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AIM-9H Sidewinder

2024-06-22T21:29:26Z

U76947064: The AIM-9J is no longer radar slavable, but the 9G and 9H have been made slavable.

IRST

2024-05-06T04:12:12Z

U76947064: Basic update, added some information, made existing information visible.

==Introduction (Aircraft) ==

"IRST" meaning Infrared Search and Track is a function in War Thunder that is on some aircraft. IRST is like radar, having the search and track features but is different technologically and has some advantages to radar. Unlike radar, IRST uses infrared technology to search and detect a heat signature of an aircraft then to track the aircraft, which cannot be detected by the locked aircraft.

IRST may be used to slave IR-guided missiles to a locked target, exactly the same was as Radar works for this. IRST can not, however, guide any SARH missiles as it does not emit any signal.

Airborne radars

2024-04-15T11:11:45Z

U76947064: /* Aircraft equipped with radars */ Added aircraft from Alpha Strike (hungarian subtree in italy)

[[File:Radar Engagement.jpg|x400px|border|right]]
==Overview==
'''Airborne Radars''' were added to the game in [[Update 1.87 "Locked On"]]. Airborne radars are found on aircraft at both low and high ranks, if an aircraft is equipped with radar then a radar display will be present in the right portion of a player's screen, as well as a compass displaying the player's current heading and the directions to detected targets at the top of the screen.

There are two main types of airborne radar in the game, target detection (search) radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars will detect aircraft (both friendly and hostile) and display them as a "blip" on the radar display, it will also place a triangle on the compass showing what direction the detected aircraft is in. Target tracking radars are more advanced; they allow the player to "lock-on" to a target. Once a target has been locked on to, a box will appear around it on the HUD and a read-out will provide the distance to the target and the closing speed between the player's aircraft and the target. Depending on the aircraft being flown tracking radars may also be able to provide an accurate firing lead indicator, once the player closes to within approximately 0.7 km.

==Airborne radar controls==
{{Notice|For information about [[IRST]] see the corrosponding article.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" | Airborne Radar Controls
|-
! Control name
! Default Keybind (PC keyboard & mouse)
! Description
|-
| Switch Radar/IRST search on/off || Alt + R || Turns the vehicle's search radar on or off
|-
| Change Radar/IRST mode || Unbound || Switches the radar between search mode and tracking mode for multi-mode radars, or normal and pulse-doppler mode for applicable radars
|-
| Change Radar/IRST search mode || Unbound || Toggles between the radar's search modes e.g. narrow scan or wide scan
|-
| Change Radar/IRST scope scale || Unbound || Changes the range scale of the radar display
|-
| Select Radar/IRST target to lock || Alt + T || Selects which target on the display to lock on to
|-
| Lock Radar/IRST target on || Alt + F || Locks onto the selected or nearest target on radar display or turns tracking radar on
|-
|}

==Airborne radars user interface==
===Basic user interface===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_HUD_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD for aircraft equipped with Radar]]
As previously mentioned, aircraft equipped with radars can be identified by the presence of the radar display and compass on the HUD (see image to the right).

Below the compass rose is a small arrow which displays the aircraft's current heading. Targets detected by the radar will also have their bearing displayed on the compass as a triangle.

One or two radar scopes will be present in the right hand portion of the screen; they are discussed in detail later in the article. If the radar is experiencing surface clutter interference then an icon (visible in the image to the right) will be present next to the power indicator, consisting of two arrows and a series of bars. The number of bars illuminated indicates how severe surface clutter is (one bar means minor interference, four bars means major interference); if the aircraft has two radars activated then each one will have its own surface clutter indicator.

If the radar has been deactivated, a separate icon will be displayed instead of the radar display.

There are several different types of radar target which can appear on the radar display and compass. A basic radar target will appear as a bar on the radar display and a triangle on the compass. The radar target which is selected will appear with a vertical line either side of it; and the radar target which is locked on to will appear with a box around it. Some radars are fitted with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, these radars will display friendly radar targets with a horizontal line above them.

[[File:Radar_Target_Types.png|thumb|600px|left|The different types of targets.]]{{break}}

===Radar display types===
====Plan Position Indicator (PPI)====
[[File:Radar PPI Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The plan position indicator radar display]]
The default display is a "Plan Position Indicator" (PPI) type display. It is in the shape of a sector and represents a top-down view of the area in front of the aircraft. The radar is located in the bottom centre of the display; the distance a target is from the centre point shows how far away it is, while its angle from the centre line shows its azimuth.

{{Notice|The PPI can display the range and azimuth of a target, but not its elevation}}

When the radar is turned on, a bar representing the current scan angle sweeps back and forth, radially, about the centre point. A series of four concentric range rings can be used to determine how far away the detected targets are (to get the distance between rings divide the range scale by 4), and a series of bars (at 15-degree angles) help tell the azimuth of detected targets. If a radar has an azimuth scan angle of less than 180 degrees then the display is still a semicircle.

The readout to the left of the scope shows the azimuth and elevation scan angles, while the readout to the right shows the currently selected range scale.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all approximately 4.5 km away from the player. One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's elevation difference from the player using only the PPI.

====C-scope====
[[File:Radar C-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The C-scope radar display]]
In addition to the PPI some aircraft have access to a C-scope type display (positioned underneath the PPI). The C-scope displays the same radar targets as the PPI, but in a different format. Whereas a PPI is a top-down view, the C-scope is forwards-looking. It is a rectangular display where how far from the azimuth centre line a target is shows its azimuth and how far from the elevation centre line a target is shows its elevation.

{{Notice|The C-scope can display the azimuth and elevation of a target, but not its range}}

In addition to the azimuth and elevation centre lines there are two other horizontal lines on the display, these show the minimum and maximum elevation scan angles of the radar. It should be noted that the degree values shown to the right of the C-scope are the minimum and maximum elevation angles of the scope, not the radar.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all slightly below the player (they are below the elevation centre line). One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's range from the player using only the PPI.

By using a combination of the PPI and C-scope you can work out the range, azimuth and elevation of individual targets.

====B-Scope====
[[File:Radar B-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The B-scope radar display]]

An alternative radar display (instead of the PPI) is available in the form of a "B-Scope" type display. It can be enabled via the "Use rectangular radar indicator" setting. It is a square display providing a 2-D "top-down" representation of space, the vertical axis represents the range to the target and the horizontal axis represents the azimuth (angle) of the target. The maximum and minimum azimuth scan angles are displayed in the top corners of the display, as is the range setting. A series of four range bars can be used to determine how far away detected targets are, and vertical bars can be used to determine what direction the target is in. When the radar is turned on a vertical bar representing the current scan angle moves horizontally, back and forth, across the display.

==Radar operation==
===Basic radar operation===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Angles_Diagram.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Diagram showing the scan angles of a radar]]
When turned on, radars will scan a pyramid or cone-shaped area in front of the player's aircraft (illustrated in the image to the right). Radars can only detect targets which fall within their scanning area, the size and shape of which varies depending on the model of radar. Each radar has a maximum and minimum azimuth scan angle (how far to each side it will scan); and a maximum and minimum elevation scan angle (how far up and down it will scan). Radars also have a minimum detection range (typically 150 - 300 m), below which targets will not be detected (not that you should need a radar to see an aircraft that close).

As with other characteristics, the maximum detection range varies greatly between radars (from as little as 4 km, to in excess of 40 km). Targets are not guaranteed to be detected at the radar's maximum detection range. The range at which a target is detected will depend on how much radar energy it reflects back to the radar, which is in turn determined by its Radar Cross-Section (RCS). Generally larger aircraft have a larger RCS so will be detected at greater ranges; for example the [[AI Mk. X]] radar (fitted to the [[Sea Venom FAW 20]]) can detect the large [[G5N1]] bomber at its maximum detection range of 14 km, however, can only detect the much smaller [[He 162 A-1]] at approximately 9 - 9.5 km.

When a radar detects a target, it appears as a "blip" on the radar display. Its position will not be updated until the radar detects it again (usually on the next scan, as indicated by the sweeping bar). When the target is re-detected, its old blip is removed and a new one plotted at the location it was re-detected at. If enough time elapses without a target being re-detected (either due to the target now being outside of the radar's scanning area, or simply the radar not scanning fast enough) then the target's blip will fade and disappear from the radar display. Likewise after a period of not being detected a target which has been locked onto will be lost.

===Radar modes===
====SRC====
The Search (SRC) mode is the basic search radar mode. It is prone to ground clutter, or clouds cluttering it. This means if behind the enemy is something that reflects radar waves, the enemy will be hidden from your radar. So if you are looking downwards its not recommended to use this mode, but if you are looking upwards and there are no clouds in view you should can use this mode if no better is available.

====SRC PD====
The Pulse-Doppler (PD) mode uses a signal processing filter, which eliminates out returns that have closure rate of your planes speed. So the ground will be filtered out, but also objects moving perpendicular towards your plane (so called notching). It also may have different blind spots resulting from the frequencies used in the radar, so that when chasing a target you might fail to get a lock on. Use fast IR missiles like the [[R-27ET]] then.

====SRC PD HDN====
It works like SRC PDN but is made for head-on engagements. Some radars will completely filter out targets that dont move towards you in this mode.

====SRC PDV HDN====
The display shows the targets not sorted by distance but by velocity. This makes it easier to select the target coming towards you at the fastest speed.

====SRC MTI====
MTI stands for moving target indication. It allows look-down capability, which means it filters out ground clutter. It is harder to notch than SRC PD but has a smaller range. Also even when the radar is able to maintain lock the missiles seeker might be not able to follow the target in a notching situation.

====SRC IR====
Not actually a radar but optical tracking. See [[IRST]].

====TWS====
See below for Track-while-scan mode.

====TWS HDN====
Works like TWS mode but shows only targets that fly towards you.

===Radar range scale===
Some radars allow for the range scale of the radar scope to be changed, in order to change the range scale a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar scope scale" control. The currently selected range scale is shown on the radar display, if the range scale is changed then the display will stay the same size, but the targets will be placed on the display according to the new scale. '''It is worth noting that the default range scale may be less than the radar's maximum detection range''', so you may need to increase the range scale in order to make full use of your radar. Some radars can be set to a range scale far in excess of the radar's maximum detection range; targets will not be detected outside of a radar's maximum detection range, regardless of range scale setting.

===Radar search mode===
Some radars allow for different search modes to be activated. The default search mode on radars usually (although not always) makes use of the radar's full scanning area. While this is useful for detecting targets in a wide area this can come with the drawback of each scan taking longer to complete (as the radar has to scan a larger area), meaning that targets are updated less frequently on the radar display. Some radars allow the operator to change the search mode so that the radar only scans a smaller area, this means that targets can be updated on the radar more often, but has the drawback of targets only being detectable in a more narrow area in front of the player's aircraft. This ability is primarily useful for keeping track of fast moving or manoeuvring targets, where the slower scan time associated with a full scan, would make tracking the movement of such a target difficult. When the radar mode is changed the PPI will remain the same size / shape, but two hard lines will appear indicating the new scanning limits; rang rings and azimuth bars will not be drawn outside of the lines. In order to change radar scanning mode, a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar search mode" control (located under the "Weaponry" heading of the aircraft controls menu).

{{Notice|The modes available vary depending on the specific radar. Some radars change the azimuth scanning angles, while others change the elevation scanning angles.}}

===Detecting/tracking ground targets===
Some search radars and tracking radars are capable of detecting and locking on to ground targets. For these radars ground targets appear on the PPI the same as air targets, and can be locked on to the same way. This functionality is not massively useful, but can come in handy when trying to find player controlled tanks to kill. Ground clutter also limits how effective these radars are at finding ground targets. See individual radar pages to find out if they can detect ground targets.

===Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM)===
Some radars feature a so called Air Combat Maneuvering Mode which will scan for a target in a narrow cone and a reduced range. If a target is found, the radar will switch automatically to Tracking Mode and lock on the target which was just found. The radar on the F-14A features three ACM modes which have different search rectangles for different situations.
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:ACM cone.jpg|ACM mode with a centered small rectangle search area.
File:ACM vertical centered.jpg|ACM mode with avertical centered search area.
File:ACM Mode vertical high.jpg|ACM mode with a vertical upwards looking search area.
</gallery>

====ACM HMD====
Some planes have a so called head mounted display (HMD), which allows the pilot to select targets by looking into their direction. Switch the radar into ACM HMD mode and use your look around button to align the square with the target you want to lock on. Then push "select target" to confirm and the radar tries to lock.

==Radar scan patterns==
{{Notice|This topic is included for those who want a better understanding of how different radars scan for targets, it is not essential knowledge, but may be useful.}}
===Raster Scan===
[[File:Radar_Raster_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A 4 bar, one-way, bi-directional raster scan pattern; the green square represents the radar beam.]]
Most search radars in the game use what is known as a bi-directional raster scan (see image to the right). The radar beam starts in the top corner of the scanning area and moves horizontally until it reaches the other side of the scanning area; it then drops down and moves horizontally in the other direction until it reaches the original side of the scanning area. The process repeats until the radar beam has reached the bottom corner of the scanning area. At this point the beam will do one of two things; if the radar uses a one-way raster scan then the beam will move directly upwards from its finishing position until it reaches the top corner of the scanning area, where it starts the process again. If it is a two-way raster scan then when the beam reaches the bottom corner its movement will reverse and it will work its way back up to the top of the scanning area, following the path it just took in reverse.

The raster scan pattern allows the radar to identify targets on different elevations. Each sweep the radar makes on a different elevation is known as a bar; for example the scan pattern shown in the image to the right has 4 bars as the radar completes 4 scans in the process of covering the scan area. The number of bars in the scan, and the height of each bar (measured in degrees) width of the scan in the elevation axis; the width of the scan in the azimuth axis is determined by how far to each side the radar scans.

{{Notice|The PPI shows the radar sweeping over each bar, so on a 4 bar scan a target on the PPI may only be refreshed once every 4 sweeps (due to the radar sweeping over a bar the target is not located in).}}

If you know the number of bars in the radar's scan pattern, the height of each bar, and the vertical offset (more on this later) then you can calculate the minimum and maximum elevation scanning angles of the radar (how far up and down the radar see). You start by calculating the elevation width of the radar as follows:

<code>elevation width = number of bars * height of each bar</code>

At this point it is tempting to just divide the elevation width by 2 and conclude that the resulting number is how far off the elevation centre line in each direction the radar can see (e.g. for a elevation width of 30° the radar can see 15° up and 15° down), however this is not always the case. Some radars have more bars above the elevation centre line than below it (or vice versa), that is to say they can look further up than they can down or vice versa. This gives rise to the concept of a "vertical offset" (measured in degrees), i.e. how far upwards (or downwards) the bars are shifted from being evenly distributed either side of the elevation centre line.

When this is factored in we get the following equations for working out the minimum and maximum elevation limits of the radar:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (elevation width / 2) + vertical offset

minimum elevation angle = (-1 * (elevation width / 2)) + vertical offset
</code>

For example if we take the [[AN/APS-21]] radar. Its scan pattern uses 15 bars, each 2° in height, giving us an elevation width of 30°; with a vertical offset of +5°. If we put this into the equations above we get the following:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (30 / 2) + 5 = '''20°'''

minimum elevation angle = (-1 *(30 / 2)) + 5 = '''-10°'''
</code>

This means the AN/APS-21 radar can detect targets up to 20° above the player and 10° below the player.

