MiG-19 Farmer

MiG-19 Farmer
General Info
Role	Light Fighter
Hangar level	5
Difficulty	★★★★★
Durability	▰▰▱▱▱▱
Speed	▰▰▱▱▱▱
Agility	▰▰▰▰▱▱
Traits	unstable engines
Base Stats
Hitpoints	120
Top speed	1249 km/h
Acceleration	50 m/s²
Turn rate	37 °/s
Ideal turning speed	684 km/h
Afterburner fuel	8.0 s

A classic late 50s Light Fighter, armed with four beam-riding missiles that will fly toward wherever you point your crosshairs.

— In-game description

The MiG-19 Farmer is a light fighter from the 1950s era. Due to technology limitation of its time, its twin afterburning engines can become unstable with extended afterburner use and damage the airframe. Its beam-riding missiles, although difficult to aim, provide the highest damage for short range missiles. Its slow firing, large caliber, armor piercing cannon produces a distinct intimidating sound. With good agility and a strong weapons loadout the MiG-19 Farmer excels in close range dog fighting. While difficult to fly to its potential, in the hands of a skilled pilot, the Mig-19 Farmer can deal serious damage to even the most modern aircraft.

Loadout

The MiG-19 Farmer is equipped with short range ×4 beam-riding missile, and an internal precision cannon with medium armor piercing ammunition. The MiG-19 Farmer is also equipped with ×3 flares.

Type	Max Damage (DPS)	Ideal Range (km)	Reticle Range (km)	Spin-up Time (s)	Spread	Overheat Time (s)	Ammo	Armor Piercing
Precision cannon	157	0.9	1.1	0	very low	4.4	∞	medium

Guidance	Range Type	Range (km)	Quantity	Damage	Speed (km/h)	Turn Rate (°/s)	Lock Angle (°)	Lock Time (s)
Beam-riding missile	4	85	2520	15	20	2.0

Special Ability

The MiG-19 Farmer has a special ability called Gun Cooling. When activated, it instantly removes all heat from (overheated) cannons, and temporarily reduces overheat rate.

Veteran tips

The MiG-19 Farmer's stand out attribute is devastating weapons package. The beam-riding missiles are difficult to aim, as there is no lock reticle. When the missile is fired, it is steered with the (cannon) crosshairs. The missile has a proximity fused blast radius. A direct impact upon an opponents aircraft is not needed to inflict serious damage. Be cautious of the blast radius. If a missile is fired and the opponent is too close to the pilot's MiG-19 Farmer, that missile's blast radius may damage both aircraft. To maximize weapon effectiveness, it best to be disciplined in launching missiles. A suggested tactic is fire the missile and guide the missile to the target with cannon fire aim assist. The unique beam-riding missiles do not produce a lock warning on the opponents head-up-display. The opponent does not know that the missile has been launched, and does not know to flare and counter-maneuver. The cannons have medium armor piercing ammunition and are accurate. The unstable afterburner trait allows for only 8 seconds of afterburner fuel, after the fuel is spent, damage will occur to the aircraft. If used too often, the afterburner will fail and disable for a period of time. A truly unique sound is produced when the afterburner fails. Strong acceleration compensates for the afterburner deficiencies. With strong acceleration and nimble agility, it is most advantageous when used in close-in dogfighting while firing upon an opponents tail. Do not apply the Improved Targeting Mod to the MiG-19 Farmer. The mod has no affect on the beam-riding missiles.

Trivia

In-game, MiG-19 Farmer appears to be equipped with the Russian Kaliningrad K-5, a short-range large beam-riding air-to-air missile. First tested in 1953, with technology of the era, it was guided by a rudimentary radar beam. It was intended to be a short-range anti-bomber missile. In real life, the MiG-19 Farmer was the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. In the rush to get the MiG-19 Farmer into service it was found that the aircraft had a number of serious problems. Early units suffered a number of in-flight explosions, eventually traced to poor insulation between the aircraft's engines and fuel tanks in the rear fuselage. Over heating the fuel supply would cause explosions.

Paints

The MiG-19 Farmer has 5 different paints available, including the default, and Beta Exclusive.

Name	Unlock requirement	Rarity	Image
Factory Gray	Beta Exclusive	Basic
Blue Squadron 100	Default	Common
Boneyard	65 gold	Uncommon
Red Acrobat	65 gold	Uncommon
Harpy	99 gold	Rare