Iron_physik

that would indeed be interesting to know What suprised me BTW is the extremely fast track rate of 100°/s, even many later radars dont track that fast

pretty much Major US Operations 1980-1995: Lebanese civil war (1975 - 1990) Gulf war (1990-1991) Bosnian war (1992-1995) A-6E TRAM took part in all 3 A-6E SWIP took part in the last 2 of that list when you guys want manuals feel free to visit the A-6 intruder discord server: https://discord.gg/GeTuFjbB we collect manuals and currently have all of them that can be found online (including the SWIP manual from 1995)

thats the 1979 SAC chart the A-6E TRAM / SWIP manual from 1994/95 lists these weapons:

A-6 Does have acces to all Navy sidewinders: early models where even rated to carry Mk.4 gunpods

Drum was only with the A model, E model had digital computers you had to kick it so that the drum spins again, that drum has the whole computer program / algorythm for action written on it and needs to spin so that the computer knows what step / calculation to do next the A-6E then finally got solid state electronics, that not only where ALOT more reliable (carrier landings tend to damage the drum) but also faster with more computing power. Yes A-6A was rated to carry AIM-9D A-6E is rated to carry AIM-9D/G/H/L A-6E TRAM / SWIP have AIM-9H/L/M sidewinders can be mounted under all 4 underwing pylons

A-6E uses 70s Solid state computers, little in common with the analog computer of the A-6A A-6E TRAM then improves on that computer and radar system with 80s tech its radar for example would then also be able to track moving ground targets like trucks or cars moving as slow as 4mph (6km/h) thanks to the AMTI mode

that and the fact that A-6E SWIP also flew during the persian gulf campaign and over Bosnia. the SWIP would be a great Fit for the PG map

so I did some investigation and it seems the A-6 shown in EDs latest video is a A-6E SWIP: made 1991, went to the boneyard 1996