Yeah i knew about that before hand
Yes and no
Since the beamwitdth is linked to the band it uses
J band high frequency generates a narrow beamwitdth
In game if frequency hoping was a thing to have a 7.5° beamwitdth the frequency would be around 17 ghz
At the lowest frequency 12 ghz its beamwitdth is around 11°
So does the Xband.
Beamwidth depends on freq. Eg. 120 works in Xband, ie. 8-12GHz, while MICA works in Jband, ie. 10-20GHz. 120 working at 12GHz produces a narrower beam than the MICA working at 10GHz, while staying in Xband and MICA operating in Jband. Band nomenclature is irrelevant. It’s freq. that matters.
And I can live with that…IF that was a thing, but…it isn’t.
So, what we got in WT is best possible performance for MICA’s seeker, 7° without any drawbacks of such a high freq. Conversely, 120’s seeker got lower then the worst possible performance, with all the drawbacks…If GJ wanted for MICA’s seeker to have the same range as 120’s, it should have FoV of ~9° (14-15GHz), not 7° (~19-20GHz) and giving 120 12° (10GHz) would make the game much more balanced. If GJ wanted to maintain “historical accuracy” (if MICA even works that high) then the seeker’s range should’ve been reduced by 5-10km, while maintaining 7° FoV.
You can’t have your cake and eat it.
is there any report currently up for AIM-120C/D fin deflection?
Nothing that’s live, since the only evidence we’ve got arbitrarily doesn’t meet gaijin’s standards since they don’t use videos.
they will for sure take videos if its russian, ahem (kh38mt).
The only info i could find was the MTE from a airshow in 2024 and it possibly being mounted to a su34 other than that no proof of a IR kh38. i could be wrong if so correct me
for no reason what so ever, doesnt it also get a reduced smoke motor?
we got confirmation that the r77m has an aesa seeker?
on a different note how do you guys enjoy playing amraams? everytime i play my super horny i realize i could just be playing su30sm2, but then im tired of flankers so my will to play fox 3 is just 0, ive been playing the tomcat more than the super hornet and the tomcat sucks even more.
This was discovered to be an IR seeker.
And we have some pics of it mounted to a plane, and some more info.
“Enjoy playing with AMRAAMs”…
I don’t enjoy it, I endure it…
There has never been any evidence that either of those missiles shown in the images were anything other than a mock-up. In fact, I think someone once found a blog post from the people who built the air show model confirming it was a mock-up.
To my understanding that is the T seeker for the Kh-38M, since the Kh-38M’s are modular it theoretically exists?
Even that’s about all we have, a few pictures of the Seeker on a (likely dummy missile) shown at an expo, and a picture of one mounted on a plane. :p
It should.
Shouldn’t 120C/D and AIM-54C also get a low smoke motor?
Yes, Aim-54C and more advanced Aim-120’s should also have reduced smoke motors, MICA also lacks this feature iirc.
Every AIM-120 from the AIM-120A onwards had a reduced smoke motor
I believe R-77 should also have reduced smoke but not certain on that one.
they suck its really just throwing missiles back and forth until they run out of skill. if they are a good player then your just kinda shit out of luck unless a teammate comes from a opposing side.
The thing is seekers performance capabilities overperforms a lot.
It should have pretty much Gen1 thermal alongside with shitty zoom and the missile itself shouldn’t be able to identify any sort of ground unit until it gets into 1.5km range, let alone locking and tracking tanks from 18-20km’s.
It was mainly designed for stationary targets (such as facilities or bunker type of structures) , there is a reason why ML exists.
Do you have a source? I might try to write a bug report if so.
