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The German Phantom II in a special export version and with a unique camouflage for completing tasks in the upcoming crafting event in War Thunder!
F-4F Phantom II, Germany, rank VI
Pros
- Superb flight characteristics
- A variety of mounted weapons
Cons
- No flares or chaff
- Lacks air-to-surface missiles
In the early 1970’s, Germany decided to purchase a "simplified" version of the American F-4E Phantom II jet fighter: it was assumed that in order to reduce the price of the expensive aircraft, some of the equipment would be produced in Germany itself. So, the export "Phantom" had simplified radar equipment, lost one of its fuel tanks and equipment for refueling in the air. Initial export models also lacked some guided weapons, including AGM-65 Mavericks. The power plant of the fighter had also become a subject of cost reduction by Germany deploying licensed production of the engines.
The new aircraft, designated F-4F, successfully completed tests in 1973, and in the fall of the same year the first fighters from 175 units ordered went to Europe. German "Phantoms" proved to be in the best service and subsequently went through several cycles of modernization, as a result of which the fighters were supplemented with some "missing" equipment that met the needs of the Luftwaffe. The F-4F Phantom II was in service for nearly 40 years - the last deeply modernized "veterans" of the Jagdgeschwader 71 (JG 71) Richthofen regiment went into retirement in the summer of 2013.
The German version of the iconic American F-4F Phantom II jet fighter will be one of the most desired rewards in the April crafting event in War Thunder. The F-4F is an early version of the fighter; in one of the upcoming major updates, the Luftwaffe will also receive a representative of the “Phantom II” series in the regular tech tree. The early F-4F Phantom II can be yours for free in the near future!
Despite the fact that the export version of the avionics of the F-4F does not have modes designed to work with the air-to-surface missiles, it is still a great high-rank fighter and one of the best aircraft in the game. So, the German "Phantom II'' in a nutshell has a maximum speed of Mach 2 (at high altitudes), an excellent selection of available armament, and a unique evil grin camouflage on its nose. A pilot is free to choose from a variety of weapons: bombs up to 2,000 pounds, Mighty Mouse and Zuni rockets, 20mm Vulcan gunpods and three modifications of the deadly Sidewinder air-to-air missiles: AIM-9B FGW-2, AIM-9E and AIM-9J.
The top-tier German "Phantom" will be yours for completing the big April crafting event. More details are coming, stay tuned!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (498)
AIM-9J ohh RLY how when GER never even bought AIM-9Js? So You give F-4F AAMs it NEVER had but FGR and FG can't get AIM-9G even tho they used it extensively for most of their service life. gErMaNy SuFfErS
I agree that gefmany shouldn't have the Aim-9 J, but something that would level the playing field would be giving the americans the actual performance on their missiles. I don't understand why American jets and tanks always suffer oh wait. It's because gaijin always gives them the worst version of their aircraft.
They're suppose to get AIM-9Ls lol how could war thunder do this to us.
So lets get this straight. German F-4F can have missiles it *COULD* carry, but British Phantom's can't have their AIM-9G's which they historically did carry. Or rather, the Mig-21PFM that could carry K-13M or R-60's but didn't in Russian service. Double standards ?
You see. Unless you play Germany you don't get special treatment.
Well what would it be doing in 10.3 with only AIM-9Bs then? If you want it to be historical it'll either suffer massively with 10G missiles at top tier, or be overpowered with AIM-9L at 10.3.
Why is this getting AIM-9Es and AIM-9Js it never carried in real life?
It could carry AIM-9Js IRL. The F-4F Early just never carried radar guided missiles.
The F-4F flight manual confirms it was capable of carrying them. As such, loadouts are considered based on the capabilities of the aircraft, what they could actually carry (backed by sources) and its position in game. In this case, the aircraft could carry them (as confirmed by the manual) and as it lacks some of the main features of the other Phantoms (Sparrows, Countermeasures etc) it makes the most sense.
Poor move on gaijins part this adding a highly sought after vehicle for the German tech tree as a limited time event vehicle with incorrect loadouts just to drive the FOMO even more.
As the blog explains, there will be an even better version (the late version) added to the standard tree. With regards to the missiles, the F-4F manual confirms the loadouts.
The Crafting events have always had a pernicious edge to them. This is just an even more pernicious decision.
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha! I'm sorry, you expect me to buy that they skip the F-4F for the tech tree and they're going to go right to the F-4F ICE? The F-4F is a crafting event reward? What the hell? I know this is the April Fools crafting event but did April Fools day itself come early this year?!?!
The ICE variant is not what we plan for the tree right now. Simply a later version than the one in the event. None the less, the tree version will be the superior aircaft.
Smin1080p, First of all, the tech tree version being the superior aircraft I think is a very, VERY good idea. Second though, I'm still just recoiling in my seat, hysterically laughing at the fact that the F-4F Early is an event vehicle!
Really? THEY NEVER USED AIM-9J ON EARLY VERSION OF PHANTOM
Exactly, give them the 10g pulling missiles. Germany gets enough, if you want better missiles fly the mig.
Dozer15, However, 10.3 with 10g missiles? That's a big train to Suffer Station.
AIM-9J? seriously?
Finally
Ja!
Stona_WT, is this the spooky vehicle?
The most essential German fighter of the time as an event reward. What a joke. And then even with unhistorical loadout options. The base F-4F never carried anything in excess of AIM-9Fs...
Hey, if you play Germany you get special treatment.
Conte_Baracca, I dont think german players want this special treatment either, first a top tier that ruins their matchmaker with the PL and now a tech tree vehicle that they wanted is in a crafting event. This isnt special treatment, its literal torture, Germany suffers.
This is a pretty serious can of worms you're opening with giving this thing missiles just because it hypothetically could Bullpups and 10x SNEB pods for Spey Phantoms? Never/rarely used them but the M.D. manual said it "could". AIM-9J for F-4C? AIM-9J/P for T-2K? Sparrows missing from many A2G Phantom loadouts? Kh-23 for MiG-21MF/SMT/bis? How about weapons that were actually used but have been missing for ~1 year? Like AS.30 for F-104G or AIM-9G for Spey Phantoms? And I'm not even going to ...
AIM-9J for F-104S when?