¶ Systems List
| MANPAD | SHORAD | MERAD | LORAD | AAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA-14 Gremlin | M6 | Hawk | SA-5 Gammon | ZSU-57-2 |
| SA-18 Grouse | Avenger | SA-2 Guideline | SA-10 Grumble | ZU-23-2 |
| SA-24 Grinch | Roland | SA-6 Gainful | SA-12 Gladiator/Giant | S-60 |
| Stinger | Rapier | SA-11 Gadfly | SA-20 Gargoyle | KS-19 |
| SA-29 Gizmo | NASAMS | SA-17 Grizzly | SA-23 Gladiator/Giant | Bofors 40mm |
| SA-16 Gimlet | SA-3 Goa | Iron Dome | Patriot | C-RAM |
| SA-8 Gecko | SA-27 Gollum | David's Sling | Vulcan | |
| SA-9 Gaskin | SA-X-28 | Gepard | ||
| SA-13 Gopher | SA-21 Growler | ZSU-23-4 Gun Dish | ||
| SA-15 Gauntlet | SA-1 Guild | |||
| SA-19 Grison | SA-4 Ganef | |||
| CH-SA-4 Red Banner | ||||
| SA-22 Greyhound |
¶ Abbreviations and Terms Used
| A2AD | Anti-Access/Area Denial is a military strategy to deny the enemy total access to an operating environment. |
| ABM | Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense In this document, the capability of a SAM system to autonomously search for, track, and engage short range ballistic missiles (SRBM), rocket artillery, or other similiary weapons found in DCS. |
| ADBN | Air Defense Battalion A unit of military organization, generally consisting of 1-4 batteries, plus their immediate support. |
| ADBDE | Air Defense Brigade A unit of military organization, generally consisting of 2-4 ADBNs plus command, technical, and logistics BNs. |
| ADBTRY | Air Defense Battery A unit of military organization, generally consisting of multiple SAM launchers, their track radar, and potentially a command vehicle. Surveillance radar may or may not be apart of each battery. |
| Brochure Model | The system in DCS is modeled after dubious performance numbers. It's performance in game may as well be considered propaganda. To be fair, almost all SAMs in DCS are Brochure Models, but units tagged with this are likely Tier 4 systems that exceed any realilistc capability against aircraft. |
| CP | Command Post |
| IOC | Initial Operational Capability. The year the system was first field deployed. |
| LN | Launcher |
| LO | Low Observability |
| SR | Surveillance Radar / Search Radar / Target Acquisition Radar1 |
| TR | Track Radar / Fire Control Radar1 |
| TEL | Transporter Erector Launchers |
| TLAR | Transport Launcher and Radar |
| TELAR | Transport Erector Launchers and Radar |
1 The technical differences in these terms is irrelevant in DCS
¶ Guidance Types
| ARH | Active Radar Homing is a guidance model where the missile contains an autonomous guidance computer and a radar transciever that illuminates and tracks the target autonomously from a ground station. ARH missiles also typically contain a datalink system that allows them to recieve radio command guidance from a ground station until the target is within range of the missile's radar transciever. This guidance method will provide an alert that the target is being targeted. DCS Head_Type = 2 |
| IR | Infrared Homing is a guidance model where the missile contains an infrared seeker that locks and follows a target by detecting the infrared light emmission differential between the target and its background environment. This guidance method is passive and does not alert the target that they are being targeted. DCS Head_Type = 1 |
| SACLOS | Semi-Automatic Command Line of Sight is a guidance model where a ground station operator has a sighting device that they continuously point at the target. The ground station then creates trajectory corrections for the missile and sends them to the missil either via wire or radio. This guidance method is passive when utlized with optical, IR, or EO sighting devices and does not alert the target they are being targeted. DCS Head_Type = 8 |
| SARH | Semi-Active Radar Homing is a guidance model where a ground station illuminates the target with a continuous beam of radar energy. The missile's radar reciever detects the reflected radar signal from the target and rides the beam to target intercept. This guidance method will provide an alert that the target is being targeted. DCS Head_Type = 6 |
| TVM | Track-via-Missile is a command guidance model where a ground station radar illuminates a target, and a radar receiver in the missile detects the reflected radar signal from the target. The missile transmits the radar return information to the ground station, which then uses this information, combined with the position of the missile, to generate trajectory corrections for the missile to maintain a desired intercept trajetory with the target. This guidance method is passive and does not alert the target that they are being targeted, however targets may be aware they are currently within the illumination of a ground radar station. DCS Head_Type = 8 |
¶ System Attributes
| MaMax | Maximum Mach Number: The maximum Mach a missile can attain |
| vAvg | Average Velocity: The average velocity a missile will achieve in flight |
| Overload | The maximum out-of-plane manuevering g-force the missile can attain to correct guidance errors |
| hMin | Minimum Engagement Height: The minimum height above ground a target can be for the AD system to within parameters to engage the aircraft |
| hMax | Maximum Engagement Height: The maximum height a target can be for the AD system to be within parameters to engage the aircraft |
