Planned Battle Rating Changes (January 2026)

Vehicle: Phantom FG1

Gamemode: Air Realistic

BR Change: 12.0 ----> 11.7

Reason: It has one of the worst A2A weapon loadouts at that BR and is being carried by the fact it has decent engines and slightly more CMs than most. But vs equivalent F4s like the F4S, it stands no chance, let alone aircraft on its own tree like the Tornado F3 that is universally better in almost all respects at the same BR.

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Vehicle: Phantom FGR2

Gamemode: Air Realistic and Air Simulator

BR Change: ARB: No change, ASB: 11.3 ----> 12.0

Loadout Change: Add Aim-9L and/or Skyflash SuperTEMP

Reason: Unlike the Phantom FG1, the FGR2 actually used Aim-9L when it was in service with the RAF, this would give the FGR2 the performance it needs to operate at 12.0 alongside airframes such as the Tornado F3 and JAS37D . This change also helps differentiate between the FGR2 and FG1 which are currently Identical and gives a reason to own both airframes.

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Vehicle: Tiger UHT/HAC
Gamemode: Ground Realistic
BR Change: 13.0 → 12.3
Reason: while it has access to F&F Missiles, its nowhere close to the AH-64E and Mi-28NM/Z-10ME, the HAC/UHT dont have a Chain gun, have at best only 8 Missiles with 7km range, while others have 16 F&F missiles with 16-25km range

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It won’t get a bomber spawn if it’s still at Rank VI. Any bomber/attacker with Rank V will get airspawn regardless of BR.

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Vehicle: Phantom F-4J(UK)

Gamemode: Air Realistic and Air Simulator

BR Change: ARB: 12.0 ----> 11.7 ASB: 12.0 —>11.3

Reason: It is an identical airframe to the F-4J(US) but unlike it does not have the Agile Eagle or HMD upgrades, lowering its performance notably. It also has a considerably weaker missile with the Skyflash DF (Aim-7E-2 equivalent) It is one of the weakest 12.0 aircraft in RB at the moment and doesn’t belong at 12.0.

In Sim, its equivalent TT aircraft are currently at 11.3 and there is no justification for it to be at 12.0 given it is weaker than both with less CMs and weaker engine

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Chieftain Mk.10, Chieftain 900

9.3 (no change to proposed)

Change:

Change their Ammuniton to the correct L23A1

Correct the Mk.10’s Horsepower to the correct 852ps (840bhp converted to metric) (main report)

Reduce their reload from 7.5s to 6.0 seconds

Even any single 1 of these changes will be welcome

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Vehicle: Buccaneer S.1

Gamemode: Air Realistic & Air Simulator

BR Change: Air Realistic: No change. Air Sim 9.0 -----> 8.7.

Rank Change: Rank VI ----> Rank V

Reason: This change would enable the Buccaneer S1 to get its Air Spawn back. Unlike even later Bucs, it has a notably weaker flight performance and absolutely no A2A performance (No AAMs and no CMs). It is extremely vulnerable to any attack and rarely if ever can make it to a base to drop its bomb on target. Lowering its Rank to V would enable air spawn and fix a LOT of issues for the Buc S1

The Buc S1 is also substationally slower than the Yak-28B and far less armed. These 2 aircraft should not be the same BR

BR change in SIM is due to the lack of any sort of A2A. 9.0 places it above a lot of other aircraft when its closest equivalents are at 8.3

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how isnt the bmpt moving up

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Vehicle: M1A1

Gamemode: Ground Realistic

**BR Change:**11.7 —> 12.0

Reason: The M1A1 has better fire power and mobility than most if not all 11.7 and a few 12.0 MBTs with it easily matching the survivability of more than a few too. There is little reason for it to be 11.3 at this time and could quite comfortably be 12.0 or maybe even higher when directly compared to an MBT such as the Leopard 2A4M which is worse in almost every regard bar thermal gen. Is that enough to justify the lower BR?

