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 == Empty Weight == 

 A recent edit revised the empty weight to 12000kg citing a EF-world mag that quoted a Zero Fuel Weight or ZFW. It is my understanding that this is not only by definition not the same as ""empty weight"" or ""operational empty weight"" or ""Manufacturer's empty weight"" but dependent on the configuration being considered.  

 My guess is that 12t is rounded down from the weight with some AAMs (what... 6+2 say, as quoted in the article). That's the best I can think of for now but the most important thing is that the 12000kg doesn't even claim to be the ""empty weight"" that we're trying to quote. Adding a ""Air-Air Typical ZFW"" figure would be fine by me of course, it's all very interesting. I have made it 11150 because that's what Janes says. 

 Elsewhere on the Eurofighter.com site it says 11000kg, so I (for my own benefit) make the assumption, until a better one arrives, that 11000 is the MEW and 11150 is the OEW that is, plus pilot, various oil and hydraulic fluid and so on. If someone knows better that's great please enlighten me, but the 12000kg figure isn't right.  

 I also changed the conversion to pounds, which ironically made the pounds number go UP from where it had been, and not DOWN... this is just silly. I have used the formula 1 lb = 0.454kg so thats good to the nearest gram. Again, if someone wants to look up better, that's awesome but this is from (my reasonably effective memory. I haven't (yet) checked the other conversions.   "