Aim7p is a fun new tool, the only tt variant with it being at 13.7 would be a massive shame. Aim7m is simply not competitive at 12.7/13.0. Fox 1s are my favs and ive been waiting for a new aim7 for a while
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I dont work for Gaijin entertainment, you’re asking the wrong person
Surely, gaijin wouldn’t make you research the same missile twice? Would it? Gaijin?
Hopefully its a placeholder for the Aim7P
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I swear to god lmao. If they put this into the game its an actual joke
No pay to win, if you never lose lock for more than 2 seconds, it’s currently an identical missile.
Datalink for SARHs isn’t in the game and may never be.
its absolutely p2w as the aim7m is fairly slow. iog would be a very good buff.
Datalink and IOG make the missile more reliable against defending targets that try to notch and chaff last second. That’s why R-27R is just better than AIM-7F most times.
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Did the MH also have Datalink or only lofting?
Datalink isn’t modeled on SARHs. Buddy-locking is not a feature in War Thunder.
And IOG doesn’t work unless you lose lock for over 2 seconds.
Datalink is SARHs is used to make the missile use a more efficient interception path, and also helps to ignore chaff in a imperfect notch when your radar is still maintaining a good lock, when a AIM-7F would just bite onto the chaff.
IOG is extremely helpful because you often lose a proper lock against a defending target, and your missile still has a good probability of hitting for a few seconds.
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It does neither of those, IOG is what helps “ignore chaff” on an imperfect lock.
Datalink in the context of SARHs is getting data from other aircraft’s lock besides the host aircraft that launched it; For example a larger plane that locks beyond the range of the host-aircraft’s radar, but within range of the missile itself.
Datalink means that there is communication between the plane and the missile itself, instead of only the missile seeking a return. Thats why the R-27ER can also require the correct target after initially biting on chaff.
IOG also helps indirectly in the “ignoring chaff” situation, and is the most impactful feature of course.
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I recognize that datalink is what allows the R27ER to acquire a lock again after dropping its first initial launch lock, but some other less educated but loud users would not.
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AIM-7p is definitely better than 7f/7m (7f performs same as 7m in wt).
I recently achieve an ace crew of the US F4S, and I always hate 7f’s instability. You’ll never know where it actually goes, though radar keeps its locking. If some brings 6 sparrows, it’s actually 4, or less.
When I tried F-16A MLU, which can accesses 7Ms, this problem was improved (with better radar) but still exists. It’s even more annoying because it has only 2 7Ms.
DL+IOG make sparrows more stable, just like R27ER.
But I still oppose to make premium one 13.0. It’s a flanker-or-fox3 battle rating.
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And DL+IOG fox1s have a little-known playing method.
Use TWS mode to guide after using TRK to launch, and restore TRK locking at final time (about a few seconds before hit).
It makes SARH MSLs harder to evade because less reacting time.
R27ER can do same thing like this, but low-br R27ER carriers have radars with low performance, so AIM-7Ps will provide best experience of this playing method.
TWS cant guide a R27ER. You might as well disable your radar mid course. What is happening is that the missile is guiding with IOG when you unlock, then whenever you lock again it corrects.
What you can do is keep intermittent locks to make the target think the warning is from a missile going to his teammates. Or if he doesn’t move much, just lock in the end when the missile is near.
I also do it with the R27R at shorter ranges, lock launch and unlock immediately, then I only lock before impact or if the enemy manouvers
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it used to be possible but it was a bug as the radars require stt lock
on the F-14B you get to research aim54A and then aim54C later but the aim54a is actually better since it’s lighter and has a bigger warhead and basically none of the stuff that make the 54C better irl are modelled in wt
aim54C is more resistant to notch I think