What? The 9Ms use seeker shut off IRCCM (which is strongest in the side-aspect) not FoV shrink IRCCM which is used by the R-73, Magic 2, and PL5E2.
My experience. In front aspect, 1 flare defeat.
in side aspect, 1 flare defeat happens 50/50.
Its only in rear or near-rear aspect that the IRCCM on it works fully.
I’ve had way too many side aspect shots defeated by the target just popping a few flares and continuing on as if nothing has happened. As if I had fired Aim-9L not an Aim-9M
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Lol, yeah the 9Ms are pretty ass in front-aspect, but I’ve always had the most luck on side aspect shots. Then again, I am pretty conservative with my heatseeker missile shots in general.
Why is the catcher so fond of locking on missiles and not on the enemy？
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That’s realism
“Realism”, kek.
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Haha, gaijin went so far as to say in the wiki that the Typhoon has a powerful radar
CAPTOR is powerful enough, and I actually spent money and time to try the 15E, but I felt that the APG70 is far inferior to the CAPTOR.
Depends what you are using it for, but in terms of general capability the AN/APG-70 is still miles better than the Captor in target retention, scan modes, performance at range, TWS effectiveness and it actually retains it’s GMTI modes (unlike the CAPTOR) so in everything except a pure power-off and HMS tracking angles, the APG-70 is a better radar and one far more suited for War thunder currently, eventually I imagine this will be rectified as the CAPTOR is improved but gaijin has put out a very disappointing product here.
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Well, we know the GMTI will come back to the Captor, when? No date, just an SOON
I hope it gets a massive overhaul next major patch and maybe some nerfed 4th gen IR missiles to say sorry, since the only thing the EFT lacks is off-boresight capability
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Wont happen… because Gaijin forgot how to make nerfed missiles after the Magic 2 went to normal
yeah Brimstone against helis are quite effective I found. The only issue is that because there are no proximity, fighting heli with LWS is a bit pain when they could just move 1mm aside from Brimstone’s trajectory and it wouldt be detonate
I just researched the squadron JF-17 and guess what, the radar is much better, the targets does not desapear from tws, the 50x8 scan is is perfect speed and area wise, ghosts targets does not apear and the radar locates the targets faster (tested in test flight)
in WT logic, the radar of the cheapo low cost plane is better than the one installed in one of the most expensive fighters in the world xDD
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bruh… how high is the chance that the IFF of the Radar is broken too?
just had an SB match, radar said its an enemy… after Aim-120 hit it, it turned out to be an Friendly Rafale…
Im guessing 4th gen ir missles are coming in summer time. Would be perfect time for them to be introduced.
Idk how well it performs on tornado but on typhoon, you can impart it with enough speed that no matter what the helicopter does its not gonna be able to escape it. Also remember you can release it without a laser lock and activate it once it gets closer but on most things that arent YAH64 the MAW is going to pick it up one way or another.
I just find the heli without laser and then leave the laser active once i get within 4-5km range so that the helicopter doesnt get spooked too early or try to shoot at you.
I think maybe on lower performance strike aircraft this year. but I wouldnt count on top tier fighters like the Typhoon yet. Possibly better Fox-3s though like Aim-120C5s
i would love a ground focused year for one
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Which is why I see relatively minor buffs like going from Aim-120Bs to Aim-120Cs as a way of maintaining balance without adding Gen 5 IRs into the mix. Though as someone who doesnt care about ground at all, I hope air isnt abandonned. Though better SAMs would mean CAS can get better weapons and we can stop nerfing the hell out of jets in air modes.