It means you can loal.
the Python-4 does not have LOAL IRL just for you to know, the only thing it have is a half sphere capability which provides a 180 degree coverage thanks to the big gimbal limit 90 degrees to the right, 90 degrees to the left, the missile have a memory onboard that saves the information of the target like “to where the target did go” and things like that. keep in mind that the Python-4 seeker shares literally the same technology you can find in the FIM-92C to be more specific which is a missile from the mid 80s, early 90s casually the tests for the Python-4 seeker started around 1986-87 and by 1990 to 1992 the firsts firing tests were conducted and by 1994 the first batch of Python-4s rolled out from the factory.
For in-game purposes, it’s not the same is it? There are missiles ingame that have IOG but do not have LOAL like the FB-10.
I’m not sure for the fb-10a, but the other ir missiles with iog like the 9x, iris-t and py5 can loal
yeah i meant in game, although if the fb10 doesnt have loal ig thats true that iog != loal
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it can be designated using radar, irst or another plane using dl for shots past 90.
seeker itself doesn’t have to see the target for missile to be launched
the Python-5 can “LOAL” not because of the IOG kizvy it can LOAL thanks to the high gimbal limit it have, the IOG like it is right now in game its literally useless, the seeker its literally doing all of the heavy work and the funny part is that %90 of the time the Python-5 does not track shxt because the IOG is messing its guidance, soo if you ask me i prefer to not have IOG and just use directly the brute force that the seeker can give.
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