We need G6-HVM to counter the Pantsir
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Is this claim of 60km new ? Because i remember hearing about 40 km not 60km.
The IRIS-T SLM system, which covers the MRAD layer, is designed to counter threats with an effective range of up to 60 km and an altitude of 20 km.
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Yeah, last time I saw it was 50
I think Diehl is starting to be less secretive about the capabilites now that it’s out in larger numbers, maybe.
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Honestly that’s not gonna matter as long as we have the same motor and 4km IR.
IR was un-nerfed to 10km finally
Oh it was? Had about 1 month off WT and this happened.
Diehl have previously confirmed that the IRIS-T SLM missile has a maximum range of 40 km, and the launchers can be placed 20 km away from the command centre, allowing the system to engage targets which are 60 km from the command centre. That is where the 60 km figure comes from.
“un-nerfed” and “to 10 km” in one sentence :D (yeah of course it’s less of a nerf than the 4 km but still a nerf nonetheless).
AFAIK for the AA was stated that seeker-lock-on range matches the kinetic range (which is stated to be 25 km, correct me if I’m wrong here). On other sites (I think it was Diehl) it was stated that the seeker has a range 3-4 times of the one from the AIM-9M which ingame already has a massively underperforming seeker range which’s report was accepted more than two years ago. Going by that, the seeker range could be something between 38,91 km (front-aspect cruise power) and 114,84 km (rear-aspect afterburner).
My guess is, that the information about the real performance is slowly leaking through after such a long time of active usage in a war so they don’t really see the need to understate it’s performance in official publications. Or the experience in the field showed it having a higher range than expected.
And closed as “not a bug” because of the different definition of “system range” and “interceptor range”.
Eh forgive me but i find that a bit hard to beleive given that SLS and SLM share the same seeker.
Regardless. Seeker range for acquisition is upwards of 25km.
Tbh the only thing that bothers me currently about SLM is inability for a short range engagement and how slow the missile is
Just add a SLS option to replace one of the launchers
Imho just KH-38 and similar jets are worth to spawn in GRB. Its range and reaction time is good enough to avoid AA systems. You spawn and spacebar your volley, then you have plenty time to avoid incoming SAMs and eventually reload.
I realized that fiddling around with Brimstones, Mavs or any kind of guided bombs is just not very rewarding. And even when you - finally took out this annoying BUK (2 independent launch units), they just spawn it again on free daily token, so like 10 seconds later you have the same situation and SAMs are peppered into your direction once again. Then there’s a free generic SPAA spawn and other players might decide its time to spawn an SPAA as well…aaaarrrrg…the game is so saturated with high performance SPAAs that any jet beside KH-carriers are close to pointless to bring. At top tier. At lower BR brackets bombs and Mav work. Even Brimstones @ Tornado in a downtier. But against top dog SPAA’s its pointless.
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Can’t you read? Effective range is 40km. Means up to 40km its very capable and will most likely hit the target. Maximum range is something different than effective range. Max range is likely higher, but hit probability is most likely not sufficient when the missile lost most of its potential energy.
We will never get official numbers about this. But its obvious that ingame the effective range vs player jets is around 15-20km max… If its towards 20km, the missile appears hardly moving anymore. So if Gajin truly wants, they could easily buff SLM by 100% range performance to match the DIehl statement.
Totally agree! I would also add giving free SAMs was a good idea until you compare them. Pantsir as a free last spawn makes none Russian CAS harder and harder.
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