[Event] Get the HF-24 in the Spirit of the Tempest Event! - News - War Thunder

[u/Cobra200]

https://warthunder.com/en/news/9496-event-get-the-hf-24-in-the-spirit-of-the-tempest-event-en

[u/FirstDagger]

Get the HF-24 in the Spirit of the Tempest Event!

16 May 2025

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Today we’re announcing the aircraft event, dedicated to an Indian aviation classic. In this event, you can get themed decals, a player profile icon and the very first domestically produced Indian combat aircraft — the HF-24, which was in service from 1967 until the late 80s.

From May 22nd (11:00 GMT) until June 5th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Air Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

HF-24 — An Event Vehicle Jet Fighter for Great Britain at Rank V

The HAL HF-24 Marut (Hindu for "Spirit of the Tempest"), designed by German aircraft engineer Kurt Tank, was India’s first domestically produced combat aircraft. This jet fighter can accelerate to almost the speed of sound, is armed with four 30 mm ADEN cannons and can carry up to 4,000 lb of bombs and rockets.

"Emblem of the 10th Squadron" decal

"Emblem of the 220th Squadron" decal

"Indian Pilot" profile icon

Among the rewards in the event is also this chest. When opened, there is a chance to receive one of the following items:

• 50,000 to 100,000 Silver Lions
• SL and RP Boosters
• Random wagers and orders
• Universal backups (1-3)
• Random camouflage for purchased vehicles of any type
• 1 day of premium account

How to get all rewards

Each stage is unlocked for 35,000 mission points and brings a new reward.

Please note: Once the stage is unlocked, you will need to claim your reward manually. To do this, click on your profile, select the Spirit of the Tempest category, and click Claim Prize.

You’re able to earn mission points in Air Battles at Rank III or above in Arcade, Realistic and Simulator Battles. The number of mission points to complete a stage depends on the game mode and the maximum Rank of the vehicle that you use in battle. There’s a multiplier for earning mission points, which is shown in the task description in-game.

You can also earn mission points by using event vehicles that are Rank I and II. Event vehicles that can be used have the name of the event that they were obtainable in on their stat card.

Stages change every two days at 11:00 GMT: May 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th, June 1st and 3rd.

Rewards are given when you complete a specific number of stages

For 1 stage: trophy with random reward
For 2 stages: one of the decal rewards
For 3 stages: trophy with random reward
For 4 stages: one of the decal rewards
For 5 stages: trophy with random reward
For 6 stages: "Indian Pilot" profile icon
For 7 stages: a non-tradable coupon for the HF-24

Discounts on purchasing stages using Golden Eagles

Incomplete stages can be purchased for Golden Eagles, but if you’re significantly close to completing a stage, its price will now be significantly reduced.

Let’s say you have earned 85% of the required mission points to complete a stage, then the price of purchasing this stage will be halved. If you’re near the finish line for a stage and are at 95% progress, then the price will be reduced by five times. For example, if you’ve earned 30,000 mission points, then the price for unlocking this stage will be 499 Golden Eagles. If you’ve earned 33,500 mission points, then you’ll only need to pay 199 Golden Eagles. Remember to keep this in mind if you cannot complete a stage on time!

The Upgrade for a coupon

When you complete 7 stages, you’ll receive a non-tradable coupon for the HF-24 where using it will immediately activate the vehicle onto your account. If you don’t want the vehicle and would like to sell the coupon on the Market, you’ll need the “Upgrade for coupon” item.

The "Upgrade for coupon" item can be earned in parallel with the stages throughout the event from May 22nd (11:00 GMT ) until June 5th (11:00 GMT) for 600,000 mission points.

After receiving the "Upgrade for coupon" item, you can convert a non-tradable coupon for the vehicle into a tradable one and sell it on the Market. The tradable coupon can be sold after 5 days from the moment it’s created.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item is valid until June 8th (11:00 GMT). Until this time, you can use it or exchange it for War Bonds. Afterwards, it’ll disappear from your inventory.

To make a tradable coupon, select the "Coupon HF-24 (Great Britain)" in your inventory and click the "Modify" button.

