Why does the Yak-130 only have 4 of it’s 8 hardpoints accessible?
The outer pylons are only wired for R-73’s.
And R-73’s would put the Yak in a much worse position, only subsonic without even countermeasures or an RWR
Okay I can understand that. They could put R-60’s on it at least. Hell even the A-4 at 8.7 has aim-9B’s which is better than nothing. It should at least have it’s other hard points for use though.
I would rather the CM pods on the outer wingtips over AAMs and even R-60s would result in a BR increase as for all their issues they are still a 30g missile and a guaranteed kill against anybody without flares, the only thing below 10.0 with them is the Yak-38 and that thing has more than a few issues to off set them… like having the FM of an F-104 while being sub-sonic.
There is also the Yak-130M that just went into service that can be added with better weapons at higher BRs.
There is also the Yak-131 ground attacker, but I’m not sure what’s happening with it, it got canceled then restarted or something, so I have no idea if it qualifies to be added currently.
This grind is painful. It has no way to protect itself
What people call the Yak-131 is just an early modernisation of the Yak-130, Yak-131 isn’t really a real designation.
And that modernisation process eventually became the Yak-130M.
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I don’t think the BR increase would be worth it though, look at the Thai Alpha jet A Vs the TH, it goes from 9.0 tp 10.7 just from getting AIM-9P-4s.
There is also the matter of it being introduced to cover a gap in Russians CAS capabilities in ground battles, I doubt Gaijin wants to add capabilities that would put it up to BRs where the Su-25s already have that covered.
If it proves to be too bad in air they can lower it’s ARB BR, that is why they split the BRs.
Oh OK I got the impression that the 131 was a separate dedicated ground attack variant, while the 130M was improvements on the original platform.
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Well I guess I can always hope for an upgraded tech tree version. I sometimes like to fly the underdog if you will. I love A-4s specifically for that reason. I wish they would put the A-4M in the US tech tree.
yeah, having to play Israel for a good A-4 is the suck.
yes, they have pods that attach to the wing tip rails, Gaijin left them off along with the R-73s to keep the BR down, while I understand the R-73s I think leaving the CMs off was a bit much.