Get the Meteor FR Mk.9 in the Eye in the Sky Event!

[BasherBenDawg8]

It’s sea/boat based actually. And it isn’t the wildest thing given it’s based off of the AGM-88 ARM which is used on regular F-4s.

[sigma_zero]

Copy-paste of a jet that sucks in the one tech tree I don’t play.

Yeah, I’m skipping this one.

[Cepeleon]

@ILuvAnneHathaway

I was praying for this

Wishful thinking, that’s likely going to be a pack vehicle. Snails gotta rinse that wallet.

[RunaDacino]

RIP air sim.

The zombers are coming.

[W0ckySlush]

Nothing.

Its a F.8 with a long range fuel system swap and camera in the nose.

Pretty disappointing.

[mm10000]

Question, Who i am supposed to be intrested?

[pvwatermelon]

They could have added the one off meteor with sapphire engines that supposedly had TWICE the power of the mk8’s engines, but it’s hard to tell in its footage if it actually had guns in the test.

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[AlvisWisla]

@Miraz05
Mig-25 should be tech tree.

@quartas121
Both are.

[Tonedbasil69-live]

BVVD said the mig25 will come as either an event vehicle, or squadron vehicle. So it coming to tech tree is unlikely :(

[Caernarvon02]

NEW METEOR

@Stona_WT

you can get the Israeli

[oom1992]

The first aircraft event vehicle for israel to rank V

But USA none the first event vehicle on rank V

@ILuvAnneHathaway

I was praying for this

@Военный_Красный

Serious? lol I’m not even going to do it, i want Mig-25

After second quarter, I think

@Tonedbasil69-live

BVVD said the mig25 will come as either an event vehicle

It might MiG-25P early (RP-25 Smerch-A1 radar)

@Tonedbasil69-live

So it coming to tech tree is unlikely :(

@AlvisWisla

Mig-25 should be tech tree.

This variant for the researchable tree rank VII, maybe

@Blitzkrieg877

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25PDS izdeliye 84DS - Mid-Life Enhancements

Due to the substantially improved combat capabilities of the MiG-25 seen in the MiG-25PD, MiG OKB took to the decision of upgrading all early production MiG-25Ps to the MiG-25PD standard.

Instead of the parabolic chute, it retained the older shorter conical-shaped housing. It also received the R-15BD-300 engines, a slight upgrade over the R-15B-300s.

Moreover, they realized that the MiG-25P and MiG-25PD also had to intercept at medium and low altitudes where they would be susceptible to enemy air defenses and encounters from other jet fighters. In 1982, a single MiG-25PDS “Red-94” was fitted with the SPO-15L Beryoza RWR, an improvement over the older SPO-10 Sirena-3 as it could not only detect aerial threats, but also missiles. A Gherahn active radar jammer was also included in the loadouts list in a ventral pod, as well as two overwing BVP-50-60 chaff/flare dispensers, each with 30 x KDS-155 cartridges.

It was successfully tested in 1983, yet wasn’t produced since the jammer pod couldn’t be produced in sufficient quantities. This was essentially an upgrade package, called the MiG-25PDSG.

A similar MiG-25PDS was also tested with the Gardeniya active radar jammer in a pod and a newer SPO-15LM Beryoza RWR. The CM dispensers were the same. This was the MiG-25PDSL.

Lastly, the MiG-25PDZ was a testbed for in-flight refueling.

Game Equivalent: F-4E, F-4EJ, Mirage IIIE

Pros:

• Very fast; the fastest aircraft at high altitude when added to the game (3,000 km/h)
• New engines with slightly more thrust
• Good top speed of 1,300 km/h at sea level
• New R-40RD and R-40TD air-to-air missiles with twice the kill range of their predecessors, higher warhead weight and improved maneuverability
• New R-40TD with all-aspect capability
• A new even more powerful pulse-doppler radar with higher range than the Smerch-A2; the Sapfir RP-25M, and improved reliability in LD/SD and ECM
• R-60 and R-60M missiles added in double-racked APU-60-2 launchers, increasing its dogfight capability and its maximum missile count from 4 to 6
• IRST added; TP-26Sh to detect targets and “slave” missiles for sneak attacks
• Very high acceleration
• Fast climb rate (208 m/s)
• Very good roll rate
• High service ceiling, improved from 20,500 m to 20,700 m
• Chaff/flare dispensers added (MiG-25PDSG upgrade package)
• New SPO-15L Beryoza RWR capable of also detecting missile threats (MiG-25PDSG) / SPO-15LM Beryoza (MiG-25PDSL)
• Active radar jammer pods added (Gherahn or Gardeniya)

Cons:

• Underwhelming maneuverability; 4.5G (though it’s a safety limit)
• Still no gun
• Despite an increased missile count to six, the lack of gun still drags it down
• Despite being decently fast at sea level, other aircraft in the game will still outrun it
• Big target to shoot at

[Caernarvon02]

Im glad we arent having a british air event space wasted on a meteor. They are not very good in game (excluding sea meteor). besides we got the handley page last event so we arent gonna see anything for a bit

[WalletWorrier]

British mains watching this be Israel’s third meteor instead of their 7th

[Caernarvon02]

they suck in game so its gonna be funny seeing more of them being free food for mig 15 and sabres

[AlvisWisla]

There are more than just those in a match, and it has a climb rate of 40 meters per second.
The Meteors are rather nice in-game, though I’ve primarily played the Mk8s due to their speed.

[BasherBenDawg8]

@sigma__zero

jet that sucks

@Caernarvon02

they suck in game so its gonna be funny seeing more of them being free food for mig 15 and sabres

The Meteor F.8 (the new one is almost identical) does not suck. It’s one of the best planes I’ve flown in the Israeli air tree and the most fun. It turns like the there’s no tommorow and has great guns and great engines. It’s an amazing aircraft, although I can’t tell you much about the British ones as I haven’t played them. The Israeli one however, is spectacular and extremely effective at the BR it sits at. Even when it fights MiGs and Sabres it has a fine time dealing with them.

Great plane, but brings nothing new to the game (unless they give us a black and white camera view for distance zooming or something lmao).

[sυρεrβυsτεr]

MiG-25 near my hometown in Poland, 1980s (164 OGRAP)
I remember the noise they made.

[ILuvAnneHathaway]

Its always funny to see how in the Mig-25UB one member of the crew basically sits in the radome xD

[BlueTrain]

I’m honestly happy about this. There are a few points I would like to make,

1. IMO This is a good event reward for a fair number of points.

2. IMO I would hardly count the C.10 we got as an Israeli vehicle as it is the lesser export only version.

3. IMO Israel is underserved by its TT, Premiums and event Vehicles.

4. This will expose more people to the Israeli vehicles which IMO is a good thing.

I’m excited for it even though I have every Israeli vehicle unlocked.

[Caernarvon02]

the israeli ones are basically the same as late British ones.

They are kicked to death by boom and zooming superior, newer fighters all the time so just arent fun to play. It can turnfight but only morons try to do that at such a high BR