it is just a quick question to know if it was mislabeled.
According to my understanding MiG-27 is the striker version of MiG-23, but why in-game is labeled as a Fighter?
Can it be changed to the green icon?
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Probably? But historical accuracy aside, it benefits from the fighter label in GRB since you can use it and another strike aircraft (Su-25T, Su-24M, Su-39, etc.) without raising the SP cost.
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Gaijin changed the Mig-27’s classification from strike aircraft to fighter because back in 2021/22 because rank VI+ strikers had airspawn back then, so people abused it to R-60M rush the enemy team who barely managed to take off.
Since the top rank airspawn no longer exist and can’t be abused, it might be a good idea to ask them to change it back in the ongoing BR changes thread:
https://forum.warthunder.com/t/planned-battle-rating-changes-for-april-2025/
Players might benefit from the change for the BP tasks and it would get striker reload in arcade modes.
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I’ve always found it puzzling that the MiG-27 is classified as a fighter in War Thunder, even though in reality, it’s not. Historically, the MiG-27 was designed as a ground-attack aircraft, a direct evolution of the MiG-23, but optimized for close air support and strike missions rather than air-to-air combat.
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*MiG-23BN, which is itself is a strike (bomber) variant of MiG-23 and can be found in German tree (weird why Soviets dont get it, just as a filler tho…)