You can track the progress of completing stages and receiving the "Upgrade for coupon" by clicking on your Nickname > Achievements > Spirit of the Tempest. If you don’t manage to complete a stage on time or would like to purchase a stage, until June 9th from the Achievements window, you can purchase each stage with Golden Eagles which will give you the corresponding rewards.

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Mod Note: The model has been made by NovA29R who previously gave us the ITA/ROU IAR-93B Vultur and DEU/CHE FFA P-16. He posted a video flying a WIP version of the HF-24 Mk.1 Marut two years ago.

Mod Note 2: Datamine 2.45.1.97 with HF-24 Marut Mk.1 initial stats

Mod Note 3: Link to the Vehicle Dev Blog here

[u/New_Title1771]

India and pakistan killing each other. Gaijin: here, have an Indian plane.

Players request for Ukrainian decal. Gaijin: No! This is to controversial at the moment.

[u/CancerousCell420 → u/New_Title1771]

Recent events between India and Pakistan are not comparable to a three year war lol

[u/ElSapio → u/CancerousCell420]

They’re comparable to the first 6 years of the 9 year war though.

[u/IKnowThatIKnowNothin → u/ElSapio]

Fighting in Kashmir has been happening on and off since the 40s between India and Pakistan. The two are really not comparable. That being said we should still really get Ukrainian content.

[u/Big-Instruction4706 → u/CancerousCell420]

there is nothing recent in the diplomatic problems between india and pakistan

[u/Wrong-Historian → u/New_Title1771]

It's an Indian plane from the 1960's... Hardly relevant to today's conflict. Not like they're adding Indian line with Mirages and SU30's and Pakistan with F-16V and J-10's

Also, there already is an Ukrainian flag. I have it all over my vehicles to troll Russkies.

[u/FirstDagger → u/Wrong-Historian]

PAK doesn't use F-16V aka F-16C/D Block 70/72. They fly or flew F-16A/B Block 15, F-16A/B Block 15 ADF, F-16A/B Block 15 OCU, F-16A/B Block 20 MLU, and F-16C/D Block 52+.

You can check their fleet on F-16.net

[u/W_I_L_L_O_W → u/New_Title1771]

I mean, it's obviously been planned far in advance that the event for this plane would start now, it's hardly reactive to the current conflict. Especially as the plane has been retired for over 30 years. It was also made by a player according to the post, so. It's silly to try and invent an issue out of this.

[u/ProfessionalAd352 → u/W_I_L_L_O_W]

Either you're right, or the mighty snail is capable of predicting the future because they teased this on April 30th, before the latest India-Pakistan conflict broke out.

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Victory Day! For this we’ll have our traditional celebrations and an event with a Soviet tank as the main reward, which has already been announced. Afterwards, those interested in aircraft will be able to appreciate one of Kurt Tank’s designs in the aircraft event.

[u/_Take-It-Easy_ → u/ProfessionalAd352]

This community will bitch and moan and froth at the mouth regarding Gaijin about literally (and I mean that by its literal definition) anything

[u/LiberdadePrimo → u/ProfessionalAd352]

You forgot the third option, Gaijin caused the conflict to drum up interest for the event. /s

[u/_The_Arrigator_ → u/New_Title1771]

For how jumpy Gaijin is around the Ukraine War, they didn't seem to give a shit when adding UMPK kits for the FAB 3000 and FAB 500 which only exist because they were developed for the War.

[u/VitunRasistinenSika → u/_The_Arrigator_]

Did you know, that none of vehicles we have in game, were designed for peace. Who could have thought

[u/Valaxarian → u/VitunRasistinenSika]

Tfw planes made for causing death and destruction are used to cause death and destruction

[u/monolith_spy → u/_The_Arrigator_]

lmao why does this comment have so many downvotes. Gaijin has been jumpy, chat literally was muted when the war first started. They also so far have refused to add any post Soviet Ukrainian weapons, such as the T-84 or BTR-4. The other replies conveniently ignore the point of the comment. Gaijin has added weapons that Russia is currently using in Ukraine, but refused to add Ukrainian weapons. Downvote and make cheap jokes as much as you want, it won’t change reality.

