AIM-9L Sidewinder
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Description
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
General info
- In-game stats
- Mass: 84 kg
- Guidance: IR
- Aspects: All-Aspects
- Weapon Lock range in rear-aspect: 6.50 km
- Weapon Lock range in all-aspect: 3.00 km
- Launch range: 18.00 km
- Maximum speed: 2.5 M
- Maximum overload: 30 G
- Explosive type: HBX
- Explosive mass: 3.54 kg
- TNT equivalent: 5.66 kg
- Other stats
Length: 2.85m
Fin-span: .63m
Propulsion: Hercules/Bermite MK36
Guidance system: WGU-4/B, with better IRCCM, and all-aspect lock on
Effective damage
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Comparison with analogues
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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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