aircraft/loadouts Jaguar GR.MK1A - Strike Fighter

[pieve 3,578]

                           British

Jaguar GR.MK1A

Jaguar GR.Mk 1 A (XZ364) of the detachment from RAF Coltishall Wing based at Muharraq, Bahrain. Desert Storm combat mission. It was one of two Jaguars which flew 47 missions in the Gulf. The airplane carries a full coat of temporary desert pink camouflage.

 

 

Nose art was a feature of RAF aircraft during the Gulf conflict. This one features a caricature of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The bomb symbol below the cockpit each represent missions flown.

 

Introduction to SEPECAT Jaguar:

In the 30 years since its introduction into front-line military service the SEPECAT Jaguar has given sterling front-line service to several air arms around the World. Whenever ir has been called into combat service it has shown excellent reliablilty as well as operatonal capabilities, not a bad testament to an aircraft originally intended purely as an advanced trainer for use by the Bristish and France air forces.

Its roots go back to a period when Great Britain and Armee de I'Air were looking for a new advanced trainer that would enter service by the end of the decade. This new design had to be stable enough for a fairly inexperienced pilot to adapt to with a minimum of problems, but be advanced enough to be a challenging step up from basic trainers such as the folland gnat and fouga magister onto front-line types.

The Bristish  needs had been grouped together under the Air Staff Target 362 ( AST362) which was put out to tender amongst the British aircraft manufactures. Several companies responded including the preston division of the British arcraft corporation which featured varieable geometry wings, indeed resembling what would look much akin to a late design, the Tornado. With stinging defense cuts by The British Labor Government, the development time and costs more than justified a swing wing aricraft, although following the cancellation of the  TSR.2 the British were very close  to purchasing the F-111 K for RAF service. The other option was to cut development costs by joining forces with the French aviation industry.

Althoug the main requirement for the French was for an advanced trainer, the ability to use the new aircraft as a lightweight combat aircraft would be an added bonus and this was taken into account when the French requirement was circulated around its own aviation companies. This requirement known as ECAT ( Ecole de Combate d"Appui Tactique or Tactical Combat Trainer) had the same response a in the UK with the various companies responding in differing degrees. one company stood head and shoulders above the rest with no less than five different versions of the same design.

The Breguet BR.121 series seemed to have covered every possible role for the aircraft wtih the BR.121A - Fighter-bomber, BR, 121B - a two seat version of the A, BR.121C - dedincated interceptor, BR.121E - advanced trainer and the BR.121P - reconnaissance version. It was this desing that would become the backbone of the Jaguar design albeitm with a few changes along the way.

The joint agreements were signed in 1965 although the talks had started over a year before, and as well as jointly developing the new aircraft, officially called the Jaguar now both nations would start work on a more advanced aircraft based upon the British Swing-Wing design, known as the AFVG (Anglo-French Variable Geometry) aircraft. Both nations were determined that the two  aircraft be seen as carefully split projects with much of the work balanced out between the two countries, even down to the choice of engines.

Both nations agreed to order 150 aircraft each with the RAF, and Royal Nvy, ordering only the two seat varieations, France would have a 50/50 split of 75 trainers and 75 sigles seat combat support aircraft. but just over the horizon the plans would come off the rails for the British. As well as the cancelled orders for combat aircraft; the Frence did a "U-turn" over the AFVG agreement by declaring the costs were too high. An odd and dubious statement considering that the funds originally intended for the AFVG were diverted into another independent project. in response to this sudden change in plans the British looked at how the could develop the concept and design into a frontline aricraft as well as trainer.

