F-86F-35 radar?

When flying the F-86F there is a lock on radar available, but it doesn’t do anything. when you look at the x-ray view there is no visible radar set at all. But, when hovering over the pilot you can see that is has a lock-on radar mode. So my question is: Is it a planned addition, oversight, or just a mistake that this plane has it.

https://wiki.warthunder.com/Airborne_radars#Radar_gunsights

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The F-86 had a radar ranging gun sight that helped the pilot aimed. I don’t know how it works in game if it even does. I’ve tried using it in realistic but I can’t figure it out.

There are a few videos on YT that you could watch to understand them, at least for IRL.

I know that in real life it was one of the main edges it had over the Mig-15. I think it worked up to a mile out.

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It only has use in sim. In ARB, you get the enemy’s distance by default. For sim, it will give you their distance which will help with aiming further out.

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That’s what I thought.

Thanks