Planned Battle Rating Changes (October 2026) — Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Decompression

[GRB] Z-9W: 10.3 → 9.7

Remove the TY-90s, which are too overpowered for this BR. AAMs are the only thing keeping this helicopter this high. At the same time, its anti-ground armament for 10.3 is weak: 4 ATGMs with a maximum range of 4 km. For SPAA at this BR, that’s point-blank. Especially since the helicopter has neither a target autotracker, nor countermeasures, nor a thermal imager.

As a comparable vehicle nearby at 10.3, there’s the OH-58D with 4 Hellfires (8 km + 1200 penetration), a target autotracker, a thermal imager, and countermeasures.

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oh damn it was

actual peak change, though it took 5+ years

USA Britain USSR Israel Spitfire LF Mk IX
Ground RB 6.3->6.7
The Spitfire Mk IX also has very strong air combat capability, and in dogfighting it is even superior to the Spitfire24. It should go up in battle rating together with the Yak-3U and the Spitfire24.

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No reason for the MiG-29SMT to be moved up together with the Su-30MK2/MKK as it is directly worse than those planes. No reason for the MiG-29KR (9-41) to be moved to 14.0 either.

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F-84F (USA, Germany, France, Italy, Israel)
Air RB
8.3 → 7.7

This plane is notorious for being overtired in Air RB, and despite that its remained such for many years. The only thing this aircraft has is speed. It’s gun are insufficient for the BR, it can hardly turn and outright cannot dogfight anything by that isn’t a bomber, its faster most aircraft but theres always someone faster than you, and the F-84G which is pretty much outright better in every regard except top speed sits at a lower BR. This vehicle needs to be lowered.

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I don’t understand why the A-5C is at 11.0 in Air Realistic Battles when it only has two rear-aspect missiles and 12 countermeasures—especially considering the J-7D dominates at 10.7 with significantly better flight performance, twice as many missiles, and more countermeasures. Revert the changes made to the A-5C, and set the J-7D’s BR to 11.7 instead.

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should have been 11.7 already. most played 11.0 by far

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GRB
TIS MIA
BR 4.7 → 5.7

With the damge buff to bombers the TIS MIA has become unbarable to deal with as a ground spaa player, you can get many hits and it still wont die yet you will get 1 tapped.

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Mig-21smt
Air realistic
10.3->10.7
Can we please get the supersonic+flares+high g missiles combination further away from 9.3 jets?

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It’s an SPAA stop asking for it to become a light tank

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They also need to decide whether they all have air spawn or all dont. Only the US one has air spawn currently

F-86K
Air realistic
9.0->8.7
Plane is notoriously bad, even though it has afterburner and aim9b’s it deserves a lower rating
It’s a cool plane that deserves better

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I feel it too but then they’ll cry meeting F-15, F-14A Early or F/A-18A even though it is IRL accurate (Libya and Desert Storm)

Vehicle: F-84F (US, Germany, Israel, Italy and France)
Gamemode: Air Realistic
Change: Unify airspawn
Reason: At the moment, only the US F-84F gets airspawn, despite being identical to the versions found in the other trees, due to being Rank 6 not Rank 5, do not get airspawn. This is extremely unfair and should be rectified, whether they should all gain it or all lose it, I don’t know, but a poll is the best solution. So please vote below

  • Add Air-spawn to all F-84Fs
  • Remove Air-spawn from the US F-84F
0 voters
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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

At 9.0 in ASB, you have aircraft such as the Yak-130 that outperform the Buc S1 in every single possible metric, there is no justification for the Buc S1 to be any higher in ASB than it is in ARB.

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Veicolo: AMX A-1A
Modifica del BR in modalità Aerea Realistica: 11.0 - 10.7
Modifica del BR in modalità Terrestre Realistica: 11.3 - 10.7

Motivazione: Il BR dell’AMX A-1A dovrebbe essere ridotto in entrambe le modalità di gioco. Con soli 2 missili aria-aria, praticamente privi di resistenza ai flare e con un tempo di combustione inferiore a quello degli AIM-9L, in modalità Aerea Realistica a 11.0 il velivolo risulta superato: quasi tutti gli altri aerei trasportano un numero maggiore di missili e/o missili di qualità superiore. È surclassato persino da altri velivoli da attacco, come l’“A-10A Late” (dotato di 4 AIM-9L) e l’“SU-25T” (con 2 R-60M e 2 R-73), senza contare la maggiore disponibilità di contromisure e la potenza dei cannoni di bordo.
Nella modalità Terrestre Realistica la situazione è ancora peggiore: a 11.3, l’AMX si trova ad affrontare sistemi antiaerei (come il Tor-M1 o l’ADATS) contro i quali non ha alcuna possibilità di difesa, dato che non dispone di missili guidati aria-terra — a differenza, ad esempio, dell’A-10A Late che, a 10.7, può contare su 6 AGM-65D e sul cannone GAU-8/A.
Collocare l’AMX a 10.3 lo porterebbe allo stesso BR di altri velivoli da attacco premium, come l’SU-25K e l’A-10A. L’AMX offrirebbe vantaggi in termini di velocità, manovrabilità e un sistema di puntamento superiore, mentre l’A-10 e l’SU-25 garantirebbero una maggiore sopravvivenza grazie a un numero superiore di contromisure, una cellula più robusta e la disponibilità di missili guidati.
E, per l’amor di Dio, aggiungete il pod di puntamento LITENING III, che avrebbe dovuto essere presente fin dal primo giorno!

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Usare l’italiano solo per far innervosire i dipendenti che hanno perso la propria moglie a causa di un uomo italiano.

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J-15T to 15.0 LMAO Gaijin
Better get somthing to justify that bump

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Vehicle: Javelin F.(A.W) Mk.9
Gamemode: Air Realistic & Air Sim
BR Change: ARB: 8.3 → 8.0 ASB: 8.7 → 8.0
Reason: The Javelin is easily one of, if not maybe the weakest aircraft at its respective BRs. It is slower than most, turns worse than most and its weapon systems are hard to use. After its recent nerfs in Firebirds update, it has only gotten worse and really needs to be moved down in Battle Rating. In an uptier of any kind, you are a free kill. Especially with the introduction of the Hunter F58 at 9.3, which you are matched against often. Your only hope to do anything in the Javelin is a full downtier, and even then, every match is a struggle. 8.0 May not actually be low enough for this aircraft to be competitive, but it is as low as it can realistically go.

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Vehicle: F-4F (Germany)
Gamemode: Air Realisitc
BR Change: 11.0 —> 10.7
Reasons:

  1. It has no Radar Missiles. Meanwhile with the Aim-7 improvements all other Phantoms recieved a boost in their playability.
  2. Historically low perfomance. Nearly all German players fly East Germany MiG’s instead.
  3. It would put it at 10.7 in both Air RB and Ground RB leading to less confusion.

Or just give it some Aim-7’s, pls.

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This is a weird choice

Considering Mirage with 6 MICAs is still a lower br and Su-27SM which is just better is also still a lower br

F-15E could probably stay at its br imo