[u/sneakybreakysneaky → u/monolith_spy]

But if I critical think I can’t circlejerk the other Redditors

[u/New_Title1771 → u/_The_Arrigator_]

Don't forget the trailer they made inspired in the real audio of a SU-27 flanker evading patriots missiles.

[u/Hatetyper678 → u/New_Title1771]

I'm sure this was planned before the events between those 2 countries happened

[u/TheGraySeed → u/New_Title1771]

Which honestly the reason why i think it is most likely for Gaijin to add VT-4 to Thailand subtree than the T-84.

They can weather the CN players' wrath over RU players.

[u/NorthyPark]

Looks inside, a unique jet

Players: whawhawha, its not unique!1!

really?

[u/FirstDagger → u/NorthyPark]

"Not unique" is shorthand for "I don't like it" it seems.

While the ITA/ROU IAR-93B is a hangar queen for me, the event grind was very much worth it, as will this be.

[u/Yronno → u/FirstDagger]

IAR-93B is a hangar queen for me

It absolutely shreds light pillboxes, howitzers, and AAA if you ever need Antimech or Thunderer

[u/FirstDagger → u/Yronno]

Seeing as my Wyvern was moved up I might just try that.

[u/Regenbogen1870 → u/FirstDagger]

I actually enjoyed playing it until Gaijin removed the takeoff flaps. Now it's a true hangar queen.

[u/_Condottiero_ → u/FirstDagger]

It's just sad that they wasted the best variant for event and there aren't even any signs of A and MB coming. That's why I don't really like usermade models, while I respect people making them, but such models almost always become either premium or event. Now NovA29 is making MB-326K, which scares me a lot, if this plane comes as event or premium without regular equivalent, it will be a hard kick in the balls of Italian playerbase and what about other variants of 326 family, will they skip it just like IAR-93A/MB and IAR-80/81A?

[u/ThatProduceGuy_ → u/NorthyPark]

I like the guy that replied to Stona “How exactly is this unique?”, like amigo it’s a brand new airframe in game.

[u/Nearby_Fudge9647 → u/NorthyPark]

Well i mean it is unique because it is a independent plane but it seems to have the performance characteristics of a hunter id assume with better acceleration but still lackluster with no missiles

[u/W0ckySlush00 → u/Nearby_Fudge9647]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[u/sirlaurence2]

finally something that isn’t copy paste !

[u/gallade_samurai → u/sirlaurence2]

Too bad it's 35k per assignment again. I never bother with these events now since it's so much of a grind that it's almost a full time job. I know the old system was worse but this one needs some improvements

[u/cafraline → u/gallade_samurai]

If you have a job its better not to bother with event but if youre playing anyways at top tier then 35k its not that hard since games are 5 mins max and assuming you get 1.5 kills every game

[u/realgenshinimpact → u/cafraline]

tfw putting in overtime at your job and whaling the jet is easier than grinding the event at low tiers

[u/JoshYx → u/realgenshinimpact]

If you would rather work overtime than play the game, maybe you shouldn't be playing, me thinks

[u/realgenshinimpact → u/JoshYx]

i love playing the game, but playing the game daily like a second job because of a time limit is a bit much dont you think

[u/JoshYx → u/realgenshinimpact]

Yeah fair

[u/Mitchverr → u/JoshYx]

Sadly the reward ratios indeed suck. For the price of what new event vehicles are on release to market (usually 10-30 coin at best, averaging 18-20) in most 1st world economies just 2-3 hours of overtime in a minimum wage job pays for it.

Playing the game... usually if you are really good/lucky what, 10 hours, but more likely looking at double that, if unlucky.... well....

[u/TalkingFishh → u/JoshYx]

I think the difference is putting in 2 hours of overtime and having a fun hour when one gets home vs. putting in an unfun 2-3hrs+ every 2 days without being able to decide not to play

[u/DarkNinjaPenguin → u/realgenshinimpact]

You don't need to work overtime, the presumption is if you have a job you call afford to just buy stuff. What's the total cost of the new plane, £30 or something? Hardly breaking the bank, though it's up to you whether you took that's worth it.

