The f4e’s an/apq-120 radar was made in 1967 and it utilised being pulse doppler but in warthunder its not pd, its so confusing specially for a game that prides itself in accuracy / accurately modelling stuff
It had no PD
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AFAIK it could do speedgate under very specific conditions to filter out chaff but it wasnt a PD radar with lookdown/shootdown capability
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It wasn’t PD, but later versions of the radar had CAA ( Computer Automatic Acquisition ) mode, it supposed to be a mode inside ACM mode. You can say it could work as an MTI mode.
Still , not PD but it would be helpful.
Also, 2 seater jets in WT , don’t really function as a 2 seater. There was a reason there were 2 seaters.
For example said CAA mode , the RIO could filter even more the clutter and get the target manually …by the standards of that time…as fast as the radar. So in practice you’d get MTI.
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The TISEO that select airframes had could provide provide angular tracking and thus Look-Down, Shoot-Down capability.
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Which is a camera
My bad, i thought it only helped to filter out chaff, not ground clutter.
RIO/WSO skill in manipulating the aircraft systems is currently not implemented as a mechanic, unfortunately. That’s something a few users have been asking gaijin to implement for a long time. It would be a pretty significant buff to the F-4E and F-14 if added in a reasonable state.
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It sorta can filter out chaff (with a preexisting lock) since the last major update. Every “3rd gen” radar can now. Works pretty well actually in look-up/low clutter enviroments, not quite PD but very helpful for the F-4E or any SARH slinger without PD/MTI (or those with MTI, but restricted to lower altitudes/look-down). Doesn’t help against prechaffing and it’s “notched”, so to speak, a bit easier than actual PD/MTI I think.