Why doesn't Yak 141 get R-73?

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So my question is why doesn’t the Yakolev 141 get R-73s?
It’s fairly known that it could carry them.
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This is that russian bias that you’ve heard so much about.

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The relevant report has been submitted and acknowledged, but if you want them to truly add it to the game, it is best to send a similar issue to draw their attention Community Bug Reporting System

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Yak 141 was technically never wired to carry any weapons, and was never equipped with anything but dummy missiles
we can give it its historical loadout if you’d like :)

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Harrier gr1 couldn’t carry SRAAMs irl and it has them in game it could be the same for the yak141 with r73

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You are aware that (assuming it could even carry them) its br would get bumped up right?
At the moment, the Yak141 sits in a very neat spot where it sees a good amount of downtiers, allowing it to fight phantoms and such.

Fixed for you :)

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Thank you :)
By a chance do you know if it is possible that the in the future the Yak 141 will get r77s?

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As with all missile loads its a balance choice made by the developers, so its always possible.

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it did have them ingame (on a devserver, I think.), but they were removed because the US had no equivalent.

Soviets didn’t have equivalent to 9L, they had garbage R-60M, yet they never removed 9L when soviets had garbage R-60M

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