The F-5TH in War Thunder at 13.0 with 2x Derby and 2x 9M sits at a bad spot in Air RB with much better jets at the same br Su-33,JA37DI F-4F ICE, F-4E AUP, Tornado F.3 Late and somehow the F-14B being the same br as F-14D, with everything at 13.3 and above being undertiered by 1 br step some even 2. BR raise to 15.3 when?
Edit: Give it the 4x Derby loadout until Next Gen IR missiles for air to air or enough decompression exist.
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F5 TCU isn’t perfect but the grass always seems greener on the other side. But yeah raising the BR cap would be a good first step but gaijin doesn’t like that
i agree with the sentiment but the real question is, what could it use irl? are some pylons limited to just fox 2 instead of using both fox 3 and 2?
if possible a 4x fox 3 loadout would be great to have in game since i have to admit, i never see em in game and the only time i did it was absolutely diddled by a fakour like 2 minutes in the match (his fault for not hugging the ground or nothing but still…)
very true on the Harrier’s dont know how all these diff airframes are same BR now the F-16XL is in the mix too and just remembered the J-8F too i think we just need 15.3 these 13.0-14.0 area is just not good
I haven’t played the F-5 SuperTigris, but access to good IR missiles like the 9M and Fox-3s means it won’t be able to go below 13.0. Here’s a clear example: the Kfir C.10 can carry four Derbys, but without a good IR missile (the Python 3 is poor at 13+ BR), it struggles significantly on certain maps. That’s why I prefer playing with two Fox-3s and two good short-range missiles (9Ms for the F-5 and Python 4s for the Kfir.)
No ARH slinger should be below 13.0, also its in the same br as AV-8B plus, M346 and JH-7A2 with better airframe, so its not that bad, tho 4 derbies should be ok, but you would need proof for that.
Theres a photo of a Chilean F-5 with an aim120 in the wingtip, so derby should be possible?
Sadly it can’t use Derby missiles on the wingtips (or at least there is nothing suggesting it could).
There is a few interesting loadouts it’s missing, but those might be problematic for the BR. We don’t even have these in game yet so it’s very hard to tell if it would even be reasonably playable with them.
Maybe with some form of variable BR system at some point in the future, but now seems at best unlikely and at worst impossible.
I happen to like the AV-8B…Lol. I climb to 25,000+ feet from the get go. By the time I get to the fight, the merge is happening and I use gravity to help my Aim-120’s/Aim-9m’s hit the targets below. Rarely do people look up after the furball. Just how I use it.
