The Meteor NF.13 reached Israel when Britain offered the sale of Gloster Meteors to all nations in the Middle East with the intentions of gaining sales while remaining neutral. The IAF, needing to improve their night-fighting capabilities, applied for an offer of Meteor NF.13s made by Britain to Syria and Egypt. As such, 6 aircraft were ordered in 1956. The 119th squadron would be formed with the intentions of using these new Meteors. Three would be delivered in the same year, however the other 3 aircraft would only be delivered in 1958.
The Meteor NF.13 was introduced in Update "Winged Lions". It features a powerful night-fighting radar capable of detecting aircraft at high and medium altitudes, something that may be very useful when fighting undetected bombers. It also has very good engines, being one of the fastest to accelerate and takeoff at its battle rating, which also comes with good energy retention and overall very good cruising speed. However it lacks roll rate and the wing mounted guns can be tricky to aim at short ranges. The plane also lacks any kind of ground ordnance, and thus, is limited to only air-to-air combat since Hispanos can only penetrate the most lightly armoured of ground targets at its BR.
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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 | ||
HEI/SAP-I/T | 21 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
AP-T/HEI/SAP-I | 36 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
SAP-I/HEI/AP-T/HEI/SAP-I | 36 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
AP-T/HEI/T | 36 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
AP-T/SAP-I/HEI/AP-T | 36 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | |
HEI/SAP-I | 22 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
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