My tone? I said the same thing to Gunjob that I said to you, “able to put pressure on anything that comes within range to where it is more difficult to get weapons off”.
I think you are mistaking “effective range” to mean your missile should be a guaranteed kill. If I am aware of the Pantsir, I can dodge them from 2km, 5km, 8km, you name it. Does that mean that Pantsir becomes ineffective at those distances? Absolutely not. The fact that you still have to make aggressive evasive maneuvers past the “effective range of 12-13km” that you stated means that it is effective past those ranges.
I even told Gunjob that any Pantsir that dies to a single Jdam or any “single” munition is merely not using the vehicle to it’s fullest because I typically have to launch no less than 6 of any type of munition for even a chance of killing a Pantsir that knows what they are doing. All this while still having to remain wary even at long ranges because the missile still has speed and some maneuverability behind it.
If you are taking issue with my tone specifically then it probably stems from distrusting the fact that the first thing you said to me on this thread was that the new spaa’s are still going to be better than the Pantsir when going subsonic by 12km.
The new SPAAs are not currently better than the Pantsir and it seems that at every turn you are attempting to gaslight people that the SPAAs are fine where they are at because the Pantsir already has similar ranges. Then I found that you have played almost exclusively Russia top tier with only fairly recent purchase of the Leo PzBT to test the waters of Germany and it just feels like you are trying to go against what this thread is for.
Correct me if I am wrong but I have explained myself fully to you.
Despite you know. Already having a Leopard 2A5 for a few months now before I gave up on ground entirely. As I said before, I have an interest in SLM because I have reached top tier Germany GF
I know this is literally rocket science so it’s ok to make mistakes, but the confidence with which some people were talking about things they don’t know made me post this response.
Some people were comparing the specific impulse(Isp) of certain engines(at first not even realizing it was specific impulse that they were comparing) wondering if it is possible for a solid rocket to have an Isp of 400sec, and presenting as justification that it doesn’t use APCP fuel but a different type of fuel with litium mixed in.
First, APCP means Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant, as such any proppelant that includes ammonium perchlorate and something else is considered an APCP.
Second, some studies were linked but no one seems to have read them. These studies examined standard fuels with an addition of lithium anywhere from 0.5% to 3% with the purpose of reducing the formation of HCl and agglomerates(small spheres of alluminium). In these studies it is stated that the perforamnce increase was just 7s of Isp.
Third, high performance solid rockets with HTPB(which is also what some sources say the iris-t uses) have an Isp of about 280s, maybe the best of the best have 300s. Suggesting that the addition of 3% lithium increases the Isp by 33% and results in an Isp that eclipses any non-hydrogen rocket engine and is even getting close to some hydrogen rocket engines is just irresponsible. Also i don’t think gaijin uses actual Isp numbers they just tweak them until the missile has the documented performance.
Finally, are there any reliable sources about the weight of the slm?
Does “hitting stuff with confidence” not mean it “guarantees a kill”?
I can dodge a Pantsir from any range if I am dedicated to watching him launch his missile and dodging correctly at the right time. Does that mean you can no longer hit with confidence from 5km? Does that mean the Pantsir’s effective range is less than 5km? No.
All I have to go on is that you have that you have several premiums bought to grind out Russia and almost the entire tree unlocked with them being by far the nation you have played the most games in. You then have 1 premium German tank with many matches played which tells me you ground out Russia, either finished it or got bored, and then decided to grind out Germany after spending all that time in Russia. I am sorry I was incorrect about the time period in which you started playing Germany.
Right here.
Most players who only play Russia defend the Pantsir by arguing how it’s not really that effective and that seemed to be exactly what you were doing. I am sorry if I misjudged your intentions but I still believe the Pantsir is currently more effective than the new spaa’s and while it may be easier to dodge at it’s further ranges, it is still effective in that you must actively do more maneuvering than just change direction.
I am not trying to take up this thread with our arguing so I am sorry if I offended you. I am passionate about what I want to see improved in the game and you and I are just going to disagree on a few topics and that is fine.
SLM kinda struggled with intercepting KH-38MTs in the lastest dev server. Reason? “No system can intercept 100% of munitions” as stated by Bug Reporting Manager. But don’t worry if same 6 Kh-38MTs were fired at Pantsir there would be no issues intercepting all of them :)
Hey everyone, let’s keep our focus strictly on the SLM Please avoid bringing up the R-27ER or any other missile it only derails the conversation. What we need now is actionable input that helps us unlock the SLM’s true performance. If you have data, ideas, or design adjustments that can enhance its capabilities bring them in. Let’s cut the arguments and concentrate on solutions. Every contribution should push us closer to making the SLM work the way it’s meant to no more no less :)
i did some testing with new statShark and add more trust to SLM vs the Gaijin SLM and the result is what i expected missile to be
Gaijin SLM: has 18800 booster for 5 second and sustainer 5405 for 10
So all clips I’ve watched are staged as it’s seemingly impossible to constantly dodge missiles under 10km, got it.
That video was also used as a “proof” of how hard it is to play EFT, meanwhile the guy was constantly launching Brimstones under 10km of range while dodging Pantsirs by simply turning.
I also remember to find more information about the Iris-T in general back then, but i think they just deleted/locked a lot of it due to the current situation in the east :/