Tu-4 Should go down

For 8.0, it is very weak, basically defenseless.

The jets you encounter have missiles, which you can do nothing against.

The ones without missiles have multiple 20mm and 37mm cannons that can basically insta-kill you.

The only way to survive is if you shoot first, which is very hard to do because the enemies are usually the ones in control. Also, with jets going 500 km/h - 800 km/h, it’s very difficult to hit them.

You will almost never reach the bases because this vehicle is very slow, and the repair cost is massive.

Overall, it’s just bad.

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It’s a solid 7.0-7.3 vehicle, just as the B-29 ingame is a solid 6.7-7.0

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You got that exactly the wrong way around - with your bomber guns you can open fire at any range you choose, and killing unsuspecting enemy who don’t think you are in range is an art form.

So lets put it against slower a/c so it can more easily massacre them…

I see plenty of them getting to bases, or even (gasp) bombing ground units, and shooting down hte opposition.

sounds like a skill issue.

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The B-29 should be 6.0/6.3, with the Tu-4 being 6.7. There’s no real reason (assuming all ~3.0-8.0 prop bombers are brought down like they should be) for any (piston) prop bomber to be at the same BR that most nations get their first jets.

That’s assuming the bomber’s MGs will actually do any damage, which they won’t. Plus the dispersion on bomber MGs is massively worse than a fighter’s.

Having to fight planes that go twice as fast as you, while 50% of enemies have missiles, when you only have 23mms is somehow a skill issue?

Love when theres 8.0 fighters with AM-9bs and the B29/TU4 is defensless against it

Can tell you’ve never tried

sure sounds like it since that’s the only scenario you seem to be able to comprehend.

Is 2-4 23mms going to do more damage than 2-4 30mms, a 37mm + 23mm, or an AIM-9B? No.

People getting to bases/ground targets because no one in a jet bothered to get the easy kill =/= players who get lucky have more skill, lol.

josephs is straight baiting

This sounds like pure cope… the fighter holds all the cards because he has far more energy and chooses direction. Even more, unless you’re pulling some wacky turns, you are very predictable and can easily be shot from 1.2-2.5km out with many jets.

You come in here talking like an asshole from the jump. You have a skill issue in socialization.

Ive seen it going down in every battle I encountered it. Where is the problem?