===Conical Scan===
[[File:Radar_Conical_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A conical scan pattern; the green circle represents the radar beam.]]
Tracking radars in the game use what is known as a conical scan, instead of a raster scan. In a conical scan the radar beam rotates around a central axis, with a few degrees offset from the centre. The result of this is that the radar scans a narrow cone shaped area in front of the aircraft. The rotation of the beam also means the radar to tell where the target is within the cone, allowing the radar to effectively track the target.
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===Continuously updating radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Constantly_Updated_Radar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An example of a non-scanning radar, notice how the whole scan area is illuminated at once]]
The German Lichtenstein family of radars (the radars found on German WW2 planes) are unique compared to other radars currently in the game, in that they do not scan for targets. Instead, they constantly emit a cone of radar energy and detect the return. This gives them the advantage of having the radar constantly updating (instead of updating only when the radar scans over a target). However, as a trade-off, these radars have a poor range (only 4 or 5 km) and a narrow scanning area. When these radars are active, instead of seeing a sweeping line the entire scanning area of the radar is illuminated and radar blips update continuously. An example of this can be seen in the image to the right.

==Types of airborne radars==
The two main types of radar are target detection radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars are found on vehicles from rank 1, however, the more advanced target tracking radars are reserved for high-rank vehicles. Vehicles are typically equipped with target tracking radars in addition to target detection radars, with the two working in tandem.

===Target detection radars===
Target detection radars, also known as search radars, have no tracking ability and simply display detected targets on the radar display and compass. The basic operation of target detection radars has been discussed previously in this article. Target detection radars are available from rank 1, radars found at higher ranks have much better characteristics (larger scanning area, better range, etc.).

===Target tracking radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radars_Target_Tracking_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD when a target is being tracked. '''Note:''' Lead indicator is no longer available for the Javelin.]]
Target tracking radars are fitted to some aircraft in addition to target detection radars. They typically have a short range compared to the aircraft's search radar (hence a search radar is equipped to find targets at long ranges), however, they have the ability to track and "lock-on" to targets. Tracking radars typically have different scanning areas than the search radar equipped to the aircraft; when an aircraft is equipped with a tracking radar, its tracking area is shown as a darker area within the radar display (as seen in the image to the right).

A target can only be locked onto if it is within the tracking radars maximum range and search area (the dark section of the radar display). Once a target is locked on to, a box will appear around it, as well as around its icon on the radar display and compass (to differentiate the locked target from other radar targets). An accurate distance to the target will be displayed next to the locked target on the HUD, as well as an accurate closing speed (speed will read negative if the target is moving away from you). If your aircraft supports a lead indicator, then an accurate firing lead indicator will appear once you close to within 500-700 m of the target.

In order to maintain a lock on the target, you need to keep it within the tracking radars maximum range and tracking area; if the target is not detected by the tracking radar in too long the lock will be lost.

=====Obtaining and maintaining a radar lock=====
[[File:Radar_Lockon_Box.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The "lock-on box"]]
There are two ways to lock on to a target when using a tracking radar. When a search radar has detected targets which are within the tracking radar's tracking area one of them will be selected (have a vertical line either side of it). You can change the selected target by pressing the "Select radar target to lock on" key, when the "Lock radar target on" key is pressed it will turn on the tracking radar and automatically attempt to lock on to the selected target. Alternatively you can press the "Lock radar target on" or "Change radar mode" key (depending on radar type) to turn on (or switch to) the tracking radar. When this happens the tracking radar will begin a conical scan pointing directly forwards; a flashing green square will appear on the screen (image to the right). If you place the box over an aircraft then the tracking radar will try to lock on to it; note that surface clutter and other factors may inhibit the radar from locking on. The target you want to lock on to using this method should be within the range limits listed to the right of the box.

Like with real radars, multiple targets in close proximity to each other can confuse the tracker. If a target is locked and another aircraft flies past it, it is possible for the tracker to lose the lock on the target, or even transition the lock onto the other aircraft (something which also happens to real radar systems). In the previously described scenarios (or depending on how the target is moving relative to the player's aircraft), it is also possible for the target lead indicator to become temporarily inaccurate.

In order for a radar lock to be maintained, the target needs to be kept within the tracking radar's tracking area. If the target leaves this area for more than a short period of time, the lock will be lost. Try to use the whole width of the possible tracking area, which often is beyond the pilots field of view, so you don't have to fly directly towards your target (also see "crank maneouvre").

===Multi-mode radars===
Some radars such as the AN/APQ-100 (found on the [[F-4 Phantom II (Family)|F-4 Phantom II]]) are what are known as multi-mode radars, the same radar antenna functions as both a search and tracking radar, although not at the same time. These radars can be toggled between search and tracking mode by pressing the "Change radar mode" key. Overall they function pretty much the same as aircraft with independent search and tracking radars, however as the antenna is being used for both searching and tracking it cannot do both at the same time. If you are tracking a target then you will lose search functionality.

'''Note:''' The [[RP-5]] does not count as a multi-mode radar as although it is responsible for both searching and tracking it does so using two separate antennas.

===Track While Scan (TWS)===
Some modern radars such as the AN/AWG-9 (found on the [[F-14A Early]]) and PS-46/A (fitted to the [[JA37C]]) feature a "Track While Scan" (TWS) mode, in which targets can be tracked while the radar simultaneously scans for other targets. One big advantage of such a radar is that tracking while in TWS mode doesn't trigger a spike in the enemies' radar warning receivers, because the radar intensity is lower. It can track multiple targets at the same time, making it a very powerful tool in conjunction with other systems such as [[Air-to-air_missiles#Active_Radar_Homing_.28ARH.29_missiles|active radar-homing]] and [[Air-to-air_missiles#Slaving_the_seeker_to_an_aircraft_tracking_radar|radar-slavable]] missiles. However, a hard lock is still required to be able to use [[Air-to-air_missiles#Semi-Active_Radar_Homing_.28SARH.29_missiles|semi-active radar-homing missiles]].

===Radar gunsights===
[[File:Radar_Gunsight.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The indicator present when a radar gunsight is fitted]]
Radar gunsights are fitted to a number of aircraft in the game. If there is no real radar, these aircraft can be identified by the presence of the radar gunsight indicator (see image to the right). A radar gunsight is very similar to a regular gyroscopic gunsight, however whereas on a regular gunsight the pilot would have to manually dial in a range, radar gunsights use a small ranging radar to automatically input the range for the target the pilot is pointing his guns at.

In game radar gunsights will automatically adjust the aircraft's gyroscopic gunsight in the cockpit view, making it more accurate. Modern planes also get a radar gunsight in 3rd person view for the locked target if you come close enough.

You can turn the radar gunsight on and off by pressing the "Lock radar target on" key. Often there is only a short range in which it will work like 200 - 500m distance.

[[File:F-16 ADF Radar gunsight.jpg|thumb|F-16 ADF: Line up the big circle in the right with the locked target to hit it with your gun. Distance must be less than 500m.]]
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==Factors affecting radar performance==
There are a number of factors which affect the performance of airborne radars. The details of different radars can be found on their individual pages, this section explains what the performance characteristics mean and what their significance is.

===Search radars===
====Maximum detection range====
The maximum range of the radar is the maximum theoretically possible distance at which a search radar can detect a target. It is unlikely however that aircraft will be detected until they are much closer than this range. The range at which a target will actually be detected depends on its radar cross section (in basic terms how big it is), and other factors such as surface clutter.

====Base detection range====
This is the range at which a target can be detected regardless of how small its radar cross section is '''before taking into account surface clutter and other factors'''. If the radar is not being affected by surface clutter or you are playing arcade battles (where surface clutter is not modelled) then this is effectively the range at which you are guaranteed to detect a target aircraft, no matter how small it is; larger aircraft may be detected further away than this range.

{{Notice|In Realistic and Simulator Battles where surface clutter is modelled, targets may not be detected until they are much closer than this range|!}}

====Minimum detection range====
Radars have a minimum range, at which they can function, targets closer than the minimum range cannot be detected by the radar.

====Azimuth scan limits====
The azimuth scan limits are how far to each side the radar can scan. For example, scan angles of ±75° means that the radar can see targets up to 75° to the left and 75° to the right.

====Elevation scan limits====
The elevation scan limits are how far to up and down in total, the radar might take multiple scans to cover its entire elevation range, see the [[#Raster Scan|raster scan section]] for more information.

====Period====
The period of the radar is how long it takes to complete one scan of its entire scanning area. This will take multiple individual sweeps, if the scan pattern has more than one raster bar.

===Tracking radars===
====Maximum tracking range====
The maximum tracking range is the maximum range at which a radar can maintain a track on a target.

====Minimum tracking range====
Tracking radars have a minimum range, below which they are unable to track targets. You cannot initiate tracks on targets closer than the minimum range, and if a tracked target comes closer than the minimum range the track will be lost.

====Azimuth tracking limits====
The azimuth tracking limits determine how far to each side the radar can track targets.

====Elevation tracking limits====
The elevation tracking limits determine how far up and down the radar can track targets.

===Clutter===
{{Notice|Surface clutter is not present in Arcade Battles.}}
Radars operate by emitting radio waves which then reflect off of targets and return to the radar. Unfortunately the radio waves also reflect off the ground, and other objects, leading to unwanted returns known as clutter. The type of clutter modelled in War Thunder is surface clutter (radar returns from the ground or sea).

In-game surface clutter is modelled as a green haze covering areas of the PPI, the more severe the ground clutter the more intense the haze gets. Anything more than mild surface clutter is usually enough to prevent the radar from picking up actual targets in the area the clutter is affecting. Likewise clutter can prevent tracking radars from effectively tracking targets.

As surface clutter is caused by reflections from the ground it is more pronounced when the radar is pointing downwards, and as such can prevent you from detecting targets which are below you in some situations. Different radars are affected by ground clutter to different extents, usually more modern radars are affected less than earlier ones.

===Side lobes===
[[File:Radar sidelobes.jpg|thumb|Visualization of radar sidelobes.]]
A radar is not a perfect flashlight, but emits so called "side lobes". These are much weaker than the main radar beam but close to ground they will confuse the radar aswell. They are also the reason why your [[RWR]] is triggered when you are flying close to a friendly aircraft.

==Airborne radars tips and ticks==
Useful information to know about airborne radars:

* If your radar is damaged (by gunfire or otherwise) you will not be able to turn it on until it is repaired
* Left and right, up and down, on the radar display are relative to your aircraft, so if you roll the aircraft it can affect where targets are drawn on the radar display.
* Consider changing the default target locking key from Ctrl+ F to stop yourself from accidentally breaking your flaps if you mis-press the key combo.
* Due to the raster scan pattern, targets may not be updated on every radar sweep, if you need more rapid updates try narrowing the search area.

=== Notching a Pulse-Doppler radar ===
[[File:Notching2.jpg|thumb|Top down view of a player getting notched by their target. The radar lock will break.]]
Some radars have the ability to operate in "pulse-Doppler" mode, which analyses the [[wikipedia:Doppler_effect|Doppler effect]] on returned radar pulses to determine an object's velocity, and thus identify and track targets. In order for the radar to lock a target, it needs to have a significant Doppler shift (difference in velocity compared to the surroundings). This, however, cannot happen when the target is moving perpendicularly to the radar, as the target is not moving towards or away from the radar with a meaningful difference in speed. This perpendicular movement is called "notching" and is the main way to defeat a pulse-Doppler radar. The simplest way to do this is to put the direction where the enemy is coming from to your 3/9 o'clock position, which makes your aircraft 90 degrees in relation to their radar. Keep in mind that notching will have minimal effect on a radar not operating in pulse-Doppler mode, and you should instead dive to take advantage of [[#Clutter|ground clutter]].

==Aircraft equipped with radars==
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! colspan="13" | Aircraft with radars
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! !! Aircraft !! Rank !! [[#Radar gunsights|Radar gunsight]] !! [[#Target detection radars|Search radar]] !! [[#Target tracking radars|Tracking radar]] !! Band !! {{Annotation|Separate antennas|Radars with separate search and track antennas are able to perform both actions at the same time, leading to pseudo-TWS capabilities}} !! {{Annotation|IRST|Infrared search and track}} !! {{Annotation|MTI|Moving target indication}} !! {{Annotation|PD|Pulse-Doppler}} !! {{Annotation|[[#Track While Scan (TWS)|TWS]]|Track-while-Scan}}
!{{Annotation|IFF|Identify Friend or Foe - This does not work if using ACM mode, or in IRST.}}
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_a32a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Specs-Link|amx}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16d_block_40_barak_2}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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|[[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|f_15a_iaf}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|bf_110g_4_hungary}} || 3 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13_mk4_italy}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_canadair_german}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13b_mk6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217j_2}} || 1 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_1}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_2}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|etndard_4m}} || 6 || - || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f3d_1}} || 5 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Tick}}
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|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n}} || 3 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n_france}} || 4 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f1}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-12]] || [[J/AWG-12]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej_adtw}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4f}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-5e_aidc}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-159]] || [[AN/APQ-159]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14a_early}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9]] || [[AN/AWG-9]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14b}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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|{{Specs-Link|f_15a}}
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|[[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|f_15j}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf_italy}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_20_mlu}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16aj}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16c_block_50}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_france}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_germany}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_israel_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g-31-re_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-2}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_japan}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-35}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_japan_blue_impulse}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_german}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_italy}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-89b}} || 5 || - || - || [[AN/APG-33]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-100a_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_100f_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30A]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104a}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104c}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_china}} || 7 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_italy}} || 6 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104s_asa}} || 7 || - || [[US R21G M1]] || [[US R21G M1]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-105d}} || 7 || - || [[AN/ASG-19]] || [[AN/ASG-19]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b_agm_12b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|he_219a_7}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f1}} || 6 || [[ARI.5820]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f58_switzerland}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f9_rhodesia}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j32b}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f50_sweden}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7d}} || 7 || - || [[JL-7A]] || [[JL-7A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7e}} || 7 || [[Marconi Type 226]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7_mk2}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8b}} || 7 || - || [[Type 208a]] || [[Type 208a]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8f}} || 8 || - || [[Type 1492]] || [[Type 1492]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|j_11}}
|8
| -
|[[N001]]
|[[N001]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37}} || 7 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37d}} || 8 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|saab_jas39a}}
|8
| -
|[[PS-05A]]
|[[PS-05A]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|saab_jas39c_south_africa}}
|8
| -
|[[PS-05A]]
|[[PS-05A]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|saab_jas39c_hungary}}
|8
| -
|[[PS-05A]]
|[[PS-05A]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|javelin_fmk9}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ju-388j}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ka_52}} || 7 || - || [[RN-01 Crossbow]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c2}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c7}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_canard}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_iaf}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_kurnass_2000}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-76]] || [[AN/APG-76]] || J || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|la_200_toriy}} || 5 || - || [[Thorium]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f6}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f53}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|me-410b-6_r3}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-200]] || - || C || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|meteor_nfmk13}} || 5 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mi_28nm}} || 7 || - || [[N-025]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-17p_lim_5p}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-17pf_hungary}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-19pt}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-19s}} || 6 || [[SRD-1]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis_lazur}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_sps_k}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_21_bis_finland}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis_sau}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis_sau_hungary}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_f13}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_mf}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_mf_hungary}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_pfm}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_s}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_smt}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23m}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mf_germany}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mf_hungary}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23ml}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23ML/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23ML/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mla}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23MLA/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23MLA/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mld}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23MLA-2/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23MLA-2/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_12_germany}} || 8 || - || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} ||{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_12b_hungary}} || 8 || - || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} ||{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_13}} || 8 || - || [[N019/OEPS-29]] || [[N019/OEPS-29]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} ||{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_12g}}
|8
| -
|[[N019E/OEPS-29E]]
|[[N019E/OEPS-29E]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29smt_9_19}} || 8 || - || [[N010M Zhuk-M]] || [[N010M Zhuk-M]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_milan}} || 6 || [[Aida II]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000_5f}} || 8 || - || [[Thales RDY]] || [[Thales RDY]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000c_s5}} || 8 || - || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000d_r1}} || 8 || - || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
|[[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|mirage_4000}}
|8
| -
|[[Thomson-CSF RDM-3]]
|[[Thomson-CSF RDM-3]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1c}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IV]] || [[Cyrano-IV]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1c_200}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IV]] || [[Cyrano-IV]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1ct}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IVMR]] || [[Cyrano-IVMR]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3c}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3e}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano II]] || [[Cyrano II]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_454_mystere_4a}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_454_mystere_4a_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|nesher}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_10_iaf}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66]] || [[AN/APG-66]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|p-61a_1}} || 3 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|p-61c_1}} || 3 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4k}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4m_fgr2}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n}} || 6 || - || [[DRAC-25A]] || [[DRAC-25A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n_late}} || 5 || - || [[DRAC-32A]] || [[DRAC-32A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_saar}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35xs}} || 7 || - || [[PS-011/A 71H(IR)]] || [[PS-011/A 71H(IR)]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_sambad}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ah_64d_i_saraph}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-78]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|scimitar_f1}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|harrier_frs1}} || 7 || - || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|harrier_frs1_early}} || 7 || - || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|sea_venom_faw20}} || 5 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|dh_110_sea_vixen}} || 5 || - || [[AI Mk.18]] || [[AI Mk.18]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3cj}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7b}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7bkl}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7bmk}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_17m2}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_17m4}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22m3}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22m3_hungary}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22m4}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22um3k}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
|[[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|su_27}}
|8
| -
|[[N001]]
|[[N001]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|super_etendard_97}} || 7 || - || [[Anemone]] || [[Anemone]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_yt_cup_2019}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|swift_f1}} || 5 || [[ARI.5857]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|swift_f7}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|t2}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-11]] || [[J/AWG-11]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|t2_early}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-11]] || [[J/AWG-11]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_adv}} || 8 || - || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_f3}} || 8 || - || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_gr1}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_mfg}} || 8 || - || [[ARI 23274]] || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
|[[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_wtd61}}
|7
| -
|[[ARI 23274]]
|[[ARI 23274]]
|J
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_it_mod95}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_assta1}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tu-1}} || 4 || - || [[GNEYS-5S]] || - || A || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n_iaf}} || 6 || - || [[DRAC-25A]] || [[DRAC-25A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
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== Media ==


