Does anybody else feel like ground launched SAMs have better flare resistance than regular air to air heat seekers?

[The TAM-2C Guy.]

(Before you start rambling about how im bad for making this.. These missiles are flare-able and can be decoy'ed away)

Stuff like the stinger missiles and ATAS missiles from LAV-ADs and Apaches feel like their more flare resistant than regular missiles.. Anybody know why?

[JuX]

They have IRCCM.

[karabaş 🐕‍🦺]

9M39 Igla, ATAS/FIM-92 stinger, HN-6, MISTRAL and some other heli launched missiles have IRCCM which makes them pretty resistant to flares, Strela and Japanese SAMs have different seekers which makes them ignore the flares literally

[<I^_^]I_1C3Qu33n_X33_I[^_^]>]

strela doesnt ignore flares, but the japanese SAM truck ignores them.

[Kay]

Originally posted by <I Mr.Yablokov I>:

strela doesnt ignore flares, but the japanese SAM truck ignores them.

If you launch in optical contrast mode, the Strela does literally ignore flares.

As for OP, the Stinger is one of few missiles that use both types of IRCCM in game, seeker shutoff (turning the seeker off if flares enter the FoV, and going off inertial guidance until it can't see them anymore, like the AIM-9M) and FoV gating (making the FoV of the seeker much smaller after launch, so it can't see flares, like the R-73)

[SpiralRazor]

Originally posted by <I Mr.Yablokov I>:

strela doesnt ignore flares, but the japanese SAM truck ignores them.

who doesnt use optical mode lol?

[SavagePilot]

They have IRCCM

[SavagePilot]

Originally posted by SpiralRazor:

Originally posted by <I Mr.Yablokov I>:

strela doesnt ignore flares, but the japanese SAM truck ignores them.

who doesnt use optical mode lol?

You do not need optical mode to ignore flares, it has 2 IRCCMs. lol

[Kay]

Originally posted by SavagePilotTheCreekCrawler:

Originally posted by SpiralRazor:

who doesnt use optical mode lol?

You do not need optical mode to ignore flares, it has 2 IRCCMs. lol

The Strela does not have any IRCCM