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.
havent had this problem, been able to kill targets at near max distance which is like 9.5km
In that reply I was specifically talking about the 2S6 performance.
i second this one. The missile loses most of its energy at that point, but still can kill. And yes, i know it is about 2S6
then you may be somewhat right about the 2s6. i got confused there.
(however topic is still whether osa is good or bad not whether 2s6 is good or bad)