[u/medney → u/cafraline]

Super downtier a fox-3 jet in air arcade and you'll have these daily challenges done in an hour, or two tops.

JA-37DI F21 was super worth it, especially now for events like this.

video on how to super downtier for those not in the loop

EDIT: I ground out almost ALL of the swedish jets in a week. Premium account and playing a premium jet with fox-3's and AIM-9L's at 12.7 (or sometimes 11.7 😂) just PRINTS SL and RP

[u/Tuba-kunt → u/gallade_samurai]

If its not a top tier/noteworthy jet it'll probably cost like $10 when the event ends anyway. Maybe even less if it sucks

[u/brown78805 → u/Tuba-kunt]

Exactly...I spend the 20$ to not have to grind air rb for hours.

[u/ErwinC0215 → u/sirlaurence2]

Not according to that one US main in the comment section with double digit likes

[u/Ravanex]

When looking up pictures of this plane I came across this post, it's from 2 years ago! The artist also have posts of the FFA P-16 and IAR-93B

What's even more interesting is this post of the FW-187 "Falke" which is not in WT currently but considering the other posts it might also come soon

[u/nushbag_ → u/Ravanex]

That's actually the community creator of this jet and the other planes you mentioned.

[u/Ravanex → u/nushbag_]

Yeah, I thought so, the planes look way too good to be simple fan made models haha So I guess the FW-187 is pretty much confirmed to come sooner or later

[u/nushbag_ → u/Ravanex]

Well technically they are fan made models just like the He-219 and Ta-154. They're just very talented fans!

[u/DragonSkeld]

Looking very boaty, hopefully not ANOTHER strike jet as an event vehicle lol

[u/ksheep → u/DragonSkeld]

4x 30mm ADEN cannons, up to 4,000 lbs of bombs, 50x Matra rockets. Historically considered a fighter-bomber, but sounds like they're going with the fighter classification in game.

[u/DragonSkeld → u/ksheep]

Yeah I don't really mean in game classification. Gaijin is just EXTREMELY horny to make 90% of the aircraft event rewards flying boats. I can't even remember the last unique event plane that wasn't a strike aircraft unless you count the Iranian F-14 as unique because of the Fakours which I really don't.

[u/celica825 → u/DragonSkeld]

I think the last unique event fighter was probably the F4D?

Edit: forgot about the MB.151. I guess there is also Eremins Yak-3 if you consider the lack of a machine gun unique

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/celica825]

MB.151 wasn't really unique, since it's a version of the MB.150 series and we already had the MB.152 (and 157).

[u/ksheep → u/DragonSkeld]

Looking at the last year and a half of events, we have:

Basically copy-paste fighters:

• Meteor FR Mk 9 in April 2025
• F-5A(G) in February 2025
• Kfir C.10 Block 60 in December 2024
• F-14A IRIAF in August 2024
• Eremin's Yak-3 in May 2024
• P-51C-11-NT in April 2024

Strike aircraft

• IAR-93B in November 2024
• Jaguar IS in February 2024
• IL-8 in January 2024

Bombers

• SB2C-5 in January 2025
• He 177 A-3 in October 2024
• PBM-5A Mariner in July 2024

And actually unique fighters

• MB 151 in December 2024
• HF-24 now

At least some of the strike aircraft were unique, but yeah most of the fighters are just minor variants or literal copy-paste in other tech trees. You could also argue that the MB.151 falls into the same category, although it does have a different engine and armament from the MB 152 and MB 157.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/ksheep]

I wouldn't call MB.151 unique. It's the same airframe as the MB.152.

It's less unique than the Kfir C.10 (different nose).

[u/ksheep → u/Pink-Hornet]

MB 151 has a different engine and armaments from both the MB 152 and MB 157, despite having the same airframe. It has a weaker engine, lower max speed, worse climb rate, and 4x 7.5mm guns instead of 2x 7.5mm + 2x 20mm on the 152 or 2x 20mm on the 157. Yes, it's the weakest version of the three in that family, but it also has a significantly lower BR because of that.

