playing them “right” isn’t compatible with Air RB or Ground RB
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b52 is 8.7 and tu95 is 8.3
thats not a guess but their current br
Me-262 C-2B pilots looking at bombers from the literal future
Although MiG-21s finally gonna have something to intercept i guess.
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Tu-95 is just going to be a bigger and slightly slower IL-28 with a bigger bomb but 1.0 BRs higher.
Unless there are enemy aircraft / proxy SPAA, it could be fun but I doubt it will be as OP as pre-nerf PE-8 bomb.
Thats br of f111a which can carry 8000kg of tnt. Fab9000 or 2 fab5000 will only have half of that in tnt equivalent I think
Why does the russian bomber have a way better bomb than the american one but still sit at a lower br ?
What kind of bias is that again ? We shadowbuff it so it has more chance not to encounter SPAA missiles ?
Seriously why ? And don’t tell me one is slower than the other, they’re both fat
Bombers are usually balanced off of bomb load.
Tu95’s best bomb load is 3x3000kg with a tnt of 8,876kg of tnt.
B52’s best is 21x2000lb with a tnt of 12,150kg
As of now, the 9000kg bomb is actually 15% weaker than the pe8’s bomb. 4297kg of tnt vs 5041.
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What about ground?
their current br is identical for ARB and GRB
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Well it’s one of the factors.
Top speed, acceleration, maneuvarability, size, defensive weaponry / offensive weaponry, etc matters too.
B-57 is at 7.7 with smaller payload than B-29, which is at 6.7. Makes sense since B-57 is much faster, more maneuverable, and smaller.
Also true. But in the case between the B52 and Tu95, both are going to be pretty similar in terms of flight performance (cargo ship).
Yeah though B-52 has a higher top speed (and possibly acceleration) too IIRC
One can bomb one area of the map akin to the pre nerf lancaster or pe-8, the other one can bomb half the map in a straight line. Check the vids of ccs that covered the planes. The B-52 has a vastly better loadout with much higher tnt equivalent in total. Besides that, no one, not even the snail can already know how it will actually play out in live ground rb and air rb matches. The 0.3 BR difference does basically nothing, both can see early stinger/igla spaa in full uptiers and both can stay higher than 5 or 6 km to be untouchable for them. Just wait till it goes live, get some experience, then you can complain if it really is bad. But even if you don’t complain at all, the BRs might get changed after introduction automatically, as if it was magic.
Besides that. I cant wait for the whole bomber to be ripped in half by one hit of a .50 cal or 20 mm. They really need to do something about bomber damage models which i was reminded of since i started to spade the tu-14t in the last couple of days. I never survived even a single hit no matter the caliber. Every hit took off the whole tail or all tail controls and sends the plane into an uncontrollable flatspin if it doesnt just outright explode. Just make the bombers bigger and more sluggish but still completely combust with one hit of any shell. Yeah right gaijin. Evading is not an option, running is not an option, fighting is not an option and surviving also isn’t. Welcome to bomber gameplay, the biggest deciding factor in the outcome of air rb matches.
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Both have a lot of flares from what I remember so preflaring front-aspect should stop IRCCM SPAAs from locking anyways.
Yes.
TU95 max speed is 833kph and max IAS is 690kph.
B52 is 906kph and 910kph respectively.
Yup. Though the B52 has less flares, it does get large caliber flare compared to the standard ones the Tu95 gets.
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Tu-95 gets neat flare/chaff loaded rounds in bottom turret for its countermeasures (alongside 1000 chaff only “regular” countermeasures). If gaijin would bother, this type of rounds can technically be given to any aircraft armed with either AM-23 or GSh-23 canons in Russian tech tree
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As is B-52H is gonna be a meme carpet bomber. Would be cool if it’d get standoff weapons to make use of its targeting system but that’d increase its BR I’d imagine
Tu-95 is going to be even more of a meme maybe with 2xFAB-5000 and it has not bad turret coverage so it might be able to defend itself from planes getting a bit too close but you can hit that from far away since it’s that big (applies to both)
Will it be worth it? Maybe, maybe not. It’ll be funny to turn half of the map into a cratered hell.
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Tbh these should be considered small caliber / BOL flares since they are physically smaller than the BOL charges.
lol if thats the route add the x15 as a drone like item
Tu-95 has a faster climb rate, and yeah bigger bombs.
Also, it’s 0.3 BR higher not 1.0.