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The MiG-19S is a further development of the Soviet Union’s first supersonic jet fighter, already familiar to some of our players from the modification of the MiG-19PT. In update 1.87, German pilots will also have the chance to reach supersonic speeds behind the controls of an East German MiG-19S, coming to War Thunder very soon!
Briefly: A further developed variant of the MiG-19, offering improved handling characteristics and increased firepower.
Development of the MiG-19S began in the mid 1950s, with the intent of improving the handling characteristics of the MiG-19. In order to achieve this, Soviet engineers made a number of aerodynamic changes to the aircraft’s design and introduced several other minor changes which improved overall performance. Additionally, the aircraft’s firepower was significantly increased from three 23mm cannons to three 30mm cannons.
The new MiG-19S was planned to enter production in September 1955, but due to several problems causing delays in testing, the type didn’t enter production before June 1956. Production continued until 1959, with a total of 683 aircraft built.
The Soviet Air Force began deploying MiG-19s in East Germany as early as 1957. The East German Air Force received their own MiG-19S and MiG-19PM aircraft in 1959, amounting to 12 machines of each modification respectively.
However, as aviation technology advanced rapidly and newer, more sophisticated aircraft became available, the MiG-19 quickly became obsolete. In addition to that, the relatively high unreliability of the MiG-19, which led to high loss rates caused by accidents, resulted in the type being phased out of GDR service by 1968.
War Thunder pilots and fans of Soviet aviation already had the chance to try themselves behind the controls of the MiG-19PT, introduced in the previous “Supersonic” update. In the upcoming update 1.87, German pilots too will now have the chance to enter the frey at supersonic speeds with the new MiG-19S, sporting a GDR livery!
Although both the MiG-19PT and MiG-19S share many similarities with each other - after all they are just variants of the same aircraft at the end of the day - there are a couple of distinct differences which pilots should bare in mind.
Firstly, the MiG-19S is slightly lighter. If take-off weights are compared, the MiG-19S comes out as being 170 kg lighter than the MiG-19PT. While this doesn’t seem like much, it does have a quite noticeable impact on performance, with the MiG-19S being able to achieve a top speed of 1452 km/h, compared to the PT’s 1397 km/h.
Apart from weight savings allowing the aircraft to reach a slightly higher top speed, the MiG-19S also features a number of smaller aerodynamic tweaks to its design which, in combination with the lower weight, gives it superior handling characteristics. These differences will especially become noticeable to pilots during intense vertical maneuvers.
However, while the MiG-19S may feature superior handling and speed, there is one significant drawback to point out as well. Unlike the PT, the MiG-19S doesn’t have access to any air-to-air guided missile armament. This means that German pilots will have to continue relying on their gunnery skills while using conventional fixed weaponry. Fortunately, the conventional fixed weapon system does consist of three 30mm cannons, as opposed to the PT’s two.
This doesn’t say that the MiG-19S doesn’t have any secondary armament of course. Quite the opposite in fact! Situated under the wings are four hardpoints, which can be used to suspend either two 250kg bombs or four unguided rocket pods, carrying a total of 32 projectiles. This allows pilots to effectively employ the MiG-19S in combined battles as well!
The MiG-19S will become available to all War Thunder pilots at the top rank of the German aviation tree with the release of the upcoming update 1.87. In the meantime, be sure to stay tuned to the news for the latest developments regarding War Thunder’s next major update. Until then, happy hunting pilots!
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Comments (229)
The main difference though is PT had a radar and S was pure interceptor without radar. Since radar in WT is not implemented and PT already has invalid cockpit of S version, they 'forgot' to mention this difference.
Will Russia be seeing a new super sonic jet the mig19pt the is pretty useless in tank battles and the mig19s seems like a more meta defining vehicle
Oh look Germans are getting another better version of jet than original nation...ahmahmcl13ahm
But why are we given a Monkey Model? It will get cooked without air to air missiles...
Bombers? b-52.. Vulcan.. Tu-95 i dunno anything big and quick in tier 6 maybe?
Eh. Nice but meh. Germans need a decent bomber. But where is the mbt announcements? That's what the majority are waiting for. Maybe f104. Mig 21. 2k22 or the likes? Are they coming in the near future?
Wait, where is the normal SOVIET camouflage, insignia and roundels?! Will this be a German exclusive?!
It would only be fair to those who grinded through 4 top tier jets in the USSR to have acces to this vehicle as well, for instance, through a tab under the current MiG-19PT.
Why does it look better here than It will look in game? Can we expect a Visual Update soon?
Couldn't agree more. Dagor Engine is long overdue for a major update.
the soviet mig should be changed to a mig variant that got bombs. I mean, the f-100's only real disadvantage is acceleration, but it has way more ground ordinance. soviets need something that atleast can do some ground attack with the 10.0 jet. also britain needs stuff, but that almost goes without saying.
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