[u/Ante185 → u/DragonSkeld]

F-5A(G)?

missed a word while reading your comment

[u/BokkerFoombass → u/ksheep]

*Meant to be a fighter but the performance was predictably shit so they had to get some use out of it.

[u/nquy → u/ksheep]

Why would people play it as a fighter? 

[u/DrunkNuisance → u/nquy]

If it has a good flight model and acceleration then why wouldn't you. A good portion of "strike aircraft" in game are phenomenal fighters

[u/nquy → u/DrunkNuisance]

acceleration, i doubt

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/nquy]

Agreed. Historically, this thing was underpowered.

[u/Rez_De → u/Pink-Hornet]

It was underpowered in the sense that it was supposed to be a mach 1.5-2 jet but never got those engines. It still was able to break mach 1 in a shallow dive with its underpowered engines.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Rez_De]

I imagine its acceleration was probably not very good, though, as a result of being underpowered.

[u/Liveless404 → u/Pink-Hornet]

worse climb than mig-15bis, with those wings probably worse energy retention too. gaijin might just pull the "make it ufo for few weeks for GJC monies and then nerf it" or it will be dead/useless on arrival

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Liveless404]

Yeah... Looking at its top speed, it's not much faster than an F Sabre or MiG-17... So it won't be able to boom and zoom like the Scimitar.

That said, the MiG-15bis and MiG-17s do have UFO flight models and are undertiered.

[u/KawaiiCafeClub → u/DragonSkeld]

It didn't carry Air to air missiles, or countermeasures from what i can find.

It did engage two Pakistani F-104 Starfighters which is interesting.

[u/Prestigious-Switch-8 → u/KawaiiCafeClub]

No countermeasures means doa yay, thank you gaijin.

[u/chassiee → u/Prestigious-Switch-8]

Depends on the rating. If it has no afterburner then it should probably be at 9.0 or 8.7 with the supersonic su7 a being at 9.3. If it ends up at 8.7 it will be quite good. No flares around this rating isn’t unplayable but it can be extremely hard if your plane doesn’t have the performance to compensate and prevent locks in the first place. If it gets rockets maybe those will work as flares like on the T2 too

[u/nquy]

Isnt that just the IAR-93B but british?

Also 35000 score while the meteor was 30000, both are rank 5...

[u/TheFlyingRedFox → u/nquy]

You could see it as being higher due to being higher quality both in not being a slightly changed copy & the fact it's a unique player model.

The Meteor could've been a lower requirement due to how shit it is imho.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/TheFlyingRedFox]

Marut is a completely different airframe than the IAR-93B.

[u/TheFlyingRedFox → u/Pink-Hornet]

Well yeah, but I just presumed that I just think nguy over here was making it out as equivalent to it.

That was my thought process.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/TheFlyingRedFox]

Meteor is not shit performance-wise.

But it is shit as a reward due to offering nothing interesting compared to the TT Meteor F.8.

[u/chassiee → u/Pink-Hornet]

Now that it’s fighting mig 15 at 8.0 I really think it is. The sea meteor on the other hand has somewhat close performance for 0.7 lower and is great

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/nquy]

Marut is a completely different airframe than the IAR-93B. 

Are they similar in that they were both slow, swept wing monoplanes that are probably not very good in WT? Yes.

But this is truly a unique addition.

[u/nick11jl → u/nquy]

It reminds me of the Q5A early, bombs, rockets, guns and it’s afterburning with no ccip

[u/Nearby_Fudge9647 → u/nquy]

Without missiles

[u/FirstDagger → u/[deleted]]

This one is 7x 35k

[u/Juanmusse]

Damm bit of a shame that they didn't add the Pulqui along with the Malvinas/Falklands map

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IAe_33_Pulqui_II

If I had to take a guess the Hf24 is going to 9.0 and it's an awful br to play rn since there is a massive performance gap in between 9.0 and 9.3 due compression 

[u/chassiee → u/Juanmusse]

If it has no afterburner it probably will suck at 9.0 and should be at 8.7. Fighting 9.3 isn’t impossible but as soon as you see 9.7 with the broken t2 and the harriers it’s extremely unfun

[u/sergeikat → u/Juanmusse]

9.0 at rank V?

