F-15C MSIP II In War Thunder : A Basic Review

Taking a look at the F-15C MSIP II in War Thunder. In this vid, we look at the real-world history of the aircraft, its in-game weapon systems, flight performance, and combat tactics to use it effectively out in matches.

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I'm all over the place!

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00:00 Real-World History
02:13 In-Game Systems & Weapons
04:08 In-Game Flight Performance
06:24 In-Game Combat Tactics
08:58 Miscellaneous
09:54 Conclusions

[TimsVariety]

Before anyone asks, yes, I was up pretty late last night....

[Tigershark_]

Kind of a funny thing regarding the MSIP upgrades:
MSIP I (for F-15A/B) was, by all accounts, terminated/cancelled due to the costs of upgrading ALL the older A/B models.
It was instead decided that once the C/D models had been fully upgraded, they'd use whatever was left over to upgrade a few A/B models for the Air National Guard. The program itself was being done from 1983-1985 (or possibly a little earlier for the starting year).

Prior to MSIP II, F-15s had to carry chaff bundles stuffed away under the airbrake, so they'd only have one shot to release chaff then begin jinking. The main idea back in the 70s was to take off, find target, lock target, shoot, then kill first, all before the enemy could (hence lack of countermeasures, as they were initially not needed or considered as being needed by the USAF). If I remember right, CM dispensers were initially meant only to be used on multi-role aircraft of that period, or any plane that would be facing the threat of SAMs (hence the Navy/Marines implementing CMs through the Shoehorn upgrades of the mid-late 60s).

[Squood]

Tim: “Slow down.”

Me, the resident speed freak: “SPEED KING, RACE TO WIN, AFTERBURNERS ROARING!”

[mbravos]

7:07 WW2 camos on 4th gen fighters are peak aesthetic. As a British main, I have no problem to admit that the biggest reason I want the Eurofighter to be added is for the BoB commemorative skin.

[XboxProdigy]

LETS Been waiting on this one.

PS that Missile juke at 7:03 was hot.

[solvdev]

It’s been a while since I was here as I had my exam season, but god, hearing the metallic clunk on your intro was like walking into heated room in winter lol

[Rickardo]

something that I wish was included in the section about landing, is how fast you can go when landing without gear, because as silly as it is, belly landing is generally the best strategy if you want as fast a turnaround time as possible, and so as long as war thunder incentivizes it, I think including it is a good idea.

[Viper_BTW]

Love your videos Tim! You killed me once in one of these review videos. I believe i was in my MiG 23MLD and you absolutely smacked me 😂

[Samila]

Great work Tim, love the in depth information ....🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[guitarlover]

Freedom is back on the menu murica meta this thing with 8 amrams and multipath being removed is amazing.

[Samila]

Your channel probably the best, informative and top notch 👌 👍 ❤❤

[farmcat]

Thats a pretty serious paint job ya got there on the F-15

[KaguyasBeat]

Tim got to say it finally. You get the AIM-120A AMRAAM. There was something I found really satisfying about that.

[hamishbernard]

Another great review, but I miss your intro music you had in older videos, I dont know why I just really liked it. Great job TV!!!

[J]

As ever always appreciated Tim. such a professional review, hope your keeping well!

[Jengoboys]

6 mile yeet is where im at. Grear vid great advice on the missles. I just unlocked it last weekend

[astonbailey-fong]

My new War Thunder goal: get the F-15C

Update: I did it

[Android_ELITE]

I'm glad I learned manual target cueing a while back; it's a hell of a lot more important for using the ARH missiles in TWS with how unreliable the auto-selection is

[Kousaka_Kyousuke]

Seek and destroy is the first time where im at top tier and can get straight to grinding the newest plane 🎉

[stuffy]

considering the fact that f15 has the aim120 that entered service in 1991 there is no reason it shouldnt get the paveyway if it gets the gbu8