Not talking about balancing steps after a change this big is simply ridiculous, even for this forum.
Well its not part of the intial question of the thread since its a completely hypothetical change anyway
Shortcuts like these has led to this game being a buggy mess.
Supporting this is simply criminal.
No, it can’t.
The only way radar works on ground targets is via PD, aka movement.
Dead tanks don’t move.
So the question hasn’t been properly formulated.
Someone might not even be okay with limiting it to only 6 for their own reasons. Basic things like that should be discussed in the same thread.
can you provide DL with GMTI mode ?
Probably, but again MTI only detects moving targets. It’s in the name lol
well its useless to begin with, might just add spears
The seeker prefers movement but it can still detect stationary vehicles based on radar reflectivity and “shape”.
If there is clutter around like containers and cars (dead tanks like you said), the seeker will have issues.
Why? The question is just whether the seeker could be changed none of the other things are important for answering that question.
Interesting, this is the first time I’m hearing of this.
Ground vehicles have an RCS too btw
You can’t discuss adding something without taking into account the game itself and it’s state if something actually gets added. Impact of changes should also be discussed at the same time.
Yes but I assumed the ground would overpower or obscure any reflections from them, I guess modern radars are just that good.
If Gaijin models future tanks’ APS to defeat brimstones with MMW, then maybe I can see them being added. But IRL it’s not that easy to do. MMW defeats smoke and there’s no counter to it as smoke counters KH38s, but not if they’re launched with GPS. Brimstone IR doesn’t exist and never will. It comes down to doctrine where russia expects GPS jamming and limited datalinks while NATO went for buddy lasing, datalink, and GPS dominance. NATO abandoned IR missiles IRL cause it’s defeated by cloud, rain, and smoke, IR is confused by alot of hot stuff on the battlefield, and doesn’t need to expose the plane to fire. TBH this is just another case where NATO weapons are too op to be added when other countries can’t offer an equivalent.
Even stationary, wrecks look like radar clutter while intact tanks give off good radar shape returns so wrecks can be filtered. It’s just the radar prioritizes moving vehicles.
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you can also look X-ray mode through cloud cover, forests and smoke
I’m pretty sure MMW is sensitive enough that it uses the radar to create a picture detailed enough to use “optical tracking” for lack of a better term and can also tell the difference in signal return between dirt and steel etc
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Thats entirely your opinion. The impact might not interest OP in the slightest and he just wanted to nicely ask if the possibility of a seeker change is there in general.
russia also abandoned ir missile who would explain why we have no proof of the kh38mt.
its all gps / radar today
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radars are weird. the more modern ones are also called advanced mmW imaging radars. They are like a camera being able to make out shapes like turrets, tracks and overall proportions.
Not these ones, its stuff like using PID as a universal autopilot, in place of Proportional Navigation system that causes many of the issues with missiles.
It’s strange that you don’t actually have an argument for this though.
The MMW band is high enough frequency to behave much more like a low resolution imaging seeker.
But they do stay still, so a Corelated track should be sufficient to ensure a hit.
Yes, but it’s known as “Spotlight”, at least with Longbow Hellfires, and the actual GTM mode is an interleaved; Pulse, Pulse-doppler waveform.
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