MiG-21SMT In War Thunder : A Basic Review

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Taking a look at the MiG-21SMT in war thunder, one of the best fighters in the game at its battle rating.
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00:00 Intro & History
02:32 Systems & Weapons
04:05 Flight Performance
06:09 Combat Tactics
08:39 Miscellaneous
09:49 Conclusions

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@ANDREWISNTSOGOODER 8 ай бұрын

See Tim, I have notifications on. It would be really cool if you pinned me

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

Ya Pinned!!!!

@ANDREWISNTSOGOODER 8 ай бұрын

@@TimsVariety THX!!!

@23enjoyer 8 ай бұрын

Very cool

@ilija_ 8 ай бұрын

Including history behind the plane was pretty cool

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

I always do with my reviews. 👍

@Cythil 8 ай бұрын

And a huge reason why I started to follow. ^_^

@whiskyhyena6801 8 ай бұрын

the SMT is one of my favorite jets at 10.0 great engine, maneuverability, armament and speed, its great at an aggressive playstyle as long as you stay with an eye open

@randomotter6346 8 ай бұрын

Really wanna see a mig21-93 come to war thunder to help round out the end of the mig21 line

@TeeSkee86 4 ай бұрын

More migs would kill 10.0 but could see it coming

@randomotter6346 3 ай бұрын

@@TeeSkee86 fair but I think that’s more of a warthunder issue than just the mig itself. I just really like the late upgrade 21s

@kalui96 8 ай бұрын

6:09 "When you take the Mig-21 out you get an opportunity for some really exciting gameplay" Couldn't agree more. It was fun watching this video for the background fighting, and other peoples' Mig-21 vids are pretty fun too!

@Scandanaviator 8 ай бұрын

I've been thinking about and talking about the MiG-21 all week, what a coincidence. Keep up the great reviews!

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

Its a little known fact, but if enough players think really hard about the same vehicle, at the same time, a Tim's Variety review just suddenly appears ....

@Scandanaviator 8 ай бұрын

Wow! I'll have to think real hard about some of my favorite vehicles then...@@TimsVariety

@alessiodiniad 8 ай бұрын

I put a talisman on it, and in like 4 hours i grinded the 175k rp needed for the mig 27k. Definitely one of my favorite plane in the game

@NMcG111 8 ай бұрын

I love your way of reviewing aircraft, so much information and little nuggets of knowledge. Watch every new video, and the back catalogue any time I get a new plane 👍

@thatlocalnerd8455 8 ай бұрын

Got the SMT recently and I got to say its agility is a very welcome suprise despite having flown a few other migs the SMT is at a br where it can really flex what it can do if it needs to defend itself often. Great review as always tim 👍

@Wujtass_ 8 ай бұрын

I just starter reasearching it and i was looking for video like that for a week thank you ,you posted it just in time

@MatchingUser 8 ай бұрын

Perfect timing as I’m researching this right now

@miromadrid4641 8 ай бұрын

I'm just starting to grind it and was searching for review then found the best one. Thanks for your Work

@jasperhunter8386 8 ай бұрын

I was literally just searching for this plane, wth

@askamikaze3936 8 ай бұрын

It happens often am i right?

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

I knew. I hit publish.

@uss_liberty_incident 8 ай бұрын

Tim sees all

@lechampy 8 ай бұрын

I just finished research all modifications on this mig and got the next mig a few jours ago Tims knows things

@Daniel-de2jh 8 ай бұрын

HES IN YOUR WALLS

@WRoark 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos Tim no one puts this much effort in their reviews like u!

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

@Sagaleon14 8 ай бұрын

Awesome, I adore this thing.

