Best Soviet Plane tier.

[~Francis~]

Hi, shmuggle huggles here. Just wondering what the Soviets best plane BR is? More of a ground player so just looking for peoples opinions.

[Wolfsmaul-GER]

i haven't gone far into the soviet air tree but 2.3-3.0 is extremely fun, especially in ground RB, yak-1 has a fast firing and accurate 20mm, also extremely nimble, performs good in large uptiers, the IL-2's are also really good and armored, the 7.62 machine guns are really good on their own too with 1,800 rpm

[Marlowe-33]

in mother Russia plane flys you.

[visklakunn]

WAR THUNDER SUCKS

[Tankoslav Tepyatdesyatpyatovich]

Originally posted by visklakunn:

WAR THUNDER SUCKS

We already know. Something new maybe?

[Torn_Apart]

Originally posted by Пожилая Юность:

Originally posted by visklakunn:

WAR THUNDER SUCKS

We already know. Something new maybe?

It's his thing. His entire history has been "PUBG SUCKS" or words to that effect. He's moved onto here now. I think he's about 11.

[Wandering Flare]

4.0 - 5.7, the Yaks can do some scary things if you know how to use them.

[Golden Knight]

Look if you want top tier go for usa
But for lower tiers prop planes yak planes are all solid picks

[Venom]

Originally posted by ~Francis~:

Hi, shmuggle huggles here. Just wondering what the Soviets best plane BR is? More of a ground player so just looking for peoples opinions.

Russia has a lot of good planes in the tree. You didn't just write what kind of plane it should be, a fighter primarily intended for air combat, air, or CAS, etc., which is quite important.

LA and SU type planes are good fighters that can also have a good cannon for ground targets, IL versions have an excellent cannon for ground targets but also prove to destroy planes in the air, famous Mig-21 in various variants, SU-25 as CAS, Su-34 one of the best CAS, or famous Russian radar missiles, or IR missiles R-73, etc.

Personally, when I was grinding Russia, I played a lot of LA versions of planes 7-9, IL-10, SU-6, later SU-9, Mig-21, SU-25 and my favorite was also Mig-29 SMT until the modern Fox-3 arrived.

[֎]

I would say the USSR tree has gems along the entire route, you wont really start to see major "flaws" until Rank V/VI where you must adapt swiftly to low ammo, slow velocity and slow firing, inaccurate guns. On top of that, the starting jets for USSR and really until the end of the tech tree are extremely powerful in the right hands, but extremely unforgiving and require a capable, dedicated pilot to shine. As for what tier is the "Best" for USSR I would have to say there honestly is not one, every single tier has an aircraft/line up worth talking about and using.

Everyone complains about the MiG jet series (9/15/17/19/21/23/29) and how powerful they are... until they try to master these aircraft themselves and swiftly and quietly slither back to their cozy hand-holding western technology. :D

Realistically, every single aircraft within the USSR tree is "capable" of something. You will find a majority of USSR prop aircraft to be a sort of "Jack of all Trades, master of none". Many of the aircraft wont excel in one specific area, but they wont have any major downsides either. This is great for a play-style that is able to adapt on a whim, but can be punishing if your enemy is a worthy opponent who knows the strengths of their own aircraft and how to use them. Aircraft such as the Yak and La series are amazing at capitalizing on your enemies mistakes due to this snappy adaptation style.

[Redacted but not so]

Their best is rank 4 reason, yak3u case closed (or the mig23mld for rank 7)