I used both and haven’t had Igla hitting shots Stingers would miss, they’re both equally bad against a decent pilot.
ZSU also can’t “lead” the missile, so shooting it around obstacles is not possible.
ZSU with Iglas is definitely worse than Gepard 1A2.
You know the CAS player are not stupid they rarely stay straight enought for you missile and try to hide your Osa, even a maus can hide behind my Osa .
in my experience with the osa i can still hit maneuvering targets if they arent executing perfect maneuvers at the perfect times, which is rare. especially when they start maneuvering right away and bleed their speed before the missile reaches them. youll hit more targets when you lead better.
oh, and you have a very nice proximity fuze.
no. Last time i checked thing that did not worked for sure was missile directors being glued to track radar, causing the missile to fall out of the beam
If the target is turning slightly. Good luck hitting it past about 7km. If the radar even locks on at 10km. Rarely it does. And due to the dominance of soviet CAS, you can’t even use your radar because you just advertise that you are a free kill
2S6 can still get dunked pretty easily by FnF missiles from ranges it can’t really effectively target aircraft.
If the plane enters 4km range then it’s a pretty good AA.
2s6 is better against low flying supersonic aircraft with the guns and direct fire missiles osa better against longer range targets that fire missiles towards battlefield from range and altitude
Yup. That’s why I don’t sit in spawn with it, I’m typically up front using whatever cover is available on the map. You’ve got those 30mm to (try) destroy any vehicle that tries to sneak up on you.
I don’t think anyone here is debating Osa vs 2S6. 2S6 is better overall.
Surprised no one has mentioned USSRs actual most common SPAA at 10.3 :p
You need radar guidance only for planes that are turning but from those ranges, as you said, you aren’t hitting it anyways.
If someone is afk, you don’t really need the help of the radar guidance to hit.