Updated Planned Battle Rating Changes (April 2026)

La-5FN
2026-04-22 20_20_15-War Thunder
3.7 (RB) → 4.0 (RB)

Reason:

  • Same engine as La-7 at 4.7
  • Faster than a Bf 109 F-4 (4.0) on the deck
  • A single ShVAKs hits harder than a single MG 151/20 and it has two nose mounted
  • Outperforms Fw 190s A-4/A-5 at basically every altitude other than top speed

Conclusion: It’s basically a Fw 190 with better guns at lower BR.

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IMO the chinese F-5A should be same BR as USA F-5A/C for GRB, the diffrence between the Aim 9E and P dosnt matter alot for GRB. But at least the Chinese F-5A is going down a bit now (which I had suggested the last 2 BR updates)

they absolutely are 13.7 planes
Su-27SM should be 14.0

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Is M24(TL) planned to move to Rank III as well? Also, wasn’t AMX13(M24) at 3.7 already in AB? Will it be moved to Rank III as well as other chaffees?

G.91 R/1 (Italy) - BR 8.7 is illogical: Only 2 pylons, no missiles, no cannons.

The G.91 R/1 in the Italian tech tree is currently in a legacy state at 8.7 BR. It is fundamentally the weakest version of the “Gina” family, yet it is forced to share the same BR as objectively superior variants like the R/3 and R/4.

  1. Fatal Loadout Disparity (The “2 Pylons” Problem)

Unlike the G.91 R/3 (Germany) and the G.91 R/4 (Italy/Germany) which feature 4 underwing pylons, the R/1 is limited to only 2.

• In Ground RB, this effectively halves its Close Air Support (CAS) potential.

• Carrying a useful ground loadout on only 2 pylons cripples its flight performance without providing the offensive “punch” that justifies an 8.7 rating.

• 12.7mm machine guns lack the burst mass to compete with the 30mm DEFA cannons of the German R/3 or the 20mm/30mm cannons of its adversaries.

  1. Proposed Fixes:

• Option A: Down-tier to 8.0/8.3 (Preferred).

• Option B: Historical Upgrade (G.91 R/1B). If the R/1 must stay at 8.7, Gaijin must introduce the R/1B modification to provide the 4 underwing pylons. However, even with 4 pylons, it would still be inferior to the R/3 (cannons).

France still havent receive a new round for them the introduction of F1 and if we compare with the others vehicles in this same battle rating we can see theyre not currently fiting well there.

Mmmmm- love my missin/incorrect stuff

J9 Early (S9C) Model issues

Hkp 3C is missing the FFV UNI-POD 0127 (12.7 mm FN M3P) Gunpod.

Strv m/38 Lacking Transmission barrier
Strv m/40L Lacking Transmission barrier
Strv m/41 S-II Engine deck armour incorrect.
Strv m/41 S-II has wrong top speed.
Strv m/41 S-II Engine exhaust faces the wrong direction
Pbv 301 has a manually cranked turret, not electrical
Strv m/42 EH is missing transmission Armour barrier,
Pvkv m/43 (1946) missing T barrier after Major update

40 mm lvakan m/48 uses unhistorical ammunition
Pvlvv fm/42 lacks 20mm “slbrandsgr m/ 51”
L-62 ANTI-II “40mm Lvakan m/36” rename to “40 ItK/35 Bofors”
Landsverk L62 ANTI-II Lacks Normal Ammunition belts
Sweden: Pvkv III Should have slpprj m/49 (57mm Pvkan m/43)
Missing APHEBC “Slpgr m/43” from the Ikv 103
Pbv 302 BILL missing 20 mm slbrhpgr 95

(all) 40mm muzzle flash is WAY bigger than it should be (Update)

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i thought about 12.3 to make a lineup to the currently 2a5NL but 12.0 also fits well for then

La-7
2026-04-22 20_32_48-War Thunder
4.7 (RB) → 5.0 (RB)

Reason:

  • Faster than a Bf 109 K-4 on the deck
  • Beats Fw 190 A-8 in every metric other roll rate and is basically a more manuverable D-9 with worse high alt performance
  • Armament is still absolutley deadly (actually at the moment you don’t need any other armament against any target)
  • La-7 B-20 is already 5.0, while the third gun doesn’t make it any better with how hard a single already hits.

Even 5.0 seems kinda unfair compared to 4.0 planes.

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Ground realistic

Scimitar
7.7 → 7.3

its too slow for light tank. Yeah, its has pretty good gun (for light tank), but when you have Fox, there 0 reasons to use it. Fox fast enough to attack sides, but Scimtar not.

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Oh I am better. Go look back, I warned and I mean WARNED people the T58 was going to break the game, it is so OP, I’d be stupid not to buy it.

Of course I used it a bunch and made it worth the cost.

Vehicle: HF-24

BR: 9.0 → 8.7

Reason: If this didnt have a air spawn it would be worse then most of the 8.3 planes, even with a air spawn at 8.7 it will be mostly mid. You cant even bomb a entire base in ARB so not sure what this plane is meant to do. If it is to stay 9.0 at least give it Aim-9Bs.

Split it up into 1 recommendation per post.

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At that point just give it the 20mm apfsds so the 20mm can finally be useful…

Air Realistic
Su-24M
11.3->11.0
4 all aspect r60s == 11.3??
Not particularly fast, even though it has variable geometry. Huge target for cannons

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People just don’t love the Lavochkins because they are busy abusing the yaks.

So yeah, the Lavochkins could maybe see a 0.3 BR increase

IMO the only correctly placed 190 are the A-1, D-9, D-12, D-13, F-8

the 4.0 and 4.3 190s could make some nice 3.3 - 3.7 company for the 410s and 110s, since those BRs don’t have any fighters.

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The Italian P40 and P40 “G.C. Leoncello” from 3.3 to 3.7 in Ground Arcade. These tanks have great armor, mobility, and sufficient penetration shells with insane post-pen damage. Since many current 3.3 and 3.7 vehicles are being moved up in this update, leaving the P40 at 3.3 would make them too dominant. They definitely belong at 3.7.

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Ground realistic

Buccaneer S.2
9.3 → 9.0
The only good thing about the Buccaneer is its bombs. It’s a bomber, even though it’s classified as a cas. At 10.3, there’s a good chance of getting hit by AA but at 10.0, that risk decreases, which is why it makes sense to use the Buccaneer as a bomber in Ground RB. It’s too sensitive to uptier, because even around 9.3 it feels heavy.

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Ground realistic

Valentine I
2.7 → 2.3
In the 2-pounder variant, the Valentine doesn’t make much sense because there’s already the Valentine XI on this BR with a 75mm gun and the better-armored Matilda. This will at least give some reason to choose this one.

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Su-24 so big i could hit it with a BB gun from 2km