah fair enough, atleast one day, in the semi near future, britian will become the best tech tree at top tier air and will stay like that until gaijin adds stealth
oh who am i kidding, gaijin would add the F35 before they add the Eurofighter or ASRAAM
Do some research about British incendiaries used in WW 2. We talk about masses of very small bombs. You see the dispersion of those bomb clusters after the drop, the higher you fly and the lower the weight, the more your bombs will have a chance to miss a rather small target. That’s why you can’t achieve any accuracy from higher alt for purposes like base bombing.
That’s why these very small bombs might be useful for WW 2 BRs if gaijin would implement area targets, and that’s why i wrote this:
Are bases not large enough for these kinds of munitions? They’re also buffed against bases right? They would be pretty effective although that’s if you reach the base before your flying trash can is blown out of the sky…
The challenge with an incendiary bomb is that you have to hit the base almost perfect in the center, as soon as you miss the center the radius of the flames might be outside the base and the base won’t burn down.
Gaijin has implemented artificial spread / dispersion to bomb drops (you see this in crew skills) which increases the higher you fly. So in order to hit the center you have to slow down (to extend the time frame to drop) and you have to consider the delay between pressing the button and the actual release which varies.
So in order to hit perfectly with hundreds of very small British WW 2 incendiary bombs (~ 10 - 15 kg each) from 5-6 km alt you need to fly very slow and you need luck - and that would require even more luck as especially British bombers are as seen as snack for enemy interceptors.
I guess the only short term answer is to make the airfield a bomb able target in RB like it is in SB. Probably about large enough for Lancaster firestorm
