Should dogfight DM mode work when target has terrain behind it?

[CrazyGman]

So I've been playing around with the F-5 a bit, and the dogfight DM mode is very useful for finding targets you are in a dogfight with when your above them, and you've lost them visually in the weeds below you.

 

The thing is, should the F-5s radar be able to do this? it's a pulse radar, and has no look-down-shoot down feature, and in search mode it can't find targets in ground clutter. So why in DM mode, is the radar able to lock on to a target that should be hidden in ground clutter with terrain (the ground) behind it?

 

I assume that this is a bug?

Edited February 25, 2021 by CrazyGman

[The_Tau]

Hmm good question, it can also apply to F14 (pulse STT) or sabre (gun radar, i assume its also pulse). 

 

But I think from radar perspective in tight beam you can clearly see the difference between target and then ground behind it. In F14 on DDD its  visible to see both target and Ground clutter. Now its different thing if target its literally 1 M above ground and if radar can still track it.

Edited March 10, 2021 by The_Tau