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It seems that the system has very similar configuration to PHL-16 (or whatever it is called).
PHL-16 can carry 10 300mm, or 8 370mm, or 2 750mm.
Superb air defense turret from Rheinmetall
- Unmanned turret
- 30 mm revolver cannon
- 7.62 mm machine gun
- 2 Laser beam rider MANPADS
- AHEAD ammo
- 85 degree max elevation
- Electro-optical turret with day and cooled MWIR camera. They are capable of 50x and 17.5x optical zooms respectively.
- 2 laser rangefinders on the EO turret. One for air and one for ground.
- 2 AESAs on the front face and 1 AESA on other faces
- Passive comms link detector and jammer
- Armored against 14.5 mm AP
- Ready for a 30 kW laser
- Unmanned turret
- 30 mm revolver cannon
- 7.62 mm machine gun
- 2 Laser beam rider MANPADS
- AHEAD ammo
- 85 degree max elevation
- Electro-optical turret with day and cooled MWIR camera. They are capable of 50x and 17.5x optical zooms respectively.
- 2 laser rangefinders on the EO turret. One for air and one for ground.
- 2 AESAs on the front face and 1 AESA on other faces
- Passive comms link detector and jammer
- Armored against 14.5 mm AP
- Ready for a 30 kW laser
Of course Dassault and Paris don’t want that Germany getting F-35, it would take away some leverage for pushing for more French workshares. If FCAS fails Germany would still have modern 5th gen planes vs the latest tranche of a plane from the 70s.
Dassault needs to accept the workshare agreement.
Dassault needs to accept the workshare agreement.
I suspected that if Germany bought F-35s it might kill FCAS as a joint project and I was probably correct.
For the Germans FCAS will replace the Eurofighter and the F-35 the Tornado.
But the French want a multi-role aircraft which will do every single role.
I think the whole German procurement strategy is idiotic. I would have upgraded the Eurofighter and integrated B-61 in it long ago. The Eurofighter has good enough performance to replace the Tornado. The Russians still do not have that many stealth aircraft and the Poles are the ones in the front line anyway.
For the Germans FCAS will replace the Eurofighter and the F-35 the Tornado.
But the French want a multi-role aircraft which will do every single role.
I think the whole German procurement strategy is idiotic. I would have upgraded the Eurofighter and integrated B-61 in it long ago. The Eurofighter has good enough performance to replace the Tornado. The Russians still do not have that many stealth aircraft and the Poles are the ones in the front line anyway.
Germany needs a Tornado replacement in this decade anyway and already has marked a large budget for it. Paris just wants the leverage that none of the FCAS nations are operating 5th gen planes. But once Germany is buying a mixed fleet of F-35 and additional Eurofighters then Spain will look into getting F-35B for its carrier making France the only FCAS nation without a 5th gen plane. Of course that’s going against French interest of turning ‘European sovereignty’ into a French monopoly.