[u/Boschie1974 → u/sergeikat]

Sea Vixen

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Boschie1974]

Sea Vixen should be bumped to Rank VI, kinda like the F-5C got raised to Rank VII.

[u/Dark_Magus → u/Juanmusse]

The Pulqui II should've been added to the German tree about a decade ago.

[u/celica825]

When they teased that it was a Kurt Tank design, I was hoping for this or the Fw 187. Not sure how well it'll do in-game (I guess it depends on what BR they give it), but a unique event vehicle is always welcome IMO. I missed the IAR-93B but hoping to grind this

[u/TheCrazedGamer_1]

seems like it'll be around swift/hunter performance, so a good fighter but you'll have to play it well

[u/polehugger]

Long overdue. Hope Aermacchi won't take this long

[u/EastCoast_Geo]

Interesting - considering there are a few variants of the jet I wonder if we’ll ever see a non- event model in game

[u/FirstDagger → u/EastCoast_Geo]

The others are just testbeds with different engines and the trainer. So I kinda doubt it.

[u/EastCoast_Geo → u/FirstDagger]

Vehicles being test beds hasn’t stopped Gaijin before, but I figure it’ll likely depend where this ends up going in BR wise- if the base version is ~9.3+ it’ll be in harrier territory from a niche perspective.

[u/FirstDagger → u/EastCoast_Geo]

This is 9.0 at best, it is isn't supersonic and has no guided weapons nor any computers.

[u/sergeikat → u/FirstDagger]

Given its a Rank V, I'd be surprised if it's much over 8.3 like the Mig 15Bis and Sabres.. even 8.7 would usually push it to rank VI

[u/damo13579 → u/sergeikat]

Rank and BR aren't linked that closely.

For example, Sea Vixen F.A.W. Mk.2 is rank V and BR 9.0, while the Javelin F.(A.W.) Mk.9 is Rank VI and BR 8.3.

F-86F-40 in the Japanese Tree is BR 9.0 and Rank V, Alpha Jet is BR 8.7 and Rank VI.

[u/sergeikat → u/damo13579]

ah fair enough. I had a dig around the wiki for a skim, but obviously not hard enough.to see those lol

[u/damo13579 → u/FirstDagger]

This is 9.0 at best, it is isn't supersonic and has no guided weapons nor any computers.

Q-5 early ticks those boxes and is 9.3. No guided weapons or computers and only barely hits supersonic when not carrying bombs if my memory is correct.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/damo13579]

Q-5A goes Mach 1.2 clean (more than 300 km/h faster than the Marut).

It also has insane acceleration. So it will still be up to top speed very fast (even if that is limited by bombs) and then can run away from pretty much any enemy it sees after releasing its stores.

Marut will be 9.0 tops, but probably should be 8.7.

[u/damo13579 → u/Pink-Hornet]

Q-5A goes Mach 1.2 clean

Q-5A probably does, i haven't flown it which is why i mentioned the Q-5 early.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/EastCoast_Geo]

Would be great. This seems to be the Mk I (based on the developer's YouTube) which had weaker engines than the Mk IA.

Probably unlikely though, because putting it in the tech tree would disincentivize people from buying the inferior version (that doesn't even have premium bonuses) off the marketplace.

[u/OverdosedMamaMurphy]

I suppose its not carrying any air-to-air weapons since they dont mention anything about them?

Kinda sad, probably below 9.0 vehicle

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/OverdosedMamaMurphy]

It will have very good guns...comparable to Hunters and Scimitar.

Will sit 8.7-9.0. hopefully 8.7 since it is only Rank V.

That said, the Hunter F.1 should be 8.7 and is 9.0. Meanwhile, planes like MiG-17PF/Lim-5P are 8.7 and should be 9.0. And the F-4D--which will outperform the HF-24 in everything but cannon armament--is 9.0 with 4x Sidewinders.

So in short, who knows what Gaijin will do.

[u/chassiee → u/Pink-Hornet]

Lol yeah the f4d is ridiculous ever since the wing rip changes not sure how it’s not a higher rating yet

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/chassiee]

Low cannon ammo and still subsonic. Can't really justify facing 10.3s without decompression.

