Attacker FB.2

This page is about the premium British jet fighter Attacker FB.2. For the regular version, see Attacker FB 1.

Attacker FB.2

Attacker FB.2

Britain

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.3	7.0	7.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Jet fighter

Naval aircraft

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

Following the acceptance of the Attacker aircraft into the Fleet Air Arm in August 1951, changes followed along to improve the aircraft. First was the Attacker FB 1, which added pylon under the wings to mount ordnance. Next along was the Attacker FB.2, which saw the use of a new Rolls-Royce Nene engine among other redesigns. 84 units of the Attacker FB.2 would be produced. However, as the first of its kind, the Attacker was soon outpaced by more powerful jet engine designs and was quickly replaced by 1954.

Introduced in Update "Ixwa Strike" as a premium vehicle, the Attacker FB.2 does not differ much from its tech tree version, the FB 1, presenting the same first-gen jet aircraft characteristics of having a quality engine to get the Attacker into positions to jump onto enemy aircraft or rain down ordnance onto ground targets. It can be a good starting place to understand the transition from piston-engine aircraft to jet-engine aircraft.

General info

Flight performance

Arrestor gear

Accelerates braking by grabbing the brake cable on the deck of the aircraft carrier

Air brakes

Allows you to dramatically reduce the flight speed by releasing special flaps

Max speed

at 0 m922 km/h

Turn time25 s

Max altitude12 191 m

EngineRolls-Royce Nene-102

TypeJet

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight7 t

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 0 m - sea level)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	885	860	12191	26.2	26.9	22.8	21.5	950
Upgraded	936	922		23.9	25.0	33.8	28.0

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear	Drogue chute
✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	351	985	985	985	~10	~6

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 491	< 600	< 620	N/A

Engine performance

Engine			Aircraft mass
Engine name		Number	Empty mass		Wing loading (full fuel)
Rolls-Royce Nene-102		1	4,400 kg		261 kg/m2
Engine characteristics			Mass with fuel (no weapons load)			Max Takeoff Weight
Weight (each)	Type		8m fuel	20m fuel	29m fuel
930 kg	Centrifugal-flow turbojet		4,690 kg	5,120 kg	5,442 kg	7,170 kg
Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB / SB)			Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (100%)
Condition	100%	WEP	8m fuel	20m fuel	29m fuel	MTOW
Stationary	2,109 kgf	N/A	0.45	0.41	0.39	0.29
Optimal	2,109 kgf (0 km/h)	N/A	0.45	0.41	0.39	0.29

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear351 km/h

In terms of armour protection, the Attacker FB.2 has bulletproof glass in front of the pilot for some protection against head-on projectiles (although the nose has no armour, so projectiles can still attack the pilot through there). A 12.7 mm armour plate is also present behind the pilot, separating the cockpit from the rest of the fuselage. These armour protection serve more to block against incoming glancing rounds rather than concentrated firepower from the armour's general direction.

The plane's modules are all centred in the middle of the fuselage, with only small fuel tanks present at the wing roots as an outlier. All fuel tanks are self-sealing so fuel leaks are not a large problem providing that there are enough fuel reserve remaining before the fuel tanks are sealed. The plane's wings and tail do not have modules, but they can suffer damages to the surface areas and control surfaces.

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB2 343

RB6 077

SB8 417

Crew training10 000

Experts440 000

Aces1 500

Research Aces1 340 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 130 / 320 / 600 %

2 × 190 / 190 / 190 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Compressor Wings repair Engine G-suit	Airframe Cover EFS	hispano_belt_pack GLBC mk.3 hispano_mk5_new_gun GRC mk.8

Armaments

Offensive armament

Weapon 14 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannon

Ammunition624 rounds

Fire rate750 shots/min

The Attacker FB.2 is armed with:

• 4 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.V cannons, wing-mounted (145 rpg outer + 167 rpg inner = 624 total)

Suspended armament

List of setups (3)

Setup 12 x 500 lb H.E. M.C. Mk.II bomb

Setup 22 x 1000 lb M.C. Mk.I bomb

Setup 36 x RP-3 rockets
6 x RP-3 rockets

The Attacker FB.2 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:

• Without load
• 2 x 500 lb H.E. M.C. Mk.II bombs (1,000 lb total)
• 2 x 1,000 lb M.C. Mk.I bombs (2,000 lb total)
• 12 x RP-3 rockets

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• 4 x 20 mm cannons have high fire rate and overall damage
• High speed

Cons:

• Poor sustained climb rate
• Loses a lot of speed in turns
• Becomes very slow when carrying ordnance
• Poor turn time

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Attacker FB.2 from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Related development

• Attacker FB 1

External links

• [BAE Systems] Vickers Supermarine Attacker (Archive)
• [AirVectors] Supermarine Attacker, Swift, & Scimitar (Archive)
• [AeroCorner] Supermarine Attacker (Archive)