It’s mostly found on long range SAMs. Those things are almost ballistic missiles, and just like a modern ARH carried by a plane, will usually loft very aggressively
on short range SAMs it’s quite rare, but some short range missiles do loft, although far less aggressively. Illustrated here by a mistral 3 launch : https://youtu.be/ScRKwN3L0-Y?t=27
But not when target is 2km away. Also this is not against an air target, nothing would also do such a sharp turn which drains so much energy. Also how does the IR seeker keep track. I really don’t know wtf is on with this ‘20G missile’
Joke aside, in the video, mistral lofts for a target that is quite literally 2 clicks away, so it’s still possible, and the further away the target is, the more interesting lofting is, so i don’t see a problem here, except for the fact that the turn looks abnormally sharp as you pointed out
The mistral was however fired at a surface target so loft could also be for tracking purpose in case something gets in the way. There is no reason a 12km missile should do that.
It’s not a great loft like an AIM-120, R-77 or whatever, but it still lofts a bit
As for the reason, even on short ranges, trajectory shaping can be interesting, as long as it doesn’t make you maneuver too hard. Secondly, it helps the missile clear the ground when firing at something low (or on the surface), as you pointed out.
Idk but the some German helicopter suggestions were ported from the old forums (RIP) which include Bo-105 PAH-2 or BK-117 suggested. Ypu might want to check them out
I specifically question why we didn’t get PAH-2 in the first place
Well fellow L-39/trainer fans, do make sure gaijin know you exist en force ^^. Gotta show gaijin that there are customers to sell too sometimes I guess xD
if this is not OP i dont know whats OP anymore, thank you devs!!! for taking away our only way to deal with russian helicopters because IR missile didnt work the new IR ones also dont work because they got nerfed and NOW also AGMs does not work amazing! what a good job here fomenting the MI, KA cancer/spam in 8v8 squadron battles and ground rb thank you soo much!! the whole community that was affected by this for atleast 1 year and a half its very gratefull, coincidentally the only SPAA capable of deal with this its the pantsir and guess guys!!! its also a russian vehicle!!! lmao. say hello to the new russian META in ground RB and 8v8 Squadron battle guys!
"Because we don’t currently have any plans for the non gun armed version. As I mentioned, its much more limited in its use and role. Given the L-39s current BR with a gun, one without is even more restricted and far less useful.
There were also other differences beyond just the gun."