Su-39 In War Thunder : A Detailed Review 

Complete guide to air-to-ground weapons: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iaDMyKEW5Vc.html

Tim’s channel is like the Bible for warthunder

There are many pictures of the Su-39 with R-77, R-27, and R-73 missiles.😄

That shot on the little bird was pretty sick ngl

14:00 totally agree with different BR's for different gamemodes/missions

Took a look at the IRCM feature of it with a 9L and 9P without firing: just seeing what the seeker head would do. 9L was pretty good at staying generally on target doing what you see with the R60M here and pretty much wobbling all over it. 9P's seeker head would float off in some random direction after wobbling around a bit.

Hey Tim, they changed the proxy fuses, SAM missiles and Vikhrs do not proxy on each other anymore. I tried it as well, neither my Vikhr nor the VT-1 exploded while flying directly towards eachother.

The KH-29L can beused as an air 2 air aswell. It genuinely leads targets well.

Lmao that ADATS fighting for its life at 3:50

I was planning to pre-order this for the experimental grey camo. But, I am sort of glad that I missed the pre-order window since I was planning to use it for air grind with it. I flew the Su-25K a lot but the 39 being more slow and vulnerable in its air BR was the hesitating factor for me to purchase. Your review covered the iffy areas that I felt. Thank you Tim :D

It’s sad that Gaijin said that they consider Su-39 and Su-25TM to be the same aircraft. Still I’m courious to see how this will handle with R-77’s.

@TimsVariety , Wing rip speeds are largely due to flutter (kinda like resonating waves) and have little to do with actual structural strength.

Always love the history at the beginning of these videos! Very informative on multiple levels.

As it is right now the Mercury pod doesn't give you better viewing angles, so there is no reason to use it over the radar pod. The radar pod is best used in TWS GTM mode with a square radar as it is less cluttered and "Targets cyclic switching of air radar" turned off in options -> air battle settings.

Quality video ad always Tim.

Your videos are phenomenal

Tbh its very lethal in ground RB, you just have to target SPAA first. Considering the KH-29Ls range, you can oneshot any SPAA from 5km+ away and not risk getting shot down. And almost always the SPAA wont spend a rockets trying to shoot down yours, because they dont even know its coming for them. This tactic is also perfect for Ground SM.

Thanks, Tim!

This is the plane Sturmling uses during Bo’s Hide and Seek videos.

thanks tim. very cool! :)

very informative video

Very useful video Tim. Thank you for your videos, and guides! I was wondering, isn't there an app or two we can get to earn golden eagles?

Thanks for the useful review! I’ll probably stick with the MiG-27K for CAS though haha

I am starting to realize I don't actually like how the SU-25s look, I just like the Czech camos

lol that premium survivability is insane

The virgin $70 Su-39 in War Thunder vs the chad Free Su-25T in DCS

How is it for sim? Seems like a decent convoy hunter and base bomber, and should in the future get better AA missiles for self defense. The recent changes to air RB really put me off the mode (maps are finally big, but they still focus everyone into a tiny square in the middle with a now absurdly high player count) so I'm playing more and more sim. The targeting camera and radar should be very nice for spotting bases, AI, and most importantly, for IFF. The high AGM quantity would be great for the "frontline" areas and convoys, and with everyone forced into 1st person, I can see Vikhr AA kills being common

I love the first question, I can sadly answer it for myself because I was dumb enough to buy it.

3:50 - 6:09 Man, I'm glad I stopped bothering with top tier a while ago. Cuz what the actual fuck did I just witness? Still, awesome vid as always.

Should have a seperate BR for ARB, 10.7. Until it gets access to R-73's

It would be very helpful if you can share the Key bindig and like a manual on how to use each weapon, thank you very much for your video

Been watching back your videos and as you said, this vehicle really suffers because it's really not fit for air battles. Luckily, now Air RB and Ground RB have different battle ratings! Now the SU39 is at 11.3 in GRB and 11.7 in ARB! Wait a minute...

