Pre-order: J-22M1A — Serbian Eagle

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The J-22M1A “Orao” is a Serbian jet attack aircraft with good armament, a radar warning receiver and countermeasures for missile defense!

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J-22M1A: A Premium USSR/Russian Attack Aircraft at Rank VI

At a glance:

  • Speed over 1,100 km/h and good controllability
  • Several types of air-to-surface guided missiles, including the advanced GROM-B
  • Missiles, bombs, and a ballistic computer
  • RWR
  • A lot of countermeasures

Using the J-22M1A in Battle!

The Serbian J-22M1A “Orao” (Serbian for “eagle”) is a jet attack aircraft with advanced armament and modern electronics. The aircraft is relatively fast for its class, has excellent controllability, and allows the pilot to engage at various altitudes: from precision strikes from over the horizon to dangerous but exciting low-level ground attack missions! Almost all of the Orao’s weapons are unique and appear in War Thunder for the first time. In addition to unguided rockets and bombs, which are used in conjunction with ballistic computers, you can see the crosshair even in realistic modes. The pilot can use a variety of guided missiles to destroy ground vehicles. For example, the GROM-B is a powerful and long-range missile with a TV seeker that’s easy to fire from a third-person view or through the sights. Need more missiles? Get the compact SLAGR M-16D with laser homing heads. Kosava 3 cruise missiles with combined guidance will find and destroy any enemy on earth, even the most daring ones.

Feature Spotlight: Threat Protection

The J-22M1A can be called a “smart” attack aircraft. Unlike many of its classmates, it has a broader battlefield view than just its weapon sights. The pilot will be aware of incoming missiles and enemy radar lock-ons thanks to the radar warning system, and a large inventory of countermeasures will help repel missile attacks.

Pre-order – J-22M1A Pack

This pack includes:

59.99 Store

Interesting: The J-22M1A attack aircraft model was created in collaboration with player NovA29!

Developer comment: The Romanian IAR-93 recently appeared in the game, becoming the reward for in a vehicle event at the end of 2024. We couldn’t ignore its counterpart, the Yugoslav J-22. This aircraft is featured in one of its later modifications, with advanced armament, RWR, and countermeasures, so the Orao experience will be completely different: its weapon range against ground targets is greatly increased, while in air combat it can only play defensive. At rank VI, the aircraft will fit perfectly into several very interesting vehicle lineups for combined battles, and in air battles it will be a comfortable and profitable aircraft.

Vehicle History

Negotiations on the development of a multirole subsonic fighter-bomber began between Romania and Yugoslavia in the late 1960s. The airframe and powerplant of the Romanian and Yugoslav aircraft were developed jointly, while the equipment and armament were developed separately. The Yugoslav version received the designation J-22 “Orao” and entered serial production in the late 1980s.

The J-22M1A is the latest major modernization program for the J-22 “Orao” in service with the Serbian Air Force. It includes a complete upgrade of the onboard avionics suite, transitioning to a “glass cockpit” concept, where analog instruments give way to multifunction displays. Significant attention is being paid to the integration of modern precision-guided weapons (“smart” bombs and missiles), as well as to improving the onboard defense system, increasing the aircraft’s survivability on the battlefield. The first examples to undergo this extensive modernization were delivered in the 2020s.

Pre-orders for the J-22M1A are open from today, which will be coming to the game with the release of the Heavy Cavalry update. Your pre-order will include the Orao itself, a decal and title exclusive to this pack, days of Premium, and a generous amount of Golden Eagles. Don’t miss out!

Please note that this vehicle’s characteristics may be changed before it is added to the game.

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Balkan rage

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Now that it has a blog, I’ve got a question;

Due to the J-22M1A Orao being in USSR as a premium, me and others (mainly other Yugos) hope this is not a sign that Yugo incl. Serbian vehicles will go to the USSR

Will this be kinda like a Sweden, Israel, etc. situation where some prem will be added to a different tree (as they didn’t exist back then), but does not mean that it will be a sub tree?

We respectfully hope it does not mean that, hence me asking. An own tech tree was looked for them for like…I think over a decade already? It would be sad (to say the very least) to see them go like that.

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Hey Gaijin. How about adding a cool unique plane in the TT this update?

189C, Pucara and J22 are all premium

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Let’s hope that it sits anywhere between 10.3 - 9.3 GRB cuz any lower would be under tiered

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I think it’s currently 10.7 in GRB, I will double check once the DEV patch downloads.
Edit: yes, currently 10.7 in GRB.

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yknow I love how it says 59.99 here but on the steam page it says 39.99 if only premiums one day didnt cost the price of AAA games

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Indeed, a Yugoslav tree with all its successor states is among the potential new trees that would offer the most unique vehicles. Both for air and ground. Seeing one of them appear today in another tree raises questions, as many people support this new tree idea for the game:

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Balkans going to russia is a wild idea. I know a certain Serbian that was not happy to see this

but to be fair it would fit worse in every other tree.

maybe do a Yugoslav or non russia eastern bloc tree for such additions, and dont let it end up like the israel tree

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Ill man up and admit to being a wallet warrior, but Gaijin come on show some love to the tech tree for petes sake.

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if this things lower than the hawk 200 and 209 ima crash out real hard

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Literally i cant put a finger on any central / eastern european country that would be happy being included in russian TT.

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Hopefully this is just one-off addition and we actually get our own TT.

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Hard pass until Yugoslavia comes.

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Belarus.

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would be better so we have a chance of seeing the insane yugo designs represented in the game.

If any east european country became a subtree of russia/USSR it would be a reverse India subtree situation, instead of the hots nation mostly not wanting the country as a subtree, the subtree overwhelmingly doesnt want to be in that tree at all

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still a bit tone deaf cant lie

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I agree it would be worse than the india subtree. they have Arjun (which is the worst MBT in service in the world, fascinating to look into as its textbook on how not to built a modern tank), Zorowar (havent seen much on it yet) and the Tejas as unique vehicles. the rest are either british, french or soviet derivatives, most wont fit in the UK tree and stick out like a sore thumb.

Serbian stuff would at least not seem out of place in the USSR tree.

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Depends on who you ask.

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