Super Étendard

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Basically CW for Air-Sea (Exocet AM.39) // Air-Ground mode (also a possibility)

The Air-Air modes is somewhat similar to the one on Etendard IVM - Radar Aïda 2 from EMD (Electronique Marcel Dassault), but his derived from Cyrano IV Thomso-CSF (known as Thales today) of Mirage F.1 → the later using a PSIC method (basically CW).

The Agave Air-Air radar is able to slave Magic’s to target → but Magic-2 (which is not on the Super Étendard for Gaijin reasons) worked (IRL of course,… not in game) as a Poor man IRST systems, by searching ennemies by itself, within it’s detection cone (basically 90° cone // +/-45° if you prefer)

The Anemone Radar, following variant on the same aircraft, was completely capable of slaving and had a new antenna making the Anemone able to reach twice the range of the AGAVE.

On SEM both radars were commonly exchanged as the Anemone Radar was built to 46 exemplary,… so for maintenance of Anemone, an Agave was replacing it in the nose.

The Radar in game currently is worthless, since Magic-2 is unoperable and that Magic-1 works as good when unslaved ^^"

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Because it wouldn’t be 10.0 with Magic II’s.

They can always add another sub-variant with magic II’s and a more modern TGP at a higher BR, but then the Mirage 2KD would still supersede it anyway.

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Also, I feel like the radar in game is dogshit. It keeps locking onto IA ground targets, and can’t locate a flying A6E TRAM 10km in front and above me.

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And i don’t care about it being 10.0.

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Well you aren’t the only super etendard player.

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Etendard IVM is a capable for 9.3, Super Etendard is capable for 10.7/11.0 if it was not artificially nerfed on weaponnary

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Its a CAS strike fighter. Would mean using it with the 11.7 tanks where the Mirage 2KD immediately supersedes it.

On the otherhand, the 10.0 lineup is very fun.

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No.

CW is not PSIC.
PSIC is just a radar mode and CW is waveform. Apples to oranges.
PSIC is STT and PSID is “TWS”. Waveform is definitely pulsed for Air-Sea in the agave/anemone/exocet, dunno which method it uses to detect and track targets.

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They can still implement a late version but someone has to make a suggestion I guess.

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That’s not a feel, it doesn’t do Air-Air as of now, only in ACM mode can you get a lock, and that’s not a guarantee.

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Yep. I don’t understand the use of the radar at all as of now. It can only lock ground IA, not even ground players.

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I have locked up a player target in custom battle.

The wrinkle is that he was in a ship at the time.

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Buccaneer arrives with TV-guided missiles at BR 10. When will we finally have the AS-30 L missile on the SEM?
When will the SEM nerf end in the game?🧐

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The SEM doesnt have 30L’s so it can stay at 10.0, which is reasonable.

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typical response from those having no consideration for this aircraft and its réal potential 🙂

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And the A-10 should therefore be in your logic mounted in Br with its 6 air-to-ground missiles, just like the Su-25.

Adding missiles to this plane won’t make it especially better, it simply deserves them in this Br

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I am heretic, you are fanatic

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For this beauty? Yes and without hesitation
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So im pretty late but i just got super etendard and im confused why it doesnt get stock missiles? They’re not even tier 1 modification but tier 4, why?

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don’t know man, gaijin doesn’t like french planes

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