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A-4E
VI
Rank
AB
9.0
RB
8.7
SB
9.3
AB
RB
9.3
SB
9.3
AB
9.0
RB
8.7
SB
Battle rating
Israel
Game nation
Strike aircraft
Main role
Premium vehicle
Status
General information

The A-4E was a major upgrade in the A-4 family. It improved avionics, navigation equipment, fitted a more powerful engine and even gave the aircraft the capability to carry more ordnance with the introduction of a total of six pylons. Israel were the largest export customer of the A-4, including 46 A-4Es supplied by the USA as replacements for lost Ayits during the Yom Kippur War. The A-4s were upgraded on several occasions, and were finally retired from Israeli frontline duty in 2008 and from training purposes in 2015.

Introduced as a premium pack in Update "Ground Breaking", the A-4E excels as a very multipurpose fighter. It has the speed and armament to be employed as a fighter but it also has enough ground ordnance to be useful in ground combat. Thanks to its excellent amount of bombs, rockets, and guided munitions, it can be used to destroy up to 2 full bases in air RB and score several kills with the AGM-62A guided bombs. Featuring the AIM-9B at its BR is nothing uncommon, but it makes the plane very dangerous for slow moving targets trapped in dogfights, since most planes that face the A-4E are not equipped with flares. Since the A-4E bleeds energy very fast, the 60 countermeasures it carries are very useful to evade missiles without having to dodge and lose energy like most fighters at the battle rating.

It was removed from the Gaijin store at the end of the 2023 May Sale. It was briefly made available for purchase with Golden Eagles for the 2023 "A-4E Maiden Flight Anniversary".



Flight performance
Max speed
at 0 m 1,0811,0581,0951,068 km/h
Rate of Climb 4026.354.226.7 m/s
Turn time 3739.135.738.4 s
Max altitude 12,500 m
Takeoff Run 900 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 7.8 t
Engine Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A
Length 12.6 m
Wingspan 8.4 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 1,167 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 410 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 437 km/h
Offensive armament
2 × 30 mm DEFA 553 cannon
Ammunition 300 rounds
Fire rate 1,200 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
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Suspended armament
Max weight 3,720 kg

NameWeightSlot
72.6 kg
19 × 229.6 kg
4 × 280.3 kg
117.9 kg
240.9 kg
138.3 kg
254 kg
235.9 kg
38 × 459.3 kg
8 × 716.6 kg
6 × 707.4 kg
3 × 722.7 kg
6 × 829.8 kg
3 × 762 kg
362.4 kg
446.8 kg
2 × 471.8 kg
510.3 kg
439.5 kg
57 × 688.9 kg
12 × 840.8 kg
6 × 1,445.4 kg
6 × 1,524 kg
3 × 1,340.4 kg
893.6 kg
3 × 707.7 kg
1,027 kg
Economy
Repair cost
AB 2,059 SL
RB 5,949 SL
SB 6,646 SL
Crew training 10,000 SL
Experts 850,000 SL
Aces 2,400 GE
Research Aces 1,900,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
2 x (115 / 340 / 600) % SL
2 x 220 % RP
Premium vehicle
All modifications are unlocked

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