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[poudjik]

As you have all noticed, IL2 is moving towards the 1956 era thanks to the work of modders. There is soon to be the mig21, yet it seems the western world won't have an aircraft to match the mig21's capabilities. I would suggest bringing to life the Mirage III plane.

This plane was introduced in 1961 (first flight in 1956) and has served for a great number of countries and saw a lot of action vs the Mig17 and the Mig21 in the Middle East, during the 6 Day War, War of Kippour; served in falklands too.
It retired in France and Switzerland in the 90's!
I would also personally suggest making the IIIM Variant which had a Hook for carrier-based operations. Let us know if you are interested in taking this project, or if any of you has any thoughts, suggestions.

Details
Role:   Interceptor aircraft
Manufacturer:   Dassault Aviation
First flight:   17 November 1956
Introduced:   1961
Status:   Active service
Primary users:   French Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Pakistan Air Force
Argentine Air Force
Number built:   1,422

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 15 m (49 ft 3.5 in)
Wingspan: 8.22 m (26 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 34.85 m² (375 ft²)
Empty weight: 7,050 kg (15,600 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb)
Powerplant: × SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,350 km/h, 1,460 mph)
Range: 2,400 km (1,300 NM, 1,500 mi)
Service ceiling: 17,000 m (56,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 83.3 m/s (16,400 ft/min)
Wing loading: 387 kg/m² (79 lb/ft²)
Armament
Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds per gun
Rockets: 2× Matra JL-100 drop tank/rocket pack, each with 19× SNEB 68 mm rockets and 66 US gallons (250 liters) of fuel
Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders OR Matra R550 Magics plus 1× Matra R530, 2× AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles
Bombs: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of payload on five external hardpoints, including a variety of bombs, reconnaissance pods or Drop tanks; French Air Force IIIEs through 1991, equipped for AN-52 nuclear bomb.













More cockpit pictures: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/401-500/walk412_MirageIII_Markus_Vollmer/walk412.htm

[SAS~Anto]

CsoCso has done a basic external model of this baby. Once the MiG-21 is out, I understand that he *might* work on this next

[poudjik]

awwesome, thanks for the info. Any picture of the wip?

[SAS~Anto]

Up to CsoCso to post them, but there were some early renders of it in 3DS Max. As I understand though, project is on hold until MiG-21 is finished.

[SAS~Csocso]

I do have a 3D model externally finished, and partially in-game. But I also have a serious lack of time to work on it until the MiG-21 is finished. Please, don't take this as 100% sure thing.

[coenoo1]

HOLY Sh*T!!!

[Gaston]

The sexiest jet of all... MIII !!!

[jeanba]

Mirage IIICJ would be better because it mainly fought with guns and first generation missiles

[Batbomb]

Its only the begin! The current MiG-21 will have 3 variants (correct me if I'm wrong). Of course this type won't be forgotten then.

[Redman]

Got to love it!
One of the best looking jets period.

[singüe]

Yes a sexy machine!

[Killer Ghost]

nice, something for me to shoot down