;Videos
{{Youtube-gallery|n78r6klLlEQ|'''Aircraft Radar: The Complete Guide (Current 2023)''' - ''Tims Variety''|bsBtBghAkyc|'''Complete Guide - Radar 101''' - ''DEFYN''|2NZVMgMpZSU|'''Boot Camp: Radar Systems''' - ''War Thunder Official Channel''.|tQhEl042QE8|'''The Shooting Range #275''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 07:55 discusses aircraft radar systems.|tcIeR_s6fp8|'''The Shooting Range #204''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 09:23 discusses the radars.}}

== See also ==


* [[Air-to-air missiles]]
* [[Air-to-ground missiles]]
* [[:Category:Countermeasures]]
* [[SPAA radars]]

== External links ==


* [[wt:en/news/6064-development-radar-station-new-opportunities-in-the-game-en|[Devblog] Radar Station: New opportunities in the game]]

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[[Category:Radars]]

Talk:Airborne radars

2024-03-22T16:53:59Z

U76947064: formatting fix

Should IRST be a own page or handled here? --[[User:U30821137|U30821137]] ([[User talk:U30821137|talk]]) 17:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

I'd say it's probably best to leave it handled on the airborne radars page - they're quite similar, and I feel that the IRST page would be too short of a stub on its own. That said, it seems there's already an [[IRST|IRST page created]], even if it hasn't been formatted properly and does not display any of the extant text. --[[User:U76947064|U76947064]] ([[User talk:U76947064|talk]]) 16:52, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Airborne radars

2024-03-22T16:53:08Z

U76947064: adding to discussion on IRST

Should IRST be a own page or handled here? --[[User:U30821137|U30821137]] ([[User talk:U30821137|talk]]) 17:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
I'd say it's probably best to leave it handled on the airborne radars page - they're quite similar, and I feel that the IRST page would be too short of a stub on its own. That said, it seems there's already an [[IRST|IRST page created]], even if it hasn't been formatted properly and does not display any of the extant text. --[[User:U76947064|U76947064]] ([[User talk:U76947064|talk]]) 16:52, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Airborne radars

2023-12-21T09:05:31Z

U76947064: /* Aircraft equipped with radars */ Updated list.

[[File:Radar Engagement.jpg|x400px|border|right]]
==Overview==
'''Airborne Radars''' were added to the game in [[Update 1.87 "Locked On"]]. Airborne radars are found on aircraft at both low and high ranks, if an aircraft is equipped with radar then a radar display will be present in the right portion of a player's screen, as well as a compass displaying the player's current heading and the directions to detected targets at the top of the screen.

There are two main types of airborne radar in the game, target detection (search) radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars will detect aircraft (both friendly and hostile) and display them as a "blip" on the radar display, it will also place a triangle on the compass showing what direction the detected aircraft is in. Target tracking radars are more advanced; they allow the player to "lock-on" to a target. Once a target has been locked on to, a box will appear around it on the HUD and a read-out will provide the distance to the target and the closing speed between the player's aircraft and the target. Depending on the aircraft being flown tracking radars may also be able to provide an accurate firing lead indicator, once the player closes to within approximately 0.7 km.

==Airborne radar controls==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" | Airborne Radar Controls
|-
! Control name
! Default Keybind (PC keyboard & mouse)
! Description
|-
| Switch Radar/IRST search on/off || Alt + R || Turns the vehicle's search radar on or off
|-
| Change Radar/IRST mode || Unbound || Switches the radar between search mode and tracking mode for multi-mode radars, or normal and pulse-doppler mode for applicable radars
|-
| Change Radar/IRST search mode || Unbound || Toggles between the radar's search modes e.g. narrow scan or wide scan
|-
| Change Radar/IRST scope scale || Unbound || Changes the range scale of the radar display
|-
| Select Radar/IRST target to lock || Alt + T || Selects which target on the display to lock on to
|-
| Lock Radar/IRST target on || Alt + F || Locks onto the selected or nearest target on radar display or turns tracking radar on
|-
|}

==Airborne radars user interface==
===Basic user interface===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_HUD_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD for aircraft equipped with Radar]]
As previously mentioned, aircraft equipped with radars can be identified by the presence of the radar display and compass on the HUD (see image to the right).

Below the compass rose is a small arrow which displays the aircraft's current heading. Targets detected by the radar will also have their bearing displayed on the compass as a triangle.

One or two radar scopes will be present in the right hand portion of the screen; they are discussed in detail later in the article. If the radar is experiencing surface clutter interference then an icon (visible in the image to the right) will be present next to the power indicator, consisting of two arrows and a series of bars. The number of bars illuminated indicates how severe surface clutter is (one bar means minor interference, four bars means major interference); if the aircraft has two radars activated then each one will have its own surface clutter indicator.

If the radar has been deactivated, a separate icon will be displayed instead of the radar display.

There are several different types of radar target which can appear on the radar display and compass. A basic radar target will appear as a bar on the radar display and a triangle on the compass. The radar target which is selected will appear with a vertical line either side of it; and the radar target which is locked on to will appear with a box around it. Some radars are fitted with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, these radars will display friendly radar targets with a horizontal line above them.

[[File:Radar_Target_Types.png|thumb|600px|left|The different types of targets.]]{{break}}

===Radar display types===
====Plan Position Indicator (PPI)====
[[File:Radar PPI Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The plan position indicator radar display]]
The default display is a "Plan Position Indicator" (PPI) type display. It is in the shape of a sector and represents a top-down view of the area in front of the aircraft. The radar is located in the bottom centre of the display; the distance a target is from the centre point shows how far away it is, while its angle from the centre line shows its azimuth.

{{Notice|The PPI can display the range and azimuth of a target, but not its elevation}}

When the radar is turned on, a bar representing the current scan angle sweeps back and forth, radially, about the centre point. A series of four concentric range rings can be used to determine how far away the detected targets are (to get the distance between rings divide the range scale by 4), and a series of bars (at 15-degree angles) help tell the azimuth of detected targets. If a radar has an azimuth scan angle of less than 180 degrees then the display is still a semicircle.

The readout to the left of the scope shows the azimuth and elevation scan angles, while the readout to the right shows the currently selected range scale.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all approximately 4.5 km away from the player. One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's elevation difference from the player using only the PPI.

====C-scope====
[[File:Radar C-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The C-scope radar display]]
In addition to the PPI some aircraft have access to a C-scope type display (positioned underneath the PPI). The C-scope displays the same radar targets as the PPI, but in a different format. Whereas a PPI is a top-down view, the C-scope is forwards-looking. It is a rectangular display where how far from the azimuth centre line a target is shows its azimuth and how far from the elevation centre line a target is shows its elevation.

{{Notice|The C-scope can display the azimuth and elevation of a target, but not its range}}

In addition to the azimuth and elevation centre lines there are two other horizontal lines on the display, these show the minimum and maximum elevation scan angles of the radar. It should be noted that the degree values shown to the right of the C-scope are the minimum and maximum elevation angles of the scope, not the radar.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all slightly below the player (they are below the elevation centre line). One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's range from the player using only the PPI.

By using a combination of the PPI and C-scope you can work out the range, azimuth and elevation of individual targets.

====B-Scope====
[[File:Radar B-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The B-scope radar display]]

An alternative radar display (instead of the PPI) is available in the form of a "B-Scope" type display. It can be enabled via the "Use rectangular radar indicator" setting. It is a square display providing a 2-D "top-down" representation of space, the vertical axis represents the range to the target and the horizontal axis represents the azimuth (angle) of the target. The maximum and minimum azimuth scan angles are displayed in the top corners of the display, as is the range setting. A series of four range bars can be used to determine how far away detected targets are, and vertical bars can be used to determine what direction the target is in. When the radar is turned on a vertical bar representing the current scan angle moves horizontally, back and forth, across the display.

==Radar operation==
===Basic radar operation===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Angles_Diagram.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Diagram showing the scan angles of a radar]]
When turned on, radars will scan a pyramid or cone-shaped area in front of the player's aircraft (illustrated in the image to the right). Radars can only detect targets which fall within their scanning area, the size and shape of which varies depending on the model of radar. Each radar has a maximum and minimum azimuth scan angle (how far to each side it will scan); and a maximum and minimum elevation scan angle (how far up and down it will scan). Radars also have a minimum detection range (typically 150 - 300 m), below which targets will not be detected (not that you should need a radar to see an aircraft that close).

As with other characteristics, the maximum detection range varies greatly between radars (from as little as 4 km, to in excess of 40 km). Targets are not guaranteed to be detected at the radar's maximum detection range. The range at which a target is detected will depend on how much radar energy it reflects back to the radar, which is in turn determined by its Radar Cross-Section (RCS). Generally larger aircraft have a larger RCS so will be detected at greater ranges; for example the [[AI Mk. X]] radar (fitted to the [[Sea Venom FAW 20]]) can detect the large [[G5N1]] bomber at its maximum detection range of 14 km, however, can only detect the much smaller [[He 162 A-1]] at approximately 9 - 9.5 km.

When a radar detects a target, it appears as a "blip" on the radar display. Its position will not be updated until the radar detects it again (usually on the next scan, as indicated by the sweeping bar). When the target is re-detected, its old blip is removed and a new one plotted at the location it was re-detected at. If enough time elapses without a target being re-detected (either due to the target now being outside of the radar's scanning area, or simply the radar not scanning fast enough) then the target's blip will fade and disappear from the radar display. Likewise after a period of not being detected a target which has been locked onto will be lost.

===Radar range scale===
Some radars allow for the range scale of the radar scope to be changed, in order to change the range scale a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar scope scale" control. The currently selected range scale is shown on the radar display, if the range scale is changed then the display will stay the same size, but the targets will be placed on the display according to the new scale. '''It is worth noting that the default range scale may be less than the radar's maximum detection range''', so you may need to increase the range scale in order to make full use of your radar. Some radars can be set to a range scale far in excess of the radar's maximum detection range; targets will not be detected outside of a radar's maximum detection range, regardless of range scale setting.

===Radar search mode===
Some radars allow for different search modes to be activated. The default search mode on radars usually (although not always) makes use of the radar's full scanning area. While this is useful for detecting targets in a wide area this can come with the drawback of each scan taking longer to complete (as the radar has to scan a larger area), meaning that targets are updated less frequently on the radar display. Some radars allow the operator to change the search mode so that the radar only scans a smaller area, this means that targets can be updated on the radar more often, but has the drawback of targets only being detectable in a more narrow area in front of the player's aircraft. This ability is primarily useful for keeping track of fast moving or manoeuvring targets, where the slower scan time associated with a full scan, would make tracking the movement of such a target difficult. When the radar mode is changed the PPI will remain the same size / shape, but two hard lines will appear indicating the new scanning limits; rang rings and azimuth bars will not be drawn outside of the lines. In order to change radar scanning mode, a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar search mode" control (located under the "Weaponry" heading of the aircraft controls menu).

{{Notice|The modes available vary depending on the specific radar. Some radars change the azimuth scanning angles, while others change the elevation scanning angles.}}

===Clutter===
{{Notice|Surface clutter is not present in Arcade Battles.}}
Radars operate by emitting radio waves which then reflect off of targets and return to the radar. Unfortunately the radio waves also reflect off the ground, and other objects, leading to unwanted returns known as clutter. The type of clutter modelled in War Thunder is surface clutter (radar returns from the ground or sea).

In-game surface clutter is modelled as a green haze covering areas of the PPI, the more severe the ground clutter the more intense the haze gets. Anything more than mild surface clutter is usually enough to prevent the radar from picking up actual targets in the area the clutter is affecting. Likewise clutter can prevent tracking radars from effectively tracking targets.

As surface clutter is caused by reflections from the ground it is more pronounced when the radar is pointing downwards, and as such can prevent you from detecting targets which are below you in some situations. Different radars are affected by ground clutter to different extents, usually more modern radars are affected less than earlier ones.

===Detecting/tracking ground targets===
Some search radars and tracking radars are capable of detecting and locking on to ground targets. For these radars ground targets appear on the PPI the same as air targets, and can be locked on to the same way. This functionality is not massively useful, but can come in handy when trying to find player controlled tanks to kill. Ground clutter also limits how effective these radars are at finding ground targets. See individual radar pages to find out if they can detect ground targets.

===Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM)===
Some radars feature a so called Air Combat Maneuvering Mode which will scan for a target in a narrow cone and a reduced range. If a target is found, the radar will switch automatically to Tracking Mode and lock on the target which was just found. The radar on the F-14A features three ACM modes which have different search rectangles for different situations.
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:ACM cone.jpg|ACM mode with a centered small rectangle search area.
File:ACM vertical centered.jpg|ACM mode with avertical centered search area.
File:ACM Mode vertical high.jpg|ACM mode with a vertical upwards looking search area.
</gallery>

==Radar scan patterns==
{{Notice|This topic is included for those who want a better understanding of how different radars scan for targets, it is not essential knowledge, but may be useful.}}
===Raster Scan===
[[File:Radar_Raster_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A 4 bar, one-way, bi-directional raster scan pattern; the green square represents the radar beam.]]
Most search radars in the game use what is known as a bi-directional raster scan (see image to the right). The radar beam starts in the top corner of the scanning area and moves horizontally until it reaches the other side of the scanning area; it then drops down and moves horizontally in the other direction until it reaches the original side of the scanning area. The process repeats until the radar beam has reached the bottom corner of the scanning area. At this point the beam will do one of two things; if the radar uses a one-way raster scan then the beam will move directly upwards from its finishing position until it reaches the top corner of the scanning area, where it starts the process again. If it is a two-way raster scan then when the beam reaches the bottom corner its movement will reverse and it will work its way back up to the top of the scanning area, following the path it just took in reverse.

