Yeah it’s weird but it does bring up a point about lack of SPAA.
well as long as you get the adats it should be somewhat fine and kinda in line with other nations. Unlucky Japan, you dont get any spaa anywhere to deal with helis OR planes OR ordinance OR drones. Same with israel. Unlucky. Maybe perform worse in our top tier spaa, youll get improvement. Oh. Wait a second…
I guess the “bias” is that Russia seems to always get a new SPAA every other update, and it ends up being busted initially then gets nerfed over time. M53/59 being super good at knocking out ground targets, the Strela being miles better than the Stinger on release, The Osa shaking up its BR due to a second massive range advantage in tandem with the 2S6, etc.
OSA is in multiple nations: Germany, GB as well but i get what u mean.
Russia is not top dog in Anti air and intercepting ordinance anymore → Here comes best spaa in the game vs every threat possible and can even be used to defend vs ground.
Japanese top tier spaa thats even worse than the buks TELARs stats (which can still get kills after the telar died with the launch vehicles): not an issue.
I mean the Strela can still be used in top tier if out of other options and quite succesfully so, especially if in a good position where long range cas doesnt immediately find it due to contrast seeker and no search radar. Obviously way less efficient than actual top tier spaa, fighting close range cas it still outperforms flarak, even the type 03 by miles. Its impossible to defend the team from long range standoff munitions but brimstone and other close to medium range cas is insanely dangerous with one of these up anywhere. Exactly what its impossible to defend from using the Type 03.
Osa and Strela were added to other nations much later down the line, as they were initially Russian exclusives. Several nations still have plenty of interesting systems (the US has several, including the Linebacker, Avenger, C-RAM, M-SHORAD, etc) but Gaijin thinks Russia needs yet another SPAA.
But Strela was useless on release?
no, the safest and easiest way to shoot down LDIRCM helis is with TV guided ATGMs
and guess who gets the most options for those at top tier
It was a hell of a lot better than Stinger systems due to a better IRCCM (at the time) and the optical mode for the missiles which couldn’t be defeated with countermeasures. The Strela is also why Stingers are still nerfed to this day due to poor assumptions on Gaijin’s part.
Fast, agile TV guided munitions. Mavericks only work if they stand there ignoring the MAW.
This one was a bit later for that moment Strela couldn’t lock any heli but Soviet one.
yeah, and theres not even that many options for TV mavericks at top tier, for some reason most planes at that point only get the IR ones that cost more to spawn and are effected by LDIRCM
I mean granted IR systems of that size have trouble locking helis anyway because of their horrible IR signatures.
Well it’s difficult to tell there a video from somewhere where Strela destroys drone with miniscule heat signature in clouds but it’s hardly an evidence and there is no point to buffing Strela.
Lmao imo mate i find it a pretty funny read
You clearly have not played it on release
Considering I played against both systems when it was released I’d say the Strela was a lot better considering my experience with it.
Your experience is hugging a strela and dying to it within 1km? Because that thing couldn’t get a lock further than 1km, and the missile could not pull much even if it did. I’m sure, it was much better than the stinger obviously, its RUSSIAN after all
How are those the best option then if you can just fire one out of 18 brimstones at them that are basically undodgeable if fired from a somewhat reasonable distance? Mavericks are an option, true. Just dont see how they are the better option compared to brimstones. Or are we just talking from a US main’s point of view?
because they are laser guided and depending on the position of the helicopter and any other enemy aircraft or SAMs you sometimes cant safely guide them
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Gonna say now that the SVSM whatever the super iron done pantsir is has been added.
Brims should get some FnF capabilities, like it’s near impossible to maintain any form of guidance on a laser guider munition at these BRs.
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