There are at least 2 aircraft in the game now with radar guided turrets (B-52H and B-66). I have also heard the Tu-95M actually had a tail radar as well in a blister above the tail gunner’s window, but I haven’t been able to confirm this. It’s also not modeled in the game.
These turrets need to be properly implemented with radar tracking. This is important because radar guided turrets were effective out to about 1.5 kilometers, which is noticeably more than manual targeting. These turrets currently only have normal manual targeting, the same kind you can find on a B-17 for example. It’s not historically accurate, and it functions like a nerf since these defensive guns aren’t as effective as they really were.
The least we could do is implement a radar lead indicator that multiple modern jets and SPAA already have (see the included screenshot). This would require minimal work, and the devs could simply copy and paste the feature over to these turrets. I really don’t see why radar guided turrets continue to be completely ignored even with multiple aircraft having them now.
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Bumping this now that these aircraft have been released to normal games and still do not have their radar guided turrets…
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The plane itself is unbalanceable. If they inplemented the radars, it would not be suitable for the game (8.7 BR). On the other hand, it already suffers from 9.7 jets with IR missiles. Where to put it?
Same story like naval MPK Pr.12412P. It is already like 2 or 3 years since they added (modeled) the AA missiles for that ship. You could even cause explosion by shoting the ammo, but thats about everything the AA missiles/launchers do. Yet even in 4,7 BR it is extremely broken.
Long story short. It tracks similiarly course as some other unbalanceable vessels/planes/tanks from event. It is intentional, dont expect change.
A lead indicator to the rear gunner of the B-52H would not break the game since it basically only can shoot straight back…
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Don’t forget the tail radars on 90% of WW2 aircraft (specially american), and a lot of air to surface radars on planes like the Catalina or PBJs (Mosquito TR.Mk.33 does have one so the literal code and UI is there), and the FCS’s computers on the B-29 and Tu-4.
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My favorite is how there is a literal factoid on the loading screens that says “the Beaufighter was the first aircraft to be equipped with an airborne radar” and it doesn’t have one
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so true it be very useful for new players and sim for tail warning radars
