I bet those pylons are bolted to the main spar... not all that easy to just remove them willy nilly. Avionics is where you can save some weight on an ex military acft. Modern civilian nav/comms, gps, mfd's, etc are so small these days. Dynan to the rescue

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08 R320 CDI current

Past
95 E420
87 300D Turbo 5spd
90 300TE
83 300SD
85 300TD
92 400E
85 190D