The raster scan pattern allows the radar to identify targets on different elevations. Each sweep the radar makes on a different elevation is known as a bar; for example the scan pattern shown in the image to the right has 4 bars as the radar completes 4 scans in the process of covering the scan area. The number of bars in the scan, and the height of each bar (measured in degrees) width of the scan in the elevation axis; the width of the scan in the azimuth axis is determined by how far to each side the radar scans.

{{Notice|The PPI shows the radar sweeping over each bar, so on a 4 bar scan a target on the PPI may only be refreshed once every 4 sweeps (due to the radar sweeping over a bar the target is not located in).}}

If you know the number of bars in the radar's scan pattern, the height of each bar, and the vertical offset (more on this later) then you can calculate the minimum and maximum elevation scanning angles of the radar (how far up and down the radar see). You start by calculating the elevation width of the radar as follows:

<code>elevation width = number of bars * height of each bar</code>

At this point it is tempting to just divide the elevation width by 2 and conclude that the resulting number is how far off the elevation centre line in each direction the radar can see (e.g. for a elevation width of 30° the radar can see 15° up and 15° down), however this is not always the case. Some radars have more bars above the elevation centre line than below it (or vice versa), that is to say they can look further up than they can down or vice versa. This gives rise to the concept of a "vertical offset" (measured in degrees), i.e. how far upwards (or downwards) the bars are shifted from being evenly distributed either side of the elevation centre line.

When this is factored in we get the following equations for working out the minimum and maximum elevation limits of the radar:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (elevation width / 2) + vertical offset

minimum elevation angle = (-1 * (elevation width / 2)) + vertical offset
</code>

For example if we take the [[AN/APS-21]] radar. Its scan patter uses 15 bars, each 2° in height, giving us an elevation width of 30°; with a vertical offset of +5°. If we put this into the equations above we get the following:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (30 / 2) + 5 = '''20°'''

minimum elevation angle = (-1 *(30 / 2)) + 5 = '''-10°'''
</code>

This means the AN/APS-21 radar can detect targets up to 20° above the player and 10° below the player.

===Conical Scan===
[[File:Radar_Conical_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A conical scan pattern; the green circle represents the radar beam.]]
Tracking radars in the game use what is known as a conical scan, instead of a raster scan. In a conical scan the radar beam rotates around a central axis, with a few degrees offset from the centre. The result of this is that the radar scans a narrow cone shaped area in front of the aircraft. The rotation of the beam also means the radar to tell where the target is within the cone, allowing the radar to effectively track the target.
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===Continuously updating radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Constantly_Updated_Radar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An example of a non-scanning radar, notice how the whole scan area is illuminated at once]]
The German Lichtenstein family of radars (the radars found on German WW2 planes) are unique compared to other radars currently in the game, in that they do not scan for targets. Instead, they constantly emit a cone of radar energy and detect the return. This gives them the advantage of having the radar constantly updating (instead of updating only when the radar scans over a target). However, as a trade-off, these radars have a poor range (only 4 or 5 km) and a narrow scanning area. When these radars are active, instead of seeing a sweeping line the entire scanning area of the radar is illuminated and radar blips update continuously. An example of this can be seen in the image to the right.

==Types of airborne radars==
The two main types of radar are target detection radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars are found on vehicles from rank 1, however, the more advanced target tracking radars are reserved for high-rank vehicles. Vehicles are typically equipped with target tracking radars in addition to target detection radars, with the two working in tandem.

===Target detection radars===
Target detection radars, also known as search radars, have no tracking ability and simply display detected targets on the radar display and compass. The basic operation of target detection radars has been discussed previously in this article. Target detection radars are available from rank 1, radars found at higher ranks have much better characteristics (larger scanning area, better range, etc.).

===Target tracking radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radars_Target_Tracking_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD when a target is being tracked. '''Note:''' Lead indicator is no longer available for the Javelin.]]
Target tracking radars are fitted to some aircraft in addition to target detection radars. They typically have a short range compared to the aircraft's search radar (hence a search radar is equipped to find targets at long ranges), however, they have the ability to track and "lock-on" to targets. Tracking radars typically have different scanning areas than the search radar equipped to the aircraft; when an aircraft is equipped with a tracking radar, its tracking area is shown as a darker area within the radar display (as seen in the image to the right).

A target can only be locked onto if it is within the tracking radars maximum range and search area (the dark section of the radar display). Once a target is locked on to, a box will appear around it, as well as around its icon on the radar display and compass (to differentiate the locked target from other radar targets). An accurate distance to the target will be displayed next to the locked target on the HUD, as well as an accurate closing speed (speed will read negative if the target is moving away from you). If your aircraft supports a lead indicator, then an accurate firing lead indicator will appear once you close to within 500-700 m of the target.

In order to maintain a lock on the target, you need to keep it within the tracking radars maximum range and tracking area; if the target is not detected by the tracking radar in too long the lock will be lost.

=====Obtaining and maintaining a radar lock=====
[[File:Radar_Lockon_Box.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The "lock-on box"]]
There are two ways to lock on to a target when using a tracking radar. When a search radar has detected targets which are within the tracking radar's tracking area one of them will be selected (have a vertical line either side of it). You can change the selected target by pressing the "Select radar target to lock on" key, when the "Lock radar target on" key is pressed it will turn on the tracking radar and automatically attempt to lock on to the selected target. Alternatively you can press the "Lock radar target on" or "Change radar mode" key (depending on radar type) to turn on (or switch to) the tracking radar. When this happens the tracking radar will begin a conical scan pointing directly forwards; a flashing green square will appear on the screen (image to the right). If you place the box over an aircraft then the tracking radar will try to lock on to it; note that surface clutter and other factors may inhibit the radar from locking on. The target you want to lock on to using this method should be within the range limits listed to the right of the box.

Like with real radars, multiple targets in close proximity to each other can confuse the tracker. If a target is locked and another aircraft flies past it, it is possible for the tracker to lose the lock on the target, or even transition the lock onto the other aircraft (something which also happens to real radar systems). In the previously described scenarios (or depending on how the target is moving relative to the player's aircraft), it is also possible for the target lead indicator to become temporarily inaccurate.

In order for a radar lock to be maintained, the target needs to be kept within the tracking radar's tracking area. If the target leaves this area for more than a short period of time, the lock will be lost. Try to use the whole width of the possible tracking area, which often is beyond the pilots field of view, so you don't have to fly directly towards your target (also see "crank maneouvre").

===Multi-mode radars===
Some radars such as the AN/APQ-100 (found on the [[F-4 Phantom II (Family)|F-4 Phantom II]]) are what are known as multi-mode radars, the same radar antenna functions as both a search and tracking radar, although not at the same time. These radars can be toggled between search and tracking mode by pressing the "Change radar mode" key. Overall they function pretty much the same as aircraft with independent search and tracking radars, however as the antenna is being used for both searching and tracking it cannot do both at the same time. If you are tracking a target then you will lose search functionality.

'''Note:''' The [[RP-5]] does not count as a multi-mode radar as although it is responsible for both searching and tracking it does so using two separate antennas.

===Track While Scan (TWS)===
Some modern radars such as the AN/AWG-9 (found on the [[F-14A Early]]) and PS-46/A (fitted to the [[JA37C]]) feature a "Track While Scan" (TWS) mode, in which targets can be tracked while the radar simultaneously scans for other targets. One big advantage of such a radar is that tracking while in TWS mode doesn't trigger a spike in the enemies' radar warning receivers, because the radar intensity is lower. It can track multiple targets at the same time, making it a very powerful tool in conjunction with other systems such as [[Air-to-air_missiles#Active_Radar_Homing_.28ARH.29_missiles|active radar-homing]] and [[Air-to-air_missiles#Slaving_the_seeker_to_an_aircraft_tracking_radar|radar-slavable]] missiles. However, a hard lock is still required to be able to use [[Air-to-air_missiles#Semi-Active_Radar_Homing_.28SARH.29_missiles|semi-active radar-homing missiles]].

===Radar gunsights===
[[File:Radar_Gunsight.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The indicator present when a radar gunsight is fitted]]
Radar gunsights are fitted to a number of aircraft in the game. If there is no real radar, these aircraft can be identified by the presence of the radar gunsight indicator (see image to the right). A radar gunsight is very similar to a regular gyroscopic gunsight, however whereas on a regular gunsight the pilot would have to manually dial in a range, radar gunsights use a small ranging radar to automatically input the range for the target the pilot is pointing his guns at.

In game radar gunsights will automatically adjust the aircraft's gyroscopic gunsight in the cockpit view, making it more accurate. They are of no real use in third person view, aside from perhaps being able to tell you if there is a target in front of you when flying in heavy cloud for example.

You can turn the radar gunsight on and off by pressing the "Lock radar target on" key. Often there is only a short range in which it will work like 200 - 500m distance.

[[File:F-16 ADF Radar gunsight.jpg|thumb|F-16 ADF: Line up the big circle in the right with the locked target to hit it with your gun. Distance must be less than 500m.]]
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==Factors affecting radar performance==
There are a number of factors which affect the performance of airborne radars. The details of different radars can be found on their individual pages, this section explains what the performance characteristics mean and what their significance is.

===Search radars===
====Maximum detection range====
The maximum range of the radar is the maximum theoretically possible distance at which a search radar can detect a target. It is unlikely however that aircraft will be detected until they are much closer than this range. The range at which a target will actually be detected depends on its radar cross section (in basic terms how big it is), and other factors such as surface clutter.

====Base detection range====
This is the range at which a target can be detected regardless of how small its radar cross section is '''before taking into account surface clutter and other factors'''. If the radar is not being affected by surface clutter or you are playing arcade battles (where surface clutter is not modelled) then this is effectively the range at which you are guaranteed to detect a target aircraft, no matter how small it is; larger aircraft may be detected further away than this range.

{{Notice|In Realistic and Simulator Battles where surface clutter is modelled, targets may not be detected until they are much closer than this range|!}}

====Minimum detection range====
Radars have a minimum range, at which they can function, targets closer than the minimum range cannot be detected by the radar.

====Azimuth scan limits====
The azimuth scan limits are how far to each side the radar can scan. For example, scan angles of ±75° means that the radar can see targets up to 75° to the left and 75° to the right.

====Elevation scan limits====
The elevation scan limits are how far to up and down in total, the radar might take multiple scans to cover its entire elevation range, see the [[#Raster Scan|raster scan section]] for more information.

====Period====
The period of the radar is how long it takes to complete one scan of its entire scanning area. This will take multiple individual sweeps, if the scan pattern has more than one raster bar.

===Tracking radars===
====Maximum tracking range====
The maximum tracking range is the maximum range at which a radar can maintain a track on a target.

====Minimum tracking range====
Tracking radars have a minimum range, below which they are unable to track targets. You cannot initiate tracks on targets closer than the minimum range, and if a tracked target comes closer than the minimum range the track will be lost.

====Azimuth tracking limits====
The azimuth tracking limits determine how far to each side the radar can track targets.

====Elevation tracking limits====
The elevation tracking limits determine how far up and down the radar can track targets.

==Airborne radars tips and ticks==
Useful information to know about airborne radars:

* If your radar is damaged (by gunfire or otherwise) you will not be able to turn it on until it is repaired
* Left and right, up and down, on the radar display are relative to your aircraft, so if you roll the aircraft it can affect where targets are drawn on the radar display.
* Consider changing the default target locking key from Ctrl+ F to stop yourself from accidentally breaking your flaps if you mis-press the key combo.
* Due to the raster scan pattern, targets may not be updated on every radar sweep, if you need more rapid updates try narrowing the search area.

=== Notching a Pulse-Doppler radar ===
[[File:Notching2.jpg|thumb|Top down view of a player getting notched by their target. The radar lock will break.]]
Some radars have the ability to operate in "pulse-Doppler" mode, which analyses the [[wikipedia:Doppler_effect|Doppler effect]] on returned radar pulses to determine an object's velocity, and thus identify and track targets. In order for the radar to lock a target, it needs to have a significant Doppler shift (difference in velocity compared to the surroundings). This, however, cannot happen when the target is moving perpendicularly to the radar, as the target is not moving towards or away from the radar with a meaningful difference in speed. This perpendicular movement is called "notching" and is the main way to defeat a pulse-Doppler radar. The simplest way to do this is to put the direction where the enemy is coming from to your 3/9 o'clock position, which makes your aircraft 90 degrees in relation to their radar. Keep in mind that notching will have minimal effect on a radar not operating in pulse-Doppler mode, and you should instead dive to take advantage of [[#Clutter|ground clutter]].