@Loudward__ 8 ай бұрын

Very well made 👌

@user-lf7gd3lq2z 7 ай бұрын

Hey Tims Variety, I just wanted to say thank you all youve done in your work and sharing information about Warthunder with us, I want to wish you a Happy Hollidays and say Thank You, have a Merry Christmas

@Bombrothers 8 ай бұрын

Dope af, gonna be my go to after i get to the rank

@Chetanoo 8 ай бұрын

Love your vids man

@Olyvia.. 8 ай бұрын

this uploading date is quite unfortunate, just TODAY the R-13 also got radar slaving

@bigboi5962 8 ай бұрын

MiG-21SMT doesn’t get R-13s

@araknas3981 8 ай бұрын

I think this is one of the best Soviet jets to talisman. It's rank 7 so it can grind top tier (for now anyway, but rank 9 is not coming for a while), it won't see too many troublesome additions around it, it doesn't see top tier and it won't be moved in BR. I talismaned it during the sale since pretty much all of my friends I play with also have it tali'd. So worth it, I'm having a blast with it. It's a much better and more exciting grinder than the Su-7BMK (worth mentioning that I bought that one just after the MLD came out, wasn't so terrible back then).

@atvkid0805 8 ай бұрын

it's garbage what are you talking about? go get slapped by a busted f5c for the millionth time

@slas3rr_813 8 ай бұрын

I like this new style of thumbnails

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

I had a bit of a channel audit recently, and one of the bits of feedback was I should try to make the vehicles more "visually distinct from the background" in my thumbnails. So far, the drop-shadow style of highlighting seems to come out well.

@slas3rr_813 8 ай бұрын

It work really well

@Великий_Кукурузо 7 ай бұрын

Amazing jet❤❤❤! And best for talisman in soviet tech tree.

@gammafox5431 8 ай бұрын

S-24 rockets on mig-21s are a personal favourite

@kazline1455 8 ай бұрын

I do wanna mention hat the MiG21 (and its chinese variants) fly a bit like a mix of a rate and radius fighter, against stuff like F5s and other energy maneuverability fighters it can easily keep up in one circles but against other deltas and phantoms its better to fly it into rate fights, my guess is that the tailed delta config minimizes the aoa of the delta wing but and keeps some energy retention Thats at least how I've experienced the mig21 in my many years if flying it in warthunder sim

@user-if4zv5nj5m 8 ай бұрын

Its wings are smaller than in other delta wing designs, and the twr is great, probably that's the reason

@norske_ow3440 7 ай бұрын

I love to force A10s into 2 circle fights at the end of the match with it just for giggles. It’s surprisingly good at standing on the engine and cranking around at super low speed lol

@DieErsteKartoffel 8 ай бұрын

Ayo love to see a bonus Friday video, especially the SMT. One of my favorite 10.3 jets

@edgy_dabs9167 8 ай бұрын

i love R3Rs one of my favourite missiles, you can full off some really close range shots of with them. i love the SMT too, great for bullying A-10 and A-6 players, the spine annoys me but a multi cam can help hide it

@pandoranbias1622 8 ай бұрын

One of my favorites of the Soviet air tree. This thing absolutely destroys premiums and if flown right is practically untouchable.

@pierrematthieupaglia3707 8 ай бұрын

Damn tim, I was thinking about this plane all day

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

Yup. I knew.

@jakoot733 8 ай бұрын

Always loved this plane. It sits at a good BR and I have so much fun with it

@kevinweber2554 8 ай бұрын

I pay on console and don't get these nice skins! is there any way that I can get them?

@cleverten7544 8 ай бұрын

is putting talisman on mig 21smt worth it?

@BunnyRabbit62 8 ай бұрын

Tim can you please give a tutorial on how to aim the rocket for the SKR-7. If anyone can figure it out it is you.

@theverminator8048 6 ай бұрын

Just got this one, need a grinder for rank 8 russia so i was thinking of maybe using this one, the 21bis or the 23mld. What do you think Tim?

@TimsVariety 6 ай бұрын

Whichever you're best at. The 23MLD has the best weapons out of the ones you listed, but the 21SMT is in the best matchmaker position.

@PaiSAMSEN 8 ай бұрын

A minor bit of useless knowledge - The pod that the MiG-21SMT seem to came with at the centerline pylon by default is the SPS-141 Jammer & Countermeasure pod, even though ECM isn't in game yet. Whether this is a prelude to eventually adding ECM capability into the game or simply just to give the SMT some countermeasure slot is unknown. Also...there's a nuke control box in the cockpit. As this thing was added into War Thunder before nuke, why Gaijin included it is unknown.

