SA 15 Gauntlet SAM Evasion
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Any tips on defending against SA15? I’ve gotten proficient in defeating just about every thing else in the game but the Gauntlet seems to he a death sentence everytime it pops up. Great at ambushing too, it’s fun how everything can be going fine before that 15 pops up on your RWR 5 to 8 o clock position after you’ve overflown it… TIA
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@Recluse-0 Fly above 20,000 ft above the ground. Launches above that were reported (and I witnessed some) but I’m not sure it’s supposed to happen.
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@Recluse-0 The best defensive maneuver is staying out of range
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@Foxtrot701
Not a nice deal that, unless you are going strictly defensive, of course.Speaking from a SEAD/DEAD/strike guy’s point of view, instead, I would tend to agree with Lorik, instead… but I would like to make a try, due the actual SAM improved behavior, with also a “massive” terrain masking tactics (if the terrain I were flying allows).
In short: there is nothing predicted, as always. Make your try/experiments, something good could even go out.
Good luck and with best regards.
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@Jackal Low level flight quickly turns to suicide. I had too many shots by manpads/AA while flying at low level. It’s also waste of fuel. On angels 20+ and high true speed, in my opinion, it’s better to fly
SA-15 will get ya up to 30 000 feets, so playing with fire is a bad idea. Also in real life it has 2 target channels (2 missiles per tgt) and anti-ARM capability.
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@LorikEolmin Had a bit of a celebrity moment when I saw you had replied… on my first post no less lol As far as the 15, I was afraid of that, thanks!
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@Foxtrot701 I read up on that, the dual missle and anti missle capability. So in the rare instance a 15 does take a shot at you at angels 20 or higher what then? Drag on the beam and kill its energy like normal or should I just turn and run? Thanks
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@Recluse-0 I have a whole Playlist of SAM Evasion. I need to make another one because 4.36 has some changes to the SAM logic. Over all they wait till you are closer to launch.
Video covering the SA-15
Playlist
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@Recluse-0 You will not be able to bleed the energy at the ranges it launches at. Best is to stay away. If you are on the edge of the WEZ then defend cold and serpentine you may be able to out run it
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@AviationPlus great vid, thank you. I’ve seen a little of your content before, not sure how I missed the SHORAD vid, good stuff. It seems like the energy needed to outmaneuver the Tunguska or Gauntlet SAMs is just going to bring you down into more vulnerable altitudes.
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@Foxtrot701
Fair and honest thought… but you aren’t obliged to fly BBQ all the time, to be honest, either there are some useful package tactics against manpads too.
To each its own, I mean, just the video can show. (@AviationPlus : congratulations, nice stuff that. Can’t await to watch all the other stuff when available.)With best regards.