![]() ![]() In the best case, it can try self-defense by firing without radar assistance, BUT since unlike other SPAAGs it's got a vertical elevation limit of 60°, any plane smart enough to perform a vertical attack run from straight above is most likely a doom sentence with no chance to fight back. At this point, an Otomatic needs to visually identify and engage the threat. The Otomatic is even more vulnerable than the average to such attacks, given its high profile and its relatively low ROF which gives it less chances to effectively counterattack quickly, even more so since proximity fuzes appear to not work under a certain distance, thus requiring a direct hit.Ģ) If an enemy plane manages to safely approach the battlefield at high enough altitude (either by dodging ranged fire or because the Otomatic is busy engaging other targets), past a certain angle it won't be revealed by the radar. There are at least two ways for an attacker to dispatch it unpunished:ġ) Like with any other SPAAG, a plane can approach at low level exploiting ground cover, and "pop up" at close range spraying with guns and rockets. In this state, the Otomatic is therefore vulnerable to fixed-wing aircrafts who have located its position. Nor do I know if switching to the "squared" radar interface display does somehow affect the radar scanning pattern, providing better vertical scanning ability, or if it's just a different graphic display. Radar interface was set on the circular display.Īgain, I do not know if the blind cone above the radar is indeed correct, a bug, or correct but currently too wide. In this circumstance, radar was on and working (as I was actively tracking a target), both planes were within 10 km range, high in the sky with no supposed ground interference. While switching back to the furthest target (now approaching), the closest one just vanished from the radar screen, just to blow me up with rockets from somewhere soon thereafter. In at least one instance, while tracking a plane 8+ km away, I could visually spot a much closer, "higher" (from my POV) plane, yet multiple attempts at locking onto it failed. Planes flying above roughly 45° elevation from the point of view of the radar will disappear from the display. I haven't figured out its exact extension yet, but it appears to be uncomfortably wide. Upon further testing, the "blind cone" above the radar confirms as regularly happening. ![]()
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