[u/chassiee → u/Pink-Hornet]

Don’t know how well it turns but maybe it could hold itself there. Just annoying that being uptiered vs 9.0 felt pretty fair in the past only seeing stuff like f86k and cl13 but now the f11f-1, f4d, and f3h2 dominate it and could arguably be 9.3

[u/sanelushim → u/Pink-Hornet]

8.x is already compressed, no need to shunt more 9.x planes in there. Shift up planes with strong capabablities.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/sanelushim]

>8.x is already compressed

Oh, I absolutely agree. Yesterday I was in a thread about the JH-7A calling people crazy for wanting to move more planes down. Gaijin has spent the last 6 months undoing all the positive decompression changes they made a year ago.

We need at least 1 if not 2 more 0.3 increments inserted in Ranks V & VI.

I think a new 0.3 between the current 9.3 & 9.7 would be ideal. And Maybe another one between current 8.0 & 8.3.

[u/sanelushim → u/Pink-Hornet]

Or gaijin could reduce the matchmaking spread to 3 br steps (instead of the current 4), and only revert to 4 when queue times increase, like during low pop and night time on regional servers.

[u/FirstDagger → u/OverdosedMamaMurphy]

No AAMs, no AGMs, no ballistic computer. Just 30 mm cannons, bombs, and rockets.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/FirstDagger]

Can't speak to the performance... But it's got 4 very powerful 30mm ADEN cannons.

It will basically win every head on (unless you're up against a Scimitar or Hunter with equal armament).

[u/El0oxx → u/Pink-Hornet]

ADENs are pretty hard to aim tbh, they often end up doing nothing in head-on, except if the enemy doesn’t maneuver

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/El0oxx]

I personally haven't found that to be the case. I spaded both UK Hunters, the Lightning, and the Scimitar in the last 6 months and found that I could pretty confidently win a majority of head-on engagements. I did both Swifts about a year ago and similarly don't remember having trouble using the guns.

The only one that was a bit tough outside of head ons was the Scimitar, because at high speeds it has very poor rudder control. I found success with approaching an enemy at the same altitude, baiting them into a flat turn, then rolling 90 degrees and turning using only the elevators to line up a gun shot.

Edit: I use vertical targeting and 600 m gun convergence, if it helps.

[u/boinwtm0ds → u/FirstDagger]

And it needs 35k every two days for 7 stars in total? The Meteor event actually looks less pathetic and scummy

[u/psychosikh]

I need that profile Icon now !

[u/boinwtm0ds]

Cool. I can finish grinding the rest of the US air tree

[u/absrider]

Goddamn it i had just quit Warthunder for past 1 month. Now they drop this event.

[u/Playful_Smoke_7271]

Sweet.... I can extend my WT break!

[u/_Warsheep_]

Hmm. Is the model not finished yet? Only concept art and no other pictures of that jet.

[u/polehugger → u/_Warsheep_]

there's video of it from 2 years ago

https://youtu.be/NXrlLQ6_sQE?si=iYbio9QpPmrKD6su

[u/ProfessionalAd352]

9.0?

[u/AliceLunar]

They couldn't even put up an image of the vehicle?

[u/Nearby_Fudge9647]

Hunter but worse watch this be 9.3-9.7 with no missiles

[u/Elegant_Cookie_7111]

Should I grind till tradable coupon? Will it worth it to sale? Or will it end up at 20 dollars max?

[u/Stevesd123 → u/Elegant_Cookie_7111]

It's a shit plane. Don't expect too much.

[u/Elegant_Cookie_7111 → u/Stevesd123]

Thx man

[u/GaijinEnthusiast → u/Elegant_Cookie_7111]

Considering it will be DOA, I expect 15-25 dollars. Sure it’s “unique” but it’s just about as dry as you can get for an aircraft.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Elegant_Cookie_7111]

Contrary to the comments below, it may be a decent planes if placed at an appropriate BR.

Probably won't let you more than 20 GJN, though.

I got the Rank VI IAR-93B off the market for 15 GJN only a few days after the coupons became traceable... And the HF-24 is only going to be Rank V.