Did you buy it or test drive? Keep up the good work

With the release of the patch ECCM doen't seem to work against aircraft with IR dazzlers any more, my Stingers have been going nuts against all of the Soviet/russian helis that have them

Hey Tim idk if I'm doing anything wrong but my IRCM is always off and I can't get it to turn on idk if it's a bug or a control I'm missing

how do you switch to your targeting pod without swapping thru all the cameras first

Did they "fix" the range of the Vikers on the Ka-50's? (As the 10KM range is the range from a moving aircraft,. Unknown speed).

What are the functions for the symbols on the bottom of screen? Such as tank in crosshairs.

How do you get true airspeed and indicated airspeed to always be in that hud on the upper left?

did you know that you can actually laser guide the KH29T if you activate the laser designator at least you can in the test drive so the kh29l is not really useful

A bit late to the party cause I bought this beauty on this summer sale, and yes in Air RB it can be painful. But if you can avoid enemy contact until you reach your targets (I bomb bases and doing some ground units with the unguided rockets) you have 2 outcomes: a) Only a few enemies are left or b) you are alone against the rest. While version b let you left in tears, version a can be really funny than you can snack a Tornado or Mirage from behind :p

Has the judgement changed since it got the new R73 missiles? Thoughts about that? What is the premium you recommend to grind Russia?

I wanted to ask if you could do a review of the kfir canard considering the sale is coming, up and haven’t done a proper review for it, if you did that would be great :D

I use it for Sim and it's pretty fun.

Never been this early before, cool

su25 variants are only tough because their damage model is bugged since a few updates ago it posible this will change

IRL the SU-39 can carry R-27s and R-77s with the Radar pod. So if Gaijin really wants to do the SU-39 a solid they can implement those. But that will be hilarious.

How do i lock the Vikhr missiles? Whats the control key bind for it? Lock via radar then fire?

This is the premiun version is full but now Su25T is imposible to upgrade in realistic battle the only way to grind him is in sim battles : / is still crap but at least you can get one upgrade per battle

9:10 so take it out in ground sim and get a mate for CAP?

@TimsVariety Hows is that Rear countermeasure(IRCM) or (ECM)SPO-15 Sirena-3 radar warning receiver and a Gardeniya radar jammer? That deploys chaff and flares for protection against radar and infrared-guided missiles. You know for protection from Ground to air missiles(SAM) and vice-versa? Sorry I mean how is it in GroundRB for missiles shot from the ground at you? I see you messing around with another player to show it against planes but wonder about SAMs. I know in AirRB it was EZ PZ to kill the thing diving down and gunning them out of the sky. Kind of a free frag almost.

Are we gonna get the KMor SM as well

What setting do you have bound to 7 there

For my su39 my ircm is off for some reason help

Despite it being a literal tank in the air, it still can survive 3 missile on its ass and wit some luck you will be able to punish wit missiles the mig29 if it fly over you . Plus after it got R 73's its quite a good aircraft tbh. Only wish it recieved a holder for the R60KM that can hold 2 missiles at once.

First sentence “the su-39 is a premium pack for warthunder” Me: “well that counts me out from ever owning it, thanks for the review” Jk, fr tho too expensive. I only do low tier premium stuff, that way if I get something I don’t like it’s not a huge deal.

I feel like this is a stop gap for the EFT. I bet within the next couple patches the EFT will come after this. Just like irl.

Well i dont really agree with u, i have flown it myself. U can use the kh29t to kill off any spaa thats up since it outranges them and then u go in. Ofc somebody can spawn in as spaa but i found that in 'normal' rounds in this i get 4 or 5 kills. Just my opinion but i think its still a great Video, Keep up that good work m8

at 5:45, it just tanked a Stinger missile like it is nothing but firework.

Is the SU-39 a better premium than the MiG-23ML to grind the Russian tech tree? Or is the MiG-23ML better?

what num7 stand for

Even though the Mercury pod is pretty much useless (no need for night vision right now + it does not give better zoom or FOV that the aircraft's own camera) I think that using the radar for CAS is also pretty pointless. I mean, sure you can spot another jet, but so what, your R-60Ms don't need radar and 9/10 times he is going to kill you if your team AA doesn't shoot him down. The ground target mode for the radar might help locating targets but you still need to look at them from a very long distance to actually hit them with the missiles or whatever. Also the radar targeting square kind of gets in the way when you lock a tank (which you don't even need to lock on them because you can already do that with the inbuilt camera system). TL;DR don't use neither the radar nor the mercury pod for CAS

Can someone explain the difference between the normal ground targeting pot and the radar one? Other than the radar? Is one of them better overall?

