Mirage M-2000C

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The Dassault Mirage 2000C is a supersonic multirole fly-by-wire delta-wing aircraft, which sans technobabble means it is fast and nimble and capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. Of the two tasks, the C model (for “Chasseur,” or fighter) is more at home in the air-to-air role, featuring DCS's first proper BVR radar to be featured in any of the full-fidelity, non-FC3 aircraft. Before this, there were only the F-5E-3, that had no radar-guided weapons, and the MiG-21bis that had no look-down capabilities, neither of which offered any kind of tracking or target information — only an indistinct blip to steer towards.

Some would argue that the M2000C's radar, with its need to pick the right filtering modes and scan zones and antenna elevation and, consequently, with its tendency to lose track of a target at the most inopportune moments, is no better than those earlier modules. Those people are silly and wrong.

Features

The M2000C's air-to-air focus is made further evident by its features list:

• A Mach 2+ top speed and ridiculous climb rate.
• Matra Magic IR missiles and Super-530D semi-active radar homing missiles.
• A built-in ECM pod and countermeasure pods that contain tons of chaff, but very few flares, and a competent RWR to help with employing them properly.
• The option to replace its very handy landing drag chute with an additional “Eclair” countermeasure pod to balance the two out a bit.
• Limited and inaccurate CCIP and CCRP modes that are tied to specific bombs rather than selectable by the pilot.
• In spite of that, the ability to carry a respectable number of bombs, including LGBs.

To get to where it needs to go, the M2000K also features:

• A complex but very competent inertial navigation system.
• TACAN navigation, with a built-in special mode to navigate to TACAN offset point.
• Thanks to its FBW control system, a very competent and flexible autopilot, including an auto-landing mode.

In many ways, then, the M2000C is very much like a more fully-developed and advanced version of the F-5E-3 — if you like flying the MiG-28 Tiger, chances are that you will enjoy flying the Baguette as well.

Comes with the built-in M-2000C Campaign.

Flying the M2000C

Cockpit overview

Shooting something

Engaging a close target in STT mode.

Links and files

• Tippis' Checklist (see also kneeboard mods).
• Chuck's M2000C guide.
• DCS: M-2000C by RAZBAM in the DCS shop.

Related DCS modules

• 'M-2000C Red Flag Campaign by Baltic Dragon'

More information

• Dassault Mirage 2000 on wikpedia.
• Mirage 2000 (Dassault-Breguet) on globalsecurity.org