Tupolev Tu-95

[Til_Dovre_Faller]

When do we get this plane?

Fron the looks of it, you can scare opponents to death just bu flying over them, due tot he noise

[Akazie_Christi]

The sound is great. Not sure if it fits in, I'm at BR 4-5. But the sound alone.

[Bibliophylax]

no way it can be balanced in high tier

[Hotschi48]

Originally posted by Bibliophylax:

no way it can be balanced in high tier

And it's the same for the B-52....

[shipdesignerdude]

Bombers have no place in this game, the current game modes do not encourage bomber gameplay.

This isn't to say they don't deserve to be present if changes are made, but people have zero reason to play them unless it's just for fun.

[jaxjace]

^Sadly this, i want modern Strat bombers in the game but they just dont work in the small scale battles we have going. It would take a radical reinventing of some gamemodes to finally give us the combined arms game we all were promsied 10 years ago for it to work.

Not saying i dont enjoy seeing strat bombers in ground RB i do its just rare, and even rarer in air RB because the meta just doesnt favor them so as people say, the only time people bring them out is "for fun" a sad commentary in and of itself.

[cheeki-breekiv1.1]

Originally posted by shipdesignerdude:

Bombers have no place in this game, the current game modes do not encourage bomber gameplay.

This isn't to say they don't deserve to be present if changes are made, but people have zero reason to play them unless it's just for fun.

wtf are you going on about i use bombers to lay down carpets of explosives and my love one the pe8 with its nuke bomb

[Kuruk]

WW2 Bombers are already struggling in-game, this thing would get butchered.

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

Originally posted by Kuruk:

WW2 Bombers are already struggling in-game, this thing would get butchered.

thats unlikely to happen, The Tu-95 has even more flares than the F-14B, its also equipped with multiple turrets similar to the TU-4 but even further it can use air ground missiles fire & forget to get rid of tanks, the impact is so high it should be as much as a 2000kg bomb or more to destroy cruisers and destroyers maybe even battleships.

[Bibliophylax]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

thats unlikely to happen, The Tu-95 has even more flares than the F-14B, its also equipped with multiple turrets similar to the TU-4 but even further it can use air ground missiles fire & forget to get rid of tanks, the impact is so high it should be as much as a 2000kg bomb or more to destroy cruisers and destroyers maybe even battleships.

And then a BVR missile appears and... Oo?

[RogueSoldier]

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

Originally posted by Kuruk:

WW2 Bombers are already struggling in-game, this thing would get butchered.

thats unlikely to happen, The Tu-95 has even more flares than the F-14B, its also equipped with multiple turrets similar to the TU-4 but even further it can use air ground missiles fire & forget to get rid of tanks, the impact is so high it should be as much as a 2000kg bomb or more to destroy cruisers and destroyers maybe even battleships.

bro, how much of that soviet sekrit dokuments are you huffing right now?

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

Originally posted by RogueSoldier:

Originally posted by Ģ◊иŽФ⚡∀mηЯΛ¥:

thats unlikely to happen, The Tu-95 has even more flares than the F-14B, its also equipped with multiple turrets similar to the TU-4 but even further it can use air ground missiles fire & forget to get rid of tanks, the impact is so high it should be as much as a 2000kg bomb or more to destroy cruisers and destroyers maybe even battleships.

bro, how much of that soviet sekrit dokuments are you huffing right now?

thats public information and as a russian main i should know my vehicles, the downpoint is i have literally no clue about anything else but thats fine, if they ever add the Tu-95 i wonder which variant its gonna be, the early ones are still using bombs and later on they kept using more missiles until all bombs were deprecated, nowdays the VMF is using the Tu-142 which is a navy version and of course the modernized Tu-95 of the VKS to be used with missiles, side developments would be the Tu-160/Tu-22 lines accordingly.

War thunder related i would say the Tu-160 & Tu-22 are better suited, this also includes a less likely appearance of the B-52, since there are american counterparts which are able to "deliver" in a much better way.

[Bibliophylax]

and now imagine flying at 600kph while 10 others players are at ~mach1 using a variety of all aspect missiles. The A10 already suffers sometimes and he is way more agile than this thing.
Your defensives gun are meaningless if the fighter guy know his buisiness, no flares can prevent 20-30mm round to shot you down.

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

Originally posted by Bibliophylax:

and now imagine flying at 600kph while 10 others players are at ~mach1 using a variety of all aspect missiles. The A10 already suffers sometimes and he is way more agile than this thing.
Your defensives gun are meaningless if the fighter guy know his buisiness, no flares can prevent 20-30mm round to shot you down.

you do realize the Tu-95 goes up to 1000Km/h ? The A-10 is one of the slowest jets out there, and it cannot operate on its own, the Tu-95 is different.

[Bibliophylax]

I don't know exactly what is the real speed of this plane, but don't get me wrong, being able to fly at said speed depend on altitude and the time you spent in straight line.
The Tu95 is using an intersting turboprop quadro engine with dual counter rotatives propellers. However the plane is very heavy, so I don't expect it to fly more than 600-700kph in RB. with flight performances slightly better than a B29 TU-4.
I need to take a look at the Tu95.

[The_Illuminati_Confirmed]

will require addition of EXTENSIVE ECM systems so almost certainly a no-go for the near future, SU-24, F-111, TU-22M2 and B-1B are all more likely and plausible additions for the bomber trees, UK could get their V bombers. Strategic bombers would require a new EC mode for air rb and if given ECM suites could provide an incentive for greater teamwork, stick close to your bombers and you protect yourself from the initial 70KM + fox-1 and fox-3 launches that typically wipe half your team in the first two minutes of an RB match