both missiles have the same quantity of control surfaces.
The python 4 isn’t smokeless the motor produces the same amount of smoke as a derby
The seeker also only has a 180° coverage, only the python 5 can truly achieve a 360° coverage because it has datalink and a IIR seeker
The python 4 has only an effective range of 15 km compared to the ET which is 50 km plus and 12 km on a tail chase
Maneuverability wise yes the python 4 is better but it can vary depending on how close you’re shooting your missile in a dogfight
At very close range the r73 is better because of TVC
The python 4 will most likely kill it on the second merge since the seeker will most likely keep lock because of its high gimbal limit
In game the python 4 will either have the 9m irccm or fov gathwith
It will come into the game probably soon since the f18 is coming
It was already leaked 6 months ago on some Israeli planes but the pictures got deleted
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Over a year now, it was intended to arrive with the F-16D Barak (back when the F-16C/Aim-9M arrived with the SMT/R-73) but was pulled after it was discovered that ot would absolutely crush everything else it faced, since then however (plus with the buffing of magic 2 and addition of nerfed AAM-3) I believe there to be no excuse not to add a Python 4 with the Magic 2 seekerhead, everything for the missile is ready in the files and we have over 5 available launch platforms in game.
I feel like gaijin will wait to add it with next gen IRs and by then the Python-5 will be the appropriate choice
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Python 4 has datalink too and lock after lunch so u can kinda do a stealth close bvr
Thats why it will be so strong compare to other 4 gen missiles
Also it has both irccm like the magic and 9m
That is hard to believe, source? I don’t think it has any of that, only the Python 5 does.
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It doesn’t these features are only available for the python 5
Im pretty sure i read this in some iai book but maybe im wrong
I will look it up when i could
(The book is on my grandpa house)
If u right its just another reason yo add the python 4 now
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well i hope we get the python 4
it would be a good time to add it
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hello brother a poll its open right now!
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People has spoken!!! lets see if gaijin does something!
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Why ppl vote gatewidth irccm its worse irccm them tracking suspention
especially for this type of missile
i dont know for me both are fine the R-27T/ET have Gatewidth and it works pretty decent, in the dev server i managed to hit an F-18 at 10km with the ET he flared and the ET still got it it was a rear aspect shot.
There is no way its tracked from 10km
Maybe the missile got close
Any way for long range shot tracking suspention is better
the ET can lock up to 18-20km from behind at minimun and front aspect depends on what the enemy is and if it is afterburning, my maximun range kill scored with the ET was 14km rear aspect shot at 7k altitude against an F-15 and he was flaring XD but yea in certain situations the tracking suspension is better.
When i say “tracked” i mean that he flared it and it still tracked
R60m can track frim more then 10km rear aspect as well
Maybe this f18 didnt flare at all?
oh ok yea he flared and it keeps tracking XD
So the missile was pretty close to him
no seriously brother he flared and the missile keeps tracking the gatewidth in the ET is better than you think i dont know the rangebands of that missile but probably there is something that makes the missile strong at medium, long ranges.