Gomig-21
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IAF will expand. In the 90s, IAF had 14 types.
lol, all the power to you guys, man. I'm a big fan of the IAF and have been for many years, as long as you guys don't start anything with Pakistan, we'll be on good terms.
The thing about making a Talios choice is Thales will provide ToT for MII. This will force the Israelis to offer the same which will force both to compete. So it's more to do with politics. If the Israelis provide ToT, then there's nothing like it.
And when was the last time the Israelis gave you any ToT, or anyone for that matter?
Is there an official source for that? Good if Egypt has Meteor ordered, but I don't think it was part of the original contract.
Check @The SC 's link above in post #4047 at the bottom. They ordered them way back in 2012 possibly either knowing they were going to eventually make a deal for the Rafales or to equip the Mirage 2Ks. But I always drive my bros on this thread crazy because I'm like the grumpy, old man of this crowd who's always miserably pessimistic about everything and only believe it when I see it. Lessons learnt from many other deals that were sealed, signed and....oooops, never delivered. F-15 being the big one.
MICA is a 80Km class missile.
I don't believe it. 50km tops.
The Aim-9X is way better than the R-73. R-73's seeker is way too old.
In terms of range, the AIM-9x is almost 2-1/2x less than that of the R-73. You're talking about 40km vs what, 16? Maybe 20? That's dog doodoo, bro. The R-73 has been improved through the years. It has a wider seeker since the old one, 60 degrees boresight vs what, 80 on the AIM-9x? 50gs on the R-73 and what, 30gs on the AIM-9x? That latter does have the cockpit/pilot killing seeking to it which is pretty crazy I must admit. But it makes up for much of that with its warhead and range and seeker element improvements, especially with the R-73M and new R-74. A good IR jammer will more than likely take out both of them including the ASRAAM! But either way, I don't wish any pilot to be fighting a war in anger and has either of those missiles coming at him. It's akin to jumping off a cliff and you're parachute won't open.
What I'd like to see it the EAF getting the R-27 like you guys did.
Those rifles are truly atrocious looking. What do you think about them? @Gomig-21 @Amir_Pharaoh
I posted about that rifle a few pages ago. It would be nice to find out what @Frogman & @Hell NO think about it. It seems like a monster of a gun and weighs about 6lbs, so it's not too heavy nor is it light. But it has a quick interchangeable barrel and can fire both rounds in 7.62x39 or 5.56x45. The special navy units seem to be using them including some Sa'aqa.
These guys are using the 13" barrel and hardly any sights with larger clips.
These guys are using the shorter barrel and some pretty fancy sights and smaller clips.
Seems like a monstrosity of a rifle but I guess they like the Italian stuff. It has a powerful recoil because it's relatively light and is ambidextrous as well as ejects on either side. You can see it in this video. First shooter ejecting on the common right side and while 2nd shooter empties the clip while it's ejecting out the left side. Notice the recoil, once he got used to it he was able to hold it tight.
US Army inspecting the ARX-160 military grade fully automatic.
This one shows a lot of the very cool features of fast barrel changes and many other very cool features.
I'm cringing.
Such an Egyptian thing lol. I think Sadat started this custom.
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