I finally managed to use jet aircraft in CAS recently.(BR8.3)
However, when AA is present, I can hardly do anything.
This made me wonder: were anti-aircraft weapons back then equipped with auto-aim like in War Thunder, where you can hit targets just by pulling the trigger? (And was their accuracy really as high as it is in the game?)
I’ve heard that AA systems in the 1970s were equipped with targeting radar—were they actually this powerful in reality? Or is their strength in the game an unrealistic adjustment to keep things from becoming one-sided?
If what I have seen on the internet is real, they were (and kind of still are) extremely effective though the range is limited. If you were locked to pilot view like in sim, they would probably annihilate anything in the air.
depends on the system, Stinger systems should be FAR more deadly then they are in game, while the Sgt. York IRL only liked to shoot portaloos because it’s radar and fire control system loved the little spiny ventilation things on top.
I’m pretty sure tracking radars IRL don’t wander off target constantly like they do in game (without CMs being deployed at least.
also tracers are far more visible from in front (tracer is in the back of the bullet so you cant see it if its coming straight at you) and a lot of the SAMS had their smokeless motors removed making seeing the launch FAR eaiser.
although to be fair aircraft are also missing most of their ECM systems as well that would help against radars.
this is a video about the wildcat spaa from 1981, its pretty interesting to watch and about 6 minutes in it talks about the target tracking abilities which were a bit better than the gepard