SU-39 having it R27ER,ET in JUST 11.7 is completely unbalanced. Since almost every plane in this BR RWR really suck and the fact that not many of them do not have enough countermeasure to play against ER
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That plane was never balanced to begin with from IRCM that defeats IRCCM missiles, and has IRCCM missiles itself.
11.7 with R-27s for a platform that can only go mach 0.85 is not particularly great when I can fly my PDV F-4s at mach 1.3+ high altitude 0.3 BR higher.
Hawk 200 RDA is 11.3 with Skyflash, which are notably worse than R-27ERs, but it’s also a lower BR & has AIM-9Ls as backup.
While the Su-39 can only choose between radar or R-73s, it’s limited to 2 useful missiles regardless of BR you choose.
As for countermeasures… it’s 2 R-27s maximum, that is up to 30 chaff with good notching, since it’s a PD radar similar to that of Hawk 200 RDA.
I’m not sharing my opinion on this matter as it’s woefully incomplete, but I hope this incomplete statement of comparing it to other aircraft & advice on how to defeat its missiles helps.
SU39 does not even need to do BVR with 27ER. It can just get close to 5km and launch it ER
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Just means you have to do closures at an angle.
It’s still a bus of a vehicle.
Use its weaknesses against it.
Apart from the fact that its the ER, it can hit you at 30km even from the subsonic launch platform
Just fly low? Like every other SARH, flying low makes it always miss.
You’re right, it should’ve been 11.3 to begin with.
Especially since the A-10C was 11.0 / 11.3 and has HMD (Pingless) IFF, a Maw, and 4x aim-9m while having a high dispersion 30mm good for downing planes.
And besides it’s 1 nerf to 11.7 BR, it’s only been buffed more.
All jokes aside, it should be 12.0 with R-27ER’s equipped more than likely.
11.7 with any other R-27 variant.
Well before, things like the Mirage F-1C, and F-4S could easily smack the Su-39, but now that the Su-39 has the weapons it’s been missing for years, it can properly fight back in BVR, and make the bullies pay for underestimating the Su-39.
The Su-39 is in its villian arc lol.
normal r27r are bad but the 27er do not belong at 12.0(they are found at 12.7-13.0 and are very strong at those brs after the 120s)