any one that has its own radar ?
I think kh38mt slingers will still outrange any nato spaa including this one so its going to be not relevant even without adding new weapons.
Also judging by ir missiles performance against agms it might be even less useful than crotale which is capable of shooting some kh38mt down.
this thing has speed and smokes though, and the radar should be able to easily detect the kh38s comming in
gaijin already confirmed they are working on multiple chassis SAM sites, so it shouldn’t be a cause for concern
VT-1 could also potentially be buffed to 16 clicks
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eventually perhaps, and source ?
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Source? Best i got with brochures is 15.
its not a russian brochure though so doesnt count ;p
For everyone saying IIR missiles are unflarable, this is incorrect.
They are still susceptible to Volumetric and Kinematic flares.
The first kind is already ingame, with BOL being a volumetric flare that can completely obscure the target aircraft, and is actually pretty effective at spoofing the image of a target aircraft.
The second, Kinematic, is like a volumetric flare with a little rocket motor to put more distance between the target and the decoy.
From there, the missile will still continue on its course through IOG, but that is no different than what the AIM-9M already does.
TLDR: depending on implementation, NO, this does not necessarily become an unavoidable missile.
just ignoring for now xD
Smokes are neat thing. But even if you could lock on missile with radar your missile wont lock it
While it is in game, its implementation is very poor
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note the potentially
Thales made the miracle happen : same source contradicting each other :
You’re right, it’s 15 indeed, not 16 (not that it matters much tbh, it’s still a fair increment over 12)
Like the NOMADS (also a .50 hehehe)
Sorry, last time I do this joke.
I agree, but people simplifying it down to ‘hurr-durr IIR equals no miss’ is just not even close to reality
And as i said to you that day, the brochure is just old and they were yet to share the 15km.
I cast, new brochure
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If it gets similar missile lock modes as strela or type 81c then it will be unflarable (but surroundings might screw missile then)
the .50 is nice, but the open crew layout is definetly worse compared to the EldE
yup, well that’s most likely the right explanation
Either way and to stick back to topic, if we jump from 15 km to 20 km in between ITO or Crotale and MICA VL, that means the french tree doesn’t need a IRIS-T. Germany should get one though, they made the system after all
Lovely to see. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.