I only play Air Rb.
No F4E cannot. I have beaten tomcats, 29s, Yak141s in 1v1 and have been beaten by them in the harrier as well.
I am not saying they are the best, but they are capable, and I always approach with caution. that’s all.
They are really good ambush fighters and can dogfight really low to the ground while some aircraft cannot due to roll rate like the Mig29SMT.
i always drop them, i only manage to shoot one off because the meta is ground hugging
unless(as i said already) gaijin stops making the ground a safe space and make people learn how to dodge them, all radar missiles will be useless
IF they don’t know what they are doing…
Usually if I see a Harrier I start drooling.
I strongly advise to keep them. You are missing out on many kills.
I’d like 4 ET as well as 4 ER but I would not say I’d rather have 4 ET than 4 ER.
Also depends if the Harrier knows what they are doing. Something to bare in mind as well, is that a huge power of the Harriers is VIFF’ing. (Vector in forward flight). It can be quite tricky on Keyboard and mouse or controller to configure VIFF smoothly. I use a dual throttle for SB and it’s a doddle.
they are also insanely good at reversals too, when faster jets dive on you it is the most satisfying reversing them and gunning them with either the high velocity 25mm ADEN stealth rounds or the high velocity F-35 25mm GAU cannon.
su27s cant carry 4 r37ets regardless
Yeah. That was an IRL tactic, slam the nozzles forward into the breaking stop and at the same time perform a barrel roll. The aircraft behind you then magically appears in your cross hairs a few seconds later.
If you havent read it yet, I strongly recommend “Harrier: How to be a fighter Pilot” by Paul Tremeling. it is awesome and almost mandatory reading for the FA2 and Gr7/9
That only works against people who have no idea what they are doing of course. The hovering is a a bit broken in War Thunder but even then the next guy should wipe the floor with you if the first did not manage to extend.
My point exactly. Even though I would love to have 4 ET, ER is so good that I’m not crying about not being able to have 4 ET either with 2 more pylons or due to switching out 2 ER for ET.
Do you follow?
Probably late response (was in battle) but oh well…
Yes, the FA.2 most likely is faster than AV-8B
I like to call the FA.2 “Gen 1.5 Harrier” since it has some features of 2nd gens and some from 1st gens.
Big difference is that FA.2 was designed for fleet defense while AV-8B went through major redesign to have better payload capabilities.
AV-8B is slower due to new bigger wing and LERX but that same wing also gives it edge in turning fight.
im not crying either tho if thats what ur trying to point out
First a little to slow now a little to fast.^^
I’m just trying to underscore how useful R-27ER can be to you. No matter at which state of the match you are. You will not always be able to use all four of them to great success but that is the case fpor every missile.
But some fighter, cannot slow down like the harrier. Its just not in the cards.
Keep in mind you are a Mirage expert mostly. That is the biggest threat to the Harrier imo because it retains all the abilities to turn with and cut into the harrier and light enough to stop and go with it.
F-104?^^
Sure thing but not many aircraft I’d call a fighter struggle against Harrier unless the situation has been misunderstood. We were talking about MiG-29 at first as well…
Yep, nothing can brake check as well as the Harrier IIs can. I wouldnt want to dogfight something like a Gripen in the Gr7, and I dont have a huge amount of experience fighting F-16s (due to SB mostly being against soviets, and so aircraft like the Mig-23 and Mig-29) but i have punished more than a few Mig-29s in the Gr7 and it is hilarious every single time. The only does struggle more in a furball envrioment. Better suited for the 1 on 1 engagements in SB.
MiG-29G with airbreak below 1100 km/h without afterbruner?
Like multipel others as well.
Sure if yo uunderestimate Harrier everything can happen. I speak fro mexperience here as well, but objectively the Harrier should have no chance.
SMT has issues dogfighting a min fuel harrier.
You are comparing it to the best Mig29 in game brother.
All we said is it’s a good dogfighter. Not go toe to toe with the best aircraft variants in game. lol
However give them Ms and Aim-120s. The Jet is going to be something not to be trifled with.
it better it will be my favourite
I’d rather take the Tornado F.3^^
Also what if the SMT is on min fuel. The SMT still is one of the best itself.
Sure you need to manage your energy but I see Harrier as a CAS platforem which has reasonable chances of trying to defend itself against some aircraft…