Saab J35XS

This page is about the premium Swedish jet fighter Saab J35XS. For other versions, see SAAB 35 Draken (Family).

Saab J35XS

Saab J35XS

Sweden

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
10.3	11.0	11.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Jet fighter

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Description

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J35XS Front right

The Saab J35XS Draken is a premium gift rank VII Swedish jet fighter with a battle rating of 10.3 (AB) and 11.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Apex Predators".

General info

Flight performance

Air brakes

Allows you to dramatically reduce the flight speed by releasing special flaps

Drogue parachute

Reduces braking distance when landing on any runway

Max speed

at 9 000 m2 250 km/h

Turn time25 s

Max altitude12 500 m

EngineSvenska Flygmotor RM 6С

Type

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight14 t

The Saab J-35XS turns very fast, however turning too fast at lower speeds can also lead to a "superstall", which may cause a crash. Tight turns also lead to a significant loss of energy/speed.

Characteristics	Max speed (km/h at 9,000 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	___	___	12500	__._	__._	__._	__._	900
Upgraded	2,390	2,250		24.1	25.0	208.2	177.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
X	X	X	✓	X	✓

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	500	-	-	-	~13	~6

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 850	< 700	< 700	N/A

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Basic mass		Wing loading (full fuel)
Svenska Flygmotor RM6C		1	_,___ kg		___ kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)			Max Gross Weight
Weight (each)	Type		_m fuel	__m fuel	__m fuel
___ kg	Afterburning axial-flow turbojet		_,___ kg	_,___ kg	_,___ kg	_,___ kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (___%/WEP)
Condition	100%	WEP	_m fuel	__m fuel	__m fuel	MGW
Stationary	5,765 kgf	7,800 kgf	_.__	_.__	_.__	_.__
Optimal	___ kgf (_ km/h)	___ kgf (_ km/h)	_.__	_.__	_.__	_.__

Survivability and armour

Flares/Chaff

Aircraft countermeasures to distract IR and radar-guided missiles and also AA radar

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear500 km/h

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Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB2 147

RB6 206

SB5 875

Crew training10 000

Experts1 160 000

Aces2 800

Research Aces2 150 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 130 / 310 / 600 %

2 × 232 / 232 / 232 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Compressor Engine G-suit	Fuselage repair Airframe Wings repair Cover EFS	aden_belt_pack Flares/Chaff m/56d aden_new_gun m/57 RB24J

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Saab J35XS is armed with:

• A choice between two presets:
  • 1 x 30 mm Akan m/55 cannon, wing-mounted (120 rpg)
  • 1 x 30 mm Akan m/55 cannon + 12 x large calibre countermeasures

Suspended armament

The Saab J35XS can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without Load
• 6 x RB24J air-to-air missiles
• 76 x 7,5 cm srak m/57B rockets
• 12 x m/56D rockets
• 4 x RB24J air-to-air missiles + 76 x 7,5 cm srak m/57B rockets
• 4 x RB24J air-to-air missiles + 12 x m/56D rockets
• 2 x RB24J air-to-air missiles + 76 x 7,5 cm srak m/57B rockets + 8 x m/56D rockets

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Decent speed
• Effective high caliber flares/chaffs
• Great turn rate at low speeds
• Extremely powerful in a downtier

Cons:

• Bleeds speed fast
• Janky gun placement (Hard to aim)
• Inadequate in high uptiers (11.7)
• Very limited count of flares/chaffs
• Average turn speed above ~900 km/h

History

Saab 35 is the main name for the "Draken"- series of airplanes produced/designed by the Swedish company SAAB. The J35 series had many different variants like the "J35D" or "J35A", both implemented into War Thunder. After some time SAAB wanted to produce export variants of the "Draken" and those variants were named "J35X" with X standing for "export version". There were 4 different main versions of the J35X exported. The Finnish J35XS is the only one currently in War Thunder and the full name for this Finnish export version is J35XS. ("XS" stands for "Export-Suomi") 

All the official export versions of the "Draken" were just variants of the regularly used J35D and J35F models with the J35XS being a variant of the J35F one. Therefore it featured almost every feature that the F-variant had. Both the J35F and J35J had IRST which was a very useful function for the airplane as it didn't produce any radar waves that could be detectable by the enemy. With the J35XS being a variant of the J35F it of course featured an IRST-system.

The most advanced "Draken" (The J35J) was reserved for Swedish use only and wasn't available for export countries. 

In the early development of the premium aircraft J35XS, it was considered to have the fully Swedish J35J instead as the new premium rank VII aircraft. Both of them are very similar but the J35J is slightly more advanced.

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Media

Skins

Skins and camouflages for the Saab J35XS from live.warthunder.com.

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J35XS flares, 6 x RB24Js

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J35XS afterburner off

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  J35XS afterburner on

See also

Related development

• SAAB 35 Draken (Family)

External links

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