It will look good but won’t provide much in-game sadly
I figured Tosa would show up eventually, it’ll probably come to the desktop version at some point too
@Smin1080p_WT Reason??? It doesnt make any sense tf
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/HbqujnaaSRXr
Bundeswehr and Diehl saying its based on or an upgraded version of the standart IRIS-T but for Gaijin worse. Sooo stupid
First gaijin gives the system not its ldircm characteristics and now nerfing it to the ground just whatever you feel like???
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Provide the source, then “not enough info”
Classic…
The SLM unlike the other missiles you mention has an aerodymical cap covering the seeker which comes of when the missile is close enough to the target, it makes no sense for it to come of too early thus significantly increasing the missiles drag
And the IR seeker activating later is going to make it harder to flare, so not a nerf if you ask me
Remodel germany heavy tanks Tiger II and Tiger II (Sla.16)
After this major update (winter 2025 or Q1 2026)
I don’t know the early jet trainer/light attack aircraft (6.7 ~ 7.3) for germany and china tech tree
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For the love of god idk from where this fuels info emerged about the seeker activation and the aerodynamic cap, but just for a clarification, the cap have nothing to do with the activation of the seeker since it can immediately get jettisoned at the moment of the launch if the target is with the IIR direction range.
The updated IIR seeker of the IRIS-T should have a detection range of 25km, this means as long as the target is with this range the missile won’t need radar slaving after, lunch since the seeker will be immediately active.
But it will need DL+radar if the target is beyond that range 30km or 40km or if the target is beyond the gimbal limits of the IIR seeker and that’s in a scenario when the target is flying low neer the ground which in this case the seeker can’t see the target immediately since it’s getting lunched vertically.
The change of seeker activation to 4km is baseless, have no sources nor proofs behind it, it’s just out of imagination and baseless conclusions that have no relation to what it should be in real life.
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It allows me to keep the Gripen exclusively for CAP, what it’s best at, which is nice.
All the information you posted is equally vague and has no detailed information apart from approximate seeker range (against what?) And a “very close range” test where it shed the cap “shortly after launch”
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Likely classified in order to prevent the development of countermeasures against the specified info.
However you can use common sense to deduct that ‘very close range’ out of 25km would consist of likely 1-5km, with ‘shortly after launch’ being in the realm of 1-3.5 seconds following vertical launch given the specified 10s of the test
So based on you comment were talking about a seeker activation range or ~4km…
??
I’m saying that there is a fairly reasonable window for the aerodynamic cap to come off and still be able to aquire a target within 5km
The text said target was hit in 10sec sooo
10s x 975m/s =9750meters and not 4000meters
Idk if that 10s factors in the time for vertical launch & positioning, so likely 7~8s x 975m/s
And the test includes launch time orientation phase and acceleration, the missile isn’t immediately at 1000ms facing the target
With 7 its 6825 meters. More then the 4000
And “shortly after launch” means not immediately so cut of another few seconds and we’re at 4km…
You can’t prove or disprove the 4km activation without further evidence.
Either way take it to the SLM chat this isn’t the place
Seriously? Do we try to prove a negative now? There is exactly no proof that the missile seeker is activated 4 km from target, but you want others to prove that the range is higher, for which there are indications (much more than for the 4 km) but also no proofs all around?
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Thats true
^^