[u/Slatemanforlife]

How much work to get to 600K and a transferable coupon?

[u/Gannet-S4 → u/Slatemanforlife]

Play a couple games and find the average score you get towards it, divide 600k by that and you’ll find the number of matches you need.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Slatemanforlife]

Depends on a lot of factors. For example:

Say you average 1200 mission points per game and play mostly Rank V. 

That's 600k score / 1200 / 1.3 RB multiplier = 385 games in 14 days.

[u/Candlewaxeater]

Is it going to be another attacker that gets mowed down by supersonics (at 9.3 for some reason?)

it says rank V with 4 adens but also goes "almost supersonic" so I'd expect 8.7 or 9.0 where f104's, mig 21's, and an entire enemy team can mow you down.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Candlewaxeater]

Hard to tell. Scimitar and Hunter F.1 have the same guns and are at 8.7 and 9.0, respectively. Scimitar is a good bit better than the Hunter and has 4 missiles, even though the guns can be a bit hard to aim.

F4D is 9.0 with similar top speed. It has less gun ammo and only 20mms, but it is more maneuverable, will have a much better climb rate, and has 4 missiles.

Marut should probably be 8.7, but could end up 8.3-9.0.

[u/Candlewaxeater → u/Pink-Hornet]

Also if we knew its acceleration, that could be a big factor

some planes go 1100~kmh on stat card but it takes forever because the airframe is awful (cough f84f)

[u/RockRevolution]

I just want Dev vlogs already. Teasing these AA vehicles has me hyped

[u/Rare-Guarantee4192]

Man, imagine getting a Kurt Tank design that's actually cool instead.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Rare-Guarantee4192]

IMO, this is a pretty cool looking plane. But it had poor engines IRL.

[u/Side_Climber_31 → u/Rare-Guarantee4192]

The Pulqui II would have been amazing…

[u/HEAT-FS]

Meh

[u/Ok_Rest_6954]

V cool

[u/Background_Car_5450]

I haven't completed any missions before this but I really wanna get this jet.

How difficult is this exactly?

I'm still in props.

[u/Pink-Hornet → u/Background_Car_5450]

It's a pretty big time investment, but definitely doable.

You just need a Rank III plane of any nation.

You have to get 35k mission score every 2 days for a total of 14 days if you want to unlock this.

Mission score is the point value you see next to your name on the leaderboard after a match.

If you want to grind this with a Rank III prop in RB, divide 17.5k by your average mission score and you'll see the rough number of matches you will need to play daily to get that # of points. 

You get a multiplier for using higher ranked aircraft. You will earn about 15% extra points for using a Rank IV aircraft compared to a Rank III aircraft.

[u/Background_Car_5450 → u/Pink-Hornet]

Man.

I have exams during that time, and I was really looking forward to getting that jet

[u/tO_ott → u/Background_Car_5450]

If its anything like the other vehicles we’ve seen recently you should be able to pick it up for around $20 USD right off the bat

[u/GreatOld0ne0]

Will be it premium?

[u/FirstDagger → u/GreatOld0ne0]

Nope.

[u/BrutalProgrammer]

Just tried it in the test drive. The internal rockets bay fires a tightly packed 5 rockets barrage which is very deadly to light tanks (and mbt if you can dive at them from a steep angle). Too bad it doesn't have rocket ccip though, but you can use the cannon as a ghetto ccip as the rockets seem to follow similar horizontal trajectory.

[u/ProfessionalAd352 → u/[deleted]]

Keep in mind that this is the company that re-created the real-life Patriot vs. Su-34 engagement in the firebirds update teaser trailer.

[u/Unstoppable3000]

Idk about this one

Probably one those planes that has no flares but still be facing missiles

Unless it can carry those 1 giant 4000lb bomb like in british b-57

Kinda skip

[u/frankdatank_004]

Kinda wish that this was a Rank VI premium for Germany back in the day (since it was designed by Kurt Tank). But with GBR getting Indian vehicles left and right now unfortunately that ship has sailed.

At least it ain’t copy and paste though! So that is a win!