==Aircraft equipped with radars==
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! colspan="13" | Aircraft with radars
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! !! Aircraft !! Rank !! [[#Radar gunsights|Radar gunsight]] !! [[#Target detection radars|Search radar]] !! [[#Target tracking radars|Tracking radar]] !! Band !! {{Annotation|Separate antennas|Radars with separate search and track antennas are able to perform both actions at the same time, leading to pseudo-TWS capabilities}} !! {{Annotation|IRST|Infrared search and track}} !! {{Annotation|MTI|Moving target indication}} !! {{Annotation|PD|Pulse-Doppler}} !! {{Annotation|[[#Track While Scan (TWS)|TWS]]|Track-while-Scan}}
!{{Annotation|IFF|Identify Friend or Foe - This does not work if using ACM mode, or in IRST.}}
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_a32a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Specs-Link|amx}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16d_block_40_barak_2}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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|[[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|f_15a_iaf}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|bf_110g_4_hungary}} || 3 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13_mk4_italy}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_canadair_german}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13b_mk6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217j_2}} || 1 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_1}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_2}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|etndard_4m}} || 6 || - || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f3d_1}} || 5 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Tick}}
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|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n}} || 3 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n_france}} || 4 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f1}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-12]] || [[J/AWG-12]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej_adtw}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4f}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-5e_aidc}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-159]] || [[AN/APQ-159]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14a_early}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9]] || [[AN/AWG-9]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14b}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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|{{Specs-Link|f_15a}}
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|[[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|f_15j}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf_italy}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_20_mlu}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16aj}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16c_block_50}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_france}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_germany}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_israel_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g-31-re_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-2}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_japan}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-35}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_japan_blue_impulse}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_german}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_italy}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-89b}} || 5 || - || - || [[AN/APG-33]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-100a_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_100f_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30A]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104a}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104c}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_china}} || 7 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_italy}} || 6 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104s_asa}} || 7 || - || [[US R21G M1]] || [[US R21G M1]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-105d}} || 7 || - || [[AN/ASG-19]] || [[AN/ASG-19]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b_agm_12b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|he_219a_7}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f1}} || 6 || [[ARI.5820]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f58_switzerland}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f9_rhodesia}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j32b}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f50_sweden}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7d}} || 7 || - || [[JL-7A]] || [[JL-7A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7e}} || 7 || [[Marconi Type 226]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7_mk2}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8b}} || 7 || - || [[Type 208a]] || [[Type 208a]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8f}} || 8 || - || [[Type 1492]] || [[Type 1492]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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|[[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|j_11}}
|8
| -
|[[N001]]
|[[N001]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37}} || 7 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37d}} || 8 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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|[[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|saab_jas39a}}
|8
| -
|[[PS-05A]]
|[[PS-05A]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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|[[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|saab_jas39c_south_africa}}
|8
| -
|[[PS-05A]]
|[[PS-05A]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|javelin_fmk9}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ju-388j}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ka_52}} || 7 || - || [[RN-01 Crossbow]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c2}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c7}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_canard}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_iaf}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_kurnass_2000}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-76]] || [[AN/APG-76]] || J || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|la_200_toriy}} || 5 || - || [[Thorium]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f6}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f53}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-17p_lim_5p}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|me-410b-6_r3}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-200]] || - || C || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|meteor_nfmk13}} || 5 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mi_28nm}} || 7 || - || [[N-025]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-19pt}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-19s}} || 6 || [[SRD-1]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis_lazur}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_sps_k}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_21_bis_finland}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis_sau}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_f13}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_mf}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_pfm}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_s}} || 6 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-21_smt}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-21]] || [[Sapphire-21]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23m}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mf_germany}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || [[Sapphire-23D/TP-23]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23ml}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23ML/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23ML/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mla}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23MLA/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23MLA/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_23mld}} || 7 || - || [[Sapphire-23MLA-2/TP-23M]] || [[Sapphire-23MLA-2/TP-23M]] || J || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_12_germany}} || 8 || - || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || [[N019E/OEPS-29E]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} ||{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_13}} || 8 || - || [[N019/OEPS-29]] || [[N019/OEPS-29]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} ||{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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|[[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|mig_29_9_12g}}
|8
| -
|[[N019E/OEPS-29E]]
|[[N019E/OEPS-29E]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig_29smt_9_19}} || 8 || - || [[N010M Zhuk-M]] || [[N010M Zhuk-M]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_milan}} || 6 || [[Aida II]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000_5f}} || 8 || - || [[Thales RDY]] || [[Thales RDY]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000c_s5}} || 8 || - || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_2000d_r1}} || 8 || - || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || [[Thomson-CSF RDI]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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|[[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|mirage_4000}}
|8
| -
|[[Thomson-CSF RDM-3]]
|[[Thomson-CSF RDM-3]]
|I
| -
| -
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1c}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IV]] || [[Cyrano-IV]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1c_200}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IV]] || [[Cyrano-IV]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_f1ct}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano-IVMR]] || [[Cyrano-IVMR]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3c}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3e}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano II]] || [[Cyrano II]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_454_mystere_4a}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_454_mystere_4a_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|nesher}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_10_iaf}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66]] || [[AN/APG-66]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|p-61a_1}} || 3 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|p-61c_1}} || 3 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4k}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4m_fgr2}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n}} || 6 || - || [[DRAC-25A]] || [[DRAC-25A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n_late}} || 5 || - || [[DRAC-32A]] || [[DRAC-32A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_saar}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35xs}} || 7 || - || [[PS-011/A 71H(IR)]] || [[PS-011/A 71H(IR)]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_sambad}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ah_64d_i_saraph}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-78]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|scimitar_f1}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|harrier_frs1}} || 7 || - || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|harrier_frs1_early}} || 7 || - || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || [[Ferranti Blue Fox]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|sea_venom_faw20}} || 5 || - || [[Mk.X]] || - || F || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|dh_110_sea_vixen}} || 5 || - || [[AI Mk.18]] || [[AI Mk.18]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mirage_3cj}} || 7 || - || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || [[Cyrano Ibis]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7b}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7bkl}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su-7bmk}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_17m2}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_17m4}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22m3}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22m4}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|su_22um3k}} || 7 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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|-
|[[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|su_27}}
|8
| -
|[[N001]]
|[[N001]]
|I
| -
|{{Tick}}
| -
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|super_etendard_97}} || 7 || - || [[Anemone]] || [[Anemone]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|md_460_yt_cup_2019}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|swift_f1}} || 5 || [[ARI.5857]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|swift_f7}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|t2}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-11]] || [[J/AWG-11]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|t2_early}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-11]] || [[J/AWG-11]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_adv}} || 8 || - || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_f3}} || 8 || - || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || [[GEC-Marconi Avionics AI.24 Foxhunter Stage 2G]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_gr1}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_mfg}} || 8 || - || [[ARI 23274]] || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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|[[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]]
|{{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_wtd61}}
|7
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|[[ARI 23274]]
|[[ARI 23274]]
|J
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_it_mod95}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tornado_ids_de_assta1}} || 8 || - || - || [[ARI 23274]] || J || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|tu-1}} || 4 || - || [[GNEYS-5S]] || - || A || - || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|so_4050_vautour_2n_iaf}} || 6 || - || [[DRAC-25A]] || [[DRAC-25A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|yak_141}} || 8 || - || [[N010]] || [[N010]] || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|z_19}} || 6 || - || [[RN-01-II]] || - || K || - || - || - || - || -
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== Media ==


;Videos
{{Youtube-gallery|n78r6klLlEQ|'''Aircraft Radar: The Complete Guide (Current 2023)''' - ''Tims Variety''|bsBtBghAkyc|'''Complete Guide - Radar 101''' - ''DEFYN''|2NZVMgMpZSU|'''Boot Camp: Radar Systems''' - ''War Thunder Official Channel''.|tQhEl042QE8|'''The Shooting Range #275''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 07:55 discusses aircraft radar systems.|tcIeR_s6fp8|'''The Shooting Range #204''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 09:23 discusses the radars.}}

== See also ==


* [[Air-to-air missiles]]
* [[Air-to-ground missiles]]
* [[:Category:Countermeasures]]
* [[SPAA radars]]

== External links ==


* [[wt:en/news/6064-development-radar-station-new-opportunities-in-the-game-en|[Devblog] Radar Station: New opportunities in the game]]

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Radars]]

Airborne radars

2023-11-14T23:24:19Z

U76947064: Added IFF presence to list of radar types.

[[File:Radar Engagement.jpg|x400px|border|right]]
==Overview==
'''Airborne Radars''' were added to the game in [[Update 1.87 "Locked On"]]. Airborne radars are found on aircraft at both low and high ranks, if an aircraft is equipped with radar then a radar display will be present in the right portion of a player's screen, as well as a compass displaying the player's current heading and the directions to detected targets at the top of the screen.

There are two main types of airborne radar in the game, target detection (search) radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars will detect aircraft (both friendly and hostile) and display them as a "blip" on the radar display, it will also place a triangle on the compass showing what direction the detected aircraft is in. Target tracking radars are more advanced; they allow the player to "lock-on" to a target. Once a target has been locked on to, a box will appear around it on the HUD and a read-out will provide the distance to the target and the closing speed between the player's aircraft and the target. Depending on the aircraft being flown tracking radars may also be able to provide an accurate firing lead indicator, once the player closes to within approximately 0.7 km.

==Airborne radar controls==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" | Airborne Radar Controls
|-
! Control name
! Default Keybind (PC keyboard & mouse)
! Description
|-
| Switch Radar/IRST search on/off || Alt + R || Turns the vehicle's search radar on or off
|-
| Change Radar/IRST mode || Unbound || Switches the radar between search mode and tracking mode for multi-mode radars, or normal and pulse-doppler mode for applicable radars
|-
| Change Radar/IRST search mode || Unbound || Toggles between the radar's search modes e.g. narrow scan or wide scan
|-
| Change Radar/IRST scope scale || Unbound || Changes the range scale of the radar display
|-
| Select Radar/IRST target to lock || Alt + T || Selects which target on the display to lock on to
|-
| Lock Radar/IRST target on || Alt + F || Locks onto the selected or nearest target on radar display or turns tracking radar on
|-
|}

==Airborne radars user interface==
===Basic user interface===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_HUD_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD for aircraft equipped with Radar]]
As previously mentioned, aircraft equipped with radars can be identified by the presence of the radar display and compass on the HUD (see image to the right).

Below the compass rose is a small arrow which displays the aircraft's current heading. Targets detected by the radar will also have their bearing displayed on the compass as a triangle.

One or two radar scopes will be present in the right hand portion of the screen; they are discussed in detail later in the article. If the radar is experiencing surface clutter interference then an icon (visible in the image to the right) will be present next to the power indicator, consisting of two arrows and a series of bars. The number of bars illuminated indicates how severe surface clutter is (one bar means minor interference, four bars means major interference); if the aircraft has two radars activated then each one will have its own surface clutter indicator.

If the radar has been deactivated, a separate icon will be displayed instead of the radar display.

There are several different types of radar target which can appear on the radar display and compass. A basic radar target will appear as a bar on the radar display and a triangle on the compass. The radar target which is selected will appear with a vertical line either side of it; and the radar target which is locked on to will appear with a box around it. Some radars are fitted with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, these radars will display friendly radar targets with a horizontal line above them.

[[File:Radar_Target_Types.png|thumb|600px|left|The different types of targets.]]{{break}}

===Radar display types===
====Plan Position Indicator (PPI)====
[[File:Radar PPI Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The plan position indicator radar display]]
The default display is a "Plan Position Indicator" (PPI) type display. It is in the shape of a sector and represents a top-down view of the area in front of the aircraft. The radar is located in the bottom centre of the display; the distance a target is from the centre point shows how far away it is, while its angle from the centre line shows its azimuth.

{{Notice|The PPI can display the range and azimuth of a target, but not its elevation}}

When the radar is turned on, a bar representing the current scan angle sweeps back and forth, radially, about the centre point. A series of four concentric range rings can be used to determine how far away the detected targets are (to get the distance between rings divide the range scale by 4), and a series of bars (at 15-degree angles) help tell the azimuth of detected targets. If a radar has an azimuth scan angle of less than 180 degrees then the display is still a semicircle.

The readout to the left of the scope shows the azimuth and elevation scan angles, while the readout to the right shows the currently selected range scale.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all approximately 4.5 km away from the player. One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's elevation difference from the player using only the PPI.

====C-scope====
[[File:Radar C-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The C-scope radar display]]
In addition to the PPI some aircraft have access to a C-scope type display (positioned underneath the PPI). The C-scope displays the same radar targets as the PPI, but in a different format. Whereas a PPI is a top-down view, the C-scope is forwards-looking. It is a rectangular display where how far from the azimuth centre line a target is shows its azimuth and how far from the elevation centre line a target is shows its elevation.

{{Notice|The C-scope can display the azimuth and elevation of a target, but not its range}}

In addition to the azimuth and elevation centre lines there are two other horizontal lines on the display, these show the minimum and maximum elevation scan angles of the radar. It should be noted that the degree values shown to the right of the C-scope are the minimum and maximum elevation angles of the scope, not the radar.

In the image to the right there are three targets, all slightly below the player (they are below the elevation centre line). One target is at an azimuth of 0° (directly in front of the player) while one is at an azimuth of approximately -30° (30° to the left of the player), and one is at an azimuth of approximately +30° (30° to the right of the player). It is not possible to tell the target's range from the player using only the PPI.

By using a combination of the PPI and C-scope you can work out the range, azimuth and elevation of individual targets.

====B-Scope====
[[File:Radar B-Scope Labelled.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The B-scope radar display]]

An alternative radar display (instead of the PPI) is available in the form of a "B-Scope" type display. It can be enabled via the "Use rectangular radar indicator" setting. It is a square display providing a 2-D "top-down" representation of space, the vertical axis represents the range to the target and the horizontal axis represents the azimuth (angle) of the target. The maximum and minimum azimuth scan angles are displayed in the top corners of the display, as is the range setting. A series of four range bars can be used to determine how far away detected targets are, and vertical bars can be used to determine what direction the target is in. When the radar is turned on a vertical bar representing the current scan angle moves horizontally, back and forth, across the display.

==Radar operation==
===Basic radar operation===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Angles_Diagram.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Diagram showing the scan angles of a radar]]
When turned on, radars will scan a pyramid or cone-shaped area in front of the player's aircraft (illustrated in the image to the right). Radars can only detect targets which fall within their scanning area, the size and shape of which varies depending on the model of radar. Each radar has a maximum and minimum azimuth scan angle (how far to each side it will scan); and a maximum and minimum elevation scan angle (how far up and down it will scan). Radars also have a minimum detection range (typically 150 - 300 m), below which targets will not be detected (not that you should need a radar to see an aircraft that close).

As with other characteristics, the maximum detection range varies greatly between radars (from as little as 4 km, to in excess of 40 km). Targets are not guaranteed to be detected at the radar's maximum detection range. The range at which a target is detected will depend on how much radar energy it reflects back to the radar, which is in turn determined by its Radar Cross-Section (RCS). Generally larger aircraft have a larger RCS so will be detected at greater ranges; for example the [[AI Mk. X]] radar (fitted to the [[Sea Venom FAW 20]]) can detect the large [[G5N1]] bomber at its maximum detection range of 14 km, however, can only detect the much smaller [[He 162 A-1]] at approximately 9 - 9.5 km.

When a radar detects a target, it appears as a "blip" on the radar display. Its position will not be updated until the radar detects it again (usually on the next scan, as indicated by the sweeping bar). When the target is re-detected, its old blip is removed and a new one plotted at the location it was re-detected at. If enough time elapses without a target being re-detected (either due to the target now being outside of the radar's scanning area, or simply the radar not scanning fast enough) then the target's blip will fade and disappear from the radar display. Likewise after a period of not being detected a target which has been locked onto will be lost.

===Radar range scale===
Some radars allow for the range scale of the radar scope to be changed, in order to change the range scale a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar scope scale" control. The currently selected range scale is shown on the radar display, if the range scale is changed then the display will stay the same size, but the targets will be placed on the display according to the new scale. '''It is worth noting that the default range scale may be less than the radar's maximum detection range''', so you may need to increase the range scale in order to make full use of your radar. Some radars can be set to a range scale far in excess of the radar's maximum detection range; targets will not be detected outside of a radar's maximum detection range, regardless of range scale setting.

===Radar search mode===
Some radars allow for different search modes to be activated. The default search mode on radars usually (although not always) makes use of the radar's full scanning area. While this is useful for detecting targets in a wide area this can come with the drawback of each scan taking longer to complete (as the radar has to scan a larger area), meaning that targets are updated less frequently on the radar display. Some radars allow the operator to change the search mode so that the radar only scans a smaller area, this means that targets can be updated on the radar more often, but has the drawback of targets only being detectable in a more narrow area in front of the player's aircraft. This ability is primarily useful for keeping track of fast moving or manoeuvring targets, where the slower scan time associated with a full scan, would make tracking the movement of such a target difficult. When the radar mode is changed the PPI will remain the same size / shape, but two hard lines will appear indicating the new scanning limits; rang rings and azimuth bars will not be drawn outside of the lines. In order to change radar scanning mode, a key needs to be bound to the "Change radar search mode" control (located under the "Weaponry" heading of the aircraft controls menu).

{{Notice|The modes available vary depending on the specific radar. Some radars change the azimuth scanning angles, while others change the elevation scanning angles.}}

===Clutter===
{{Notice|Surface clutter is not present in Arcade Battles.}}
Radars operate by emitting radio waves which then reflect off of targets and return to the radar. Unfortunately the radio waves also reflect off the ground, and other objects, leading to unwanted returns known as clutter. The type of clutter modelled in War Thunder is surface clutter (radar returns from the ground or sea).

In-game surface clutter is modelled as a green haze covering areas of the PPI, the more severe the ground clutter the more intense the haze gets. Anything more than mild surface clutter is usually enough to prevent the radar from picking up actual targets in the area the clutter is affecting. Likewise clutter can prevent tracking radars from effectively tracking targets.

