Heck yes, +1. Put it into a folder so it doesn’t bother the top tier rushers and bam, another nice phantom.
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I think the F-4C/D were later modified to carry AIM-9L and AIM-7F much later in life with the ANG
Along with later Sparrows and Sidewinders, the Phantom could theoretically get the XAIM-4H, since that was basically just an AIM-4D with proxy-fuse and better maneuverability (and it was intended to be fitted to aircraft that used the AIM-4D)
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Nice find! I can confirm the aircraft in the photo is F-4D belonged to New York Air National Guard 136th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Is there a better photo where we can see the AIM-7F mounted on the F-4D?
Do you know if it is possible for the F-4D to get the AIM-4G? I have come to a dead end in my research to find more advanced missiles for the F-4 in ANG service and verify it.
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Also, we can get to see these skins! One with shark mouth decal and inscription, and other one with non-military scheme.
Here is one carrying an AGM-65B.
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Frankly, I think you would enjoy it much more over a F-4C in 10.0 battles, but hey I suggested it to be foldered with F-4C, so it doesn’t impede your grind!
Of course, that is what my suggestion stands for. It just offers a better alternative to the F-4C, so you can be competitive against MiG-21MF/SMT with their already existing countermeasures. Otherwise, it can be also a squadron vehicle. I’ll let Gaijin to decide for that with consideration.
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uuhhhh great idea
I’d like to see a late 60s configuration with 9Es, 4Ds, and 7Es for 10.3, rather than essentially a second F-4E.
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I’m not looking at the F-4D under the impression it would be TT. The F-4E is already there lol.
If anything, we’d be more likely to get a second, later F-4E in the tree foldered with the current F-4E (with a whole load of stuff), then the F-4D could be premium, even, squadron, whatever else it could fit as.
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That image was just a ref for the 9L
I’m pretty sure most Phantoms that had 7E/7E-2 ended up getting 7F at some point, since the 7F was meant to be the main improvement over the E
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Looks like the perfect 10.7 gap filler honestly
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All for it, +1. Its an excellent 10.3 stop gap to fill the mediocrity of the F-4C. I would love to see this, along with another naval Phantom (F-4B) and an actual Vietnam war-spec F-4E (and give the current F-4E its late 1970’s ANG-service kit with more guided munitions and all-aspects)
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-1 for the Iranian design. +1 for the F-4D Phantom II. Most likely it would be ether BR 10.3 or 10.7. I also don’t think they would add the Iranian camouflage because US doesn’t like them I’d say a Iranian F-4 Phantom II for China perhaps.
I kind of agree, OP used a picture of an IRIAF (post-revolution) F-4D camo, when it should actually be the pre-revolution IIAF (pre-revolution) instead, as Iran used to be a US ally back then:
No, that is just worthless copy-paste. China has no gaps at that tier that can’t be filled by domestic models
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Oh yea, there’s also the Korean one if a tree for that country comes around ))))))
F-4C Phantom II is now 10.7, and I think it is urgent to add the necessary F-4D with better missiles and countermeasures as a substitution since the F-4C is struggling in current meta of air RB.
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Maybe an modified/upgraded Iranian F-4D that uses Iranian, Chinese and Russian weapons and/or systems otherwise no
+1 The first USA fighter aircraft armed guided bomb & world’s first laser guided bomb and deployed Paveway I Laser guided bomb. and equipped early laser target designator
F-4D equipment store
Credit : T.O. 1F-4C-1 Performance Data Manual USAF Series F-4C, F-4D, and F-4E Aircraft (15 July 1969) (Change 14 - 15 December 1973) Page 7 ~ 8
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There isn’t anything new. Too many? There is never “Too many” for anything. Variants help make a tech tree less rigid and more flexible on what you choose and how it performs depends on its ability. If want to talk about too many look at Japan. They got the complete opposite and suffered because of it. The lack of “Too many” has led to the tech tree being very rigid compared to other nations. So I’m all hearts welcomed if a variant means making a lower BR a bit more flexible on what people can do.
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In a perfect world there would be F-4 C → D → E (early and late) in the Air Force line, and F-4 B → J → N in the Navy line. I fully agree that greater diversity in model choices is better overall, the only downside is how Gaijin addresses the actual grind for these aircraft. As long as things are reasonably foldered though it should make it easy for most people to get only what they want.
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