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Dear friends! We’ve got some great news! A new playable nation is coming to the game in the War Thunder 1.93 “Shark Attack” update – Sweden! We’re kicking off our rollout of Swedish military vehicles with aircraft, and in War Thunder update 1.93 you’ll get the chance to be the first owners of aircraft from this new in-game nation.
We’re offering early access to Sweden’s tech tree in two preorder packs, where you’ll get premium aircraft, unique decals, titles, and exclusive access to the testing of Swedish aircraft in the game. Today we’re going to tell you about an aircraft from one of these packs – the Swedish SAAB J29D jet fighter.
The first two aircraft from the Swedish air forces will be available in upcoming update 1.93 “Shark attack”. The closed beta-testing of the Swedish air tech-tree will begin later, in the following War Thunder update.
- Saab J-29D (Rank 5 Sweden) - available after 1.93 update;
- 2000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 15 days;
- Pre-order bonus: unique "Östgöta Air Force Wing emblem" decal;
- Pre-order bonus: unique "Viking" title.
While Sweden traditionally imported a great deal of military tech, including in its aircraft, Swedish aeronautical engineers nevertheless developed and built combat aircraft of their own design. Like the leading world powers, in the immediate post-war years Sweden focused its research capabilities on jet-powered aircraft. Even before the outbreak of World War II, research into jet engines was already taking place in Sweden, and the war gave industry experts the opportunity to acquire priceless experience studying the progress made by other countries, Germany in particular.
At the beginning of 1945, a project to build the first jet-powered fighter was born deep in SAAB headquarters. Immediately after the end of the war, Swedes bought the license to produce turbojet engines from the British company de Havilland, and they began converting their J-21 piston-engine fighters to jet-engine fighters. With the arrival of the new Ghost engine from the Brits and promising research into swept wings, SAAB began developing a fundamentally new kind of fighter, initially planned to be fitted with a jet engine. Within a short time, the Swedish Air Force received the J29 Tunnan. Named after the Swedish word for “barrel”, based on its shape.
The Tunnan was an awkward-looking machine, but one with superb flight characteristics for the time, enabled by its swept wings. Judge for yourselves: successful testing took place in 1948, followed by mass production in 1951, and by 1954 the J29B modification set the world speed record in a closed circuit. That’s impressive!
We’re offering our players a modified prototype of the Swedish “barrel” – the J29D. Compared to previous variants, it boasts a new powerful engine and enhanced frontal armament. In terms of powertrain, the licensed Ghost engine has been replaced with the SFA RM2B engine with afterburner, possessing almost 25% greater thrust.
This jet fighter is able to achieve slightly over 1000 kph at sea level, with a 55 metres per second climb rate with afterburn enabled. Instead of 20mm cannons, the aircraft is fitted with British 30mm ADEN cannons. From version B, the aircraft got wing-mounted racks for 75, 145, 150, and 180mm rockets for ground and naval targets
The final product is a well-built jet fighter with excellent flight characteristics, powerful frontal armament for air battles, and assault suspensions for taking out ground forces. The J29D’s direct peers in the game are the American Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15bis. The J29D displays bold individuality in every aspect: its unusual appearance, its excellent combination of speed and manoeuvrability, as well as its versatility, which sets it apart from most other aircraft.
The SAAB J29D is a great first choice for getting to know the aircraft of Sweden!
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Comments (265)
Finally, a reason to play a different nation.
HEAT warhead HVARs when?
It will be so painful to grind the spawn points in EC with the Pyörremyrsky. Anyway, I'll purchase both. I guess that the "Nordic" tech tree means we will get a Mörkö-Morane too (25 m/s climb rate, 560 km/h top speed, 16 sec turn time, BR 3.0??)
I stand corrected, 20 m/s climb rate, 510 km/h top speed, BR 2.3?
Will the Swedish air tech-tree be added in the incoming small update after 1.93? Or the tech-tree will joined in 1.95? : ）
Fkn finally. I`ve been waiting for the Swedes since they added Strv 81. You better not f this up and start to add ground forces quick! Länge Leve Sverige!!
Will the Swedish air tech-tree be added in the incoming small update after 1.93? Or the tech-tree will joined in 1.95?
focke wolf TA183 when boi?
So I guess the next in line would be the Saab F-35 Draken? I hope so!
Was this really necessary? Like yeah sure new nation yay but right after another? The chinese aren't even unlocked to the full playerbase yet.
Sweden should offer some interesting designs, which I do look forward to seeing. Certainly should be more interesting than China. I am concerned it'll be another tree full of copies with a few unique designs scattered throughout though. I would also ask the devs consider taking a break from new trees for a few updates and work on making those in game more feature complete. There are nations already in the game missing major features, which is one of the reasons the community is so frustrated.
The copies you should see is Gladiator, F2A, CR.42, RE.2000, P51D, Spitfire, Hunter, Vampire and some German planes from the Finnish side. But there are gonna be a lot of unique stuff! All the Saab planes, FFVS J22, being my favorite. Junkers Ju-86, Seversky P-35, Caproni Ca.313, He 115 sea plane!! Hope fully they will add these to their respective nations as well!
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