the Python-4 does not have datalink and also does not have LOAL it just have a Half Sphere technology (a high gimbal limit in simple terms) that makes the seeker see literally at 90 degrees to the left or right 180 degrees in total.
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technically not python 4, but does anyone know a list of all the planes that are integrated with the derby missile? On the derby website, it says that it’s meant for easy integration for the following fighter aircraft, but I’m not sure if that means its already been integrated into those aircraft or it’s yet to be integrated.
iirc, all of them either mounted or were displayed with Derby. Idk about the FA-50 tho
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So shouldnt all israel f16 and f15 get derby?
No bc they pretty much only exported it
Doesnt matter if it can use it and the country have it then it should be added
What if we get the python 4 highly nerfed so it performs like a R-73? And we get it fixed later with the new missiles in the future?
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i really think Python 4 with irccm like r73 or aim9m could be added with easy to the game and not be much of a difference we already have r27et with insane range and aim9m hard to flare from top attack and r73 tvc close range so a Python 4 with 60% of r27et range wouldn’t be that broken specially if it got r73 type irccm
60% is a stretch
P4 max range is 15 km
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According to smin gaijin doesnt nerf things they allready know are stronger irl so they wont nerf p4 irccm
once they’ll add it python 5 (for aircrafts) will already be in the game
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in game r27et has about 8 to 10km effective range if lunch from rear aspect low altitude and at around 7km and up in altitude it has 20km to 25km from rear aspect and python 4 in the files has max range of 5 to 6km at low altitude rear aspect and at 7km altitude range is from 7 to 13km rear aspect so its safe to say only in low altitude python 4 has 60% range of r27et mostly because of 20 second battery and other aspect but adding python 4 would just be 1 step up but not as drastic as people might think its no aim9x no mica ir and no r74m its good but not next generation
it’s a shame really because it’s a good stop gap between next gen missiles like the Python 5 AIM9X and others but it’s not on the same level so even if they add it alongside those missiles it’ll end up overshadowed by the likes of MICA ir IRIST ASRAAM AAM5 etc
If python 4 didn’t have iog I would say it could’ve been added but since it does have iog it should only be added with 5th gen missiles which would make it redundant with python 5 existing
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i really liked the idea of adding it to Kfir c10 it would make it more unique and fun and a max of 2 python 4 wouldn’t break the game but yeah i understand the fear of un nerfed python 4 seeker the performance of it isn’t the problem the seeker head is because they said them wont Nerf it or something like that
yeah, but still, it doesn’t have DL so it isn’t so useful specially since it’s an IR missile does not radar so the DL benefit would be more than if it was radar one
python 5 doesnt have dl either, neither do asraam or iris-t or aim9x block 1. DL isn’t that special tbh
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mica IR and i think aam5b ? has it the thing is with DL you can lock target trying use cover behind mountain or cover and manually loft missile above that cover to let missile drop on top of target is main strength of DL really specially IR missile with good irccm unlike radr missile they wont have hard time picking lock since they only need IR signature
IOG without datalink its literally useless its better not to have it honestly, it could be added literally in december and it would be perfectly balanced, soo forget about the idea of this missile breaking something because thats not gonna happen the crown of being the most toxic and disruptive thing in top tier is for the rafale and it would stay like this until jets at the level of the rafale gets added to the game.
I wonder how all those over shoulder shots work without DL