R-60M and R-60MK are, according to both WT and the playerbase, identical, yet in my experience the r60mk seems much harder to flare and seems to proxy further. Why is this?

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The stats say that the r60m and the mk (germany export) are the same, then why is the r60mk less susceptible to being flared in my experience? I have eaten so many r60mk’s head on even with non afterburning planes with engine temps below 600 and flaring, from 1km away.
Does it have more something to do with the fact that the MiG21 Lazur is more common than the normal MiG21 Bis (and the most seen supersonic with all aspect r60 missiles) and the speed at which the missile is launched makes it harder to see flares?

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They are the same. It’s the exact same missile.

In real life the only difference is the manufacturer for the proxy fuze

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Then the explanation might be the speed at which the missile is coming. Same as how aim9e’s ignore flares if the target is moving much slower than the launching platform itself.

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they are identical with the only difference being their name ingame

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well just now i had my r60m (on mig21bis standard) sniffing through the flares of a tornado but it didn’t strike because it ran out of energy for a bad launch
Had I been faster and launched from true rear aspect the missile would hit.

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1 to 1 copy

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As mentioned they’re Identical other than name, that would be the Jingle-jangle fallacy with a bit of confirmation bias.

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