J-7D In War Thunder : A Basic Review

Taking a look at the premium J-7D in War Thunder. This is a Chinese jet in rank 7, and has a bit of a weird reputation as a strugglebus. Lets see if its worth the price.

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I'm all over the place!

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Systems & Weapons
02:04 Flight Performance
03:57 Combat Tactics
06:41 Historical Context
09:00 Miscellaneous
09:51 Conclusions

[ANDREWISNTSOGOODER]

“Basic review”

*does the most in depth review of the vehicle on YouTube*

[miep]

Something to keep in mind is that the PL-5Bs have a very short burn time, so opponents wont see the red missile Icon when they look behind them, they are also more flare resistant compared to the PL-7s. The PL-7 is basically the Magic1 so 1 Flare pop and they are gone.I personally prefere the PL-5Bs. Best distance to use them is around 3km, if u use the jet as a second line fighter to clean up opponents u will have a great time.

[rainsilent]

After watching the past few reviews and seeing the history section move about I really think it is fine going either at the front or at the back. This video proves that you can do it seamlessly either way. I fully encourage and support you doing it whichever way gives you the best results.

[toastoftriumph]

Lol at the arrows halfway through the vid

[legendbee]

The fact that this is 11.0 while f-5e is 10.7 tells you something is wrong with J-7D br

[horuslupercal]

This plane either needs to go down in BR or receive historical missile loadouts, aka get PL8s

[OvercastCoob]

One of my favourites, certainly over br'd.

Engine power is effectively between the MF and SMT, and although the PL-5B's are stellar and can catch people off guard with how soon they stop burning, it doesn't really make it that much easier to fight the F-16's and MiG-29's
The FM doesn't really become an issue until you go too slow, because that's where your comparatively weak engine for the br starts to show

[HEATSEEKR]

PL-5Bs are my favorite non-allaspect missiles. Fast and long range

[SLWZER]

This thing should be 10.7 or give it the pl5c or pl8

[ogwancannoli]

This plane gets carried by its kit, and it's hard to justify this vs talismanning the J7E or F5E. I still do generally okay with it, but the flight performance and RWR compared to other jets become a pain to deal with at the higher 11.7-12.0 matches.

[DieErsteKartoffel]

I hope we get at least one more J-7 with more advanced systems and missiles

[SemiLobster]

Gaijin has a TON of issues with Chinese jets that they refuse to address for some reason. Made up loadouts, equipment and weapons for a lot of them are just plain wrong. Is there a reason for this?

[TomPrickVixen]

Did brought it on the sale (I think its my 7th Mig-21), but till it gets a "fix" or a BR. change I'm gonna stick to the Shenyang (witch btw got an RWR recently) when I need a premium in air RB .

[thrinacia]

The full-Russian cockpit really annoys me too, I am not sure what Gaijin is up with these days.

[skolaskellofkells]

Id say i prefered the historical part to be the first in the video (it flowed better i think) but its too insignifcant to really bother me so id say stick with what works the best

[thatoneguy]

Ahh I grinded around 85/80 percent of China air in this thing, learned top tier in it, currently at a 63 percent win rate which I think is not too shabby for a 11.0 mig21

[PaiSAMSEN]

The biggest issue I got with this one is that it's just easier to write what Gaijin get right about this jet rather than what they get wrong, even by current WT standard.

[ghostwinter]

Ever since, maybe 3 updates ago, all IR missile can turn into all aspect missiles depending on target and situation. This means that with certain missiles you can launch them on a headon at extremely close range, and the PL5B turns out to really like to do this, pair this capability with its insane acceleration and by some reason insanely good proxy, you can use this missile to do the "funny headon" to a lot of targets, deserves a try.

[zenelsamircervoj]

Can you do a review on the F4U-7 in the French tree it has so many secondary weapons.

[dancing_odie]

Been grinding this plane a lot to research China Air. Its not great but I love the Mig21 platform so it works for me