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Vehicle: M1A2

Gamemode: Ground Realistic

BR Change: 12.0 —> 12.7

Reason: The M1A2 has access to the M829A2 round which is the second best round at top tier, coupled with the 5 second reload this arguably gives the M1A2 the best fire power at top tier, and yet it is only at 12.0. Coupled with its excellent mobility and perfectly capable survivability, this MBT stands well ahead of anything else at 12.0 currently and could even be considered the equal to several MBTs currently located at 12.7. An increase to 12.3 is the bare minimum required. However, when directly compared to the other M1A2s currently at 12.7, the only difference of significance I can observe is Gen 1 vs Gen 2 Thermals. Whilst this may warrant a 0.3 lower BR, it did not for the Leopard 2A6, which has a Gen 1 thermal compared directly to the 2A7 which has a Gen 3 Thermal at the exact same BR.

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Vehicle: M1A1 HC
Gamemode: Ground Realistic
BR Change: 12.0 —> 12.7
Reason: The M1A1 HC has access to the M829A2 round which is the second best round at top tier, coupled with the 5 second reload this arguably gives the M1A2 the best fire power at top tier, and yet it is only at 12.0. Coupled with its excellent mobility and perfectly capable survivability, this MBT stands well ahead of anything else at 12.0 currently and could even be considered the equal to several MBTs currently located at 12.7. An increase to 12.3 is the bare minimum required. I am unaware of any meaningful differences between the M1A1 HC and the M1A2 SepV1 which is currently a 12.7 MBT. The only difference I can see is the M1A1 HC has APS and a slightly weaker thermal gen. The APS is a minimal advantage, which only really leaves the thermal sight difference. Whilst this could warrant them being at different BRs, this was not enough to justify the Leopard 2A6 and the Leopard 2A7 to be separate BRs and there are greater differences in performance between those MBTs as far as I am aware.

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It already did

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@Morvran Take a break bro…

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Vehicle: M1A1 Clickbait
Gamemode: Ground Realistic
BR Change: 12.0 —> 12.3/12.7
Reason: The M1A1 Clickbait has access to the M829A2 round which is the second best round at top tier, coupled with the 5 second reload this arguably gives the M1A2 the best fire power at top tier, and yet it is only at 12.0. Coupled with its excellent mobility and perfectly capable survivability, this MBT stands well ahead of anything else at 12.0 currently and could even be considered the equal to several MBTs currently located at 12.7. An increase to 12.3 is the bare minimum required. I am unaware of any meaningful differences between the M1A1 HC Clickbait and the M1A2 SepV1 which is currently a 12.7 MBT. The only difference I can see is the M1A1 HC Clickbait has APS and a slightly weaker thermal gen. The APS is a minimal advantage, which only really leaves the thermal sight difference. Whilst this could warrant them being at different BRs, this was not enough to justify the Leopard 2A6 and the Leopard 2A7 to be separate BRs and there are greater differences in performance between those MBTs as far as I am aware.

The complication is that this is a premium, and gaijin have previously stated they will not add max BR premiums to the game but I think it is far more egregious to leave a top tier MBT at 12.0 and simply pretend it’s not an issue. If its BR cannot be increased to 12.7, then at least remove the M829A2 round and replace it with M829A1 so it is limited in terms of shells compared to the other Abrams to warrant the slightly lower BR, but even with this reduced round performance, it is still a 12.3 worthy MBT when directly compared to several other 12.0 MBTs such as the Leopard 2A4M. M829A1 is still one of the better performing shells at top tier.

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sea hawk (germany and dutch)
8.3 → 8.0
air rb
their flight performance does not compare to a 9.3

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Maybe even give all the British Phantoms SuperTEMP

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Mode: Air Realistic Battles

Aircraft: F-84F (All)

Changes:

  • 8.3 → 8.0
  • (Non-USA) Rank VI → Rank V to get its airspawn back.

Reasoning: The F-84F is a struggle bus with abysmal flight performance. It doesn’t perform well in dogfights, as it can’t turn, can’t accelerate, and can’t reach competitive speeds compared to its peers. Please lower the rank of non-US F-84Fs to grant their air spawn. It’s comical that the US F-84F is the only F-84F that has the airspawn.

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bmpt (tt) has to be at least 12,0 lol

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Its what the doc is for, so its super easy to C&P the same suggestion every single time

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SU-7 (all variants)
9.0 → 9.3

air rb

mach 2 plane at 9.0 is nuts

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