-_- exclusively? Excuse me? Because I don’t recall jet crafts being exclusive to any role. If we went by that logic then A6M, P-47’s, P-51’s, F6F’s none should have bombs. P->Pursuit/F->Fighter. Both meant the same thing later on around the P/F-80 era.
The point is most aircraft built now aren’t exclusively fighters, their general purpose. That’s how they’re built nowadays. The difference is, that one takes a bit more priority.
Thanks for the info :), but atm we’re talking about ARB bombing
There’s separate BRs for ARB and GRB now.
Tornado IDS WTD 61 is ass in GRB, like total ass. No guided weapons at a BR with Tunguskas-
P-47’s, P-51’s, F6F’s none should have bombs
Historically these were fighter bombers
And we’re talking about afterburning jets
How is it exclusively air to air if it can hold bombs.
I think the best solution to this is to reduce the base respawn time because it is currently WAY too long.
MiG-21 is not a vehicle you think would be bombing…
Same for F-5C
F-4S for example, is a fighter-bomber by designation
No such thing if it has bombs and CCIP
MiG-21 does not have CCIP
F-4S for example, is a fighter-bomber. Idc if they carry bombs, as it was one of their duties.
Mag read what I wrote. Before making assumptions I already covered that. In the second part that you skimmed over.
“The point is most aircraft built now aren’t exclusively fighters, their general purpose. That’s how they’re built nowadays. The difference is, that one takes a bit more priority.”
Also, none of those aircraft were Fighter-Bombers.
" The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a general purpose fighter, designed for use onboard aircraft carriers during World War II."
F6F: Hellcat.
Also once again, General-Purpose is what early cold war->modern day fighter jets are.
“The point is most aircraft built now aren’t exclusively fighters, their general purpose. That’s how they’re built nowadays. The difference is, that one takes a bit more priority.”
Agreed, but my point posting this was just a rant on how WT players are.
As for the Hellcat and P-51, yes they weren’t exactly designated as them, they sure as hell were used as them in real life. P-47 was designated as a fighter-bomber though. MiG-21 on the other hand was not intended as a bomber outside of being a nuclear capable one.
Don’t disagree but let them make false assumptions. It’s not like they read any of these calling em out on them being wrong.
P-47 was designed as a high altitude interceptor/escort that happened to become a really great fighter bomber when there wasn’t much intercepting or escorting to do.
Mig-21 was designed as a cheap fast interceptor that happened to become a fighter bomber when there wasn’t really much intercepting to do.
Basically, it’s what has been discussed here many times…
Why don’t players playing fighter jets just play fighter battles…?
Maybe because they are not very good at fighter combat, maybe because they want to grind them…
The game simply allows you to play every plane very universally…
If you have ever played special events, usually weekends, there were air battles with relatively accurate historical sets of machines…
The last and only jet battle in the game was Black Thursday…
The exact setlist of aircraft that participated in this historical air battle…
( [Event] Black Thursday Events - News - War Thunder )
It would definitely be possible to create, for example, a plane battle on the Vietnam map, based on Operation Bolo…
Set list - MiG-19/21 vs. F-4 Phantom II, F-105, F-104…
Unfortunately, the developers have stopped developing these events…
So it is only possible to play daily universal battles…
I searched a bit and the mentioned Operation Bolo,
the developers had already set it up in a different format…
It would still have to be adjusted to the aircraft, while maintaining an absolutely accurate set of aircraft…
The USAF deployed F-4C Phantom II aircraft with 2x Sidewinder + 2x Sparrow armament, but without cannon pods (Commander Olds refused them, the pilots had minimal training in firing cannons and he considered it dangerous)
VPAF again used the MiG-21PF version, but at the time of the battle they did not yet have R-3S missiles, only cannons…
Basically, the point was that the VPAF pilots from the 921st Fighter Regiment located in Noi Bai, which had the first MiG-21s at its disposal, were very successful in 1966-67 in destroying F-105 Thunderchief aircraft using cannons…