What does the guidens mode on the strela do?

[henhovla]

i havent used the strela for a few months and now it has a radar and a new guidens mode buton what does it do?

[French Cat]

Makes the missile very good, better than the Pantsir and Roland. Very hard to dodge and very resistant to flares. Imagine a AIM-9M on steroids with tons of range.

[Kay]

The guidance mode button swaps between "auto", "IR", and "Optical contrast" modes

Auto picks whichever one can get a lock quickest, IR uses only IR tracking so it's relatively weak to flares, Optical contrast tries to pick out the target against the background, so background clutter or darkness defeat it but not flares

[henhovla]

Originally posted by Kay:

The guidance mode button swaps between "auto", "IR", and "Optical contrast" modes

Auto picks whichever one can get a lock quickest, IR uses only IR tracking so it's relatively weak to flares, Optical contrast tries to pick out the target against the background, so background clutter or darkness defeat it but not flares

ok so i should use the optical contrast as long as it isent night time

[Eternum]

Originally posted by henhovla:

Originally posted by Kay:

The guidance mode button swaps between "auto", "IR", and "Optical contrast" modes

Auto picks whichever one can get a lock quickest, IR uses only IR tracking so it's relatively weak to flares, Optical contrast tries to pick out the target against the background, so background clutter or darkness defeat it but not flares

ok so i should use the optical contrast as long as it isent night time

exactly