There really IS a definition for the term “effective range”, even if a little vague but still.
However, effective range specifically refers to the maximum distance within which the desired effect is highly likely to be achieved in the event of a hit with weapon fire. The effect is generally the neutralization of the target (killing an infantry soldier, penetrating armor, the effectiveness of a rubber bullet, the depth of penetration of an arrow with a sporting bow, etc.). Therefore, the effective range also requires a certain minimum target speed (hit speed) for sufficient penetration.
So “effective range” DOES NOT mean “the missile hits the ground while stalling and falling out of the sky”.
@Dontkev-psn
Hey i think i might just have found something if it hasn’t already been found.
For this one, in this video: (https://youtu.be/GBDmnKd8mBI?si=_FzfkGWoD5HxNNiH) at 2:17 you can see a list of information, center screen to the right, it lists “Slant range” . I don’t know if that helps in any way but i hope it does :)
Hehe they run Windows on these systems :D
And if I’m not mistaken that screen only shows radar data? 18 km range, 965 m altitude and a speed of 166 m/s? Might be wrong or it’s a speed range. Can’t read the latter number.
The “slant range” could perhaps be in terms of minimum lock/engagement distances for the radar as devs have previously asked if it’s ground distance or slant range.
This whole thing seems like its about to get its own “Let’s discuss the Abram’s Armor/Western MANPADs” Dev post here soon.
"We’ve heard your frustration and here’s what we intend do to:
Almost nothing. Here’s a small token improvement that does almost nothing to address your concerns. Our hidden sources say we are right and we will continue to monitor performance (not really) in the event further changes are needed at a later time (expect one official nerf and about three stealth nerfs)."
the moment they decided to have the missile mach 2 acording to (source: dude trust me)
this thing was doomed from the start, there is NOTHING anywhere indicating mach 2 for it yet they just decided thats what it is
the fact that we even have to try so hard to prove them wrong is insane, i have NO idea how they will fix the range on it, like what "oh yeh it can engage a target 40km out if its flying towards the launcher at mach3, → not a bug, working as intended)
Really ashamed of the devs here, like this is fucking embarrassing man. We’re really gonna blackhole sources because we don’t wanna change the missile speed and make it good? On the off chance it’s somehow classified, we already know well enough that this missile should be Mach 3 capable and there’s plenty of sources to back it up, there’s just no excuse