Yea about the strela i’v done the italian and british one and is not what you thing with all that CAS player with AGM65B, drone and even heli is challenging because they are quite difficult to lock some time with ir missile AA .
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and a other one the stinger are quit powerfull actualy i’v play the guépard 1A2 and even the stormer AD and make me want to cry, they are so powerfull that they can overpower the strela most of the time .
They have half the G pull they should have. The amount of stinger based systems that i’ve had just… miss what should have been a trivial shot, is rediculous.
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That not a solution i want to spade all of my tank and i just have 2 Osa 1 srela and the HQ17, left to spade .
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What’s the reason of that? 2nd thermals? 4x30 mm cannons? In comparison with OSA it barely can hit even a UAV when the missile runs out of fuel. OSA is much better at shooting down jets, only struggles against helicopters and can’t shoot down Mavericks, etc.
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Because most AAM carriers are bad in War Thunder, most of them actually, some like the ItO-90M you can at least have full control of the missile, when in the Osa-AKM you’re limited to a certain distance until the missile complete the full arc if you’re in need to shoot lower.
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i dont know why this guy is complaining about the osa. imo the osa is absolutely great and fun to play. probably my favorite sam.
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It has 12km missiles. Most 11.7 SPAA have a fraction of that range like the ADATS and Type 81
it has 2 cannons
Even the upgraded missiles tend to explode at around 8KM. I still love the 2S6 for those 30mm. Even without APDS, you just eat tanks with that pure rate of dakkadakka.
lol no.
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i havent struggled against helicopters or against mavericks really. it is common for me to shoot down missiles in osa.
Yet ineffective, the IRST and Radar lock are so bad the missile swings and you can easily miss a target at long distances, the missiles are not easily controlled while locked into fast targets, and the 30 mm cannons are useless past 2.5 km.
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yep you right that prove me that you can read but you don’t play right because the stinger can go almost the same amount of G in game i don’t count how many ozelot, Guépard1a2, Stormer AD, LAV AD have do better thant mine strela when i spade the italian one and the british.
9M311-M have 10 km range.
And what makes you think Osa can hit non-afk planes at that range ?
Not really as it’s missile turns into a piece of shit after 4km because motor burns out almost instantly.
You’ll have troubles hitting drones at 8-9km of range, let alone planes.
Osa has more range on-paper and even in game than 2S6 as it’s longer burning motor makes the missile much more controllable at 5km+ of range.
I wonder where did you get that from ?
It has 10km range.
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meanwhile, in GSB, I have side-climb and orbit 12-15km away from the battlefield to avoid being shot down and usually sit above 25k ft. About 8000m up, to avoid being hit and killed by a 2S6
imo the osa missile is maneuverable until 8km which is good enough. the “easily miss target at long distances” you cant expect to hit everything easily at long distances however you can fire 2 missiles at the same time which will give you a bigger probability of hit
dont expect the osa to be OP, it should be good enough. it shouldnt be perfect at everything.
Been using the the vehicle the last couple days for event with 292, and more often than not your missile will never make it to 10KM without it just exploding. I typically wait for drones to get to 8KM before firing.
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I do not consider osa that bad. The search radar has a peculiar scan patter, making it hard to spot things, and it does take long time to scan the whole zone.
I do not have problems with the locks, especially that you can change to TV at any moment.
Missiles are slow, but thanks to the long burn they can pull high g over long distances, and the display of missile position on radar helps a lot.
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Flying low and fast would be more effective, and maybe, because the 2S6 is the least capable SPAA at the specific rotation, flying high just makes you a easy target.