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
Well it looks and responds so much better, but how will it feel in live server
well it does look promising
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?
Should be around Mach 3.5 but if it’s too slow then this will seriously affect it.
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):
Max Missile Speed: 1,364 m/s, Mach 4
SOURCE 2: Jane’s land-based air defence 1992-94 (page 45):
MAX SPEED About Mach 4 (1364 m/s)
SOURCE 3: DTIC ADA334599: JPRS Report, Central Eurasia, Military Affairs (page 37):
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:
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Jane's land-based air defence : Cullen, Tony : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- DTIC ADA334599: JPRS Report, Central Eurasia, Military Affairs. : Defense Technical Information Center : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Thales showcased advanced defence equipment at MSPO in Kielce, Poland | Thales Group
British internal documents have it at 1125m/s which overrides any of these sources.
Got denied by the great UK MoD making everythin lower than it is
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
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.
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