It was not about range. Vikhrs could act as APS whilst not detonating itself against AA missiles. You can quite literally joust with any top tier SPAA at the time and win because the Ka-50/52 has 12 Vikhrs but all you need to do is send 1 and that will detonate every single SPAA missile it comes close to without detonating itself.
People mainly used the laser and TV guided weaponry.
Literally Russia was known for the Ka-50/52 spam back then. Before the SP nerf, people were spamming Ka-52 and Mi-28NMs during the start of the match because they get S-13OFs off rip which one shot tanks even if its not a direct hit. Not to mention the Vikhrs spam.
And jousting with SPAA for 5+ minutes means it’s not taking out ground units.
AH-64A can have all 16 of its AGM-114s in the air for monster killstreaks. Easily more spam than Vikhrs while being a better missile.
Yes. There are vids proving this. Drone crashes into the turret from above and the whole thing fully exploded. Its only explainable with the chain reacton down to the magazine. Cause I doubt FPV’s have enought pen to ignite it directly.
