Unless you play certain jets, R73 is way harder to counter than 9M from rear side in most of the cases. To flare R73 you need to line up the flares perfectly to blockoff your engine. The best plane to do that is Tornados where you can actually spam flare while flying straight and still fare a R73 launched within 2km from 6 o’clock.
Then you have planes like F15, which is near impossible to flare a R73. It will require the F15 player to go negative G at the beginning, less than 30% throttle, and get the angle right as it is different from each launching point and in a real game it is not feasible. F16 is significantly easier to flare, turn the belly to where the missile is coming and it will do the trick.
Way to deal with 9M is exactly how Fat-Fury mentioned, tap a bunch of flare and turn. Launching angle doesn’t matter as much while each launch angle matters for R73.
Rear aspect 2km, unless you preflared, the FOV actually already shrank when missile is launched so your method would not work. Frontal and sideaspect however will.
i absolutely agree, i find it blatantly unfair that the r73 pulls better, has more range, better irccm, and more explosive mass than aim-9m how is that even fair
Thats not an R73 equivalent by any means however. Aim-9M are totally fine, they could get some fixes yes, just like Magic 2’s, but they’re nowhere near bad as people state it to be.
I know, but that was the missile the US government created that was “better” than the R-73.
I never said they were, though the lock ranges would be quite a major buff for some aircraft, like the Gripen that is currently lacking BVR.
Thats the only really annoying thing Ive found with the 9M. They just dont lock in front aspect unless you are within maybe 2 or 3Km. Aim-9L lock on at far far better ranges, its actually genuinely annoying.
AIM-9X entered in service in 2003 roughly, it better be than a 1984 missile. AIM-9M’s entered in service in 1983, while R-73 entered in service in 1984. AIM-9M is better for long range shots, R-73 is better for close range shots.
While i agree with your point and i think every missile should be fixed, i completly disagree with OP’s and people thinking AIM-9M is a bad missiles.
This missile is one of the most free kills in sim. r73 is still bugged to hell when it comes to hobs and still wobbles around. The way they have modeled the 9M seeker is worrying when newer ir missiles get added. Primarily due to the fact some devs seem to hold certain beliefs to heart, almost like a dogma. >IIR can’t be flared bro. Despite being videos of that happening. (This is a bit more complicated but it should pass the point)
Genuinely bs bro, I’ve dropped reinforced flares on one 3km behind me changing directions and gaining altitude while turning off my afterburner and it still hit me, i dropped 60 reinforced flares
Yeah why doesn’t anyone complain about the magic 2?? Its irccm is better than the r73 and I’ve seen it pull the samw maneuvers as well as its at a lower br on afterburning jets