@camaradeKC 8 ай бұрын

the premium hunter

@user-nt1nz5dk1f 2 ай бұрын

My opimion but if you play sim battles and understand how it works without CCRP then you dont need it for accurate bombing

@johnpatten6917 8 ай бұрын

Tim, Have you tried DCS Before? I think you'd enjoy it

@TimsVariety 8 ай бұрын

I don't have a good desk setup for a full joystick/hotas, so I don't do much with DCS right now.

@florinmatusea 8 ай бұрын

With the mig 21 you don't need no air brake, you just do the screw and drop as much speed as you want in like a few seconds 😂, I usually flew mine with afterburner until like 1/2km from the arifield and then did the screw. EZ af

@WirableCrown1 8 ай бұрын

J7D next? Please?

@hepgoat7693 8 ай бұрын

I have heard that this jet is a really nice one and this just verifies that!

@saabportly7487 8 ай бұрын

are there any notable differences (aside from the fuel spine) between the MIG-21SMT and the MIG-21MF?

@genericslavdude2919 8 ай бұрын

SMT is quite a lot heavier and has a lot more fuel, MF is better in the smaller maps because the flight model is noticeably more manoeuvrable while the SMT is good on the big maps cuz of the extra fuel

@saabportly7487 8 ай бұрын

@@genericslavdude2919 thank you

@Attack_The_D_Point 8 ай бұрын

Smt has way more engine power

@halolime117 8 ай бұрын

The AK of the airplanes 😅

@123123boobies 8 ай бұрын

My favorite Mig 21 is the R-13-300. The premium one at 9.7. Its an absolute beast.

@olafkwiatkowski3785 7 ай бұрын

Is it still good? I plan to buy it on sale now

@J4ckmaestro 7 ай бұрын

Don't. You have no flares and you'll face upteirs all the time vs planes with all-aspect missiles@@olafkwiatkowski3785

@gtagamer7034 7 ай бұрын

@@olafkwiatkowski3785late, but it’s good when you learn the plane, it took me a while to learn it but once I did ever game I would have at least 2 kills, the thing is you need to know how to aim the gun, and I would take 4 r3rs and go up to 8000 m then snipe people at a range of 9-6 km from me. Very effective boom and zoom for its br if you can master it

@olafkwiatkowski3785 6 ай бұрын

@@gtagamer7034thanks, i actually got it on sale and it's really decent for me, I usually get 2-3 kills per game

@SalSal-om1en 8 ай бұрын

What is the pod under the mig21?

@Attack_The_D_Point 8 ай бұрын

Ecm pod with flares and chaff

@SalSal-om1en 8 ай бұрын

@_ace_defective_ 8 ай бұрын

I see they broke the internal cockpit's radar scope color. It was orange in the past rather than green like right now haha

@redkaladin6864 8 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite planes!

@nguyenkhoa5825 8 ай бұрын

The B52 killer

@joewhite3559 8 ай бұрын

for some reason i will not let me remove the flair pod

@meatballwanger 8 ай бұрын

This is the best thing I ever saw.

@augustollorens2209 8 ай бұрын

good content

@RedTail1-1 8 ай бұрын

A-10 A-10 SU-25 A-10 F-5C A5C F-5C SU-25 SU-25 A-10 A5C A-10 A-10 F5C A5C.... This is why I don't play anything anywhere near 10.0. It's so annoying.

@RedTail1-1 8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah. Forgot that the J35XS is a big one now too...

@dsg4500 8 ай бұрын

(im close to 10.0 br) is there any point using other jets over just su25, a10, f5c and a5c at that br?

@Peonion Ай бұрын

is this still viable in 2024 june?

@TimsVariety Ай бұрын

Yep! Its bracket hasn't changed much.

