Logan54 Posted April 20 Posted April 20 (edited) Disclamer: Super Etendard is naval and air-ground strike aircraft. I think this awesome carrier based jet with anti-ship capabilities is just must have for Cold War fighters period. We can not use Viggen as SE, because its ground based and can not aerial refueling. And, yes, this is very worthy jet after all. Some types of weapons of the French Super Étendard deck attack aircraft (wiki): Built-in guns: two 30 mm DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds of ammunition per barrel. Anti-ship guided missile: Aérospatiale AM 39 "Exocet". It weighed over 650 kg and was equipped with a penetrating high explosive warhead weighing 160 kg. AS-30 missile, which uses MCLOS guidance via a radio command link between the aircraft and the missile. Air-to-air missiles: "Magic" or "Sidewinder". SNEB non guided rockets Bombs: weighing 250 and 450 kg. ASMP missile with a nuclear warhead (variant 1000 kg, warhead weight 300 kg, 100 ktn, launch range 100 km). The AN52 bomb weighs 455 kg and has a capacity of 15 ktn. Outboard fuel tanks: 625 liters and 1100 liters, as well as an in-flight refueling system (capable of refueling other aircraft). Operators: France, Argentina, Iraq I know, somebody will say that its not good aircraft because it has not very big speed. But when I tried to reconstruct Falkland campaign, I was totally confused. I add Mirage F1 as Mirage 3, Harrier w/o TGP for cosplaying Harrier Gr. mk3, A-4 mod cosplaying itself, but the most difficult thing was to find aircraft that will cosplay Super Etendard. Viggen has a bit more speed but his radius is very low and depends on distance from ground base. Impossible to use as good anti ship aircraft from carrier. Super Etendard can do long range missions with AAR from another Super Etendard (as they did during Falklands conflict 1983) and take off from supercarrier. If this is not ultimate capabilities for this class of aircraft, then who can the same? I think that this fact just killing South Atlantic map from its release. This conflict impossible to cosplay without Super Etendard. *in modernise version it has Damoclus TGP Thank you. Edited April 20 by Logan54 7
Fooxao Posted May 1 Posted May 1 (edited) Totally agree with you for this aircraft, it will be great to have it !!!! +1 with super étendard Edited May 1 by Fooxao 1
PLAAF Posted May 4 Posted May 4 That's the bird that sank the UK's ship, with WW2-style bombing? Sign me up! My Adorable Communist Errand Girls Led by me, the Communist Errand Panda
Cab Posted May 4 Posted May 4 59 minutes ago, PLAAF said: That's the bird that sank the UK's ship, with WW2-style bombing? Sign me up! If you're talking about the HMS Sheffield, it was with an Exocet missile.
PLAAF Posted May 5 Posted May 5 (edited) On 5/4/2025 at 11:05 PM, Cab said: If you're talking about the HMS Sheffield, it was with an Exocet missile. I see. Thanks for verifying that for me. So, what did they hit with WW2-style skiing bombing? Either way, this jet would be a great addition to DCS. Edited May 5 by PLAAF My Adorable Communist Errand Girls Led by me, the Communist Errand Panda
Cab Posted May 5 Posted May 5 1 hour ago, PLAAF said: I see. Thanks for verifying that for me. So, what did they hit with WW2-style skiing bombing? Either way, this jet would be a great addition to DCS. Their A-4’s were very successful attacking low-level with dumb bombs. I think they accounted majority of British ships losses. 1
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