So I did some digging into Russian missiles and how the developers came to model the R-77 and the R-77-1 as well. I figured some things out but also was left with a few questions.
There is the R-27ER which is modeled as having 65km frontal aspect range in the given conditions of 10km altitude and 1,100km/h TAS co-alt and co-speed.
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Notice the given conditions though, 10km altitude and 1,100km/h TAS for both the shooter and target.
I plugged in the currently modeled R-77 and R-77-1 in those given conditions. The maximum range for the R-77 ended up being 80km and the maximum ranges for the R-77-1 ended up being 113km (still within the 5% range margin of 110km). This aligns with the given figures from Rosoboronexport that states 80km and 110km respectively for each missile.
Knowing that this is how they model their missiles, the R-77 and R-77-1, is there any reason to expect that they won’t model the R-37M any differently with the same method?
Rosoboronexport lists the R-37M as having up to 200km. RVV-DB
also, considering modified r-33 with a lofting algorithm was able to reach 228km range, i doubt rvv-bd;s max range is only 200km (which looks like export modified r-37 and not r-37m)
Tbf, I did just showcase that they modeled the R-77 and R-77-1 based off of export range figures. In fact, Gaijin was already caught referring to Russian missiles by their export names in the form of RVV-MD.
I don’t think it is for the goal of the international law, and well, it’s about preventing a customer from replacing the conventionnal warhead with a nuclear one which would be a problem so 60kg isn’t much.