"Why a plane this tanky has such a low wing rip speed is strange" It's called a BS damage model notice it being able to shrug off a dedicated SAM, and not only not catch fire, but continue to fire its weapons with little issue in controllability An A-10 would have fallen to pieces like a lego set dropkicked down a flight of stairs, had it been hit with the same missile

honestly if you want a froggie premium just get the K it's infinitely better tier for tier

Hey you should try t54e1

Why does mine still say coming soon on PlayStation 😢.it won’t let me buy it .

Take kh-25ml rockets at air rb and test it out shooting 3km into the target if its coming to you shoot at 8km believe me those rockets will torn the plane like crazy you can even now go to test flight and try to shoot those planes with tracking pod

Why do you always use the nr 5 on your planes?

Is it worth it? Man i dont own the thing i see people use it with no cas/jet expirience and get like 3 kills with it lol

Cant wait for the Su-34. That thing is monstrous.

Wacth you speed bro 5:45 😅

proposition : But the SU39 in BR : 1.3 for air battles

I'm not sure. In nowadays we can see that survivability of real su25 is much less than russians described. Also in the game it's very hard to shot down su25 due it's absolutely biased survivability. It can catch 5 stingers, turn, destroy you with half of your team and return to airfield

HOW TF DO YOU TURN ON IRCM

Su39 /25T in its current br both ground and air is not ideal. Air RB, you will BVR'd. If its down tiered like Su25K then it would be ok for both ground and air.

Most of the time you'll be able to spawn in the SU-39 well before any potent SAM system is up on the other team, enabling you to climb easily. Russian teams are still dominating most of the time, so that gives this plane a massive advantage. That's how most of my games have been. An absolute beast in Ground RB.

Thunder Tuesday on top

Hey Tim, I was wondering whether or not you're planning to make a video on your thoughts about the economy changes that have just been made?

For some reason the su39 isn't purchaseable on PlayStation

u gonna remake this video now that the su-39 has r-73's?

VEEEEEEEEEEEGERRR missiles

Russia or USA air tree? Which is better for top tier

The best of the SU-25 types... Gaijin dealing pay to win... Cheeky

This guide is now outdated! The Su-39 now has access to two R-73s on top ot the two R-60Ms!

This plane feels so overtiered. It feels like it was designed before the missiles nerf and this thing relied on them to perform on air battles.

It's gonna take Gaijin another 2 years to fix the damage model... This screams "buy me for Ground RB" and be OP as hell...

5:58 bad hitbox...

its sad how bad and weak the A-10 is compared to the SU-25 variants, even after the supposed "buff" it needs more improvements. The A-10 acts like its made of paper.

It's basically just a worse heli but it looks like something out of star wars so i forgive

I bought it for Sim, because I love playing sim in Warthunder. But this thing isnt even good enough for sim. You start flying off the af and get shot down because you compete with the top top tier planes that has over 100km radarlock for rockets. Then it cannot fly fast, or else you rip your wing. 50% throttle is enough. Then you cannot turn, therefore no dogfight. You cannot fly with lower 500kmh, or else you flatspin or just loose controll. Soo, if someone sits behind you, just J out. You die anyway so make it fast. The only good thing is, it has very good weapons for groundtargets. But you cannot use them in Sim, you die first sadly

Yooo, 59 seconds ago

The damage model has to be broken.

BR too high. It's a duck for raptors on the same BR.

Conclusion: The 10.0 SU-25s are better for their BR, don't bother.

Also I am fairly certain to the point of gambling that this is not your intellectual property.

This thing can not survive top tier that why I didn’t buy it

CAS players in ground 🤮

You said that after 24feb you won't be promoting orcish milltary vehicles and even if you will, you said you gonna censor the roundels and all. Come on Tim...

This thing should not be this tanky. It’s kinda bs