investigating SA-19 Does not Use Guns to Destroy incoming missiles

[Shadow KT]

It seems like for some time now, the SA-19 has had its ability to intercept missiles restored.

It would do it visually, without a radar lock (which is kinda questionable, if the tracking radar is not feeding information to the FCS directly), but once the incoming missiles are too close, it would not use its guns. You can see that it is still tracking the incoming missiles, as it is following them with its turret, but it would just stare at them.

If you take direct control of the vehicle, you can see that the radar is detecting the missile, but it cannot be locked. If you switch back to F1 Gunner view and you find the missile, you can acquire a radar lock and get lead information.

Finding a missile visually, without being fed radar information, such as altitude and range, would make it quite hard to find the right patch of sky to look at and guide your missiles/guns visually. Range information is shown to the player, while using the radar screen, but not range. You can only acquire range, if you can lock the target, which you cannot.

SA19VSIntercept.trk

[Flappie]

Reproduced thanks to your track.

[Shadow KT]

I am not able to play DCS currently, but as per the changelog, why was the SA-19s ability to engage other missiles, with its own missiles removed? 

 

If it can use its radar, to track and engage missiles with its gun, it can use its radar to feed information to the Fire Control system for the missile.

 

I am assuming it is a DCS limitation to not be able to use a radar to feed information to a visually guided weapon, like the missiles on the Tunguska or Rapier (although I've not used that SAM ever, so I don't know if it actually uses ita TR)