Recently added MITL for helicopter completely changed most of the toptier nature, with now the capability to over and shoot missile without visual contact.
This being added, the anti-air ideal profile went from the fastest missile to the one that can shoot down the most incoming missiles.
Therefore, soft launched missiles with ARH still are multipathed and with the ‘dead zone’ where it cannot intercept anything are less useful.
But others, such as the OTOMATIC, Lvkv 9040C, are brighting back again (good to be back :') ).
One of the way to improve toptier would be to ‘embrace’ this new mechanic, and give more rewards (SP, XP, SL) to intercept incoming threats, and go toward a M-SHORAD (Mobile Short-Range Air Defense) gameplay.
This would make ‘old dogs’ anti-air back on the main stage, and reflect a realistic part of the war of neutralizing not only the enemy, but it’s missiles as well.
More ‘easy’ SP would make more player use anti-air.
With the SHORAD gameplay, this could open as well a door for other modern anti-air that could really be fun to have, such as :
USA :MLPWS, Phalanx on wheel
Italy : Skynex 35
Germany : Skyranger 30, Skyranger 35, on different plateform.
Here is on a truck, but other prototypes have been on Leo 1 and 2 chassis, Boxer, Lynx, trucks, …
This one is the most ‘common’ one.
Skynex Skymaster Rheinmetall 35mm Revolver gun Mk3 on MAN HX 6x6 42N KJW
Feel free to give other Mobile SHORADS that are currently used.