A little more info would be greatly appreciated as to why
agree with that both british tech tree phantoms are impossible to play without losing thw will to live, definitely needs some help, wouldnโt be so bad if you could 2 aim7s as default in stead of just a gun pod and 2 terrible aim 9ds
I agree, F-16 should made great again!!
Skyflash, AIM-7E2s, R24s, etc are good overall missiles.
None of them are as good as AIM-7Fs in the long range, not even close.
AIM-7Fs were the biggest radar missile powercreep of all War Thunder, but was sadly necessary because planes like F-16 canโt fire AIM-7E2s.
Itโs a PD radar, so Iโve never seen this.
The gunpods on all Phantoms harm performance.


The 12.0 Phantom stock grinds are awful, though the Tornado F3 & Mig-23 stock grinds are worse.
I never see F-4EJ Kais.
& I rarely see F-4Js, but when I do I can know itโs primarily due to nation popularity, which means nothing.
Tigertank here has a point Iโve said in the past as well.
Vehicles so reliant on air to air weapons not having at least their weakest options for whatever reasonโฆ
Tornado F3 has radar missilesโฆ why canโt other rank 7s?
I believe that phantom are already good.
Theirs performance is not great but its it a advantage in fights.
But also their missiles counts is good for the br they are in.
They are on par or even better than the f18A at 12.3.
I dont mind the countermeasures buff but giving them aim9m will make 12.7 worthy.
lol.
If youโre frustrated with the current state of some of the aircraft in the game, you know where to go. Make your voice heard.
So, you partially agree rather than outright disagree.
Right now, youโre completely dismissing the FGR.2 and the F-4J(UK), and youโre also overlooking how notoriously awful the stock grind is for the F-4J in the US tech tree. Thatโs such a well-known issue that I didnโt even feel the need to bring it up in this part of the post. Youโre also ignoring the F-4Fs, and you disagree with adding the external fuel tank as well.
It honestly feels like you skimmed through a lot of what I wrote. This isnโt the kind of suggestion you can glance over and immediately vote on, you need to take the time to consider each point. Simply disagreeing without addressing the arguments isnโt enough. @30x170_APDS-T
exactly, like even if we lost the gun pod and only started with 2 aim9d and 2 aim7e thats still a improvement in my book, but would be nice if it kept the gun pod and then you can have 2 aim9d, 2 aim7e and gun pod, would be more of a equal starting point. although personally if it was me my loadout would be gun pod and the 2 aim7e and forget the aim9d since theyโre useless at that br
Why did you tagged me?
Will you stop strawmanning, please?
You called Spey Phantoms F-4FG
When spey phantoms(F-4K/M) are neither F-4F/G.
So I explained why it is ridiculous.
Then you are saying, โBut you called it FG too!โ
If you want an F-4-whatever designation when calling Spey phantoms, call them F-4K/M.
Call it with the proper name.
Me, because you voted no without considering anything else.
And I should explain why ?
For something you completely donโt agree with, yes.
So, you partially agree rather than outright disagree. Right now, youโre completely dismissing the FGR.2 and the F-4J(UK), and youโre also overlooking how notoriously awful the stock grind is for the F-4J in the US tech tree. Thatโs such a well-known issue that I didnโt even feel the need to bring it up in this part of the post. Youโre also ignoring the F-4Fs, and you disagree with adding the external fuel tank as well. It honestly feels like you skimmed through a lot of what I wrote. This isnโฆ
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง The German F-4F Phantom II is an important aircraft in the history of the Luftwaffe, serving from the 1970s until the introduction of the F-4F ICE modernization programme. In War Thunder, Germany currently operates two Cold War F-4F variants: F-4F Early (BR 10.7) F-4F (BR 11.0) While both aircraft are generally represented well, several historically documented capabilities and equipment options are currently missing or inaccurately represented. This suggestion focuses primarilโฆ
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง This suggestion focuses on historically documented equipment that was available for the U.S. Navy F-4J and U.S. Marine Corps F-4S Phantom that is currently missing from WarThunder. The proposed additions are supported by official documentation and are intended to improve historical accuracy rather than alter game balance. [Screenshot 2026-07-15 133744] ๐๐/๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ The most significant omission is the AN/ALE-37 external countermeasure pod. War Thunder already iโฆ
๐๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐จ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐-๐ฐ๐(๐จ๐) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ.๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐-๐ฐ๐(๐จ๐) ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐๐ -๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ. ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐-๐ฐ๐(๐จ๐)'๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐บ๐. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐.๐ญโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ญ.๐ณ. [Screenshot 2026-07-22 200732] ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒโฆ
Thereโs levels to this. Itโs not that simple for something I tried to make simple.
Especially since an AIM-7E just racked me up a top down frag against a bombing Mig-23ML.
We canโt carry with Phantoms anymore, mostly because of BR compression, but even because F-18As exist.
Any amount of decompression we do, the F-18A will still be within range, but itโs only really potent in dogfights.
13.0 decompression needs to get F-15s, Flankers, etc into 13.3.
@HazelPam7769, he has the right to vote no and also has the right not to say why.
@30x170_APDS-T, but it would be a pleasure if you could explain why. Because it is always great to see other playerโs pov. I guess?
Fair enough
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Explanation?
People like this is why we canโt have anything nice in the game.
decompression โ
extra compression โ๏ธ
Youโre just asking for quite substantial buffs with no corresponding BR increase or BR decreases with no corresponding performance nerfs, for aircraft that have rather average or above-average performance at the BR.
The only reasonable suggestion here, as-is, is the Kurnass 2000.
Some of the armament buffs would be good changes, yes, but the BR would need to be around .3 higher than stated here. For example, 11.7 for the F-4F or 12.3 for the FGR.2 and F-4S if they were to receive AIM-9L (and SuperTEMP).
