Did the Blowpipe have a proximity fuze like the Javelin, or contact fuze like the Redeye?
Two different warheads were manufactured for the Blowpipe. The first is a generic High Explosive (HE) warhead, designed simply to destroy an aircraft by its blast and splinters. The second is an High Explosive, Dual-Purpose (HEDP) warhead, with a shaped charge. The HEDP can penetrate strong materials and thin armor, while still producing a sizable blast radius. Both warheads weigh 1.81 kg, and employ an impact-triggered fuze — and consequently, the Blowpipe will not detonate until it either physically strikes something solid, or flies long enough for the self-destruct system to activate.
I’d say no proxy… Tbh I’d rather not see the blowpipe in game… It’ll take the crown from the rolands as the most useless SAM system.
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Not useless! Head-on optimized
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I’m just casually waiting for its smokeless 2nd stage motor
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So what vehicles could use blowpipe? I think it would be a funny missile.
i think there a land rover with 3 mounted too
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I think the land rover is also Starburst/Starstreak/LMM
Day 267 of asking Gaijin to fix the starstreak.
There’s miles of options … gaijin just ignore 's spaa players lol its funny looking at peoples player cards in games, probs 8/10 times a player doesnt even have over 40 kills with a single AA
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The phasing bug is only 2-3 months old? Not saying that’s good but it’s not 267 days.
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The phasing bug has existed since the day the Stormer was introduced. It’s had short periods of going away but its definitely older than 2-3 months.
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The 267 comes from when the IRST first broke and started jumping around like it’s on crack, the phasing thing came after that but that’s when the stormer lost it’s mojo and became a bug riddled mess again.
It’s a commentary on how long the stormer & starstreak have had game breaking issues for.
This is the video from the 23rd of April 2023 :
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You know, it does make me wonder how many of my “misses” in the past were actually phase-throughs.
I wish they’d just dump the dammed thing and replace it with something else that works.
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As others have already pointed out, this is nonsense. The phasing bug has existed for years and has went through periods of being worse or better and is currently at the worst it has ever been.
Come on.
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I remember it having that issue around 2019 when it arrived, but the phasing hasn’t been an issue for me for a long time. Present issue not withstanding.
Ahh I see.
It has always been an issue, not even up for debate.
2-3 months is also absurd because it has been notably worse ever since roughly a year ago now, and even before that where it was at it’s most reliable it would STILL phase through aircraft maybe between 1 in 10 to 1 in 20 times.
And before that relatively small quality period of roughly 4-5 months it was worse too.
It has always been an issue, just with varying severity.
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Reminds me of this one from 19th of May 2022.
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Then there’s me with I think 3 of my top 10 tanks being spaa. One of which is the stormer if you can believe it.
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Pretty solid evidence it’s been broken for a loooong time there, lol.
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