They don’t have their actual loadout (less so in the Eurofighter case as they used C-5 prior to Meteor). Rafale missing MICA IR as it never used Magic etc
by that logic every single 4.5th gen fighter in game is gimped ?
There is only 2 4.5 gen jets in the current live version of the game.
The upcoming ones are J-10C and F/A-18E with the Gripen E being a strong maybe.
As far as I can tell, the J-10C lacks its PL-12A and the Super Hornets lack the usual top end American weapons (both air and ground) at the moment.
what is a 4.5th gen fighter according to you ?
even if they didnt add anything for air i hope they at least add AGM-84K or GBU-53 soon
this F-22 won’t have fuel tanks 🤧
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4.5 gen aircraft are those with AESA (or PESA, depending on the tech, like in Russian Su-35) radar, advanced sensor fusion capabilities and compatibility with modern BVR missiles.
F-15C GE covers 2/3 at present (1,3) and should it receive its EPAWSS it can be considered a true 4.5
F-22 won’t be invisible in war thunder 🙂
don’t forget it will be getting a buff with its jamming pod being added. gaijin did confirm it would be coming. can’t remember if it was with radar or IR jamming.
It was not about Jam pod. It was about IRST pod.
damm so us/rus dont even have a single 4.5th gen fighter in the game ? even more gimped than eft/rafale lmao.
even su30sm/f15C GE/F18E/F2/Rafale/Eft/ Gripen E/ are all 4.5th gen fighters
all of them lack their irl missiles.
If the F-15C GE gets jamming stuff you bet most other top tier planes/nations would get similar things.
So if you buff all the planes by the same amount the buffs cancel eachother out, leaving the worse plane still equally worse.
You forgot to mention that those 8 missiles it’s limited to also happen to be crap
Only for them to be treated like other aim120s?
Thats so goofy man😂
The only 4.5 gen jets USA has is the Super Hornet, F-16V (which they don’t really “own”, they have other blocks upgraded to that Block 70/72 standard) and of course, the F-15EX. You could say the GE is also this too (that’s kinda why they went through the whole upgrade), however in War Thunder it’ll simply be an F-15C with AESA lol. Anyways, those jets listed above are by far the very first jets that come to mind when thinking of 4.5 gen.
USSR has Su-30SM (it is barely 4.5 gen though, Su-35 if/when it comes will be a true 4.5 without a doubt). Speaking of, it does have all its missiles right now. The -SM2 would be a different story if it was implemented same as the current SM without everything it could have
Why is the su30sm 4.5 but not the f15ge lmao
@Smin1080p_WT I know it’s Sunday, but something about it? I don’t usually complain because I think it’s a skill issue and I don’t think the plane is bad at all, but it’s interesting that the plane has the capabilities it has, so… Can you say something about it?
also important to note that the EFT received a very much fictional missile loadout on dev, while this is actually a possible loadout that the air national guard was pursuing
I’m not talking about other nations, the F-15 Golden Eagle is acceptable as it is, but if it can be upgraded, all the better. The Eurofighter with six missiles was fine, but if it can carry eight, even better.