That’s just hilarious to hear this considering it pulls over 50g’s, the spyder is definitely cooked (but we already knew that)
Had the same thing happen to me but I thought it was only me cause it happened only twice for me
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I’ve fired at planes less than 2km away from me RA (it just flew over my head) and the P5 failed to lock properly and missed. I’ve had the same missiles instakill recon micros at .7km honestly when they work they are incredible. Unfortunately when they work is very rarely and usually on low value targets. Intercepting munitions though? Something the SPYDER family is well known for? Nearly impossible. Even getting one is a lucky shot
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i launched 5 rockets at two KH-29 and SU-27 but nothing got intercepted and i died miserably
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Yesterday I watched a 29TE slowly approaching to kill me through my optics and even though I could clearly see it with nothing in the way, my radar just wouldn’t pick it up until it was 0.5km away and thus too late.
Many more examples of the radar being shitty in only 17 games. The spyder radar should really get TWS ESA, would already make a massive difference imo.
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P5 fail to hit targets at distances <1 km, and only when the distance increases to 1.1 km do they hit the target
Just to calrify, TWS ESA would not help you with targets the radar does not see. Only with those already spotted.
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True, but giving the proper refresh rate would be a nice start
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Oh I know, I should have worded it differently.
The radar likes to jump all over the place when it actually tracks an aircraft like it has severe ADHD, I would love it if they somehow fixed that.
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Also I’m aware but sometimes it hits anyway. Its crazy when it works. (Which is admittedly almost never)
This radar should be at the very least equal to the tracking radar (TSMR-2 IIRC) on the S1. At best? We should be looking at full coverage EM/2052s (these are comparisons) it’s hilarious to me this thing can’t see at all but IRIS-T picks you up through trees and OTH nearly
Funny thing is, if they’re worried about balance I would simply take the missiles being fixed and deal with the crappy radar. At least then we could defend ourselves. But there is no reason we should be denied any of it. Its just Israel. In case gaijin forgot this is the least played nation in the game. Even if they made SPYDER the menace it rightfully should be at most there is only ever 1-2 Israeli players on a team.
In this photo, you can see how the python 5, having an excellent trajectory of destruction, simply does not destroy the maverick that flew 7 km (15) before me.
Now I am completely convinced that the missile is in a raw state. Not only does it not turn to the target, but it simply does not hit relatively slow targets. A missile with a high overload is probably brainless, does not want to give it its all and is limited by something (not configured). I hope that this will not be put off for later and will be fixed, but although if you look at the active protection system on the Merkava, it looks like it will take a long time.
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Why python 5 still doesnt have optical lock or smt like that when its all over the rafael site?
THEY SHAKE THAT MUCH??? 😭 😭 😭
Yes they do. They’re supposed to have a 15km max range. They barely do 8 thanks to the wobble. The DL doesn’t work either (for the whole system) fire more than two derbys at separate targets and one or both will miss