Sealclubbing F-5Cs Is Not That Fun: Mirage-2000C (War Thunder)

Thanks for all the support. It means more than you know :)

[CoppenBloppen]

The video title is objectively wrong, clubbing f5c's is the best thing ever

[ErikMoroni]

10:40 the magic 2 has a proximity fuse activation delay. 1.8 seconds I believe. So close range head on shots like that will only kill if the missile hits the target directly, which is kinda hard to happen.

[brooklynk]

It got 2 buffs actually, airframe and engine. It received a drag reduction and higher rips speed to its airframe as well as a torque increase to its engine at mid to high altitude

[nicolaspeigne]

if the french had used pylons with several AAMs per hardpoint like the US like to do, we could have had mirages with 4 Magics instead of 2, that would make them much more potent

[ziQueBOSS]

“Sealclubbing F-5Cs”…
Me with my 2 downtiers out of 20 games: ah, yes.

[Noharris_]

The Mirage-2000 has to be my favourite and 4th gen aircraft. Also my favourite looking aswell.

[Northern]

The 530D has recently been doing weird things in terms of tracking, and also is the only missile I regularly get non-fatal “Critical Hits” and “Hits” as opposed to kills, despite having 11Kg of explosives in it.

[purplenurp]

man the mirage 2000 got a super cool skin recently which is a 80s synthwave style

[ommsterlitz]

Mirage 2000 have the same gaijin curse on the entire French tech tree and that other Mirage have, bad flight model, nerfed rate of climb as it should be 300 m/s and nerfed missiles performance

[sinxsideways]

Just would like to add that 8km is the range on the deck at altitude it easily smacks targets at 20-30km. It can only reach that mach 5 top speed at those high alts. The missile itself is missing thrust but whats new when it comes to minor nations weaponry.

[mathis.docquier]

to not lose the lock for the radar you need to switch mode form PD to SRC when the sky is behind the enemy plane.

and the radar is as good as the f14 in my opinons thanks to the TWS

[ratze]

A Topic for a Video: Talk about the B57A being at 8.3 (The Same as the B57B wich has double the amount of payload and 8x .50 cals) and having a massive max repair cost of 15k SL (The B57B only has a 10k repair cost). I tried grinding SL with it for the B variant, but I have to destroy at least 3 bases to even get the money for a repair. But the payload only allows the destruction of ONE base, its just incredibly difficult to get that, aspecially in a full 9.3 uptier. There are just too many missiles there. Great video btw!

[ValkyrieLightwing]

*Sees title*
😶 ....
Nah, it's the most fun thing.

[codyfox]

Give it 6 missiles like the other top tier jets and sure, it can go up in BR. Until that happens, an F14 or F16 will always be preferable.

[voidgaming]

Hey spitflyer, just a note for future updates, I imagine gaijin will add the mk2 version of this vehicle, which is very similar performance wise but had the added capability of carrying a total of 8 missiles, only 2 magic 2s and 6 SARHs like the 530Ds or ARH missiles like the mica.

[kiryu]

You should bring out the british tech tree phantoms one day

[abdulrahmandarwish]

Hi spitflyer, I was in a game yesterday with you, you were on my team and you were flying the F-8E Crusader, right? I was in the F-4C and I messaged you, but I don't think you got it. gg though, and great video

[adoplwt]

Hey Spit, nice wallpaper, i love this colors! :^)

[wolfbane]

I think this is what missile addiction looks like lol. Time to detox with some guns and props Spit.

[fattyMcGee]

Honestly - the F-5C can kind of hold its own against the mirage in a 1v1, but you really have to play your cards right. The F5 has better energy retention and can out turn the mirage at high speed so if you can drag a mirage into a 2 circle rate fight, you can win. The Mirage 2000 does hold the TWR advantage and can go vertical to counter the F5, however the F5 can refuse to engage in that fight and use it to pop a missile off at the mirage which can force him to dump energy early in the vertical. Speaking from experience dogfighting 1v1 with a buddy of mine.

—HOWEVER—

I do completely agree that the F-5C should not be in the br bracket of the Mirage as those 1v1 situations are exceedingly rare. The Mirage 2000C should be an 11.7 aircraft. It’s just too powerful both engine and missile wise for the 10.3s. I wouldn’t put the F-5C any lower either as it’s dogfighting capabilities when done right are actually really, really impressive for how anaemic it feels engine wise. It struggles to, but it can counter most aircraft effectively at its br when in the hands of someone who knows how to energy fight.