@Peonion Ай бұрын

@@TimsVariety ok then i need to git gud :D cheers

@Jack931 8 ай бұрын

I've always been told that the Mig-21SMT is better than the Mig-21 MF when both use to be top tier jets along side the F-4E. in your opinion is this still true today? also love your content, I hoped one day you would do a review on my fav Jet, the Mig-21 MF but atlas the SMT and MF are so similar I don't think there is a point :/

@genericslavdude2919 8 ай бұрын

You know I’m going off of memory here but if I remember right the MF is a lot better in most maps because it’s a LOT lighter. The SMT is very fat, which plays to its advantage on the huge EC maps because it’s got a lot of extra fuel so you can go max blast for a lot longer

@Attack_The_D_Point 8 ай бұрын

The smt is much better bc it has so much more engine power.

@SerosNym 8 ай бұрын

SMT has a great deal more engine power -- a stock SMT has more thrust than a fully upgraded MF, though the extra weight of the SMT is a factor, especially if you fill up its larger fuel tanks. I find the speed difference in combat to be very noticeable, an SMT will leave an MF in the dust in a drag race, but the MF can still perform and has a slight edge in agility due to the lighter weight.

@landedcreator194 8 ай бұрын

funny plane

@chillypenguin4449 8 ай бұрын

First 🎉

@tornado_user 6 ай бұрын

I am from 2024 and idk what happened but it fights 11.0 now and also the radar missiles aren't as good.

@aldocarulli3054 Ай бұрын

And It still slaps anything It faces. Did the stock to spade yesterday and It was really really good. R3R are worthless tho, they cannot joust the AIM9C and on 30 launches i probably scored only 2 Kills. Flight performance and r60 are awesome tho.

@mr.harness1444 8 ай бұрын

Love the video, great entertaining as always. I was wondering though, why didn't you mention a single time, tha this jet has a 100% copy in german tech tree, in the MF version. I thought that for newer players that would clear some things up and... Well i suppose you play this game longer then me and know it better, why would i try and teach you anything about ot 😂

@rensjosephus3152 8 ай бұрын

It really isn’t a copy though. The SMT has a different engine and can carry different weapons, among other things

@mr.harness1444 8 ай бұрын

@@rensjosephus3152 mig-21 MF is a direct copy of mig-21 SMT in game

@rensjosephus3152 8 ай бұрын

@@mr.harness1444no, it’s not. Have you looked at the in game stats? They’re literally different numbers. Someone else in the comment section here also asked the difference between the two and other people said they’re different.

@mey.tomhero4876 8 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite planes, I have the highest k/d ratio of any planes

@atvkid0805 8 ай бұрын

Liar, busted op f5c 0 skill trash

@someguy2393 8 ай бұрын

This thing is a monster at 10.3 one of those planes that really suprise you and you fall in love with

@sicksixgamer2694 8 ай бұрын

Put a Talisman on this jet!

@atvkid0805 8 ай бұрын

It's trash, u just want people to play it so u get more free kills in busted over powered trash f5c

@yfxxiii 8 ай бұрын

The SMT is as good a talisman candidate as it gets IMO.

@atvkid0805 8 ай бұрын

No it's not, enjoy being cannon fodder for f5c

@bigmatthews666 8 ай бұрын

Best 10.7 in the game with F5E

@jayklink851 8 ай бұрын

I'm a mediocre top tier pilot, my KD ratios aren't very impressive; and I'm not being modest. In the SMT and MF, however, I have and 8 to 1 (SMT) and 9 to 1 (MF); that says it all about these aircrafts.

@coffeenator3219 8 ай бұрын

Smt rules

@badgoatnation1714 8 ай бұрын

coming from the 19pt to this highly reccomend skip other migs and grind 29 with this

@Con5tantine 8 ай бұрын

The SMT is the power-check against new players that buy the F-5C. You'll clown on them almost instantly and they'll have to either learn quick or stop flying for a bit to get better.

@ANDREWISNTSOGOODER 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, pretty much. To be fair, the F-5C only has 2 AAMs, the crappy AIM-9Es. The MiG-21 SMT gets four, R-3Rs, or the amazing(ish) R-60