RustBelt Posted January 21, 2021 Posted January 21, 2021 Oh sure, the Iranians have bomb racks, but we still don't.
9thHunt Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 14 hours ago, stuart666 said: There is a video on youtube with the Iranian guy who claimed (I dont disbelieve him, there is some evidence for it) to have shot down 3 Iraqi Mirages with one Phoenix. Anyway, he related he used a Hawk against a Mig29, I think he said it was a raid on Tehran or something. They both hit each other, he brought down the Mig, but the mig hit him, knocking out an engine and damaging a radome. So yes, they certainly used it. But that the Iranians now seem to use Phoenix airframes with Hawk innards says something about how successful they felt the integration was. I think I read somewhere it was fairly unstable when released from the airframe. Im really not sure its worth the devs efforts to introduce a weapon that was used so little and was withdrawn after the war. Sure, I would like to see it. But I think they have been generous enough. I dont expect it. One thought occurs. Supposedly under Iran/contra, the US supplied bomb racks to the Iranians. They never used them (because after all, who wants to use an F14 as a bomb truck), but presumably they still have them. Does that warrant inclusion of the bombing mode? I idly wonder if it was even fitted as an option when the aircraft was delivered. Again, its probably not worth the devs time, but its an interesting thing to think about all the same. Grumman was also trying to pitch the tomcat to the Marines as a strike fighter, so it shipped with a barebones A/G capability.
stuart666 Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 1:41 AM, 9thHunt said: Grumman was also trying to pitch the tomcat to the Marines as a strike fighter, so it shipped with a barebones A/G capability. Thats right. When the cost started going through the roof, they were planning to do a variant with an austere radar (perhaps based on the F4) to get costs down. But the USMC decided to stick with the F4 at that point. It would be nice to have a Marine corp skin for the Tomcat, Im tempted to have a crack at one.
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