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The F3H Demon is an early Cold War-era American naval fighter aircraft, developed by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as the successor to the F2H Banshee. Arriving to the game as a new American jet fighter, the F3H Demon will be one of the many new additions awaiting seasoned War Thunder pilots in the upcoming major update!
Briefly: A later variant of the Demon, the F3H-2 features missile capabilities as well as an expanded range of secondary weapons.
F3H-2 Demon, jet fighter, USA, VI rank.
Pros
- Good flight characteristics
- Afterburner
- Wide range of armament options
- Radar
Cons
- Subsonic
Development of the F3H began in 1949, with the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation starting work on developing a successor to their F2H Banshee. Although the initial design work was heavily based on the Banshee, the final design of the F3H would depart from its predecessor by most notably offering a single engine configuration and introducing a swept-wing design - a first for McDonnell.
With the outbreak of the Korean War in the early 1950s and the Navy’s first encounters with the Soviet MiG-15, the Navy found itself realizing that they lacked an aircraft which could match the MiG’s performance. As a result, the F3H was hastily ordered into production before even the first test flights were held. In fact, the F3H would undertake its maiden flight in August 1951, but it would take several more years until the aircraft was fit for service, by which time the Korean War had already ended.
The F3H Demon entered service with the USN in March 1956, by which time it had already gained an unfavorable reputation, mainly due to issues concerning its underpowered and unreliable Westinghouse J40 turbojet engine. As a result, the aircraft had to be redesigned in order to accept a more reliable alternative - namely, the Allison J71.
Due to its various problems, the F3H had a relatively short service life with the USN, being decommissioned by 1964 and succeeded by the much more successful F-4 Phantom II. Despite this, well over 500 units of the F3H Demon were built, taking part in some conflicts during the late ‘50s, such as the Lebanon Crisis in 1958. In addition, it was one of the first U.S. aircraft to be fitted with missile armament.
In War Thunder, the F3H-2 Demon will be one of the exciting new additions awaiting seasoned pilots in the upcoming update. Coming to Rank VI of the American aviation tree, the F3H-2 will further enrich the top ranking US jet lineup with another versatile fighter aircraft, excelling at dogfights in particular, but also sparking a sense of unease with tankers in its presence.
The F3H-2 is powered by an Allison J71-A-2B turbojet engine, producing a maximum of 14,400 lbf (64 kN) with the afterburner engaged. As a result, the Demon can reach a top speed of 719 mph (~1157 kph) at a sea level. Additionally, the F3H-2 boasts a rather good climb rate of 14,350 fpm (72.9 m/s), allowing it to reach combat altitudes within a relatively short period of time.
However, the F3H-2 remains a subsonic jet fighter. While the aircraft excels at subsonic dogfights, future pilots of this machine shouldn’t waste time trying to chase faster opponents, but catch these faster opponents off guard - ideally while they’re distracted or in a low energy situation at low altitude.
Fun Fact: The F3H Demon possessed excellent cockpit visibility, earning itself the nickname ‘The Chair’ by its pilots.
Being a fighter aircraft, the F3H Demon is more than adequately armed to deal with any opponent it may meet in the skies. Rocking a primary arsenal consisting of four 20mm Colt Mk.12 cannons with a total ammunition complement of 760 rounds, a single well aimed burst from these deadly weapons is enough to shred an airframe to pieces. Furthermore, what happens to be outside of the cannons’ range is more than fair game for the four air-to-air missiles carried by the Demon.
Despite being primarily a fighter aircraft however, Demon pilots won’t need to shy away from assisting their comrades in arms on the ground with some close air support. Being able to carry a selection of unguided rockets and bombs of up to 3,500 lbs (the biggest one is 3,000 lbs M118 Demolition), the F3H-2 is more than capable of raining down death and destruction upon its enemies on the ground.
The F3H-2 Demon is well on its way to joining the fight in War Thunder with the upcoming update and will become available to all pilots as a new Rank VI American jet fighter. Until then, keep a close watch on the horizon for more news regarding the next major update coming to the game in the near future. Safe flying and happy hunting pilots!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (500)
trick Question : with all the additions to the air battles (personally dont play but watch on youtube) one of the most famous and still used in many countries but not yet mentioned The Hawker Harrier (all versions) which has been around since the late 60s had victories in the falklands war will that be added?. Also are low tier players getting more new vehicles of all nations such as A/Cs,cruiser and light tanks for brits,A/Cs for japan,A/cs for france and italy etc not just aircraft or ships
Like always, gajin keep additing new vehicles for USA but does not care of what REALLY affects and improve the gameplay, as for example, allowing the players to choose the fuel amount that they take on their aircrafts more freely with a sliding bar. instead of the limitating pré set of "minium"/medium and maximum capacity that we have now. in many aircrafts the minimum is way too few and the medium is way too much. and in others the minimum is way too much fuel. we should be able to choose that
Not Gaijin's fault the US created a bunch of aircraft during the Cold War, they're just trying to fill it all out, calm your tits bro.
I know this plane used to carry AIM-7 Sparrows. Will other types of missiles ever come into the game other than heat seeking?
other thing that could improve the gameplay is lower the br of me 262 series.These were the FIRST jets in the world, and they are sent to play against 8.0/9.0 jets from post war, much more maneuvable much more lighter and with engines that are better or equal to the me 262 with the booster actived, and when the booster over (and it only last 1 min and 50 secs) you are dead, because the own engines from me 262 cant keep it flying properly me 262 arent simply not capable to stay competitive in 8.0
will newzealand get the schofield yet
To everyone that complain "why no mirrage?!". Main reason is that Gaijin is producing low level flight models, and have realy poor programing skills in matter of avionics etc, so Dassault company, or Airbus who owns rights to airplane do not allow gaijin to implement their (or any other) plane in to a game that they'll be not happy about fidelity of it implemented. From what i heard, they have already completed mirage but they cant put it because of that. So do not expect Mirrage
In short. Airbus don't allow to have a poor modeled plane in game, and gaijin have problem (they don't have time/effort/skill) of making full fidelity (seriously realistic) models of plane because of actuall rush for money politics
i knew grinding the f2h's wasn't a bad idea
When they plan to put a good balance of planes and tanks, where is the t90ms or t84, ztz99a, if they want to maintain a good balance in this game and that there is demand in all nations at least they would lower the cost of repair for nations with few superior vehicles if they do not want to implement others.
Please Lord Snail, do a Mirage Devblog to SHUT THEM UP.
I wonder if we will get more pre-war stuff for air battles. HA! Doubt it... U_U
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