Like they denied R-27 for MiG-29KR?
The gripen also has an open report. Rafale as well for it’s fancy RWR point of interest thingy - which maybe should for now be converted to standard ESM :
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/TtAoHU6zFAiI
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/d6sPVC6NHn1A
It’s just weird that only the SU30 currently benefits from this
Very bad take. They improved motor and then took that entire budget into bigger warhead. 3000gs of Washington is not what matters IRL. This is third person 15G game with infinite training and no repercussions for death without malfunctions. You’d be glad to take infinity glide of 120D all day everyday (without mentioning whatever electronic counter measures all missiles have) to get those 100km cross range shots (200km head on)
The USA didn’t upgrade the G pull of the AIM-120 when making newer models but there was no point. Base AIM-120 had enough G pull to never be dodged by a human pilot when the missile had enough speed to hit a small target IRL.
afaik, the 3 dispenser magazines on the Terma PIDSU (found on the early Belgian F-16A), and PIDS+ (found on all other F-16’s with pylon-integrated CM-dispensers) are very similar to the AN/ALE-47 (found mounted internally on F-16, and F-15). BOL-500 is a dispenser system fitted onto the back of missile rails (not pylons). There’s really good forum post about it (here)
In game, BOL is probably one of if not the most weak countermeasures out there. It is unforgiving to use as flares, as chaff it’s workable.
edit: the link was pointing to the wrong post in the thread
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If you’re genuinely parroting that f16 limiter bs in 2026 you have to be just incapable of critical thinking, because the limiter being added in the first place is proof of the opposite of what you’re claiming.
It was moved down because it was crap at 13.0, but that was the wrong choice off, 13.0 is compressed as hell.
We agree on the fact that it was the wrong choice. My point is that, only the f15 got down in BR. The mirage 4000 which is worse in every way still has that old BR.
But, instead of lowering their BR, they should decompress all that 12.0-13.3 at least one entire BR bracket imo
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Mirage 4k should be 12.7 even decompressed imo, its just not a threat, magic 2s have short range and arent as flexible as aim9ms and the 530ds are a joke, that with a bad radar even if we considered 13.0 decompressed i wouldnt think it belongs there
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tbf, i have more luck with the 530F nowadays, because it gives no warning and i’m facing players with worse avionics. The 530D is kinda in the middle of what a SARH can be. Launch parameters really, really affect its performance; not helping is that the jets that are at a tier where the missile can still work well have a HDN only PD radar (which i think is incorrect, as it should at least have a MTI, if not a normal MPRF PD) Although, i’ve had moments where it just shat itself and self-destructed (happens more on Skyflash tho). BUUT, we’re swerving off-topic, this thread is supposed to be abt AMRAAM
Not when it’s held back by Mach 5 headwinds.
It slows down so fast
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So I just found a video that was posted by a technical moderator… ( Community Bug Reporting System )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VFBUWkOoY
Which shows that the AIM-120 control begins mere miliseconds after launch, before the rocket motor even ignites…
Would this be enough information for a bug report to give the AIM-120 instant maneuvering post launch?
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this looks like test program to check if fins are not stuck. Nothing to do with guidance
Regardless of launch parameters, the drag on the missile is insane and it usually hits a brick wall past 5 to 7 miles once the motor runs out. I wouldn’t even say it is average. As for the radar, it should have search and track in LPRF/MTI, but the 530D needs HPRF/HDN for guidance (though this is not implemented as you can guide 530D in Pulse Track mode in the game)
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If you see how the fins move, the missile is aligning itself with either the target or the launch aircraft
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someone actually made a bug report relating to this and it got shut down as not a bug citing the video that those images are from
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/PNpcpHo4qqyx
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Yes I linked the bug report as my source for the video
man, i am just that tired then, completely looked past it
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i see how the fins move, they move 100% to one side and 100% to the other. Its you seeing some kind of adjustment that really isn’t happening
Can you attach a screenshot for when it does this?