Mig 23 RWR bands

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I have noticed my Mig-23ML doesn’t get radar notifications from F-14As, but when I fly the tomcat I see some Mig23 pilots are aware of my lock.

So I checked on X-Ray, and Mig-23MLD detects bands G-I, and the M, ML, MLA detect bands H-J. Is this intended or this is a bug ?

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Track-While-Scan (TWS) systems are made so you do not have information of being fully locked

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I got shot by AIM-7B, that does need lock, and didn’t get warning, so it wasn’t TWS. Also not geting ping, TWS should ping you.

Its a question of bands, the thing is, the MLD should have different RWR than the MLA/ML ?

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The AIM-7B does not exist in game.

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you know that F-14 don’t have AIM-7B, neither is every aircraft in game right now?

anyway,…

F-14A radar is currently set in “i” band.

and the Spo-15 RWR of MiG-23 MLD in game is set for G to i Bands.

Therefore,… your ennemy “Soft-locked” you (means to use TWS but not fully lock) OR He was not into the areas of detections of your RWR.

For exemple: the RWR works through several captors set around your aircraft : those have a “cone” of detection - if the ennemy ping you from outside of every cones (mostly from under / higher) he can lock you without you knowing

Those areas are not displayed by any means - apart testing to know them -

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I meant AIM-7F, sorry

Are you it’s “to” ? The SPO-10 says “H - J” in the X-Ray, but after a lot of testing, it doesn’t get any notification from band I, so I guess it’s H and J, and not H to J.

BTW, what I meant in the first post is the only MLD gets the I band, not the other Mig-23

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yes from H-J means from H to J (including i)

as demonstrated there : https://wiki.warthunder.com/Radar_warning_receiver#Sectored_RWR_.28SPO-10.2C_SPO-15_and_others.29

(go down a bit in the list, and you’ll see)

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Then there is a bug … I lock 23MLs in headon with the F-14, they don’t react

Mirage 2000Cs don’t react Neither, and there it says they should see the lock.

It’s so broken the RWR !!!

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It’s maybe doppler related, not about the band.

But neither the Wiki, neither the game on X-Ray say anything about that …