Why does Sweden get A variant of Gripen and UK gets C?

[Ninja Tuna]

It doesnt make sense. Gripen is made originally by Swedens, makes sense to give them the C variant but instead gets A??? The C model wasnt show in devstream yet because its not ready, but when the time comes why not just give it also to Sweden?

[Omega Sirius]

Originally posted by Mackerel:

Well currently the US f15 is also the worst F15. The ♥♥♥ one has AAM3s

It's the F-15A. The first variant of the F-15. So of course it's going to be less advanced than the newer versions lol.
The update hasn't been released and already American players are crying about not being superior to Soviet weaponry.
And it's always the "russian bias." lol

[Mackerel]

Originally posted by Omega Sirius:

Originally posted by Mackerel:

Well currently the US f15 is also the worst F15. The ♥♥♥ one has AAM3s

It's the F-15A. The first variant of the F-15. So of course it's going to be less advanced than the newer versions lol.
The update hasn't been released and already American players are crying about not being superior to Soviet weaponry.
And it's always the "russian bias." lol

I said the JAPANESE F15j(f15c) gets better stuff. I never even mentioned Russia.

[Omega Sirius]

Originally posted by Mackerel:

Originally posted by Omega Sirius:

It's the F-15A. The first variant of the F-15. So of course it's going to be less advanced than the newer versions lol.
The update hasn't been released and already American players are crying about not being superior to Soviet weaponry.
And it's always the "russian bias." lol

I said the JAPANESE F15j(f15c) gets better stuff. I never even mentioned Russia.

But you're implying it's bad, am I right?

[Extal]

Originally posted by Critical Rocket:

The Gripen C is the NATO compatible variant so I assume that isn't operated by the Swedish air force?

The C is operated by sweden lol, it's the most used one.

[Ddinosaur]

Finland gets T-55M and Russia gets T-55a

[Extal]

Originally posted by Ddinosaur:

Finland gets T-55M and Russia gets T-55a

BecauE the finnish T-55M is a finnish modernization, not the same as the Russian T-55 modernization.

[Ddinosaur]

Originally posted by Extal:

Originally posted by Ddinosaur:

Finland gets T-55M and Russia gets T-55a

BecauE the finnish T-55M is a finnish modernization, not the same as the Russian T-55 modernization.

Okay, but still why do equivalent vehicles not get added to other trees

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by Extal:

Originally posted by Ddinosaur:

Finland gets T-55M and Russia gets T-55a

BecauE the finnish T-55M is a finnish modernization, not the same as the Russian T-55 modernization.

T-55M and T-55AM are Soviet tanks too.

[ArcticPuffin02]

I think if sweden got both and they foldered them people would complain because its the same plane they've already spent 1.5 million SL on copy pasted with almost no changes besides HMD. Just throwing away research points and SL.

[Hampamatta]

Originally posted by ArcticPuffin02:

I think if sweden got both and they foldered them people would complain because its the same plane they've already spent 1.5 million SL on copy pasted with almost no changes besides HMD. Just throwing away research points and SL.

wich is why they shouldnt add A models of planes untill much later as either a premium or TT.

[Ogwald]

theyre getting a better one later. chill

[✿Sqüirrel✿]

Exports are almost always better then the country that produces them. This is because the producing countries are phasing out their older planes and selling them. The country that received the exports then updates them with much more modern equipment and systems then they had when produced and used by their origin. Even IRL the best phantoms are not US as an example. The best of nearly all military tech that has been phased out of the original nations exist in other nations superior to its predecessor. Also after some hours on the dev server, I can tell you the gripen A does just fine, especially considering it is sitting at 12.0. It is possible the uk gripen will get HMD, a drop tank, and super temps...but that probably means it will also be 12.3.

[JagerBombastic]

Originally posted by ArcticPuffin02:

I think if sweden got both and they foldered them people would complain because its the same plane they've already spent 1.5 million SL on copy pasted with almost no changes besides HMD. Just throwing away research points and SL.

They have already confirmed that Sweden will be getting it, but the C will be coming later, so Swedes will already be forced to grind for both anyways. The real question is why are Sweden mains being forced to wait months for a Gripen C that is quite literally in the UK air tree? Unless the Swedish Gripen C is going to be better in some way to the UK (SA) Gripen C, It's pretty nonsensical to offer it as a new top tier upgrade from the Gripen A for Sweden mains months down the road when other nations will probably be getting new aircraft at that same time that will be further pushing the envelope on aircraft performance and capability.