F-117 Nighthawk

[Tsuna]

It's confirmed as the first steal plane to be added to War Thunder. Just so people know about this little gem of a plane. First operational stealth ground attacker, despite the F in it's designation. First plane to use fly by wire tech as it's design is highly unstable and needs adjustment so much it can't be done by humans. It does not have a gun. It was designed to penetrate deeply into hostile air space, drop precision guided bombs, and leave. I bet they'll put it at 13.0 BR.

[Eftwyrd]

Been covered in another thread but to reiterate

Its slower and less manoeuvrable than a contemporary fighter, lacks flares or chaff, carries less payload than anything it will meet, is air to ground only, has no gun, and was specifically only operated at night because it can’t defend itself if someone happens to see it and intercept

Sim is going to be full of them for a while and I’m going to get a lot of practice shooting defenceless targets with my guns, we’ll have to see about IR missiles, it does specifically try to cool its exhaust but I have my doubts how much that can realistically achieve. I also want to see if IRST can see them

This is going to be fun and not so much for the people actually flying the stealth aircraft in broad daylight

[shipdesignerdude]

Countered by SACLOS Roland at 10.3, don't see it going above that. Can't imagine it gets a superb targeting system either.

With the nature of CAS in this game and how visible aircraft are from the ground I don't see it being hard at all to spot and kill.

[French Cat]

It would be at BR 8.7 if it wants to be useful

[Toblm]

Its another Maus, unbalanceable.

It cannot be low enough BR to be useful (speed and armament) or its very purpose (stealth) is defunct.

[Gold Merchant Lev]

No way will this be at 13.0. I’m saying between 9.0 and 10.0.

[Labdog]

Cool plane, but it will be obsolete in air rb. It could be very useful in ground rb if the stealth can prevent it from being locked on by SPAA, but as soon as a plane spots you, you are toast: slow, heavy and no air to air armament.