On the mirage 3c I only used the IR 530 on the center pilon, the R511 is just a meme missile. Anything it can hit you can also easily gun down.
I only used a loadout with 1 or 2 R511 in the voiture because it often meets tu-4’s and those are helpless against it. But the AA-20 nords would work about the same and are better for everything else
The F3H-2 alternative for the Aim-7C is to forget about it and run 4x aim-9b
If that’s your solution, then remove the missile and lower the plane’s br, as the current placement has its radar missiles considered, its top speed is decent but overall it’s FM ain’t the best.
I’d rather prefer a slight buff to the 7C, but if not, that’s the other feasible scenario.
The AIM-7C works very well if the plane you are targeting are at 10.000 meters, going subsonic, going straight towards you while the pilot is blind and deaf.
Not the best missile
It’s arguably the worst SARH in the game, end of topic. While the Mirage has a very competitive stock alternative (530) instead of the weaker researcheable variant (511), for the F3H-2, it’s just the AIM-7C. It’s the worst SARH in the game, even within its context.
You said the R511 was on another trash level. It’s subpar for its rank, but it’s not even the main missile for any plane that is allowed to use it. Building a comparison between the 7C and 511 is completely irrelevant.
You said the R511 is worse than Aim7C which is arguably not, both are borderline useless but the R511 can be used on an 8.3 voiture which works against tu-4 strategic bombers in a downtier, that’s all. I never commented about BR’s or balance. Just replied as a follow-up of you saying the Aim7C is worse than R511.
While 511s doesn’t have the best performance, it has a better seeker, and a better platform to guide it. By pure context, 511s are more capable to hit anything than 7Cs, that makes the latter automatically worse lol.
pls go have some fresh games with the 7Cs before even trying to be compelling, i just had to play the Mirage IIIC during the last event on the grind for the Mirage F1C, and i had a pretty decent experience as far as i tried 511s for some 4 to 6 games.
Never had such with the AIM-7C, as the platform is directly another downside.