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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
around 4-5 kilometers of him when he started to flare, he did not cut the afterburner too maybe the flare pattern used it didnt work to fool the seeker.