Buddy, that’s a missile lock and an IRT lock…
Yes IRST and a Radar can both track and slave missiles to targets, but as I said earlier in this thread with you, it only can point the seekerhead in the direction of the target, not give the missile a lock.
I’ve used Aim-9Ps b4. I know it doesn’t lock the missile, it does however help counter countermeasures
This is some BS. It’s an IR missile, it cannot be guided by radar.
Well yes of course, but only if the IRST or Radar also maintain the lock, otherwise if that system is fooled, than the missile will be as well due to its slaving.
Usually the IRST system is larger/better and able to gain/hold a lock better than the expendable missiles small seekerhead, so yeah it’s quite useful in that aspect.
Aim-9P
Radar is unaffected by IRCM (or whatever that thing that makes my IR seeker have a seisure is called).
True, but you’ll rarely ever come across those. They’re usually only on Helis or Su-25s rn.
And yeah radar may be unaffected by it, but IRST is, and it can help make an IRT lock countermeasures more consistently. (And besides, a radar can still be fooled by chaff)
I believe it is based on the aim9d which has no gimble in-game which would explain that.
Edit: i realize you are talking about the Israeli one and not the US. The Israeli one should have the same gimble as the singer.
Only in terms of getting a lock. The second you fire, the missile will be just as flare hungry as it normally is.
But doesn’t the American one also get an IRCCM stinger based missile, or am I mis-remembering. Been a long time since I used that thing since I got the LAV and Roland.
They gets stingers just not on the chaparral. The stingers do have a gimble while the mim-72 on the US chaparral doesnt.
The US chaparral gets 2 missiles, both are basically an aim9d with the upgrade getting smokeless motor. Although there has been a bug that gives it smoke for like 4 months.
Just looked it up, I thought for a second that the Mim-72E had IRCCM similar to the G, but the only upgrade seems to be a smokeless motor I guess.
However, on the topic of the Mim-72, the seeker employs an all aspect design, so why is there any reason to believe the missile doesn’t have a gimble limit at all? I mean unless there’s documented proof lol.
I mean the Aim-9G/H have gimble limits while being derived from the Aim-9D, and the first all aspect IR seekers around during the time of this missiles employment were missiles such as the Aim-9L which also featured a gimble limit capability.
Afaik, the capability of a missile to have a gimble limit literally relies completely on the seeker of the missile and nothing more.
The seeker has a gimbal. The problem is the manual. Manual states that during test sequence gimbal is activated, but during firing sequence nothing is said about it, so Gaijin belives it is not released during normal firing.
Bruh. Gaijin being gaijin yet again huh…
Thanks for the clarification man
Ok, i just checked the manual
So i missremembered it a little, and it cant be uncaged.
They are both IR
Just because you see a green square, it doesnt mean its a radar.
Chap uses an IRT for locking.