Attack Aircraft in Air Combat

Combat trainers and attack aircraft often have serious issues fighting other aircraft. Planes like the A-10, the Su-25, the Alpha Jet TH, or the AMX Ghibli have much lower speeds than fighters at their respective BRs. However, attack aircraft have a number of advantages that allow them to stay effective even in such challenging situations.

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#WarThunder

[ricolives]

A video about attack aircraft? OH yeah the F18 & a premium F18 are 100% coming in this next major update

[ODST_Parker]

Attack Aircraft in Air Combat: Hope you get down-tiered against people without flares. That's it.

[mathishp]

i'm still waiting for a special gamemode for attack aircraft

[ltaggs]

I don't think Gaijin understands how the balancing of attackers is a bad thing.

[firetruck]

the Harrier II has an especially potent trick up its sleeve: high speed AOA. if you pull in to a merge at high speed with an enemy aircraft, the Harrier II airframe will pull 14-15G for a few seconds in the first stage of the turn thanks to the enormous elevators and wing area. Pair this with the thrust vectoring, very few aircraft keep up with you in a one-circle engagement, and your ability to hover with the nozzles means you force any second turn to be a massive overshoot. Enemy players can deny you the shot if they know what they're doing by using the vertical to pull over your nose, but it's very difficult for them to actually get a shot on you in turn

[Orca]

US Air Force A-10 pilots regularly defeat other pilots in high-performance fighters using the tactics described here; they goad the enemy into a visual engagement, then use their superior maneuverability to defeat the faster fighters and get a kill with the GAU-8 Avenger. This basically boils down to "pretend you're flying an A6M Zero with Sidewinders strapped on".

[rodrigosa]

It would be a good idea if ground attack aircraft got more points for shooting down ground targets in airRB

[xstorm__shadowx]

Who ever is responsible for match spawning also needs to be demoted or let go.

Let everyone load on the map, once everyone is loaded in to the match then start an 5 or 8 second timer for match to begin so its equal on both sides. Also spread everyone out so people are not on top of one another and facing the proper direction at start.

[Android_ELITE]

please add game modes where we can regularly use ground attackers to attack ground in air battles, helicopters already have a mode like that

[Sebastian_lover-ck]

What we really need is a l3 with a 120mm smoothbore cannon

[SpySnail]

every time you add a new vehicle, you should give that same vehicle to a random player

[brokenursa]

In the hands of a capable pilot, the A-10 will turn inside the circle of an F-16. If you have to dogfight in a CAS plane, try to keep it one-circle (you and your opponent turn in opposite directions, returning towards each other at the end).

[ILuvBeansOnToast]

Petition for the CodMineMan 200k cinematic to become the official WT trailer

[catchy_force]

Your forgetting about early CAS like the A-36 P-51 P-47 because they're Able to do CAS and Dogfight

[Antagonist_]

When is the trailer going to drop? IM TOO EXITED

[Crashgrasse]

Fix the a10 flight module it is supposed to be as good as the su25 when it comes to survability, it gets its wings ripped of by 7.92mm

[xstorm__shadowx]

Can we get a new map pack update with 10 new maps since I play the same 5 maps over and over and/or you ruined the maps by making them smaller so flanks were obsolete while making scouting obsolete. Who tf is running these ideas and thought they were good? They need to be demoted or fired

[theballingboi]

Hey, basement guy? I know this isn't up to you, but strike aircraft in air battles playing as fighters is exactly what a lot of people don't want. 9.3 early jets with no flares shouldn't be fighting against planes with all aspects missiles that are virtually impossible for them to dodge.

[xavierkellner]

Please buff bombers structure strength please

[jessejan]

When will turbo prop light attackers be added?