A proper way to make radar ACTUALLY USEFUL in ground atk

[IDontLikeBigbrother]

The radar is a little bit useless in ground atk if you use it in a normal way. Tank size units are pretty hard to identify if the range is more than 15km. Using the LINEAR radar mode can significantly increase the efficiency to identify the target. Choose linear mode, and adjust the gain, radar can pick up target as far as 30km, which is long enough for player to do the radar fix, weapon setting, etc.

I put a sa2 sam site and 3 tanks at the testing range:

 

 

And here is the radar image on log mode(the default mode) at 30km: the X runway is really blurred, and the targets are invisible.

 

Here is the image of linear radar mode at the same situation: ppi scope and b scope

sa sam site(a group of target) can be clearly identified

choose the linear radar mode, and then adjust the gain(this is important), usuallyadjust downwards, until the land is a little bit faint(like this above). Regular size target will appear around 30 km. Then, just radar fix the target and atk.(usually with bk90) However, bridges and trains will also be shown on the image, dont mix them with the target. (need to know the surrounding terrain and keep them in mind)

Through this way, the radar can be useful to do ground atk on a foggy day, rather than a simple navigation radar.

 

[LastRifleRound]

The problem with the radar is some map objects and placeable objects (mostly structures) are completely invisible to the radar, so much of your briefing map won't show up at all.

 

For instance, place a large metal warehouse or tech combine in the ME to use as a fix point. The object will not show up.

 

Now, place a BTR on top of it. The tiny dot of the BTR will show but the giant building it's on top of won't. This behavior should probably be addressed.

[Machalot]

On 5/13/2021 at 3:03 PM, LastRifleRound said:

The problem with the radar is some map objects and placeable objects (mostly structures) are completely invisible to the radar, so much of your briefing map won't show up at all.

 

For instance, place a large metal warehouse or tech combine in the ME to use as a fix point. The object will not show up.

 

Now, place a BTR on top of it. The tiny dot of the BTR will show but the giant building it's on top of won't. This behavior should probably be addressed.

Sea based oil platforms are invisible to radar and anti-ship missiles.