¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the PL-17/20/XX has more bearing being added to the JH-7A than the PL-11, which is based solely on the radar being similar to that of a different plane , and the notion that China would add prior gen MRAAM capability onto their upgrade package.
Even if the missile is classified & knowledge is so thin we don’t even know the proper designation for the missile in question, it’s still perhaps worth looking into given the interest at hand. Plus it would be cool 😎.
hush! dont be so curious to those newest PL missiles, as a chinese player, i still want to play WT for a long time
Realistically I don’t think we’re getting either, simply because I don’t think it’s a capability Gajjin wants too add too the JH-7A, kinda similar too how they don’t wanna add R-77’s or R-27’s too the Su-39
Fair, but a man can dream. Launching missiles almost immediately after takeoff is probably a bit to silly for the game.
JH7A can carry PL11 and PL12, but because JH7A’s main function is ground attack and anti ship, it generally only carries PL5c or PL8 for self-defense. And use PL11 and PL12 for j10A.
that last picture of the “PL-11” is photoshopped AIM-7M launch
Top two images are PL-12, bottom is photoshopped and already disproven. It cannot carry or fire PL-11.
So JH-7A equipped guidance infrared Air-to-Air Missile only ?
I feel like we need to make a “known fact sheet” because of how much people are still claiming that is incorrect.
No, it can carry PL-12, a Fox-3, but doesn’t typically do so.
that is 101% a photoshopped sparrow launch.
besides that, what pylon whould it have been mounted on in this pick? they are all still full…
Well if you believe the chinese source on the development of the JL-10A radar, there is indeed CW illuminator on the radar (at least at the development stage), but since PL-11 already have a short serivce life (quickly replaced by PL-12) and Chinese doctrine of not letting JH-7A running around with medium range missiles, we will probably never get photo evidence of this particular configuration
Do we even know the width of the pylon used in this photo (aka the GB series compatible pylon)? I’m having trouble determining whether or not this photo shows both GB-100’s being mounted or if it shows just the one. If it is both, that is quite different than the way US does double mounts. If we have the width of the pylon and chubby diameter of the GB-100, we could actually check whether 2 GB-100’s would fit or not. To me it does look like the bomb is offset but I would like something a bit stronger than 1 photo and how it appears to me if I’m gonna make a bug report (suggestion).
GB-100 diameter is 228mm.
Does anyone have information on the stat card of the JL-10A radar? I wonder whether it will have TWS and ground targeting mode.
It should have TWS as it’s capable of firing PL-12.
smin1080p confirmed in the Chinese missile thread that PL-5C is all aspect
Addition of Ground targeting mode depends on gaijin’s will.
i thought it was rear aspect irl?
No, pretty much every respectable source agrees PL-5C is just an all aspect PL-5B.
Basically an AIM-9L then
