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Revision as of 16:54, 21 July 2022
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Description
The AIM-54A Phoenix is an American active radar homing missile. It was introduced in Update "Danger Zone". The AIM-54A Phoenix is the first active-radar homing missile to be introduced in War Thunder.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
| Missile characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 447 kg |
| Guidance | ARH+IOG+DL |
| Signal | CW |
| Lock range | 16 km |
| Launch range | 150 km |
| Maximum speed | 4.3 M |
| Maximum overload | 16 G |
| Missile guidance time | 100 secs |
| Explosive mass | 60.54 kg TNTeq |
Effective damage
The AIM-54 is equipped with a 60 kg TNT warhead, capably of destroying targets with wide proximity fuze
Comparison with analogues
Usage in battles
Describe situations when you would utilise this missile in-game (vehicle, pillbox, base, etc)
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Has Active Radar Homing (ARH) seeker, which gives it fire and forget capability
- Can reach ranges that no other weapon system in the game can reach, if high enough in altitude can hit targets beyond 50 kilometers
- Extremely fast at high altitudes after some acceleration
- Can be launched in TWS, which gives target no radar lock notification until the missile goes pitbull
- Has decently wide proximity radius which the missile can explode
Cons:
- Can only pull 16G's, anybody paying attention can easily dodge by changing directions
- Only usable in long ranges, won't even track in close ranges
- Extremely heavy, it takes a lot of time to reach the speeds that its effective at
- May lose track right after the launch if TWS lock is lost
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
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