you are not wrong about the f100d beating an f8u… it turns better but has horrid energy generation
but then…
you ruined it xD
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why would I? There’s recent posts about the f-5c so I come and support the cause.
the problem with the f-5c is that you either turn pulling 13g’s and bleed all speed and black out or veer around with the radius of a whole country to keep your speed, and near mach your compression and nose authority is horrible. You really cannot trust everyone to set themselves slow for you to kill them because it’s stupid, but it’s what people keep doing once and again. The F-5C thrives because of this and nothing more else really. Once it sees 10.7-11.0 it’s battle presence is reduced to bits. And it is in a state where we can say it’s suffering the legacy br syndrome even if it has been upBRd to the moon. New 10.7s are far superior.
That does not happen, because the F-5C doesn’t lose all that much speed at around mach 0.9-1.0.
Also not true.
The only ones that are better are undertiered 11.0s and other F-5s.
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https://forum.warthunder.com/guidelines
- Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.
Because That is a clear violation of the forum guidelines.
Thanks to you who love necropost things, there are two F-5C currently online.
- The one which you started in March 2024, and became almost dead in August, and you necroposted it to revive it in May 2025. And you bumped it in June and July.
(The F-5C is no longer good - #159 by Boeing747Cultist) - Another one, which started by another guy in January 2025, and died in the same month, and you necroposted it to revive 4 days ago.(F-5's all feel pretty weaksauce for game META - #133 by Boeing747Cultist)
Blatant lie. AFAIK, there were NO recent posts about F-5C, and you are the one who raised them from the tomb.
So I am telling you that you need to choose ONE to discuss, then I will ask mods to close the other one.
Stop skrimishing all over the forum just like gurrilla does, especially when it is for nothing but ragebait.
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Are we still listening to his takes after stuff like this?
The F-5 is good the A/C models need to keep their speed and if they need to go vertical in a dogfight only do it when you’re above 600kph. Learning the F5 isnt hard but applying it can be tough if you dont have prior experience to flying in air, i love the F-5A(G)-40, the 9L’s are used to bleed speed of enemies and honestly i could care less if it had missiles or not since the guns are very accurate and have amazing velocity.
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Its a solid gunfighter and arguably the best gunfighter even if its a F-5A/C at 11.0 the guns are the best part since you get 560 rounds of basically lasers.
My KD in the F-5A(G)-40 is decent not sure what it is i should be positive since most games ar 3-5 kill games though i do play it in ground RB which may askew it.
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No way you actually think M39s are better than Colt Mk.12 💀💀💀
Bruh just when I thought the bad takes couldn’t get any worse,
In WHAT WORLD does an A-7 beat an F-5 in a dogfight?
never, and it’s not his role,… but if it did, then the F-5 Pilot has to go get some question sheet and answer to what he have done wrong,…
Just stop crying, learn to play, is the best advice so far.
i’ve beaten a lot of F-5’s, and beaten a lot of anything elses with F-5’s,… the aircraft is good, but need handling that is not freshly coming out of academy.
I do, and so far your claims consistently show you have no idea what you’re talking about. Either the F5 is not a jet you understand or you’re simply that inexperienced with aircraft that you have no idea what you’re talking about. Lest we forget your claim of RB24 being better than Aim 9B which had you bothered to check they literally are the same…
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i did not imply that the a7 could beat an f5, its just that the claim that the a7 is ONE OF THE ONLY PLANES that the f5 could beat is madhouse insane, i cant even man…
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The A-7 and F-4 are literally the only two planes I have ever seen lose to an F-5. All my of deaths against F-5 have been either 1v2+s, in my A-7, or in a head-on.
If you somehow struggle against the F-5 of all planes, then that is legitimately a massive skill issue.
As that other guy said,
I just got the F-4F and usually fight F-5C’s and they are lwk fish food, and I don’t even have any modifications.
I just wonder why you shut your ears and keep overestimating F-5C’s counterparts while underestimating the F-5C.
F-5C is an underrated jet that is disguised as an overrated jet while hiding behind ‘even more underrated jets’
I am really tired of ‘wdym it has AIM-9E’ bullshitting, so I really want it to get AIM-9J and go up to 11.0BR.
Using the knife which stabbed you as a weapon sounds wild…
In your theory, I think
If you somehow struggle against any planes which isn’t A-7 when flying the F-5, then that is legitimately a massive skill issue.
I explained that there are some other examples than A-7, which can’t beat F-5 at all…
Sir, do you really struggle when fighting against Harrier GR.3, Jaguar GR.1/A or F-111A while using F-5?
Man, your exaggeration about F-5 today is even worse than Alvis in a bad mood.
(Sorry Alvis, no offence.)
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Heck, even sticking with fighters. I’ve seen a clip before of an F-5E beating a Mirage 2K in a dogfight and then sustaining damage that should have killed them
Found it:
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Maybe Mirage 2K just damaged a non-critical area because of a skill issue(/s), while F-5E initiated plot armour :P
I misremembered the clip. He outturn fought a Mirage 2k and then rammed a J-8, but survived
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10/10 plot armour moments XD