Why is the R-73 so bad?

It’s not all about the missile overshooting. There is a bigger issue going on in War Thunder. Missile proximity fuses are ball broken right now. If a missile hits the target it detonates, otherwise it won’t and will just fly by like a dumb rocket.

Here is the link to that :
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/AUlm7HJNifzL

I really hope this is sarcasm

9M would have hit in both cases while ignoring flares

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9m is 30g can’t do insane turns if the r73 had irccm of the aim9m it be the most broken thing in the game just be happy you have one of the best ir missiles in the game with one of the best fighters in game when other nation are stuck with neither

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It’s 30G, same as the 9Ls.

The missile itself is a 9L with a better seeker.

my bad it is 30 but still my point stands

You fired on a non-afterburning target in a head-on, it’s not a bad missile at all; You used it wrong.
R-73 is meta, you just launched it wrong.

Anyone claiming R-73 is anything but the best missile alongside AIM-9M is obvious.

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Thank you

9M would have hit , cope harder

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Is the r73 tracking fixed finally?

I think it might still bug out but not sure but it is very good missile

Can’t be worse than the r60 regardless. I have yet to play any mig29 so I don’t know. I’m not going to play that shitty FM after spading it on launch day

Yep , yet the Germans are again getting the better version that’s 1200 KG lighter lmao , with R-27Es Germans never had and with R-73. Russian bias bruh

SMT since release to this day is still garbage.

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Literally one of the main front page posts in this forum for a month now is Germany suffers. But complaining about 1 single lackluster plane is not allowed I guess :(

You already have the lightest and most maneuverable Mig-29 with R-27Es Germany never received? Bro is using a garbage 11.3 bomber as an excuse to cover the sun with mud lmao.

i don’t play German i play Britan my best fighter is a tornado you are moaning that your top tier jet is slightly worse then the germans which is the last good fighter they are gonna get till the eurofighter

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İt is allowed komred bekoz it is not Russian komred.

Reddit and forums will not downvote germans and amerikans getting the best. They even thought T-80B Vs 2A5/6 was balanced when the 2A5 was released. I remember facing 2A5 in my garbage TURMS, couldn’t even pen turret sides.

R-73 tracking has been fine since Mig-29SMT’s release.

Yet you claim those that have played it are “baiting” you.

You even call realism “fiction”. Claiming R-27E/R-73s don’t exist…

He’s talking about R-27E , are you incapable of reading? He highlighted it. He never even mentioned R-73 in his case.