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▄F-100D
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Rank
AB
9.7
RB
9.3
SB
9.7
Battle rating
France
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
220,000
RP
Research
620,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The French Air Force was the first non-US air force to receive the F-100 Super Sabre, starting in 1958. A total of 85 F-100Ds and 15 F-100Fs (total of 100 aircraft) were delivered to France and assigned to the NATO 4th Allied Tactical Air Force. More famously, the French F-100s were used on combat missions flying from bases in France against targets in Algeria. When France withdrew from NATO's military command structure in 1967, deployed F-100s were transferred to bases in France vacated by the USAF. The last unit using the F100 was the 4/11 Jura Squadron, based in Djibouti, which kept the F-100 until 1978.

The F-100D (France) was introduced in Update 1.93 "Shark Attack". At first glance it appears to be a direct copy of the F-100D found in the US tech tree, but looks can indeed be deceiving. The French F-100Ds were tuned more towards ground attack, lacking a majority of the air-to-air avionics found on the American one, and also downgraded for export, meaning it lacks the AIM-9Es as well as some of the more advanced air-to-ground ordnance (such as the AGM-12 Bullpup) found on the American F-100D. The French F-100D, thanks to its ground attack oriented role, does have one unique perk to it however: the large calibre Zuni rockets, since the American F-100D was not cleared to carry them. The aircraft is best played as a BnZ aircraft when in the air-to-air role, but acts best as CAS in mixed ground battles.


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Flight performance
Max speed
at 10,667 m 1,4331,4121,4481,419 km/h
Rate of Climb 10578.8123.688.1 m/s
Turn time 4042.238.941.2 s
Max altitude 14,700 m
Takeoff Run 1,400 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 13.2 t
Engine Pratt & Whitney J57P21
Length 13.5 m
Wingspan 11.8 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 1,361 km/h
Mach Number Limit 2
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 435 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 447 km/h
Offensive armament
4 × 20 mm M39A1 cannon
Ammunition 800 rounds
Fire rate 1,500 shots/min

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Suspended armament
Max weight 3,220 kg

NameWeightSlot
19 × 229.6 kg
19 × 233.7 kg
362.4 kg
401.4 kg
4 × 280.3 kg
446.8 kg
72.6 kg
2 × 145.1 kg
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 3,151 → 4,257 SL
RB 10,118 → 13,669 SL
SB 10,149 → 13,711 SL
Crew training 175,000 SL
Experts 1,010,000 SL
Aces 2,600 GE
Research Aces 620,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
130 / 380 / 600 % SL
226 % RP
Total cost of modifications 196,000 RP
308,000 SL
Talisman cost 2,700 GE

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