Surface to Air Missile Inconsistencies

[PlasmaKrab]

Kramax,
Some sources I use on Russian SAMs:
Waffnen der Welt, good listing of lots of things, not much detail.
Encyclopedia Astronautica, same problem except for few items.
Rosoboroneksport, official version of the recent stuff.
Vestnik's PVO Herald, most complete source available, most of it in Russian.
Do you have something more in English, or that you can translate?

Suhiir,
Regarding HEP values: guesswork!
Basically I have one range of values for HE-Frag (2 to 6 depending on warhead size and fragment weight), one for continuous-rod (generally 10), and then my imagination and rough ATGM-based calculations for HEAT and APHE missiles.
There are also bonus points for impact fusing, directed fragmentation and smart fusing.

Off-map ranges only have to relate to AGMs in my opinion. You won't find artillery interacting with SAMs and planes.
So I agree that the behavior of long-range SAMs on small maps is somewhat warped, but that'll teach you to waste 2000 points on a Patriot battery on a small map!
Anyhow long range SAMs aren't supposed to take on low-flying CAS planes or helos, even IRL. In game terms, they are meant to intercept planes attacking standoff, which is why I insisted on the SAM and AGM ranges being linked.
I don't see where this is a real disadvantage, since air-launched weapons are bound to suffer the same limitations.
Remember: always protect your long-range AA assets with SHORADS of some kind!