This is one of the oldest source I seen on RMD-2
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in the front and rear hemispheres, against the background of the ground and with active radio-electronic counteraction. The upgraded R-73 RMD-2 missile could also boast resistance to external influences. The dual-band TGSN missile, which has been in service with the Russian Air Force since 1999, has had outstanding performance.
“In particular, the largest target designation angle is 120 on the pylon and 180 after launch,” military expert Alexey Leonkov noted in an interview with Zvezda. If we compare the R-73M RMD2 with foreign models (namely, any domestic weapons are usually compared with them), then the aircraft missile also differed in its target acquisition range - 18.5 kilometers in free space and almost 7.5 kilometers against the surface.
R-73M RMD-2 (RDM-2?)
Almost 8Km front aspect lock range, 19Km rear aspect
60* gimbal limit
Dual band seeker
Apparently there are 2 versions of R-73M, RMD-2 is first one.
What I wrote is about RMD-2, so the next model after what we have in game.
Later version is RMD-3
5KG heavier, so a little bit more rocket fuel, a little more range, reinforcing what I have read about a bit more range. R-73 has 34 KG fuel in the game right now. It will be 39 KG.
So corroborating info from those pictures to known values of the missiles:
R-73 = MK-80 seeker, ±45 degrees, possibly outside gimbal targeting available using HMD/Radar/IRST
R-73M/R-74 = MK-2000 seeker, dual-band IR, ±60 degrees, known to have outside gimbal targeting.
R-74M = MM-2000 seeker? Focal Plane Array, ±60 degrees, known to have outside gimbal targeting.
R-74M2 has a datalink and all that stuff
So, it seems like our current R-73 is missing an outside-of-gimbal targeting system too.
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So it seems I was tight about R-73M having dual band
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MK-80 is ±45 before launch and ±75 after
Yep, though I suspect it may not have been planned originally (hence varying claims) and at some point it ended up getting put in.
The what?
It seems like the R-73 series uses some kind of system that coordinates external sensor targets (such as HMD, IRST, or Radar) with the R-73 guidance system similar to SEAM for Sidewinders.
I’m not entirely sure what this coordinator is, but it seems like an early and specialized inertial navigation system to aid in off-boresight engagements. It would also explain how R-73 variants before the datalink was added were able to engage targets very high off-boresight, despite having relatively limited gimbals.
It does not seem like the ±75 degrees gimbal limit post-launch figure is accurate, but it should have some engagement capability outside of the ±45 degree gimbal.
Huh, so why on earth was the R-73 limited to 45 degrees before launch in the first place?
@BBCRF @MiG_23M so the mica is 50G yet despite acknowledging report R-73 is still at 40G instead of 60G and it still doesn’t even work properly, spinning half the time. Why does gaijin hate the R-73 this much?
40G is more beneficial anyway, nothing can escape it within the proper WEZ and so maximum overload doesn’t matter here. In fact, it conserves energy too well due to this… Be careful what you ask for.
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B-Balance
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I just wish it had a working autopilot and thrust vectoring, its painful to watch it wobble 8/10 shots costing very valuable speed and spin out of control in close quarter. Its been like 16 months since last years dev server where r-73 was introduced, and it still is not working.
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