Reposting this because it’s clearly an MT, by the seeker angle (Not looking straight, slightly angled down, like seen on the mockup) and the wings
I might be wrong on this but those don’t look the same to me. The one in the brochure seem to have an actual seeker, by the way it’s reflective.
That’s probably just the different lighting conditions and the dull seeker optic window being polished to look nicer when the missile is in front of potential buyers. Both the confirmed mockup and the potentially mounted mockup have dark tinted windows over their seeker.
It may be just that the sun makes the highlight sharper, or the makers of the mockup decided to snap a photo of their current missile projects before finishing up on the KH-38MTE with a bit of polishing for the seeker window. Either way it’s not particularly difficult to change a dark tinted matte window into a dark tinted polished window.
Heck, with enough effort you can polish a ball of mud to reflect light like a brown mirror.
Wouldn’t be the first time a mockup seeker was used.
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I do not mean it in a rude way, but you can see a seeker there? Among the pixels all I can see is a black surface that reflects sunlight and is lighted up by the scan.
Just meant that it is more reflective than the one of the mockup image, not that I can tell if it has an actual seeker
It’s like trying to see the guidance head of an R-73 at a distance equal to 1-3 aircraft in poor lighting conditions.
guess Gaijin did take notice of this thread. Lets see what they have to say (if the leeks are true)
if they did they shouldnt change kh38 but REMOVE IT
even nerfed this weapon has no right to be in the game
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Its most likely a buff to 70km range I’d guess. The better GBAD being added and the fact they refuse to publicly acknowledge the thread suggests that.
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one can at least hope ;*(
The lack of AASM Hammer changes suggest it also means no changes to the IR seeker range (if it was proven to function similarly at least).
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I should go and bug gaijin about them accepting mockup weapons…… :)))))
Smins going to have to ready the ban hammer
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Yes, that’s why they’re changing KH-29s as well.
Probably a buff to range if anything, Kh-38 claims a max stand off distance of 70km. With the new AA coming Gaijin will do anything to give Russia the competitive edge.
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Launch range means nothing in this context, and SPAA isn’t Russian.
Soviet’s don’t have unique advantage and never will.
It does matter in the context of the new AAs, if the leaks are true and SLM and other long range systems are coming then it’s very likely that the track range of IR guided weapons will be increased.
I’m guessing the changes to Maverick and Kh-29 and 38 will be a tweak to their seeker lock range. It’s extremely unlikely that they’ll remove the Kh-38MT or nerf its seeker resolution and zoom.
I know point locks can do the job just fine if the new AAs are static but I can’t think of any other reason.
if kh38mt and pantsir aren’t advantages then you’re playing a different game lmao, I haven’t seen such dishonesty from even cro
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Absolutely delusional take, I agree. Pantsir 18km sphere of death and Kh-38 carriers enjoying the protection of Pantsir not being an advantage is such a horrid take.
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