correct as is laser telemetry

[Chaprot]

I've noticed that after a certain time, say +/- 20 minutes, the laser attached to the shkval or the gun in automatic mode loses its telemetric function while keeping the lock on the target, making the vikhrs unusable and the gun firing at random. Could this be a bug or a simulated overheating of the laser - there's no system alarm?

[razo+r]

12 minutes ago, Chaprot said:

I've noticed that after a certain time, say +/- 20 minutes, the laser attached to the shkval or the gun in automatic mode loses its telemetric function while keeping the lock on the target, making the vikhrs unusable and the gun firing at random. Could this be a bug or a simulated overheating of the laser - there's no system alarm?

You are overheating the laser. There is no alert for overheating. You are responsible to not overheat it.

[Chaprot]

I'm halfway satisfied with the answer, but I haven't found any information on this subject in the flight manuals . There is indeed an EKRAN fault: 44-35- ОТКАЗ ЛР РЭП LWS- FAILURE LWS (Laser Warning System) all channels failure. Strange that this is not mentioned.

[Schlomo1933]

Switch only the laser on if u need it. Fire the vikher, after impact switch it off again .

if you need to fire more then one Vikhr , wait for the countdown reach zero in the hud, before firing the next vikhr

[Chaprot]

In the absence of a clear answer on the subject, this is indeed the technique I use to save "laser" time.

[Kappa-131st]

Even if you respect the count down, laser will burn after 24 vikhrs+ Vikhr firing (with one supply & reload)..