We need to compare it at 70km max range.
But unfortunately in the game its travel distance is capped at 40km. (And StatShark doesn’t allow tweaking those parameters AFAIK)
that is an older brochure
we have a newer one
I totally overlooked that,
Can’t we just average out the max and minimum?
that wouldnt help us at all
It’s possible that the average speed is for a 40km launch.
But it’s also possible that the earlier 40km range figure was understated due to the actual range being classified. (Not unusual for missiles)
Hard to know …
The Kh-38 will not fly in the 300-400 m/s range for the entire flight, it is not a cruise missile with a ramjet engine. Average speed is an average value that depends on the maximum launch distance, launch speed, maximum speed, minimum speed.
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I suspect the difference in wording for “maximum range” and “launch range” between the two brochures probably means the effective range is 40km while the maximum ballistic range is 70km, so the latter range is meaningless when it comes to discussing in game performance
it could also be the time difference of around 10 years between those brochures
Or made up BS for marketing, that’s why i hate modern stuff in the game, if the missile is too problematic for in game balance and has only vague info available then it should not be added at all
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Are you actually hitting the target in your simulations? because to me statshark isnt working for the km38mt
Doesn’t really matter since the traveled distance is 40km
hitting the target is not the point in what we are doing,
we only want to get teh speed of the kh-38 we dont care if it is hitting or not
The difference between “effective range” and “maximum ballistic range” is not much and certainly not as much as 40km vs 70km for such missiles.
Especially for HE warhead.
And they seldom state the ballistic range anyways as it’s quite useless …
It’s possible that the 70km range could be with lighter than 250kg warheads, as some sources state “Up to 250kg” for the warhead.
Again, hard to know for sure …
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You are still missing the lower portion the flight at a higher air density
still nothin new?
looking at it again it seems like the 40km was limited by the booster
the average speed is around the same in both brochures
From speed info in brochures its clear the missile is much faster/has much lower drag in game than it does irl, could be bug reported for about 30%-40% less overall speed
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cool. I take it that’s for all Kh-38M variants?
yeah they all have the same kinematics