Brain32

I'll just say that IL2 1946 is still for sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/15320/

Truth be told I'd love if all target objects had their folders like aircraft and ground objects...

Hmmm are you sure IL-10 had the NS-37 variant like IL-2 Type 3M?

Haha interesting but true :))))

Not quite sure about that, the GSh-30 on the Su-25 can also fire DU AP rounds, so while it most certainly is not as effective as GAU-8 which was practically designed for that exact purpose I wouldn't bet it can harm the tanks like the A-10...

Stay strong and kill the pesky f'er!

Well we can always disregard such things and keep on making wet dreaming threads...just sayin'....

Bison update is not expensive but our airframes are dangerously nearing the end of resources...

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL :))))) Never heard that one before

Pure air policing, no significant upgrades, love the paint btw.

Exactly what shocked me too lol But joking aside that's some serious machine there Ian, it's awsome! I have a soft spot for M5 F10 with twin turbo V8 but my account has way too many soft spots too lol

Happy New Year! I will not spit on the gone 2013. only because - what does not kill you....so have a stronger and prosperous 2014.

R-Darter is cleared and it is most likely to be used on the Brazilian Gripen, considering that Brazil already worked on A-Darter with South Africa, Brazil will most likely not even ask for AMRAAM's or any other BVR weapon as using R-Darter should be the easiest, cheapest and logistically most practical solution...

Everybody that knows animals also knows it's always about the owner, never about the animal, I love quite a few of big "dangerous" dog breeds. When I was a kid(like 10yrs old or so) I got "attacked" by a Doberman, after panic reaction and some struggle I realized the young dog just wanted to play with me, he grabbed my arm but didn't hurt it a bit was just pulling it to play, since then I don't trust myths and legends I take dogs for what they are individually and try to "read" their body language...

I must say I had no clue about that, I thought that apart from Ecuador and Peru they are all pretty ok with each other down there...

I started working on my own temps a while ago...still not finished though...

Yeah the F-22 and F-35 brochures are really cool too...Rafales also

In regards to the Gripen I don't see one bit of a bad thing about it, excellent modern electronics including AESA radar, supercruise ability, excellent weaponry choices, modularity and upgradeability, cheap maintenance, cheap aquisition, and great quality. If you aim for western equipment and are not sitting on trillions of galons of oil it's the very best choice especially for smaller countries. F-16 deals are ok but you can either get a refurbished battered airframe with limited flight hours and still have to pay for upgrade or have to go for what's really too expensive for newer blocks because as new as they are F-16 is from the 1970's let's be realistic... Croatia also got an offer for F-16 and here I'll try to write down about that problem: So the deal was former ANG F-16A's for a dollar each with the obligation to upgrade them to MLU standard which would cost 50mil$ a piece. Actually that does not even sound so bad(thx Yanks btw!) but here are the problems: 1. Yes that's former ANG Vipers which means they were flown to the near limit of airframe life, they will not last long 2. Keeping #1 in mind is 50mil$ a piece for MLU upgrade even advisable for such battered airframes? 3. The 50mil thing is only MLU upgrade, we would also have to invest into pilot education, technician education, equipment, weaponry 4. Using former Soviet aircrafts everything was adjusted for them(mostly mig21) even most of the runways would have to be upgraded and rebuilt atleast in part to support the Vipers All that for airframes that have very limited flight hours left? As generous as initial offer is, the secondary cost would make the whole thing very economically questionable. 5. This is very important for small countries - we have very few airfields that would be the first strike in any kind of potential conflict, so even if we prepare and protect our Vipers, where would they operate from? Can they do it from improvised runways or even roads? Can they be properly serviced and maintained in such conditions with limited manpower and equipment? The above conditions are VERY important for most countries really, very few countries in the world have total country surface area and/or shape that would bring territory depth in the strategic equation, for example USA besides being super-huge country also has huge oceans on all sides of potential hypothetic threats, Russia is huge, China, India, Canada, Brazil* * And here we come to Brazil it's hard to say what are they trying to accomplish and how much money can they put in it but still I don't see Gripen as being a miss for anybody that thing sure has some comparative advantages to competition, the question is only if those advantages can please the needs...in that context it's really hard for me to approve or disapprove Brazils decision. Basically my comments are related to the situation on the market of military planes and here I think the Gripen hit's the proper segment. I mean you can look at it from the similar position as you would on automobile market, you can't offer Golden Rolls Royces to mid class 4-member European familiy, as great as Rolls is chances are only the Sheiks will buy it, while the mid-class eurofamiliy will go for the new GolfMk7, relatively cheap, quite advanced and sophisticated from the engineering standpoint, economical and does the job they need to be done. So for other contesters on the military aeronautics market my message is, either lower your prices or start making "Golfs"...

Yup quite telling indeed, abandonware here we come...

Merry Christmas everyone, no squatting for me today, Santa can have the whole gym for himself lol

And when I speak out against immigration people call me nazi...

Ugh as people state in the comments, that one is not too accurate either, I will watch it however it sure is something I'd be interested in so thx

Looooooooooooool macalena that is brutal

That was a non issue, Germans used B4 fuel all the way until the end of the war using C3 only on certain examples like the brutal ME-109K4 with C3 fuel... Infact RAF didn't start out with widespread 100 octane use and very early Hurris and Spits ran at very low pressure having significant performance(speed) disadvantage however with the 100 it about equaled out...

Me too, better safe than sorry...