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Originally Posted by DRG
I'm dealing with an overload of issues ATM....... I cannot find this weapon in the game. It may be under a different name or number designation.
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The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984.
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NATO ended up testing a pile of them when East Germany fell; and found that the R-73 was far more capable than the Sidewinders of the era (1990), which forced development of all the modern short range missiles (AIM-9X, etc) by NATO.
A close analog would be OBAT12 USA - Weapon 129 - MIM-72 SAM used for the M48 Chaparral; with adjustments to account for:
Greater Range (R73 is 6.5 inches in diameter versus 5 inches for Sidewinder -- that 1.5 extra inches gives more range)
Slightly Improved Accuracy (accounting for off-axis capability of R73 seeker head)
But as you said, the AFU OBAT is getting pretty crowded; and we don't know just how many of these new FrankenSAMs are being made.