Yeah it is. But Platan help little bit (not much).
yeah the seeker is pretty bad but at least the missile isnt as slow as a mav
and tv guidance works really well from higher altitude so it is tracking from above the target id argue that its better than IR from that kind of aspect
You can, but if you launch from 10-15km it will take a bit to reach that 6km threshold, since the missile is subsonic. Target in that time could just move out of it’s seeker.
As I said, it’s a decent missile for lower BRs on vehicles like 24M.
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Yeah target will move and then you will make corrections so you will hit.
The 65B has actually quite good zoom, about 30x zoom compared to 25x of the 29s. The only inconvenience is, and honestly why I actually prefer the 65A’s (15x) sight, is that the 65B zoom is fixed and not variable like the 29s (Kh-38MT also just inherited these same zoom stats, so for those wondering, the zoom is based on something real at least).
Makes me actually kinda sad that AGM-65D’s sight fov is known, otherwise it probably would’ve gotten the 65A’s or B’s zoom, but I digress…
actually its the opposite
65B has 25x zoom
dont know how I got those mixed up but yeah, id definitively still rather have a 25X optical over the 5X thermals
That isn’t FnF anymore as you’ll have to make corrections after the missile has been launched.
If you check the missile spreadsheet, you will find the opposite to be true. I have also spend enough time charting this all out myself, so I doubt it’s wrong.
nah spreadsheet says 25 for TD and 29 for 65b
so unless thats outdated
You can make corrections only if needed. You don’t have to worry about the missile at all. You just occasionally look at the screen to see if it’s flying where you want it to while you’re flying back to the airport, for example. If it flies, you don’t worry at all. If the target has changed position, you make corrections. Simple.
You’ll need to do that for all missiles and that will take time, as it’s pretty slowish.
I still think 38ML would be better overall.
mb mixing stuff up
65B has 29.46x zoom
You will always have a choice what missile you will use. Alternatively, you can combine the Kh-38ML with the Kh-59 depending on the nature of the target.
That’s true, but I’m looking to find a fitting replacement for 38MT just in case.
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It would probably be good to have it in the game on one aircraft so we know how it will work in reality. For example, put that two missiles on the Su-24M.
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Yeah that should be a good start, especially to test that new guidance method where you get image feedback from it.
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or they just add MITL to gbu 15 like it had IRL so there is a reason to bring it
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Yeah. I dont see problem with it.
Ok so its ok for western jets not to have any equivalents to a likely fictional Kh-38MT because they never developped anything similar, but its NOT ok for Russian jets not to have thermals cuz they didnt develop them.
Thats just drawing the line where its advantageous to you. Its also just ignoring the actual general point of the thread (once again) which is the lack of evidence the Kh-38MT ever existed beyond a mockup.
Also, as a sidenote. Both the Su-34 and Su-30SM have access to GMTI (something that most western jets are missing despite having said mode and more advanced ones irl for radar based ground targetting) which allows them to reliably find moving ground targets, and with how gaijin keeps shrinking maps, you can just look at the spawn to find the SPAA’s.
The Su-30SM would also have a thermal TGP (it already has it ingame) to find targets reliably.
The russians would be just fine with the realistic Kh-38ML instead of the likely cancelled Kh-38MT thats been ruining the game since its addition. You dont “need” a thermal homing head missile, nor a MITL missile. The Kh-29TD already seen in-game would still be better than stuff like AGM-65, and the Kh-38ML would be a sidegrade to the AASM.
The Kh-38MT doesnt “fill a gap”, its just a broken capability nobody else has access to.
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