Double Zero:
"Exactly what payload did the Jaguar carry ?"
with drop tanks - 4 x 1000lb HE bombs, equivalent roughly to 8 x 500lb as carried by a lot of US stuff. An underwing picture of, say, an F18 with 8 x 500lb bombs looks impressive, if it could carry them
or,
with drop tanks - 1 x LGB centreline station
or,
minus drop tanks 2 x LGB inboard wing pylons + 1 centreline
or,
minus drop tanks and with inboard wing tandem beam carriers, 8 x 1000lb HE, which roughly equals 16 x 500 pounders - how many aeroplanes apart from big bombers can carry 16 x 500 pounders?
or,
two drop tanks and one nameless centreline weapon
and,
always two guns
Avoid flak - don't post any more silly quesions. There are many people here who have either flown it or worked on it.
JP