fair enough thats gonna do a lot. its almost never a single bullet that hits with these guns though. I don’t think I’ve ever only been hit by one bullet from any rotary canon in game ever tbh
Not really keep in mind that the iglas doesnt have a proximity fuze, so even with the better short range maneuverability, it doesnt do as well as the iglas, also the are caged so it is harder to hit planes when they fly low.
And that 25mm is superior to the 20mm and 23mm of the lower BR vehicles.
As well as having more Stingers to work with.
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That’s really the big difference between the two for sure. Impact fuze is obvious but the advantage of an uncaged seeker for the stingers is also rather significant, as you can lead and lob them
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I have to disagree. The Iglas lack a proxy fuse, something the upgraded Stingers get, which makes a big difference.
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My general experience is that the Stinger miss by miles and so the prox fuse is largely irrelevant because the missile doesnt get anywhere near the prox fuse range.
This videos sums it up nicely
Ah damn, the videos no longer work
Shilka is fine at 8.0. The 35mm are far superior to the 23mm found on the Shilka. Not to mention the far inferior radar.
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exept that video was made when the shilka keep having the proximity fuze.
Might just be my experience then. Also, those videos are quite old, afaik Iglas were vastly changed, for the worse, since then.
Regardless, the Gepard 1A2 should be a BR step higher than the Shilka-M4.
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Doesnt matter. The video showed the IGLAs hitting targets even when fired deliberately at a bad angle and Stingers missing by miles even with ideal lead.
Even just firing a few Stingers off in test drive, most of the time, they miss
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The amount of times that caged seeker prevented me from launching a missile is in dozens.
The only thing that shows it is that it has better maneuvreravility at really short range, which doesnt make much of a change if you have a gun, and doesnt make up for all of the other short comming of the missile overal, as it keeps being caged, doesnt have proximity fuze and it keeps being worse at longer ranges.
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Stingers make me cry. I cant lock anything with a 92K until its so close it cant keep lock with needed lead.
And good luck locking a helicopter of the BR man its just horrendous
One of banes of most IR missiles.
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I basically stopped even bothering taking ATAS on the Lynx. It was a waste of time. Even fired at 3 or 4km. Against a target that should have been a laughably easy shot. They just straight up missed.
Its hilarious just how far they went to nerf Stingers so they wouldn’t be IRL performance
also they are really like to eat the ground agaisnt lower flying targets for the same reason
too far away for gun, too gaijined to IR lock.
Let alone orion drones, cant lock them with an IRST or IRCCM unless I’m sniffing its exhaust
thats is still the same for all ir only missiles, but it could be worse, the antelope cant literally do anything agaisnt any helicopter or drones, as it has like half of the all aspect range.
At which point, why is the Gepard higher then?
Its radar and gun as far as I am (correct me if im wrong) the same as the 8.3 Gepard with no stingers
So why is the Gepard with Stingers higher? If hte guns are what are OP about it, shoudlnt the Gepard at 8.3 also be higher?
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Being able to lob missiles above obstacles is often a pretty overlooked feature.
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