Why is the Stormer HVM so bad?

It starts pulling 1s after the launch, and does not jump arond like a madman, but turns worse so you need more lead

does it actually hit them now or they keep going trough the planes?

Hard to tell, i did not played any battles and test drive are local so no problems with that

Won’t know until I use it in a match though.

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Well it looks and responds so much better, but how will it feel in live server

well it does look promising

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Love that the radar is not as crowded as before

It. Ow says it’s even slower in the stat card. Am I missing something or is it truly modelled to be that slow despite being a Mach 3+…. I know you’ve said gaijin doesn’t take into account the + but I’ve also seen it said it was almost Mach 4 so how is this even close?

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Should be around Mach 3.5 but if it’s too slow then this will seriously affect it.

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1125 m/ is Mach 3.3, which is inline with sources which quote speeds in the Mach 3.3 - Mach 3.5 range.

After some research, I found out that the maximum speed of the Starstreak HVM should be 1364 m/s, Mach 4. This comes from multiple and reliable sources.

SOURCE 1: Worldwide Equipment Guide. Volume 2: Airspace and Air Defense Systems (page 6-55):

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Max Missile Speed: 1,364 m/s, Mach 4

SOURCE 2: Jane’s land-based air defence 1992-94 (page 45):

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MAX SPEED About Mach 4 (1364 m/s)

SOURCE 3: DTIC ADA334599: JPRS Report, Central Eurasia, Military Affairs (page 37):

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The hypersonic missile of the Starstreak portable SAM system, developed based on the Javelin SAM system, is equipped with a new booster and a modified sustainer, which gives the missile a speed of Mach 4.

SOURCE 4: Thales showcased advanced defence equipment at MSPO in Kielce, Poland:

The STARStreak is the fastest short-range surface-to-air missile, reaching speeds of Mach 4 (> 3,000 mph) and is one of the most advanced weapons which, when fired, releases three laser-guided submunitions that create additional opportunities to strike the target

Links:

  1. Defense Technical Information Center
  2. Jane's land-based air defence : Cullen, Tony : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  3. DTIC ADA334599: JPRS Report, Central Eurasia, Military Affairs. : Defense Technical Information Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  4. Thales showcased advanced defence equipment at MSPO in Kielce, Poland | Thales Group
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British internal documents have it at 1125m/s which overrides any of these sources.

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Got denied by the great UK MoD making everythin lower than it is

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Thank you for letting me know. I couldn’t find this information anywhere :(

I did not recognized that, so i decided to check. It is a very new source. So the Mach 4 might be argued that it is in the current top speed of the missile, compared to the one we have in game

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Could be a MK.2 with a different booster we don’t know enough to say, the only primary source for the speed was the one we used to get it tuned up for this patch.

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Would this be for starstteak 1 or 2

1, as we have 1 in game

Starstreak 1 only has 5km range

it does? can you link the soure? Im nearly sure it can do 7