Planned Battle Rating Changes (January 2026)

F-16I
Air RB
14.0 → 13.7
Why is this at 14.0 when the F-16C is 13.7? The AIM-120C5 is worse than the AIM-120A and MAWS literally means nothing. Nothing justifies the higher BR.

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to be fair its 100% deserved MIG-23s caused havoc on the world of the 11.0 match maker

Vehicle: F18C Early

Gamemode: Air Realistic

BR Change: 12.7 to 13.0

Change: access to aim 9m

Reason: This plane should never be a 12.7.

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And as a good player I have the ability to evaluate how good a plane is in comparison to others. MiG-19S is just too strong in flight performance to stay at 9.7, nobody else can have any fun when a pilot with eyes and hands brings it out.

yes but having x2 less missile and being 1tonmore heavy dont mean its the same.

PL-12s are the best missile in game? They literally have the longest range and best overall performance, PL-8Bs also outperform R-73s in all but point blank duels.

Without ADPS this thing is literally unplayable, but Falcon doesn’t even deserve to exist without ADPS. It doesn’t have radar, can be killed with 12,7 MG, awfully slow, no reverse, no smoke, but soviet are allowed to have ZSU-23-4 at 7.3 just because

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Ground Realistic

FV102 Striker

8.3 → 8.0

  • Add spotting

It is part of the CVR(T) family, where the R quite litterally stands for Reconnaissance. It is a scouting vehicle, that doesn’t have the ability to scout. At the same time, it is like an alternative to the Swingfire vehicle, since it trades the ability of being able to be hull down for a lot more mobility.

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For CAP? Rarely. They only carried them for photoshoots (with 6 of them) or on the escort out. With both of them carrying just 2 of them and 2 Aim-9s iirc.

F-16C should not be 14.0. Big maybe for the F-15C.

a reddit post means nothing my guy

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Vehicle: F18A

Gamemode: Air Realistic

BR Change: 12.3 to 12.7

Change: two more pylon for aim7M

Reason: This plane should never be a 12.3

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+1 lose the 9Ms, 18C Early is extremely strong already and doesn’t need the IRCCM missiles.

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less of an issue if APHE wasnt just a death ball.

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Vehicle: T-72B3 ‘Arena’ (USSR)
Gamemode: Ground Realistic Battles
BR Change: 11.0 ----> 11.3 or 11.7
Reason:
While it is true that this vehicle lacks the ‘T-72B3 UBH’ upgrade, making it slower and less armored than the tech-tree T-72B3, this does not justify moving an 11.7 BR tank down to 11.0.

Gaijin has already established a precedent with the T-80U and T-80UM2: event or special vehicles equipped with APS (Active Protection Systems) often maintain the same BR as their tech-tree counterparts, even if they underperform in other specific areas. Furthermore, the T-72B3’s performance is far too superior to be placed at 11.3, as it would be grossly overpowered compared to vehicles like the Merkava Mk.3 or M1A1 at the same Battle Rating.

Therefore, the planned buff to 11.3 for the T-72B3 should be reverted, and the T-72B3 ‘Arena’ must be adjusted to 11.7. Keep in mind that the T-80UM2 remains at 11.7, despite being equipped with the ‘Drozd’ system, which is objectively inferior to the ‘Arena’ APS.

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PL-12s do not have the best range
do not try to tell me something that isn’t true
if you want range the AIM-120C-5 is in that spot
then R-77-1 and AM-120B

Su-30SM2, Rafale C F3, Rafale M F3-R
Air RB
14.3 → 15.0
Because 14.7 is not high enough for these monstrously powerful planes. The F/A-18E is NOT an Su-30SM2 equivalent.

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He is right tho. Go to statshark and check the missiles out. Unless you are firing from 30km+ out the a/b reaches the target faster and better while having more pull

Mode: GRB
Vehicle: Wessex HU MK5
BR: 9.0 → 8.7

Reason: Due to increased size over the Wasp it is much harder to dodge SPAA, the stats refelct this as its KDR is 0.41 vs 0.78 for the Wasp.

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Which doesn’t exclude the fact that Su-30MKK and Su-30MK2 is performing far better than any other vehicle in their battle rating and lower, Su-34 in other hand do have a decent airframe and very good radar but is far from effective as Su-30MKK or Su-30MK2.