AIM-9L Sidewinder

Description

The AIM-9L Sidewinder missile (scale is approximate)

The AIM-9L is an American infrared homing air-to-air missile, it was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• AH-1Z (Modification)
• AH-64A

General info

Length: 2.85m

Finspan: .63m

Weight: 86kg

Warhead: 9.4kg WDU-17/B annular blast-fragmentation

Speed: Mach 2.5+

Range: 18km

Propulsion: Hercules/Bermite MK36

Guidance system: WGU-4/B, with better IRCCM, and all-aspect lock on

Effective damage

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Lock on Fire-And-Forget missle
• One of the best Air-To-Air Missles(AAM) in the game
• 30G Max overload
• 18 km maximum range if the hostile plane were to go in a straight line
• Up to 5 km in which the missile can turn (5.2 s of burn time)
• 6.5 km rear-aspect lock-on
• 3 km all-aspect lock on

Cons:

• Flares can distract the missile
• Friendly or Enemy missile could distract the missile
• Very high speed loss due to weak engine and high drag coefficient
• IRCM modules acts as a shield against the missile

History

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Media

Videos

Best guided missiles discusses the AIM-9L Sidewinder at 1:18 - War Thunder Official Channel

See also

• AIM-9B
• AIM-9E

External links

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