We are getting 3 different versions, so will this influence the armament?

[Bedouin]

Hi,

We are getting first the 2005 version, then a 2010 and lastly 2015 version of the Strike Eagle...

Will the 3 versions, therefor also have different weaponry available, and anyone know which or what will be available with each version... or will the versions only effect the UFC and which TGP to choose from?

Thanks.

[Despayre]

2 hours ago, Bedouin said:

Hi,

We are getting first the 2005 version, then a 2010 and lastly 2015 version of the Strike Eagle...

Will the 3 versions, therefor also have different weaponry available, and anyone know which or what will be available with each version... or will the versions only effect the UFC and which TGP to choose from?

Thanks.

I haven't seen anything about a 2015 version, that feels massively unlikely to me, surely those electronics and some weaponry are all still classified and therefore won't be coming into DCS anytime soon, no?

[Ramsay]

2 hours ago, Despayre said:

I haven't seen anything about a 2015 version, that feels massively unlikely to me, surely those electronics and some weaponry are all still classified and therefore won't be coming into DCS anytime soon, no?

AFAIK Razbam, working with their SME's, hope to include modern/newly introduced weapons such as the AIM-9X and GBU-39 SDB Glide Bombs.

ATM they are more of a wish list item than anything else but as the DCS Harrier eventually got APKWS rockets, etc., it is a realistic possibility.

Don't expect newer radar, systems, etc. as found on the F-15EX or export variants, just the stores management and GUI changes required to support the newer weapons.

What eventually gets implemented in DCS is subject to change and YMMV.

Edited February 26, 2023 by Ramsay

[bond672]

I like the sound of the Durandal bomb. I love taking out runways! 

[Ignition]

I'm also curious about the implementation. As Razbam said it will have an option in the menu, main menu or in the mission editor? How will the multiplayer work?

I like the 2005, 2010 and 2015 idea.

[Bedouin]

11 hours ago, Despayre said:

I haven't seen anything about a 2015 version, that feels massively unlikely to me, surely those electronics and some weaponry are all still classified and therefore won't be coming into DCS anytime soon, no?

According to RazBam themselves we are:

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[Despayre]

9 hours ago, Bedouin said:

According to RazBam themselves we are:

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Thanks, must have missed that whole thing somehow... still kinda dubious about getting some of that 2015 stuff though (just cuz some of it's probably still in the air or was recently, and that seems like it would still be classified...), this looks like a roadmap, not a guarantee, but I'll be happy to be wrong here.  

[Spurts]

JHMCS is already in game for other modules.  Litening II is in game for other modules.  AFAIK Sniper XR is new but so was the Litening G4 used on the Harrier.

[hotrod525]

2 hours ago, Spurts said:

JHMCS is already in game for other modules.  Litening II is in game for other modules.  AFAIK Sniper XR is new but so was the Litening G4 used on the Harrier.

did they made a different 3D model or simply use the Litenin II and say "its a G4" ?

[Spurts]

I don't know about the 3D model (I know RAZBAM is making a Sniper XR model and I wouldn't know the physical difference between a LII and LG4) but the functionality is better than the LII.