Majority of British jets are at such a disadvantage and desperately need their br’s lowered by at least .5-1 br’s… Canberra mk2… Swift, vampires, meteors and such all go up against br’s much higher versus jets with air to missiles where these planes get no countermeasures what so ever, hell the canberra doesn’t get guns… It is just the most unfair unbalanced thing in warthunder… Most these jets would of only encountered an me26… Thats 6.3! 🤬
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Same with hunter used to be best fighter, now it just suffers in uptiers. The british invented counter messures and gaijin have left out
I am sure you are a decent player but a majority of British jets in that BR range can hold their own. As someone who play and spaded a majority of British jets, I can tell you they are good in their own right. First Canberra? why are you using a Canberra in ARB? Swifts, especially the F7 got decent flight performance and radar missiles that you could easily get kills with if you knew how to aim them. Meteors are fast, like crazy fast and they can turn hard. Your roll rate is a tad lacking but it’s a boom and zoom fighter. Javelin gets 4 missiles and afterburners so climb high and dive on people but don’t ever dogfight. The Lightning is a pretty good aircraft too, supersonic, can supercruise, 2 good missiles, and can pull some crazy AOA. During my grind for the Gripen, I purposely target F104s because it is the few planes that can catch them. The hunters, well it depends. F1 hunter is questionable but the F6 hunter is carried by its SRAAM. If you get within 1km, just fire the SRAAM and it will hit no matter the angle. The planes I mentioned don’t work for everyone but they are good if used right. But when you know how to fly the planes I mentioned correctly, they are absolute monsters. P.S Jaguars and Harriers are just crap in my opinion.
As for the issues with air-to-air missiles at those BRs, you mostly just have to worry about AIM9B but you can out-pull those. As for the Hunter F6, try to stay with your team (in the back) then dive on planes that aren’t aware of you. Remember, you don’t need countermeasures if you are fast enough (lightning) or don’t get shot at in the first place.
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