 

 

Successful collaboration

As a result of a 1965 Anglo-French requisition for an STOL (Short Take-off and Landing) advanced trainer, the Jaguar was later converted into a powerful attack platform. The first of the eight prototypes was a French aircraft with two crew members who flew on September 8, 1968, and each air force contracted the purchase of two hundred aircraft. The Britons were divided into 165 aircraft with one crew member and 35 aircraft with two crew members, the first of which was named Jaguar S by the manufacturer and Jaguar GR.MK1 by the Royal Air Force. The GR.Mk1 had a chisel-shaped nose for a laser rangefinder and a tagged marker, a RWR at the top of the helm, 32.51 kn (7,308 lb st) Adour Mk 102 turbofan engines and the Marconi- GEC 920ATC of Navigation and aim of Weapons. These British airplanes were delivered between 1973 and 1978. Coach Jaguar B with two crew members has an elongated 0.90m (35 ") fuselage to accommodate a second raised seat. The aircraft were manufacturer with full avionics for navigation and attack, but without the LRMTS, in-flight refueling probe and RWR, and only had one cannon. Royal Air Force aircraft were Jaguar T.Mk2 aircraft, of which fourteen were passed to the Jaguar T.Mk2 configuration with the FIN1064 navigation / attack unit and Mk 104 engines. The majority of the GR.Mk1 aircraft were modernized between 1978 and 1984 with 35.14 Kn (7,900 lb st) Mk 104 engines and from December 1983 onwards were retrofitted to the Jaguar GR.Mk1A configuration with the FIN1064 unit of navigation / attack and the possibility of carrying air-to-air Sidewinder missiles in pylons under the wing (later on the wing) better later they took to the configurations GR.Mk1B, GR.Mk 3, GR.Mk 3A, T.Mk2B, T. Mk.4 and T.Mk4A.

 

 

Following the invasion of Kuwait on 9 August 1990, the British Government designated 12 Jaguar GR1A and 12 Tornado F3 aircraft to the Middle East in Operation Granby, which operated bases in Oman and Bahrain. On August 23, 1990, a Tornado GR1 interdiction squadron was dispatched to the region as well, but the Tornado GR1 was difficult to stay operational at high temperatures. The Blackburn Buccaneers were dispatched in January 1991 to act as laser designators for the ground attack aircraft. The RAF Jaguars gained several new weapons during the Persian Gulf War, including high-speed CRV7 rockets and American CBU-87 cluster bombs that were used because the RAF's existing BL755 bombs were designed for low-level launching, unsuitable for higher altitude operations common in the Persian Gulf. The RAF detachment of 12 Jaguars flew 612 combat missions without any aircraft being lost. XZ364 "Sadman" flew 47 missions; the largest number of missions of any aircraft.

 

 

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Detail view of the SEPECAT Jaguar underside; note cannon muzzle by crewmember head

 

Specifications (Jaguar GR.Mk1A)

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Crew:1
Length: 16.83 m (55 ft 2½ in)
Wingspan: 8.68 m (28 ft 6 in)
Height: 4.89 m (16 ft 0½ in)
Wing area: 24.18 m² (260.27 ft²)
Aspect ratio: 3.12:1
Empty weight: 7,000 kg (15,432 lb)
Loaded weight: 10,954 kg (24,149 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 15,700 kg (34,612 lb)
Engine: 2 x Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 104 turbofan afterburning engines delivering 8,040lbs of thrust each.
Speed: (1,699 km/h, 917 knots, 1,056 mph)
Range: 528 miles (850 kilometers; 459 nautical miles)
Ceiling : 45,207 feet (13,779 meters; 8.56 miles)

 

Armament:

Standard: 2x30mm ADEN or DEFA internal cannons.

OPTIONAL: Up to 10,000 pounds of various air-to-air and air-to-surface outlets, including Matra rockets (18 x 68 mm SNEB rockets), AS-37 Martel air-to-ground missiles, conventional bombs, precision-targeted bombs, missiles anti-ship, can carry 4 "Magical" AIM-9 Sidewinder / Matra R550 air-to-air missiles (as well as other short and medium range types) and special mission groups as needed. needed.