As surface clutter is caused by reflections from the ground it is more pronounced when the radar is pointing downwards, and as such can prevent you from detecting targets which are below you in some situations. Different radars are affected by ground clutter to different extents, usually more modern radars are affected less than earlier ones.

===Detecting/tracking ground targets===
Some search radars and tracking radars are capable of detecting and locking on to ground targets. For these radars ground targets appear on the PPI the same as air targets, and can be locked on to the same way. This functionality is not massively useful, but can come in handy when trying to find player controlled tanks to kill. Ground clutter also limits how effective these radars are at finding ground targets. See individual radar pages to find out if they can detect ground targets.

===Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM)===
Some radars feature a so called Air Combat Maneuvering Mode which will scan for a target in a narrow cone and a reduced range. If a target is found, the radar will switch automatically to Tracking Mode and lock on the target which was just found. The radar on the F-14A features three ACM modes which have different search rectangles for different situations.
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:ACM cone.jpg|ACM mode with a centered small rectangle search area.
File:ACM vertical centered.jpg|ACM mode with avertical centered search area.
File:ACM Mode vertical high.jpg|ACM mode with a vertical upwards looking search area.
</gallery>

==Radar scan patterns==
{{Notice|This topic is included for those who want a better understanding of how different radars scan for targets, it is not essential knowledge, but may be useful.}}
===Raster Scan===
[[File:Radar_Raster_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A 4 bar, one-way, bi-directional raster scan pattern; the green square represents the radar beam.]]
Most search radars in the game use what is known as a bi-directional raster scan (see image to the right). The radar beam starts in the top corner of the scanning area and moves horizontally until it reaches the other side of the scanning area; it then drops down and moves horizontally in the other direction until it reaches the original side of the scanning area. The process repeats until the radar beam has reached the bottom corner of the scanning area. At this point the beam will do one of two things; if the radar uses a one-way raster scan then the beam will move directly upwards from its finishing position until it reaches the top corner of the scanning area, where it starts the process again. If it is a two-way raster scan then when the beam reaches the bottom corner its movement will reverse and it will work its way back up to the top of the scanning area, following the path it just took in reverse.

The raster scan pattern allows the radar to identify targets on different elevations. Each sweep the radar makes on a different elevation is known as a bar; for example the scan pattern shown in the image to the right has 4 bars as the radar completes 4 scans in the process of covering the scan area. The number of bars in the scan, and the height of each bar (measured in degrees) width of the scan in the elevation axis; the width of the scan in the azimuth axis is determined by how far to each side the radar scans.

{{Notice|The PPI shows the radar sweeping over each bar, so on a 4 bar scan a target on the PPI may only be refreshed once every 4 sweeps (due to the radar sweeping over a bar the target is not located in).}}

If you know the number of bars in the radar's scan pattern, the height of each bar, and the vertical offset (more on this later) then you can calculate the minimum and maximum elevation scanning angles of the radar (how far up and down the radar see). You start by calculating the elevation width of the radar as follows:

<code>elevation width = number of bars * height of each bar</code>

At this point it is tempting to just divide the elevation width by 2 and conclude that the resulting number is how far off the elevation centre line in each direction the radar can see (e.g. for a elevation width of 30° the radar can see 15° up and 15° down), however this is not always the case. Some radars have more bars above the elevation centre line than below it (or vice versa), that is to say they can look further up than they can down or vice versa. This gives rise to the concept of a "vertical offset" (measured in degrees), i.e. how far upwards (or downwards) the bars are shifted from being evenly distributed either side of the elevation centre line.

When this is factored in we get the following equations for working out the minimum and maximum elevation limits of the radar:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (elevation width / 2) + vertical offset

minimum elevation angle = (-1 * (elevation width / 2)) + vertical offset
</code>

For example if we take the [[AN/APS-21]] radar. Its scan patter uses 15 bars, each 2° in height, giving us an elevation width of 30°; with a vertical offset of +5°. If we put this into the equations above we get the following:

<code>
maximum elevation angle = (30 / 2) + 5 = '''20°'''

minimum elevation angle = (-1 *(30 / 2)) + 5 = '''-10°'''
</code>

This means the AN/APS-21 radar can detect targets up to 20° above the player and 10° below the player.

===Conical Scan===
[[File:Radar_Conical_Scan.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A conical scan pattern; the green circle represents the radar beam.]]
Tracking radars in the game use what is known as a conical scan, instead of a raster scan. In a conical scan the radar beam rotates around a central axis, with a few degrees offset from the centre. The result of this is that the radar scans a narrow cone shaped area in front of the aircraft. The rotation of the beam also means the radar to tell where the target is within the cone, allowing the radar to effectively track the target.
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===Continuously updating radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radar_Constantly_Updated_Radar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An example of a non-scanning radar, notice how the whole scan area is illuminated at once]]
The German Lichtenstein family of radars (the radars found on German WW2 planes) are unique compared to other radars currently in the game, in that they do not scan for targets. Instead, they constantly emit a cone of radar energy and detect the return. This gives them the advantage of having the radar constantly updating (instead of updating only when the radar scans over a target). However, as a trade-off, these radars have a poor range (only 4 or 5 km) and a narrow scanning area. When these radars are active, instead of seeing a sweeping line the entire scanning area of the radar is illuminated and radar blips update continuously. An example of this can be seen in the image to the right.

==Types of airborne radars==
The two main types of radar are target detection radars and target tracking radars. Target detection radars are found on vehicles from rank 1, however, the more advanced target tracking radars are reserved for high-rank vehicles. Vehicles are typically equipped with target tracking radars in addition to target detection radars, with the two working in tandem.

===Target detection radars===
Target detection radars, also known as search radars, have no tracking ability and simply display detected targets on the radar display and compass. The basic operation of target detection radars has been discussed previously in this article. Target detection radars are available from rank 1, radars found at higher ranks have much better characteristics (larger scanning area, better range, etc.).

===Target tracking radars===
[[File:Aircraft_Radars_Target_Tracking_Labelled.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The HUD when a target is being tracked. '''Note:''' Lead indicator is no longer available for the Javelin.]]
Target tracking radars are fitted to some aircraft in addition to target detection radars. They typically have a short range compared to the aircraft's search radar (hence a search radar is equipped to find targets at long ranges), however, they have the ability to track and "lock-on" to targets. Tracking radars typically have different scanning areas than the search radar equipped to the aircraft; when an aircraft is equipped with a tracking radar, its tracking area is shown as a darker area within the radar display (as seen in the image to the right).

A target can only be locked onto if it is within the tracking radars maximum range and search area (the dark section of the radar display). Once a target is locked on to, a box will appear around it, as well as around its icon on the radar display and compass (to differentiate the locked target from other radar targets). An accurate distance to the target will be displayed next to the locked target on the HUD, as well as an accurate closing speed (speed will read negative if the target is moving away from you). If your aircraft supports a lead indicator, then an accurate firing lead indicator will appear once you close to within 500-700 m of the target.

In order to maintain a lock on the target, you need to keep it within the tracking radars maximum range and tracking area; if the target is not detected by the tracking radar in too long the lock will be lost.

=====Obtaining and maintaining a radar lock=====
[[File:Radar_Lockon_Box.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The "lock-on box"]]
There are two ways to lock on to a target when using a tracking radar. When a search radar has detected targets which are within the tracking radar's tracking area one of them will be selected (have a vertical line either side of it). You can change the selected target by pressing the "Select radar target to lock on" key, when the "Lock radar target on" key is pressed it will turn on the tracking radar and automatically attempt to lock on to the selected target. Alternatively you can press the "Lock radar target on" or "Change radar mode" key (depending on radar type) to turn on (or switch to) the tracking radar. When this happens the tracking radar will begin a conical scan pointing directly forwards; a flashing green square will appear on the screen (image to the right). If you place the box over an aircraft then the tracking radar will try to lock on to it; note that surface clutter and other factors may inhibit the radar from locking on. The target you want to lock on to using this method should be within the range limits listed to the right of the box.

Like with real radars, multiple targets in close proximity to each other can confuse the tracker. If a target is locked and another aircraft flies past it, it is possible for the tracker to lose the lock on the target, or even transition the lock onto the other aircraft (something which also happens to real radar systems). In the previously described scenarios (or depending on how the target is moving relative to the player's aircraft), it is also possible for the target lead indicator to become temporarily inaccurate.

In order for a radar lock to be maintained, the target needs to be kept within the tracking radar's tracking area. If the target leaves this area for more than a short period of time, the lock will be lost. Try to use the whole width of the possible tracking area, which often is beyond the pilots field of view, so you don't have to fly directly towards your target (also see "crank maneouvre").

===Multi-mode radars===
Some radars such as the AN/APQ-100 (found on the [[F-4 Phantom II (Family)|F-4 Phantom II]]) are what are known as multi-mode radars, the same radar antenna functions as both a search and tracking radar, although not at the same time. These radars can be toggled between search and tracking mode by pressing the "Change radar mode" key. Overall they function pretty much the same as aircraft with independent search and tracking radars, however as the antenna is being used for both searching and tracking it cannot do both at the same time. If you are tracking a target then you will lose search functionality.

'''Note:''' The [[RP-5]] does not count as a multi-mode radar as although it is responsible for both searching and tracking it does so using two separate antennas.

===Track While Scan (TWS)===
Some modern radars such as the AN/AWG-9 (found on the [[F-14A Early]]) and PS-46/A (fitted to the [[JA37C]]) feature a "Track While Scan" (TWS) mode, in which targets can be tracked while the radar simultaneously scans for other targets. One big advantage of such a radar is that tracking while in TWS mode doesn't trigger a spike in the enemies' radar warning receivers, because the radar intensity is lower. It can track multiple targets at the same time, making it a very powerful tool in conjunction with other systems such as [[Air-to-air_missiles#Active_Radar_Homing_.28ARH.29_missiles|active radar-homing]] and [[Air-to-air_missiles#Slaving_the_seeker_to_an_aircraft_tracking_radar|radar-slavable]] missiles. However, a hard lock is still required to be able to use [[Air-to-air_missiles#Semi-Active_Radar_Homing_.28SARH.29_missiles|semi-active radar-homing missiles]].

===Radar gunsights===
[[File:Radar_Gunsight.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The indicator present when a radar gunsight is fitted]]
Radar gunsights are fitted to a number of aircraft in the game. If there is no real radar, these aircraft can be identified by the presence of the radar gunsight indicator (see image to the right). A radar gunsight is very similar to a regular gyroscopic gunsight, however whereas on a regular gunsight the pilot would have to manually dial in a range, radar gunsights use a small ranging radar to automatically input the range for the target the pilot is pointing his guns at.

In game radar gunsights will automatically adjust the aircraft's gyroscopic gunsight in the cockpit view, making it more accurate. They are of no real use in third person view, aside from perhaps being able to tell you if there is a target in front of you when flying in heavy cloud for example.

You can turn the radar gunsight on and off by pressing the "Lock radar target on" key. Often there is only a short range in which it will work like 200 - 500m distance.

[[File:F-16 ADF Radar gunsight.jpg|thumb|F-16 ADF: Line up the big circle in the right with the locked target to hit it with your gun. Distance must be less than 500m.]]
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==Factors affecting radar performance==
There are a number of factors which affect the performance of airborne radars. The details of different radars can be found on their individual pages, this section explains what the performance characteristics mean and what their significance is.

===Search radars===
====Maximum detection range====
The maximum range of the radar is the maximum theoretically possible distance at which a search radar can detect a target. It is unlikely however that aircraft will be detected until they are much closer than this range. The range at which a target will actually be detected depends on its radar cross section (in basic terms how big it is), and other factors such as surface clutter.

====Base detection range====
This is the range at which a target can be detected regardless of how small its radar cross section is '''before taking into account surface clutter and other factors'''. If the radar is not being affected by surface clutter or you are playing arcade battles (where surface clutter is not modelled) then this is effectively the range at which you are guaranteed to detect a target aircraft, no matter how small it is; larger aircraft may be detected further away than this range.

{{Notice|In Realistic and Simulator Battles where surface clutter is modelled, targets may not be detected until they are much closer than this range|!}}

====Minimum detection range====
Radars have a minimum range, at which they can function, targets closer than the minimum range cannot be detected by the radar.

====Azimuth scan limits====
The azimuth scan limits are how far to each side the radar can scan. For example, scan angles of ±75° means that the radar can see targets up to 75° to the left and 75° to the right.

====Elevation scan limits====
The elevation scan limits are how far to up and down in total, the radar might take multiple scans to cover its entire elevation range, see the [[#Raster Scan|raster scan section]] for more information.

====Period====
The period of the radar is how long it takes to complete one scan of its entire scanning area. This will take multiple individual sweeps, if the scan pattern has more than one raster bar.

===Tracking radars===
====Maximum tracking range====
The maximum tracking range is the maximum range at which a radar can maintain a track on a target.

====Minimum tracking range====
Tracking radars have a minimum range, below which they are unable to track targets. You cannot initiate tracks on targets closer than the minimum range, and if a tracked target comes closer than the minimum range the track will be lost.

====Azimuth tracking limits====
The azimuth tracking limits determine how far to each side the radar can track targets.

====Elevation tracking limits====
The elevation tracking limits determine how far up and down the radar can track targets.

==Airborne radars tips and ticks==
Useful information to know about airborne radars:

* If your radar is damaged (by gunfire or otherwise) you will not be able to turn it on until it is repaired
* Left and right, up and down, on the radar display are relative to your aircraft, so if you roll the aircraft it can affect where targets are drawn on the radar display.
* Consider changing the default target locking key from Ctrl+ F to stop yourself from accidentally breaking your flaps if you mis-press the key combo.
* Due to the raster scan pattern, targets may not be updated on every radar sweep, if you need more rapid updates try narrowing the search area.

=== Notching a Pulse-Doppler radar ===
[[File:Notching2.jpg|thumb|Top down view of a player getting notched by their target. The radar lock will break.]]
Some radars have the ability to operate in "pulse-Doppler" mode, which analyses the [[wikipedia:Doppler_effect|Doppler effect]] on returned radar pulses to determine an object's velocity, and thus identify and track targets. In order for the radar to lock a target, it needs to have a significant Doppler shift (difference in velocity compared to the surroundings). This, however, cannot happen when the target is moving perpendicularly to the radar, as the target is not moving towards or away from the radar with a meaningful difference in speed. This perpendicular movement is called "notching" and is the main way to defeat a pulse-Doppler radar. The simplest way to do this is to put the direction where the enemy is coming from to your 3/9 o'clock position, which makes your aircraft 90 degrees in relation to their radar. Keep in mind that notching will have minimal effect on a radar not operating in pulse-Doppler mode, and you should instead dive to take advantage of [[#Clutter|ground clutter]].

