Just played a 9.7 game vs a German Hind, which could sit back and spam Shturm’s with impunity. The only 9.7 rated AA in the game belongs to Germany and Italy (and I’m not even sure if they Mistral can engage at Shturm ranges), so we had nothing to even threaten it. The only other SPAA I can think of that might be able to engage at the same stand-off range is the Strela-10M2, and we didn’t have a single one as all our Soviet players were at 8.7 or 9.0.
There’s always a guaranteed top tier tank on either side, but why isn’t it the same for CAS/Helos and SPAA?
Also, why is it that CAS/Helos can RTB to repair, refuel and rearm safe away from SPAA, but SPAA (and tanks) can’t do the same? Ground forces should be able to do the same outside from cap zones. Caps are always highly contested and act as a giant ‘shoot here’ target for CAS, especially in single point modes.
Simply put, CAS and Helicopters should not be put into games where they’re the highest ranked vehicles and there is NO SPAA of equal BR. Ground forces need FOB’s or zones where they can repair and rearm that aren’t cap points.
Sorry, I know It’s not the point but strela can’t engage hind at all. Even normal heli has to be under 1.2km. No way it can kill a hind with IRCM and HIRSS
you lock it and shoot at it that easy. If you lack the skill use a plane it realy is that easy. Another option you play russia bmp and t64 rockets can reach it as well
if those guys shoot at 4-5km it is deserved if they dodge at the same time, since that realy needs quite a bit of skill with the hind, it realy is the lesser problem of helicopters compared to the G-lynx that i already mentioned with only 0.3 higher br.
Besides that i gave him alternative solutions, spawn a plane, use bmp 3 , t64a with missles, not sure if bmp3 might have had optical tracking as well
I know that already. I’ve played 389 RB battles and have K/D close to 2 in Mi-24V. And I still consider it being problematic. Yeah sure lynx is broken as hell but this still remain as problem that SPAA can just be use less and planes can be countered too with 2xR-60M + high rate 12.7mm in close range.
Do Shilka/Yansei rounds even reach 4km? The radar doesn’t provide any tracking at the range, I was under the impression the rounds fissile out of existence at a certain range.
some HE rounds are programmed to explode at a certain distance, i am not sure if that is the case for the shilka you have to switch to the ap rounds in those cases
with as full br increase anyone will meet those problems, that isnt restricted to the MI 24, but like i said still the possibility to just take a plane. Or if the enemy is hovering you can use the T-55AMD-1 laserrange finder as well and shoot the enemy down with main caliber rounds or the already mentioned atgm
