Sagittario 2 is currently the slowest 9.3 Jet fighter in the game. It is also 1 of 3 9.3 jet fighters without self homing missiles, the others being the Ariete also in Italy, and the MiG-19S in Germany. It is also 1 of 2 9.3 jet fighters without secondary weapons, the other being the Ariete. I rest my case, According to gaijin’s performance based BR system ITALIANS ARE THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME!!!
But really Missiles don’t make up everything, there is also turn time, the Sagittario says 25.6 on its stat card which ties it with the MiG-19S, the next fastest goes to the Ariete at 24 flat But the Fastest turning 9.3 Jet fighter per stat card goes to the Shenyang F-5 at a staggering 21.5 and it comes with 2 PL-2 missiles.
Then Guns, I don’t think the gun size is too important past 20mm but it seems to be one think most people say to counter this thing going down in Br. Sagittario 2 has two 30mm guns. Alot of 9.3 jet fighters match this, but the Shenyang F-5 has the biggest gun at 37mm. The MiG-19S has 3 30mm guns. and most american jets with 4 20mm or 6 12mm.
But what about the planes in a .3 Br buffer. The F4D-1 has 4 aim-9b missiles and a turn of 23.5 and being ~mph faster but is a delta wing and will loose more speed in a turn. The MiG-21-SPS-K is 9.7 over double the speed and gets 2 R-60 missile and the choice of countermeasures.
It also looks the be 1 of 2 9.3 jet fighters without an afterburner the other being the Ariete.
The Sagittario 2 is a good example of Italians being the better players, or gaijin has a bias against Italy. I think this just has to be Italians doing it better.
The Saggitario has some of the best cannons due to their velocity, accuracy, and placement. The Shenyang is just a Mig-17PF with 2 Aim-9B equivalents at 9.3.
It’s also the second best subsonic dogfighter in the entire game, only coming after the ariete. The Mig-19 is the best transonic dogfighter, but it shouldn’t be 9.7 unless decompression is done. There just needs to be decompression.
Sagittario 2 is among the fastest turnfighters at 9.3, even faster than J-32B and F3H-2.
I should know having used it personally.
And of the things faster than the Sagittario, such as Mig-19 and F-104, they are incapable of fragging the Sagittario 2 due to their dogfight limitations.
I am not a good fighter player, yet even I was able to get 26 frags to 4 deaths when it was OP at 9.0, and today thanks to the decompression, it’s effectively 9.0 again.
Despite its high BR, i find the saggitaro effective around its own BR, below 10.0. In a full or partial uptier to 10.0/10.3, it get obliterated by supersonic dogfighters and far worse: all aspect un-dodgable IR missiles. The issue with it is compression, not the vehicle itself.
Yet the point still stands.
I didn’t intend to hurt you, just saying that stat cards are not a good metric to compare with, since they are very unreliable. They do not give correct information the vast majority of times.