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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Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
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10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
HEF-I/HEF-I/API-T/AP-I | 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
HEF-I/API-T/AP-I | 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
HEF-I/HEF-I/HEF-I/API-T/AP-I | 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
API-T/AP-I/AP-I | 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | |
HEF-I/HEF-I/HEF-I/AP-I | 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Name | Weight | Slot | ||||||
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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 |
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