==Aircraft equipped with radars==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="13" | Aircraft with radars
|-
! !! Aircraft !! Rank !! [[#Radar gunsights|Radar gunsight]] !! [[#Target detection radars|Search radar]] !! [[#Target tracking radars|Tracking radar]] !! Band !! {{Annotation|Separate antennas|Radars with separate search and track antennas are able to perform both actions at the same time, leading to pseudo-TWS capabilities}} !! {{Annotation|IRST|Infrared search and track}} !! {{Annotation|MTI|Moving target indication}} !! {{Annotation|PD|Pulse-Doppler}} !! {{Annotation|[[#Track While Scan (TWS)|TWS]]|Track-while-Scan}}
!{{Annotation|IFF|Identify Friend or Foe - This does not work if using ACM mode, or in IRST.}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|a2d}} || 5 || - || [[AN/APS-19]] || [[AN/APS-19]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_a32a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_a32a_red_adam}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ah_mk1}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-78]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ah_64d}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-78]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ah_64d_japan}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-78]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_aj37}} || 7 || - || [[PS-37A]] || [[PS-37A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ajs37}} || 7 || - || [[PS-37A]] || [[PS-37A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|av_8b_plus_italy}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-65Q]] || [[AN/APG-65Q]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16d_block_40_barak_2}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)5]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|bf_110g_4}} || 3 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|bf_110g_4_hungary}} || 3 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13_mk4_italy}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_canadair_german}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86_cl_13b_mk6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217j_2}} || 1 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_1}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|do_217n_2}} || 2 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|etndard_4m}} || 6 || - || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || [[DRAA 3D AIDA]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f2h-2}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f3d_1}} || 5 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f3h-2}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APQ-51]] || [[AN/APQ-51]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f4d_1}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APQ-50]] || [[AN/APQ-50]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n}} || 3 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f6f-5n_france}} || 4 || - || [[AN/APS-6]] || [[AN/APS-6]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f8u-2}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-67]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f9f-5}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f9f-8}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f11f_1_late}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f1}} || 6 || - || [[J/AWG-12]] || [[J/AWG-12]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4c}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-100]] || [[AN/APQ-100]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej_adtw}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej_kai}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66J]] || [[AN/APG-66J]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4ej}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4f_late}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4f}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4j}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4jk}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4s}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APG-59]] || [[AN/APG-59]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-5e}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-159]] || [[AN/APQ-159]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-5e_aidc}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-159]] || [[AN/APQ-159]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-8e}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-94]] || - || I || - || {{Tick}} || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-8e_fn}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-104]] || [[AN/APQ-104]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14a_early}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9]] || [[AN/AWG-9]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_14b}} || 8 || - || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || [[AN/AWG-9 / AN/AXX-1 TCS]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_10}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66]] || [[AN/APG-66]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_15_adf_italy}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16a_block_20_mlu}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)3]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16aj}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || [[AN/APG-66(V)1]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_16c_block_50}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || [[AN/APG-68(V)7]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_france}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_germany}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_israel_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_italy}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84f_iaf}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g_italy}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-84g-31-re_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-2}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-25}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-30_japan}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-35}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_china}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_japan}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86f-40_japan_blue_impulse}} || 5 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_german}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-86k_late_italy}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-89b}} || 5 || - || - || [[AN/APG-33]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-89d}} || 5 || - || - || [[AN/APG-33]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-100a_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-100d}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:France_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-100d_france}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f_100f_china}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30A]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104a}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104a_china}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104c}} || 6 || - || [[AN/ASG-14]] || [[AN/ASG-14]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g}} || 7 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_china}} || 7 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104g_italy}} || 6 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Japan_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104j}} || 6 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104s}} || 7 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104s_asa}} || 7 || - || [[US R21G M1]] || [[US R21G M1]] || I || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
|{{Tick}}
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| [[File:Italy_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-104s_cb}} || 7 || - || [[NASARR]] || [[NASARR]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-105d}} || 7 || - || [[AN/ASG-19]] || [[AN/ASG-19]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USA_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|fj_4b_agm_12b}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|he_219a_7}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-220]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f1}} || 6 || [[ARI.5820]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f6}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f58_switzerland}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f9_rhodesia}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j32b}} || 6 || - || [[PS-42 TA]] || [[PS-42 TT]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|hunter_f50_sweden}} || 6 || [[AN/APG-30]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35a}} || 6 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_j35d}} || 7 || - || [[PS-03]] || [[PS-03]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-19j_6a}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7d}} || 7 || - || [[JL-7A]] || [[JL-7A]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7e}} || 7 || [[Marconi Type 226]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_7_mk2}} || 6 || [[SRD-5]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8b}} || 7 || - || [[Type 208a]] || [[Type 208a]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:China_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|j_8f}} || 8 || - || [[Type 1492]] || [[Type 1492]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37}} || 7 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|saab_ja37d}} || 8 || - || [[PS-46/A]] || [[PS-46/A]] || I || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || {{Tick}}
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|javelin_fmk9}} || 6 || - || [[AN/APS-21]] || [[AN/APG-26]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ju-388j}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-202]] || - || B || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|ka_52}} || 7 || - || [[RN-01 Crossbow]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c2}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_c7}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|kfir_canard}} || 7 || [[ELTA EL/M-2001B]] || - || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_iaf}} || 7 || - || [[AN/APQ-120]] || [[AN/APQ-120]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Israel_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|f-4e_kurnass_2000}} || 8 || - || [[AN/APG-76]] || [[AN/APG-76]] || J || - || - || - || {{Tick}} || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|la_200_toriy}} || 5 || - || [[Thorium]] || - || I || - || - || - || - || -
| -
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f6}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Britain_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|lightning_f53}} || 6 || - || [[AI Mk.23]] || [[AI Mk.23]] || I || - || - || - || - || -
|{{Tick}}
|-
| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mig-17p_lim_5p}} || 6 || - || [[RP-5]] || [[RP-5]] || I || {{Tick}} || - || - || - || -
| -
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| [[File:Germany_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|me-410b-6_r3}} || 4 || - || [[FuG-200]] || - || C || - || - || - || - || -
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| [[File:USSR_flag.png|40px|link=]] || {{Specs-Link|mi_28nm}} || 7 || - || [[N-025]] || - || K || - || - || {{Tick}} || - || -
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== Media ==


;Videos
{{Youtube-gallery|n78r6klLlEQ|'''Aircraft Radar: The Complete Guide (Current 2023)''' - ''Tims Variety''|bsBtBghAkyc|'''Complete Guide - Radar 101''' - ''DEFYN''|2NZVMgMpZSU|'''Boot Camp: Radar Systems''' - ''War Thunder Official Channel''.|tQhEl042QE8|'''The Shooting Range #275''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 07:55 discusses aircraft radar systems.|tcIeR_s6fp8|'''The Shooting Range #204''' - ''Tactics & Strategy'' section at 09:23 discusses the radars.}}

== See also ==


* [[Air-to-air missiles]]
* [[Air-to-ground missiles]]
* [[:Category:Countermeasures]]
* [[SPAA radars]]

== External links ==


* [[wt:en/news/6064-development-radar-station-new-opportunities-in-the-game-en|[Devblog] Radar Station: New opportunities in the game]]

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Radars]]

AIM-9C Sidewinder

2023-08-18T21:39:50Z

U76947064: /* Comparison with analogues */ Corrected maximum overload

{{About
| about = American air-to-air missile '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
| usage = other versions
| link = AIM-9 Sidewinder (Family)
}}
== Description ==

[[File:WeaponImage AIM-9D Sidewinder.png|thumb|left|420px|The AIM-9C Sidewinder missile (in game it uses the same model as the [[AIM-9D]], scale is approximate)]]
{{Break}}
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an American [[Air-to-air_missiles#Semi-Active_Radar_Homing_.28SARH.29_missiles|semi-active radar-homing air-to-air missile]]. It was introduced in [[Update "Direct Hit"]].

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===


* {{Specs-Link|f-8e}}

== General info ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Missile characteristics
|-
| '''Mass''' || 95 kg
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| '''Guidance''' || SARH
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| '''Signal''' || Pulse
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| '''Lock range''' || 9 km
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| '''Launch range''' || 18 km
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| '''Maximum speed''' || 2.5 M
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| '''Maximum overload''' || 18 G
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| '''Missile guidance time''' || 60 secs
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| '''Explosive mass''' || 4.69 kg TNTeq
|-
|}

=== Effective damage ===

The AIM-9C boasts identical explosive charge as its infrared-guided brother, the AIM-9D, that being 2.95 kg of HMX, equivalent to 4.69 kg of TNT. It's enough to destroy an air target in one hit, or at the very least, to severely damage it.

=== Comparison with analogues ===

The AIM-9C is superior to its most immediate Soviet counterpart, the R-3R, having better speed, overload, range, as well as guidance time. It only falls behind in terms of raw explosive power, due to the R-3R's payload of 8.8 kg TNT equivalent.

The AIM-9C is the second SARH AAM available in the US air tree, the first one being the somewhat lacklustre [[AIM-7C Sparrow]] available on the [[F3H-2|F3H-2 Demon]]. Although capable of Mach 3 speeds, and housing a deadly 11.5 kg TNT equivalent payload, this sparrow variant suffers from a low maximum overload for such a big missile (only 18G), and only having a third of the AIM-9C's guidance time (20s vs 60s).

== Usage in battles ==

The AIM-9C can be handily used in head-on situations, due to it being a SARH missile, albeit due to the F-8E's radar lacking a nose-centred BVR search mode, acquiring a radar lock in time can be tricky, along with its susceptibility to chaff, making reliable hits difficult. It's best used on unaware opponents, or on those who have already exhausted their countermeasures in previous engagements. However, if radar lock on target is successfully re-acquired after losing it (due to chaff or other factors) the missile will immediately begin to track the target again, which along with its good manoeuvrability, gives it decent chances of a successful shootdown in dogfights as well.

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* Being a semi-active radar homing (SARH) missile, it has all-aspect ability and is immune to flares
* Begins turning almost immediately after launch, compared to AIM-7 Sparrows and its variants which travel in a straight line for a short amount of time before tracking
* Has the good range of the AIM-9D (3 km range from rear aspect), along with a long burn time

'''Cons:'''

* Being a SARH missile, its usefulness is limited on low-altitude targets due to ground clutter
* Requires constant radar lock; a single chaff burst will likely defeat the missile
* Outcome somewhat unreliable due to chaff susceptibility
* Tends to lose lock when the target turns in a direction, then quickly turns the opposite way

== History ==

===Development===
[[File:AIM-9B-9D-9C NAN3-71.jpg|x250px|right|thumb|none|A rack of Sidewinder missiles used by the US Navy. From top to bottom: [[AIM-9B Sidewinder|AIM-9B]], [[AIM-9D Sidewinder|AIM-9D]], and [[AIM-9C Sidewinder|AIM-9C]].]]
Limitations in the initial Sidewinder model, the ''AAM-N-7 Sidewinder IA'' (later designated in 1963 the [[AIM-9B Sidewinder|AIM-9B]]), caused the United States Navy to begin developing the next generation of Sidewinders at China Lake. The goal was to improve the missile's envelope, as the Sidewinder's restricted turning ability meant that aware pilots can easily turn and evade the incoming missile. Development on this new Sidewinder missile soon split into two separate project for different seeker heads, one with an infrared alternative head (IRAH) as the ''Sidewinder 1C Mod 29'', which would become the [[AIM-9D Sidewinder|AIM-9D]], and the other with a semi-active radar alternative head (SARAH) as the ''Sidewinder 1C Mod 30'', which would become the [[AIM-9C Sidewinder|AIM-9C]].<ref name="Westrum_ChinaLakeAIM9_2ndGen">Westrum 2013, p.176</ref> A SARAH guidance system was useful in that it would allow a Sidewinder to perform an all-aspect attack with radar, and was all-weather, not interfered by the environmental factors like a IR seeker was.<ref name="Westrum_ChinaLakeAIM9_AIM9C">Westrum 2013, p.182-184</ref>

The AIM-9C shared the same missile improvements as the AIM-9D, namely a Hercules MK 36 solid-fuel rocket motor that allowed the missile to go faster and as far as 18 km, large fins for control, and a MK 48 continuous-rod warhead for increased lethality.<ref name="Designation_Sidewinder">Parsch 2008</ref>

Starting development in 1957 under Thomas S. Amlie, the AIM-9C's intent was to provide a fleet-defense weapon for aircraft on the World War II-era ''Essex''-class carriers, which carried the [[F8U-2|F-8 Crusader]] aircraft that could not carry the larger [[AIM-7C_Sparrow|AIM-7 Sparrow]] SARAH missiles. Developing a working radar seeker was difficult, with the development team reviewing the technical reports of the AIM-4A Falcon to fix some issues. However, another issue with the AIM-9C's development is finding a suitable radar that could use it, as the AIM-9C called for the use of a 24-inch diameter radar while the Crusader used a 13-inch diameter radar. This would eventually be resolved with the Crusaders integrating a AN/APQ-83 radar. The AIM-9C went through operational evaluation with the US Navy in 1964, alongside the AIM-9D, and the AIM-9C demonstrated a 77% single-shot kill probability. Two F-8 squadron based in {{Annotation|NAS|Naval Air Station}} Miramar were equipped with AIM-9C by the fall of 1964.<ref name="Westrum_ChinaLakeAIM9_AIM9C" /> Production of the missiles were carried out by Motorola.<ref name="Designation_Sidewinder" />

===Usage===
[[File:F-8D_with_AIM-9C_missiles_over_China_Lake_1963.jpeg|x200px|left|none|thumb|A F-8D Crusader equipped with AIM-9D (above) and AIM-9C (below) Sidewinder missiles on the cheek pylon.]]
Though the AIM-9C was received by the US Navy, its more complicated seeker compared to the infrared seeker variant introduced technical issues. China Lake's development team, including Amlie himself, arrived at the ''Essex''-class carriers to provide orientation and support for the missiles. The biggest issue aside from the missile was the Crusader's radar, which can fail and was difficult to repair. Pilot confidence in the missile was also poor, both in regards to the Crusader's radar reliability and the AIM-9C's ability for an all-aspect attack with the radar as they were used to the Sidewinders being a rear-aspect weapon.<ref name="Westrum_ChinaLakeAIM9_Usage">Westrum 2013, p.184-186</ref>

However the ultimate failing of the AIM-9C's is its purpose filling a niche role on an aircraft with a specific radar requirement, being meant for the Crusader because the aircraft could not carry the AIM-7 Sparrows. Once the Crusaders began being phased out in the mid-1960s, the AIM-9C was phased out alongside the Crusaders as newer aircraft like the [[F-4C|F-4C Phantom II]] that can use Sparrows were put into use. With the AIM-9C only seeing brief service before its retirement with the Crusaders, only 1,000 AIM-9Cs were produced by Motorola between 1965 to 1967.<ref name="Designation_Sidewinder" /> There were no kill claims during the Vietnam War credited to the AIM-9C.<ref name="MiGKillers">McCarthy 2009, p.148-157</ref>
[[File:AH-1T SeaCobra with AGM-122 Sidearm at China Lake 1981.jpg|x150px|right|none|thumb|A USMC AH-1T Sea Cobra with a AGM-122 Sidearm.]]

