Granted, the only HMD I’ve used is the one on the Mig29G, and with the TVC of the R73, its incredibly useful. Especially when switching from IR to Radar missiles.
I understand what you mean now
Yea and no,
HMS = Helmet mounted Sight (offers only an marker for your Missile)(Example Mig-29G)
HMD = Helmet mounted Display (offers you an full Display of Informations like altitute/Speed/(IFF Marker (example A-10C))…
(F-16C, Ka-52,F-15E…
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War Thunder uses them interchangeably right? But IRL they are 2 separate things
HMD being like GEN 1
Also in game
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Gimme a few Minutes, will try to get some proper examples with Pictures…
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You’re good, I see what you mean now.
HMS is only targeting, HMD is a suite of everything. Both could be on the same visor, but are 2 different things.
edit: yep lol got em mixed up
No… change HMD and HMS in your post and its correct xD
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Not realy,
HMS is only an (little attachment) to an helmet see Picture of Mig-29SMT
While HMD is fully Integraded into the Helmet (See F-16C Pilot)
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It is very useful, specially for close range Fox 3 fights, even more in SB.
I never saw someone talking such an Bullshit ever before…
Tell me you have no Idea, without telling me you have no Idea…
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Dude would not last a week with the ICE .
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Saying HMD/HMS isnt useful is an absolute cope take. It’s incredibly useful not having to move your aircraft to gain a lock allows to fire your missile from positions which put your target into a false sense of safety. It is an absolute must have even on aircraft with 9M. Its allows bricks like the tornado GR4 to pull off kills it otherwise would not be able to do.
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HMD It should look like this
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Its an opinion.
Pros to the HMD, can slew and lock things off boresight.
Cons at close ranges you want TWS or ACM mode and the HMD doesnt allow those modes.
I only have top tier experience in the Gripen.
There are far too many potential threats you dont see in HMD PD mode
And I can count on one hand when the HMD has been useful.
Have the Tornado F.3 its basically the same jet
Is the Typhoon going to be a brick?
I didnt say HMD was useless I said you cannot leverage it like the Su-27s can as we lack a high off boresite capability.
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If it is going to be anywhere close to realistic it is going to be the strongest jet we’ve ever seen
The brick was reference to the tornado gr4. You do realise you can use just standard HMS without having use to use to to slew the radar and just slew IR missiles and use TWS or ACM as normal. Also the 9M is capable of high off bore sight 😂 just because it don’t have TVC doesn’t mean it’s not HOB it’s got a very large look angle before launch