Hum, that was a textbook notch done by that rafale tho
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not really? you can see the incoming illuminator never going actually perpendicular to the rafale’s trajectory. Unless the case is that aim120 seekers have a notching leverage of over 90 and below 90 degrees.
Second picture, plane is not that well in notch. Third picture he gets in the notch (he isn’t completely in the picture but he looks to be turning in it), last picture he changes direction in the notch (by pitching towards the ground), while missile continues IOG towards last known direction.
At close ranges you must not go perpendicular to notch, you need to go a bit more than 90°, somewhat getting away from the missile. I would not be able to give you exact figures but by feeling that Rafale is doing a very good notch. Kinda surprised he didn’t have to launch chaffs tho since missile is in a look up situation so it should have gone to normal track
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Personally I don’t think it’s overpowered, having France in your team doesn’t mean win or as a enemy doesn’t mean defeat, MICA-EM excels in close ranges where most of the aerial engagements in War Thunder happens, compared to others R-77 (and variations), AIM-120 (and variations) which is better suitable to the level of medium-long ranges engagements in War Thunder.
Actually some times I just throw two or three MICA-EMs to make sure I get the kill either by the target using countermeasure before the launch or due to the distance and other scenarios like head-on engagements, thing is MICA-EM is mostly working just fine and others missiles alike don’t, at least it’s my perspective since still there are a lot to fix and add missing stuff for the missiles, including MICA-EM. Rafale C F3’s airframe also gives it a huge advantage, yet it’s limited speed ~1 400 Km/H, still highly maneuverable.
You can fly 50 M off the floor firing micas at enemies that are under multipath height.
You dont even have to lob the missile.
Any other missile hits the floor most launches while the mica scores hits.
Why? People say its the same… its not.
MICA does not have better Multipath resistance than any other missiles. Multipath is a global variable that is set for every single radar missiles in game to be at 50m. Any claim that firing MICA (horizontally) are dealing with Multipath better than other missiles is either disingenuous or actual Skill Issue
Edit : In fact, if we only consider flat launch MICA (and not firing in a way to deal with Multipath by having a vertical terminal approach), the MICA is overall weaker than other missiles to Multipath because it has a lower explosive max than other missiles, meaning that even partial Multipath can defeat MICA better than other harder hitting missiles. not that it actually has a big impact.
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+mica has a smaller warhead compared to other fox 3 missiles and does not enjoy the directionnal warhead if i remember well.
So even less chance to hit even more a critical one.
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I was in the process of writing an edit to my comment, but yes, it doesn’t have yet directional warhead (which is actually modeled in war thunder so it’s not an issue of a mechanic not existing)
Well its exactly what happens using and vs the mica.
so he gets in the notch but the missile instantly pulls 20g’s towards the opposite direction instead of having it’s innertial guidance do the job. This is why i believe that r27er is the best russian missile and probably the best top tier missile thanks to it’s versatility. Being locked and only one at a time is definitely not a deal breaker.
it’s the only missile in war thunder you can’t take down with other missiles whether it’s attacking it with radar missiles or launching IR missiles at it while it’s still burning, but it’s not OP, got it.
lol sweetie youre full of it
you practically only play france
some day gaijin will get desperate and will forget about your joke nation and will buff US back to reality to stomp you out.
France was my first nation. I don’t really play it anymore. I only have around 100 games in the Rafale. I do have like 700 games in the 5F but those were all before it got MICAs.
They can add the F-22 to USA today and their players will still manage a 46% winrate.
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except thats not true at all is it
when the nation the devs hate constantly gets the 2nd rate aircraft for 5 years
enjoy what youve got for now
I mean you can check lol
I think you are under some impression that I don’t have basically all other nations besides France.
lmao yeah its embarrassing when you sort them by # of battles isnt it
bye!
What exactly do you foresee getting buffed for the US?
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