A-5 Vigilante, where is it? It has been awhile since it got requested like 2 or 3 years ago. Wondering if the Devs actually thought of putting it in the American Aviation Tree. (And also the american wheeled vehicles like LAVs, Strykers and Cadillac Cage Commandos)
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I haven’t seen a suggestion for it
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There was a suggestion for the A-5B on the old forum that had been passed to devs 2 years ago:
I really love the vigilante; it’s the most beautiful aircraft I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately in War Thunder’s environment, its utility is very limited, unless Gaijin decides to make it a nuclear bomber.
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Old forums
i dont think it got carried over then
Well a similar plane is in WT and its the Canberra which has no guns but have bombs (the gray one to be specific)
To be honest, as much as I want to see it in game (whether I’d ever get round to playing it, idk), I can’t see it coming. At the minute Air is a very hostile mode for large strike/bomber type aircraft, and it probably wouldn’t be lots of use in Ground thanks to the lack of precision ordnance.
Carpet Bombing and they added the canberra that has no guns
Canberra B.2/B-57A were added long ago, when the “standard” for top tier jets in terms of performance was much lower. Even then, they were unable to outrun anything at their BR, much less anything they might see in an uptier.
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Alright who would in the right mind play it on AB? Grind it and just use it in GB
not even close the a-5 can go mach 2
I’d see more similarities with the later F-111A (due to its speed), but a tad older, less advanced, and no AAM’s and guns obviously.
Maybe a bit like a overgrown Buccaneer S.1 on steroids, even.
I think it could work, at least as Event or Squadron vehicle,…
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And see how that thing performs - quite badly. That things only saving grace was Bullpups at 8.7… I’d like to see it (the Vigi) in game but I don’t see how it’d be workable in anything but Sim. Too low a BR and nothing can catch it, and too high and it becomes dead.
Well, my common mistake here: i often look at it from (my) Sim EC perspective, where aircraft like Buccaneers, Tornados, Intruders etc. are very good… = /
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Same deal with the conventional load B-58, both are exceedingly neat aircraft, but have niche available weapon loads for the speed at which they move.
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Hey, it’s perfectly understandable, and to be fair I’d be happy to see it, just I fear it wouldn’t be fun and enjoyable. Sim players would probably have a ball, as they usually do with everything they’re given hahah
Squadron vehicle might actually work
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Yeah both aircrafts are having a really hard time finding themselves a place in War thunder