Sa'ar
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Description
The Super Mystere B2 Sa'ar is a rank VI Israeli jet fighter with a battle rating of 9.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Winged Lions".
General info
Flight performance
The aircraft features a rather weak engine featuring low acceleration and bad speed conservation. It is greatly maneuverable at all speeds with not too bad compression at higher speeds.
| Characteristics | Max Speed (km/h at 0 m - sea level) |
Max altitude (metres) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (metres/second) |
Take-off run (metres) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | |||
| Stock | 1,134 | 1,085 | 16500 | 37.5 | 38.3 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 1,000 |
| Upgraded | 1,157 | 1,148 | 34.8 | 36.0 | 52.9 | 41.0 | ||
Details
| Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear | Drogue chute |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ |
| Limits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings (km/h) | Gear (km/h) | Flaps (km/h) | Max Static G | |||
| Combat | Take-off | Landing | + | - | ||
| 1,265 | 447 | 620 | 590 | 435 | ~10 | ~4 |
| Optimal velocities (km/h) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons | Rudder | Elevators | Radiator |
| < 600 | < 610 | < 590 | N/A |
Engine performance
| Engine | Aircraft mass | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine name | Number | Basic mass | Wing loading (full fuel) | ||||
| Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A | 1 | 6,948 kg | 257 kg/m2 | ||||
| Engine characteristics | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) | Max Takeoff Weight | |||||
| Weight (each) | Type | 9m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 32m fuel | ||
| 950 kg | Axial-flow turbojet | 7,557 kg | 8,191 kg | 8,812 kg | 8,979 kg | 11,645 kg | |
| Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB) | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (100%) | ||||||
| Condition | 100% | WEP | 9m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | 32m fuel | MTOW |
| Stationary | 3,754 kgf | N/A | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.32 |
| Optimal | 3,754 kgf (0 km/h) |
N/A | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.32 |
Survivability and armour
The aircraft features 14mm steel plates infront of the instrument panel and behind the pilot as well as 40mm of bulletproof glass angled at 61 degrees which can save you from some fragmentation but getting shot most times will result in a fire due to fuel tanks (self-sealing) being everywhere on your aircraft, from the center of the fuselage all the way to your wingtips. Your engine is also quite large which will often get shot and get set on fire.
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
| Ballistic Computer | |||
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| CCIP (Guns) | CCIP (Rockets) | CCIP (Bombs) | CCRP (Bombs) |
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Offensive armament
The Sa'ar is armed with:
- 2 x 30 mm DEFA 552 cannons, chin-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)
Suspended armament
The Sa'ar can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
- Without load
- 10 x 250 lb LDGP Mk 81 bombs (2,500 lb total)
- 8 x 250 lb LDGP Mk 81 bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (2,000 lb total)
- 8 x 500 lb LDGP Mk 82 bombs (4,000 lb total)
- 8 x 500 lb LDGP Mk 82 bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (4,000 lb total)
- 18 x 100/50 kg G.P. bombs (1,800 kg total)
- 16 x 100/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (1,600 kg total)
- 4 x 250/50 kg G.P. bombs (1,000 kg total)
- 4 x 250/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (1,000 kg total)
- 4 x 360/50 kg G.P. bombs (1,440 kg total)
- 4 x 360/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (1,440 kg total)
- 2 x 360/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles + 16 x Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets (720 kg total)
- 2 x 360/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles + 76 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets (720 kg total)
- 4 x 500/50 kg G.P. bombs (2,000 kg total)
- 4 x 500/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (2,000 kg total)
- 2 x 500/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles + 16 x Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets (1,000 kg total)
- 76 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets + 2 x 500/50 kg G.P. bombs + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles (1,000 kg total)
- 114 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets
- 114 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles
- 70 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets
- 56 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles
- 32 x Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets
- 32 x Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets + 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles
- 2 x Shafrir 2 missiles
Usage in battles
In Air RB, this aircraft can be used with minimum fuel load and the x2 Shafrir 2 loadout as a third-party aircraft, firing your amazing missiles at others that are unaware of you and using your maneuverability to engage in dogfights if no other enemies are around since you will get slow after the first few turns.
In Ground RB, this aircraft can greatly utilize its CCIP picking the x2 Shafrir 2 + x16 100kg bombs (that are actually 134kg), dropping a single pair accurately on each target and ensuring a destruction with their large TNT equivalent. This aircraft also features Zuni and Mighty Mouse rockets but due to a lack of CCIP, getting frags will be harder.
It is worth mentioning that this aircraft also has much bigger bombs (100kg, 250lb, 250kg, 360kg and 500kg) that can be used both in Air RB to bomb bases and in but they significantly slow your plane down, especially in Ground RB without granting you the ability to achieve up to 8 drops which can grant you 8 or more kills in Ground RB.
Pros and cons
Despite this vehicle lacking engine thrust, it features decent maneuverability and armament options where if you get used to this vehicle, you can see great results in all gamemodes.
Pros:
- Great air-to-air missiles
- Amazing air-to-ground capabilities
- Decent maneuverability
Cons:
- Weak engine
- Low survivability
History
The Sa'ar, an upgraded version of the Dassault Super Mystere using Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A engines from A-4H Skyhawk inventory, begin seeing service in the IAF (Israel Air Force) in February 1969. The name Sa'ar in Israeli means Storm.
The Sa'ar first saw combat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War as fighter-bombers. Only 6 Sa'ars were lost in combat during the war, with two pilots killed.
Media
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See also
- Related development
External links
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
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|---|---|
| WW2* | |
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| Export | |
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| Super Mystère | Sambad · Sa'ar*** |
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| *The company was named "Société des Avions Marcel Bloch" before being renamed in 1947 | |
| **Jointly manufactured with Dornier Flugzeugwerke | |
| ***Israeli Super Mystère refitted with new avionics and an American engine | |
| See also | SABCA |
| Israel jet aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Kfir Canard · Kfir C.2 · Kfir C.7 · Nesher | |
| Britain | |
| Meteor | Meteor NF.13 · Meteor F.8 |
| France | |
| Vautour | Vautour IIA · Vautour IIN |
| Super Mystere | Sambad · Sa'ar |
| Mirage III | Shahak |
| Other | M.D.450B Ouragan · Mystere IVA |
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| A-4 | A-4H · A-4E Early (M) · A-4E · Ayit |
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