 

 

source:

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https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=92

http://www.airvectors.net/avjag.html

 

Edited March 7, 2019 by pieve

[blaZzinG_FurY@psn 298]

Open for discussion. Though it would be nice for you to include why this would be a good edition to War Thunder in your post.

[Milocat 4,848]

The Jaguar would be an excellent addition to the game.  It matches the Mitsubishi T-2 coming in 1.87 in performance and role and would be a great high-tier UK attack plane.  +1.

[onemax9000 1,242]

+1 gib

[Coldsocks 49]

+1

 

[NinjaMouse 42]

I would love to see this in game. It would make a decent top-tier ground pounder for the Brits. Japan's new Mitsubishi T2 is a direct copy of the Jaguar due to failed negations to build the real thing on licence, so I see no reason why the Jag can't be added now.

[TerikG2014 1,389]

Correct me if im wrong but did the Jag also pack CRV-7 as an ordnecacne option 

CRV7 Fixed Wing - Web Version.pdf

[NinjaMouse 42]

Some good info here btw: http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/jaguar/history.php

[pieve 3,578]

14 minutes ago, TerikG2014 said:

Correct me if im wrong but did the Jag also pack CRV-7 as an ordnecacne option 

CRV7 Fixed Wing - Web Version.pdf

Yes, he can also take

[Wilhuff_Tarkin_ 467]

+1

[Mistress_Elena 26]

+1, would be great to have this, especially with the T2 now. I dare say it is needed.

[IStrykerI 367]

A missile pylon above the wing? That looks really strange.

[gennaroita 113]

this plane would fit the game, but expecially whit that decail, id see this more of like a tier VI premium for when tier VII comes out. 

 

[TerikG2014 1,389]

18 hours ago, gennaroita said:

this plane would fit the game, but expecially whit that decail, id see this more of like a tier VI premium for when tier VII comes out. 

 

Why a premium, it was very widely used for many years by the RAF so i dont quite see why it would be a premium.

 

 

[Maj_JHunter 11]

I think it would be great placed after the Hunter 

[oppsijustkilledu@psn 2,314]

To to this I believe the AIM 9s it used were the AIM 9L. http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/en/aircraft/europe-and-consortiums/sepecat/jaguar/ap-101b-3100-16-jaguar-aircraft-operating-data-manual.html also a manual for the plane

[TerikG2014 1,389]

Jaguar with some rather interesting camo

[dotEXCEL 5,968]

what is it with the british and having hardpoints on the topside of the wings..... smh

[TerikG2014 1,389]

1 hour ago, dotEXCEL said:

what is it with the british and having hardpoints on the topside of the wings..... smh

We only reall did it with two aircraft the Jag and Lighting 

[dotEXCEL 5,968]

On 16/03/2019 at 14:25, TerikG2014 said:

We only reall did it with two aircraft the Jag and Lighting 

2 too many

[NinjaMouse 42]

Well, the Jaguar has tiny wings so the addition of overwing pylons simply increased its station capacity from 4 to 6.  Makes sense to me. I'm told by an ex-Jag pilot that although their primarily role was air-to-ground, they frequently flew with overwing 9L's  fitted and regularly practiced BFM.

Edited March 20, 2019 by NinjaMouse

[ScottishFalcon 77]

This should have been added at the same time the t2 was added in my opinion and it should be added after the hunter or the javelin preferably after the hunter becuase i never went down the meteor line since they are pretty much useless and now i cant play air realistic without being locked on by missiles or chased down in much faster aircraft that outperform the hunter by miles 

[LobsterCoat 325]

This should be added next patch to balance the T-2 spam. T-2 was basically a Japanese design of Adour Mk 102 Jaguar. 

[TerikG2014 1,389]

4 hours ago, LobsterCoat said:

This should be added next patch to balance the T-2 spam. T-2 was basically a Japanese design of Adour Mk 102 Jaguar. 

The engines actually are Adour Mk102's produced on lisence.

[kamikazi21358 998]

+1 when ready, like 13.0 or something.  The current jets are already too compressed.