What does this mean on the HUD?

[guitarxe]

I cannot find description of this in the manual or chuck's guide, or searching internet. What does this word on the HUD mean?

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[firefox121]

Just put english hud at options and see what it means, you can revert it when you want. But it says pause in "Rusky", so I think it displays this word when you are not able to fire .

You can find the description at page 8-7 in the ka50-3 manual :

"‘PAUSE’ cue - cooling cycle of the laser range-finder in the Target Marker (“ПМ”) targeting mode "

Edited yesterday at 02:15 AM by firefox121

[Akiazusa]

As the above post says,it's laser in PAUSE mode.

If u switch the laser mode to Target Maker mode (using the switch covered by a guard below the HSI) ,then everytime u fire laser it forces to PAUSE mode for cooling,so u won't burn out ur leaser too easily.

by the way that switch is default to range finder mode,and the default mode is pretty much the mode for every weapons including Vikhr ATGM,u only switch that to Target Marker mode if u want to use the KH25 missile(that big white one)

Edited 23 hours ago by Akiazusa

[guitarxe]

Thank you, this is related to the laser cooling? I must be doing something wrong. I am using the guide, for every weapons employment it says to change the laser into "standby". 

nullDo I have to switch if off after every shot?

 

On 9/20/2025 at 8:09 PM, firefox121 said:

Just put english hud at options and see what it means, you can revert it when you want.

How can I do that? I already have it set to English cockpit, but it still shows HUD in Russian.

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[razo+r]

2 hours ago, guitarxe said:

 

Do I have to switch if off after every shot?

You don't have to but it helps to prevent overheating or also helps so you don't forget to turn it off when you are cruising/RTB.

2 hours ago, guitarxe said:

How can I do that? I already have it set to English cockpit, but it still shows HUD in Russian.

null

Set avionic language in the gameplay or misc settings to english.

[Polonsky]

пауза means pause

[Akiazusa]

No u don't need that switch below HSI in STDBY to fire 9A4172 AT9 Vikhr missile, keep it in the right MANUAL positIon.

The Left STDBY positon will set leaser to high energy target designation mode,(for laser guided weapons similar to GBUs,Hellfires,and will potentially burn the laser faster ),and for Ka50 the Only weapon uses this mode is KH25 missile(the big white missile).  9A4172 AT9 Vikhr missile is a Laser Beam Riding missile,completely different from GBUs or laser Hellfires, so u keep it in right Manual position for Vikhr.

The label for this switch is really confusing,just remember,left guard open= Kh25,right guard close= everything else.

Setting avionic language in the gameplay to english as for now only changes ABRIS and EKRAN language. English HUD is not ready yet for BS3,hopefully we will have it soon...(also there is a English HUD mod on the fourm,not sure if it works for the current version though.)

Here is a short list for things could be displayed on the HUD and their meanings...

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Akiazusa