The AIM-9C would have another chance in the 1980s. Making use of the inventory of AIM-9Cs that have been phased out of use, the US Navy converted the AIM-9Cs into the AGM-122A ''SideARM'' ("Sidewinder Anti-Radiation Missile") for use against radar installations. In 1984, Motorola was contracted to perform the conversions, which utilized a wide-band passive electromagnetic radiation homing seeker, as well as a new proximity fuse and rocket motor used on the more modern [[AIM-9L Sidewinder]]. While not as useful as a dedicated anti-radiation missile, the AGM-122A provided a cost-effective solution against smaller radar threats. The primary users of the AGM-122A was the United States Marine Corps, who received 700 units between 1986 to 1990 and equipped on fixed wing aircraft such as the AV-8 Harriers and A-4 Skyhawks, as well as helicopters such as the AH-1 Cobra.<ref name="Designation_Sidearm">Parsch 2002</ref><ref name="Westrum_ChinaLakeAIM9_AGM122">Westrum 2013, p.186</ref><ref name="Drive_AGM122">Rogoway 2017</ref> Once the AIM-9C inventory ran out, there were considerations to restart production for new missiles as the AGM-122B with new guidance system and a reprogrammable memory board, but this was cancelled.<ref name="Designation_Sidearm">Parsch 2002</ref>

== Media ==


;Videos
{{Youtube-gallery|fbOSwknTLDU|'''F-8E AIM-9C''' - ''ShyFox RawR''}}

== See also ==


;Related development

* [[AIM-9 Sidewinder (Family)]]

;Other SARH missiles with IR seeker alternatives

* [[R-3R]] (IR: [[R-3S]])
* [[R-23R]] (IR: [[R-23T]])
* [[R-24R]] (IR: [[R-24T]])
* [[Matra R530]] (IR: [[Matra R530E]])

== External links ==


=== References ===

;Citations
<references />

;Bibliography

* McCarthy, Donald J. Jr. ''MiG Killers, A Chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965–1973''. Specialty Press, 2009.
* Parsch, Andreas. "AGM-122." ''Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles'', Designation-Systems.Net, 08 November 2002, [http://www.designation-systems.info/dusrm/m-122.html Website]. Accessed on 18 Nov. 2021 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211118152548/http://www.designation-systems.info/dusrm/m-122.html Archive]).
* Parsch, Andreas. "AIM-9." ''Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles'', Designation-Systems.Net, 09 July 2008, [http://www.designation-systems.info/dusrm/m-9.html Website]. Accessed on 18 Nov. 2021 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211118152532/http://www.designation-systems.info/dusrm/m-9.html Archive]).
* Rogoway, Tyler. "The AGM-122 "Sidearm" Came To Be From A Novel Missile Recycling Scheme". ''The Drive'', 29 Jun. 2017, [https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12009/the-agm-122-sidearm-came-to-be-from-a-novel-missile-recycling-scheme Website]. Accessed on 20 Nov. 2021 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211120220634/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/12009/the-agm-122-sidearm-came-to-be-from-a-novel-missile-recycling-scheme Archive]).
* Westrum, Ron. ''Sidewinder; Creative Missile Development at China Lake''. Naval Institute Press, 30 Sep. 2013.

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[[Category:Suspended armaments]]

MiG-21MF (Germany)

2023-08-08T23:40:41Z

U76947064: Updated pros and cons

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| link = MiG-21 (Family)
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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' (NATO Code: Fishbed-J) is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German jet fighter {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.95 "Northern Wind"]].

It is a single-engine delta-wing supersonic interceptor with conventional tail and fully-moving elevators.

== General info ==
=== Flight performance ===
{{Specs-Avia-Flight}}


The '''{{Specs|name}}''' has mediocre flight performance in every aspect among top rank jets. It will get out-accelerated by British Phantoms or MiG-21 bis, outturned by Draken or Mirage, and out-sped by 2nd gen US Phantoms (F-4E/EJ), Starfighters or MiG-21 bis. The delta wing provides great angle-of-attack (AoA) while turning but it also mean the plane loses huge amount of speed doing so. This means that staying behind enemy in 1 vs. 1 is fairly simple, but when there are multiple bandits one might lose all their speed and become an easy missile target if turning too much.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
! rowspan="2" | Characteristics
! colspan="2" | Max Speed (km/h at 13,000 m)
! rowspan="2" | Max altitude (metres)
! colspan="2" | Turn time (seconds)
! colspan="2" | Rate of climb (metres/second)
! rowspan="2" | Take-off run (metres)
|-
! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB !! AB !! RB
|-
! Stock
| 2,196 || 2,178 || rowspan="2" | {{Specs|ceiling}} || 34.0 || 35.1 || 139.6 || 131.0 || rowspan="2" | 750
|-
! Upgraded
| 2,295 || 2,240 || 32.3 || 33.0 || 192.8 || 165.0
|-
|}

==== Details ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="6" | Features
|-
! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear !! Drogue chute
|-
| X || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || X || ✓ 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="7" | Limits
|-
! rowspan="2" | Wings (km/h)
! rowspan="2" | Gear (km/h)
! colspan="3" | Flaps (km/h)
! colspan="2" | Max Static G
|-
! Combat !! Take-off !! Landing !! + !! -
|-
| {{Specs|destruction|body}} || {{Specs|destruction|gear}} || N/A || 500 || 450 || ~12 || ~6
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4" | Optimal velocities (km/h)
|-
! Ailerons !! Rudder !! Elevators !! Radiator
|-
| < 650 || < 600 || < 950 || N/A
|-
|}

==== Engine performance ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" | Engine
! colspan="5" | Aircraft mass
|-
! colspan="2" | Engine name || Number
! colspan="2" | {{Annotation|Basic mass|Mass of the aircraft with pilot and engine oil, but no fuel or weapons load}} || colspan="3" | Wing loading (full fuel)
|-
| colspan="2" | Tumansky R-13-300 || 1
| colspan="2" | 5,962 kg || colspan="3" | 359 kg/m2
|-
! colspan="3" | Engine characteristics
! colspan="4" | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) || rowspan="2" | Max Takeoff Weight
|-
! Weight (each) || colspan="2" | Type
! 11m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 38m fuel
|-
| 1,135 kg || colspan="2" | Afterburning axial-flow turbojet
| 6,651 kg || 7,170 kg || 7,774 kg || 8,258 kg || 9,900 kg
|-
! colspan="3" | {{Annotation|Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB)|The maximum thrust produced by each engine, while mounted in the aircraft. NOTE: Thrust varies significantly depending on speed & altitude.}}
! colspan="5" | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP)
|-
! Condition || 100% || WEP
! 11m fuel || 20m fuel || 30m fuel || 38m fuel || MTOW
|-
| ''Stationary'' || 3,825 kgf || 6,483 kgf
| 0.97 || 0.90 || 0.83 || 0.79 || 0.65
|-
| ''Optimal'' || 3,825 kgf (0 km/h) || 6,977 kgf (1,200 km/h)
| 1.05 || 0.97 || 0.90 || 0.84 || 0.70
|-
|}

=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Avia-Armour}}


The MiG-21MF lacks armour plating. It also has one engine unlike some other planes. This means that the survivability is very low, even among jets. Getting hit is something that should be avoided at all cost, because should the plane survive it, even small wing damage will force the pilot to return to base. The plane has a radar warning receiver (RWR), and countermeasures, including flares and chaff.

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

Your main priority is to get to the R-60s as soon as possible, this will require you to unlock two tier III modifications. Unless you particularly want to research the ground attack ordnance you will be wanting to unlock "Wings repair" and "New 23 mm cannons" at tier III. Therefore you should research "Offensive 23 mm belts" as your first modification at tier I. This will then unlock tier II modifications where you can research "R-3S" and your choice of "New boosters" or "Airframe" (up to you in which order you unlock these), it may be appealing to unlock missiles first to help with the grind but you should keep in mind that the R-3S missiles are slightly worse than the [[AIM-9B]], which means they cannot be fired in even a gentle turn or climb. Once tier III modifications are accessible, you can unlock "Wings repair" and "New 23 mm cannons" in whichever order you want and then go for the R-60s. Once the R-60s are available you can unlock the remaining modifications in whatever order you see fit, however it is highly recommended to go for G-suit and engine upgrades first.

== Armaments ==
{{Specs-Avia-Armaments}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[Ballistic Computer]]
|-
! CCIP (Guns) !! CCIP (Rockets) !! CCIP (Bombs) !! CCRP (Bombs)
|-
| {{Tick}} || {{Tick}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}}
|-
|}
=== Offensive armament ===
{{Specs-Avia-Offensive}}

{{main|GSh-23L (23 mm)}}

The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is armed with:

* A choice between two presets:
** 1 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon, belly-mounted (200 rpg)
** 1 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon + 64 x countermeasures

=== Suspended armament ===
{{Specs-Avia-Suspended}}

{{main|OFAB-250sv (250 kg)|S-5K|S-24}}
{{main|R-3R|R-3S|R-60}}

The '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:

* Without load
* 2 x R-3S missiles
* 2 x R-3R missiles
* 4 x R-3S missiles
* 4 x R-3R missiles
* 4 x R-60 missiles
* 4 x S-24 rockets
* 64 x S-5K rockets
* 64 x S-5K rockets
* 4 x 250 kg OFAB-250sv bombs (1,000 kg total)

==== Custom loadout options ====
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:center"
|-
! !! width="11%" | 1 !! width="11%" | 2 !! width="11%" | 3 !! width="11%" | 4
| rowspan="7" width="25%" | <div class="ttx-image">[[File:Hardpoints_MiG-21bis.png]]</div>
|-
! 250 kg OFAB-250sv bombs
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
! S-5K rockets
| 16 || 16, 32 || 16, 32 || 16
|-
! S-24 rockets
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
! R-3R missiles
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
! R-3S missiles
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
! R-60 missiles
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
|}

== Usage in battles ==


While the '''{{Specs|name}}''' itself is a pretty mediocre fighter, it has access to 4 deadly R-60 missiles. These missiles work the best when enemy is slow, so the recommended tactic is to wait a bit before engaging into the battle.

Due to the immense speed bleed in turns, it is strongly recommended to keep the speed high near enemies, unless one really wants to closely meet AIM-9J. Dropping below 800 km/h makes it really hard to dodge this missile. When an enemy is spotted, it is recommended to turn roughly into their direction, so when they engage, they'll have to make a 180° turn, which will give time for MiG pilot to disengage without risking getting hit by a missile.

Engaging in 1 v 1 situation can sometimes be done, but unless a faster opponent forces it (which happens rarely, as faster opponents turn worse than the MiG) it is only recommended if there are no other enemies nearby. However, do never turn-fight with Draken or Mirage. A good tactic for defensive dogfights is trying to make enemy overshoot, especially against Phantoms. Keep in mind however that you can outrun F-4C.

===Specific enemies worth noting===

* MiG-21 bis and MiG-21 SMT, if you play against the Soviets. They are faster and have better acceleration (bis in particular) but are slightly heavier and less agile
* Mirage IIIC, has very similar acceleration and top speed, but will outturn MiG-21 MF and has great Matra Magic missiles.
* F-4E/F-4EJ. They are armed with great missiles, fighting them at altitude is not recommended. One the deck they are faster and have better energy retention.
* J35 Draken, will always outturn you. It is very important to keep an energy advantage when attempting to fight the Draken, turn fighting is the worst thing possible against a Draken and tactics that involve retaining energy is best when attempting to fight the Draken. Forcing the Draken to dump its energy is the best way to fight against it.

=== Radars ===

The MiG-21MF is equipped with a Sapphire-21 search and tracking radar. The radar is mounted in the nose of the aircraft.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="4" | Sapphire-21 - Target Detection Radar
|-
! {{Annotation|Maximum Detection Range|The maximum possible range at which a target can be detected}}
! {{Annotation|Guaranteed Detection Range|The range, below which, detection of a target is practically guaranteed}}
! {{Annotation|Max Azimuth Scan Angle|How far to each side the radar can scan (widest search mode)}}
! {{Annotation|Max Elevation Scan Angle|How far up and down the radar can scan (widest search mode)}}
|-
| 30,000 m (theoretical) || 20,000 m || ±30.0° || -3.0°/+17.0°
|-
! colspan="4" | Sapphire-21 - Target Tracking Radar
|-
! {{Annotation|Maximum Tracking Range|The maximum range at which a target can be tracked}}
! {{Annotation|Minimum Tracking Range|The range below which targets cannot be tracked by the radar}}
! {{Annotation|Azimuth Tracking Angle|How far to each side the radar can track a target}}
! {{Annotation|Elevation Tracking Angle|How far up and down the radar can track a target}}
|-
| 20,000 m || 300 m || ±30.0° || ±17.0°
|-
|}

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* Access to four [[R-60]] missiles with great tracking and G-tolerance
* High AoA, very agile and light
* Middling ground attack loadouts
* A small profile which is harder to hit
* Equipped with flares, chaff is available
* One of the many MiG-21 variants capable of using a radar missile, being the [[R-3R]]

'''Cons:'''

* Unsatisfactory cannon armament
* Atrocious energy retention
* No combat flaps
* Excessive fuel burn when using afterburner
* Does not get [[R-13M1]] missiles
* [[R-60]]s chase flares constantly
* Using afterburner on the deck can overspeed the aircraft even in a slight climb

== History ==

The MiG-21MF (Germany) is a second-generation variant of the popular MiG-21 'Fishbed'. Operated by the East German Air Force (''Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee''; '''LSK''') between 1972 and 1990, the aircraft was an export variant of the MiG-21SM, and is highly similar to its counterpart, the [[MiG-21SMT]]. Designated the 'Fishbed-J', the aircraft formed the bulk of the LSK in the late stages of the Cold War. All German MiG-21 aircraft were retired following the German Reunification, though some survive as museum aircraft to this day.<ref name=":0">Aviata. (2020)</ref><ref name=":1">Museum, D. (2020)</ref>

=== Design and procurement ===
The East German Air Force received many MiG-21 variants due to their ties with the Soviet Bloc. 76 MiG-21F-13 aircraft had been delivered to the East German Air Force in the early 1960s, and they later received 50 MiG-21PF 'Fishbed-D' planes, which were known as the MiG-21PFM in East German service.<ref name=":0" /> This generated considerable confusion as the German MiG-21PFs had inadvertently been given the same name as the later, Soviet-made, MiG-21PFM 'Fishbed-F'.<ref name=":0" /> However, in the early 1970s, the LSK received its first 3rd-generation MiG-21s, the MiG-21MF. This aircraft was essentially an export variant of the Soviet MiG-21SM. 50 MiG-21MFs were delivered to the LSK between 1972 and 1974.<ref name=":0" />

The MiG-21MF differs from the standard MiG-21SM by having a less powerful engine and simplified radar system, meaning that it accelerates slightly slower than its Soviet counterpart. It could reach a maximum speed of 2,230 km/h, and was flown by a single pilot.<ref name=":1" /> As an interceptor, it carried a 23 mm dual-barreled cannon with 200 rounds in a ventral pack, and was also capable of fitting a variety of munitions including bombs, rockets and missiles.<ref name=":0" />

=== Service history ===
The MiG-21MF enjoyed a fairly uneventful service history with the LSK. The aircraft served with ''Jagdgeschwader'' (JG, fighter group) 8 and JG 9. It complemented the earlier MiG-21PFM and MiG-21F-13 aircraft in German service. Later on, it was complemented by the MiG-21bis, the final MiG-21 variant to serve with the German Air Force. At the time of the German reunification, many MiG-21s remained in German service.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> As the new combined ''Luftwaffe'' had no plans to continue using the Soviet-era interceptor, all MiG-21 aircraft were retired in late 1990 following the German reunification. Many of those aircraft were reserved as museum pieces, and several survive to this day in museums across the globe.<ref name=":1" />

== Media ==


;Skins

* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=mig-21_mf Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]

;Images
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;Videos
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== See also ==


;Related development

* {{Specs-Link|mig-21_f13}}
* {{Specs-Link|mig-21_smt}}
* {{Specs-Link|mig-21_bis}}

== External links ==


* [[wikipedia:Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21|[Wikipedia] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]]
* [http://www.airvectors.net/avmig21_1.html <nowiki>[Air Vectors]</nowiki> The Mikoyan MiG-21 - MiG-21 Single-Seat Variants]
* [https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/479893-mig-21mf/ Official data sheet - more details about the performance]

=== References ===
<references />
=== Works Cited ===

* Aviata. (2020). German MiG-21. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from <nowiki>https://aviatia.net/german-mig-21/</nowiki>
* Museum, D. (2020). Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-21 MF. Retrieved November 23, 2020, from <nowiki>https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/flugwerft/collections/jet-aircraft/mig-21/</nowiki>

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