Just a simple question: Why is the BR of the SIDAM 25 (the one with Mistral missiles) on the Italian tech tree so high(at 9.7 )? its main ammo is purely he ammo (before research it, I thought it might have a full APDS belt like the Falcon, but it seems not). Also, the Mistral had its proximity fuse removed several patches ago :( Seems its hit rate is not good right now (I forgot the exact time, but these days there dont seem to be many ground-based infrared missiles left with proximity fuses anyway)
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because apparently the ability to lock onto a guy and have it give lead from 2.5km away without letting the guy know is 9.7 worthy as it gets worse stingers… I have no clue, i have no clue why the normal sidam is 8.3 but hey, what do i know. People will say the ammo crates make them really good TD because unlimited apds belts, but if you have to sit still just to reload i dont see that as very good…
You don’t get infinite uses on ammo boxes.
Also, SIDAM’s APDS has lower penetration and platform as a whole is terrible for hunting tanks as it’s really slow.
I think the SIDAM 25 is a multi-vehicle system in real life. Could be a great opportunity to get a lower tier one. I think there’s a radar vehicle with only search and few gun vehicles with track radar. This could justify it’s BR :P
This might be the radar vehicle, I’m not sure.
It looks like a basic M113 with radar.
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I dont know where you got that from but I just checked it and the proxi fuze is still there
My bad, bro, I mixed up helicopter-mounted infrared missiles with ground ones… after checking, most ground units do have them (though I just find that the Mistral on the SIDAM 25 is different from the ones on helicopters…
Yeah, I feel like this infinite APDS resupply mechanic (maybe a bug?) is mostly useless most of the time. adding the 10-second construction time for the ammo box and the resupply time makes it excessively long. for the 35mm Oerlikon, I rarely end up using APDS in most scenarios (APIT is actually enough against same br mbt side armor). But it’s actually pretty handy for the itPsV :)
maybe Gaijin will release a modular air defense variant of the SIDAM 25 in the future? but does the SIDAM 25 really only use HE belts in reality, with no AP rounds at all?
I don’t think so, It doesn’t need AP and there’s enough TD SPAA in the game
Was being sarcastic, its an argument someone used against me when i said it should be moved down to 8.0 if the zsu 37-2 is allowed to be 7.7 because “bad radar”. They said it was a good tank destroyer now because you can refill your apds as if it makes it better than just using a bradly at the same br.
The ozelot is 9.7 and it doesnt even have defense against ground vehicles.
Mistral doesnt seem too high to me
The ozleot gets an irst giving it the ability to find targets, the sidam does not. That along with the fact that the sidam is a much worse chassis makes it inferior, especially compared to the gepard 1a2.
It gets better search but the mistral has better missiles and a gun.
Anything with stingers or similar probably shouldnt be fighting 8.3 planes
Tell gaijin that, the shilka with manpads is sat at 9.3 with a recently buffed missile… Apparently russia is the only one allowed spaa. The zsu 37-2 pissed me off, the shilka is a piss take.
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Yeah, i want it moved to 9.7