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A Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) will inform the pilot about incoming radar radiation. In game there is only a artificial RWR modeled which will show the direction on a clock display. Aircraft in reality most probably had a different form of RWR or even none at all, but for balancing the game they got the War Thunder standart RWR. If a radar is sending a ping at you the RWR will show a radiation symbol on the direction it is coming from. It can show multiple pings at once from different sources. If you see a striped line from those ping towards the center of the RWR it means a radar is tracking you and you should expect a missile being shot at you from this direction. In [[Update "La Royale"]] soviet planes got a slightly different RWR with non-precise sectors in the rear which.
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A Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) is a system that informs the pilot about incoming radar radiation. In game the RWR is a clock display that shows the type of threat (detected by radar or tracked by radar) and its direction.  
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If a radar is sending a single "ping" at you (a search radar is detecting you), the RWR will sound a short warning and show the direction it is coming from. RWR can show multiple pings at once from different directions and sources. If you hear a constant alarm and see a striped line coming from the ping towards the center of the RWR, a tracking radar has locked you and is constantly tracking your position (which usually precedes a missile launch).
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Some helicopter RWR sets in-game have what's known as MAW (Missile Approach Warning), which indicates a missile launch that's heading directly to the user's vehicle. A few of these helicopters have the ability to automatically drop countermeasures when a MAW warning is active.
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In [[Update "La Royale"]], soviet aircraft got a slightly different RWR with non-precise sectors which indicate the approximate location of the ping or lock.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:33, 10 August 2023

The War Thunder standard RWR display showing a "ping" on 7 o'clock.

A Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) is a system that informs the pilot about incoming radar radiation. In game the RWR is a clock display that shows the type of threat (detected by radar or tracked by radar) and its direction.

If a radar is sending a single "ping" at you (a search radar is detecting you), the RWR will sound a short warning and show the direction it is coming from. RWR can show multiple pings at once from different directions and sources. If you hear a constant alarm and see a striped line coming from the ping towards the center of the RWR, a tracking radar has locked you and is constantly tracking your position (which usually precedes a missile launch).

Some helicopter RWR sets in-game have what's known as MAW (Missile Approach Warning), which indicates a missile launch that's heading directly to the user's vehicle. A few of these helicopters have the ability to automatically drop countermeasures when a MAW warning is active.

In Update "La Royale", soviet aircraft got a slightly different RWR with non-precise sectors which indicate the approximate location of the ping or lock.

RWR indicating a radar lock at 2 o'clock.
Actual IP-1310/ALR RWR on some US planes.
SPO-10 RWR on some soviet planes.
A soviet SPO-15 RWR showing features not implemented in the game yet like threath type and below horizon or above horizon indicator.

List of planes with a radar warning receiver in game

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Su-39
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Netz
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