S-8 perfectly engages and defeats HOBOS

[Temetre]

So dropped two HOBOS' at a landed helicopter in a single run; about from ~12 miles away and 20-25k feet altitude.

First HOBOS felt slightly short, so it got ignored by the S-8, while the second HOBOS was succesfully engaged and destroyed.

 

Im not sure if this is "specifically" a bug, but this ability in a 60s SA-8 seems clearly out of place. To my knowledge defending against iron bombs was never part of this vehicles' design, and it wouldnt even make sense for a system that was developed before guided bombs became common.

The ability to identify and engage munitions like HOBOS should be far out of the systems ability. Even the latest soviet and even russian systems, which were designed for anti munitions purposes, have shown difficulties to countering ballistic munitions in cases, which are more predictable in their flight path, with much longer engagement times and bigger radar signatures. Its just difficult to hit missiles/bombs.

But thats kinda besides the point, because the SA-8 almost certainly shouldnt have the ability to shoot down dropped bombs like that. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by Temetre