| tAcc | Time of Acceleration The burn duration of the missile's motor, or the duration it takes for the missile to accelerate from 0kt to a range between its MaMax and vAvg |
| rangeMax | The maximum distance a high altitude target can be for the AD system to be within parameters to engage the aircraft |
| rangeMin | The minimum distance a low altitude target can be for the AD system to be within parameters to engage the aircraft |
| TTKMin | Minimum Time to Kill: The time it will take the missile to travel the rangeMin distance |
| TTKMax | Maximum Time to Kill: The time it will take the missile to travel the rangeMax distance |
| FOV | Field of View: The horziontal field of view of a sensor |
| ccmk | Counter-Countermeasures Rejection Probability Factor: Lower numbers are more likely to reject chaff or flare |
| trklockk | Factor of the MMD needed for a sensor to lock a track |
| trkΔvMin | The minimum difference in velocity between a doppler radar and track needed for the radar to be able to maintain a lock |
| trkrcsMin | The minimum radar cross section in m2 that the sensor is able to detect |
| RT | Reaction Time: Maximum duration for the radar to detect a contact, process it, create a track file, and communicate it to other units |
| ecmk | The factor of a sensor's maximum detection range that is degraded by contacts using ECM |
| MMD | Maximum Measuring Distance: The maximum range that a radar can detect a contact and provide useful information about its location. In terms of DCS this is the farthest distance away that a contact can be for the radar to be able to generate a target file for. This is not the max detection range, which in DCS is the maximum range that a sensor can autonomously detect and slew to a target. The MMD and MDR may be coincident values, but not always. If the MDR is less than the MMD, then the radar can still be cued by other systems to a contact. |
| θMax | The maximum elevation angle to which the sensor can be oriented. How far the radar can look up |
| θMin | The minimum elevation angle to which the snesor can be oriented. How far the radar can look down |
Example RCS Values for evaluating trkrcsMin
| F/A-18C | 5.0m2 |
| F-16C | 4.0m2 |
| AGM-62 | 0.3m2 |
| AGM-88C | 0.08m2 |
| LD-10 | 0.07m2 |
| AGM-154 | 0.05m2 |
| GBU-38 | 0.035m2 |
| F-22 Mod | 0.002m2 |
¶ A Note on How DCS models SAMs
DCS simplifies SAM guidance and radar simulation, treating all radar types identically. Radar-guided SAMs in DCS are modeled as SARH missiles with proportional navigation guidance, regardless of real-world characteristics. Autopilot and radar attributes can be adjusted to mimic certain behaviors, but the underlying assumption remains SARH with pro-nav for all radar-guided SAMs.
So, when you see SAMs below that are listed as "SARH" but you think to yourself "Wait, aren't those command guided?" You are correct, but this guide is correct for DCS.
¶ Sources
Information in this guide has been compiled from:
- DCS World internal weapons database: Quaggle's dcs-lua-datamine
- U.S. Army TRADOC ODIN's WEG
- Air Power Australia
- Federation of American Scientists
- Command: Modern Air Naval Operations Database For speculative values for which no above source can provide
¶ Air Defense System Reference
TIER LIST
Weapons are divided into tiers based on the lethality of the system within their own respective categories.
-
1️⃣ Tier 1
- Likely early Cold War 1945-1970.
- Characterized by slow accelerating SAMs, with low overload capabilities.
- Easily countered with onboard countermeasures, ground clutter, and modern electronic attack
- Often primitive guidance that is suspectible to BEAM and low level defective tactics.
- LORAD and MERAD systems are emplaced at generally large, prepared locations that cannot be easily concealed or relocated.
-
2️⃣ Tier 2
- Likely Mid Cold War 1970-1985
- LORAD and MERAD systems are generally mobile and can be emplaced in austere unprepared locations.
- Middle-of-the-road lethality missiles that are generally resistant to ground clutter.
-
3️⃣ Tier 3
- Likely Late to Post-Cold War 1985-2005
- Characterized by very fast SAMs, with high overload, and good chaff rejection capabilities
- Modern guidance paradigms that are resistant to BEAM and low level tactics
- RWR defeating design
-
4️⃣ Tier 4
- Modern systems newer than 2005, and newer than full fidelity modules in DCS
- Hypersonic short range and long range interceptors
- LORAD systems with effectively unlimited range on current DCS maps
- Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) guidance
- Low observability defeating surveillance and fire control systems.
- In the context of DCS mission making, these are challenge mode systems that can be thought of as memes.
PROLIFERATION
| 🔺 | REDFOR |
| 🏴 | Insurgents |
| 🔷 | BLUFOR |
| 🟣 | Weakly/Un-aligned Natiosn |
¶ Man Portable Systems (MANPAD)
¶ 1️⃣
🔺🟣🔷🏴 SA-14 Gremlin HighDigitSAMs
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | Strela-3 |
| IOC: | 1974 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: 120s |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
The Strela-3 is the most primitive MANPAD available in DCS, through HighDigitSAMs. It's a dude with a tube. Although commonly associated with REDFOR, it has profilerated to nations and insurgents of almost every creed and alignment worldwide.
Against low flying targets within its MEZ, it is commonly cited to have a Pk of 50%
MISSILE
The 9M36 is an IR-seeking missile, with a seeker capable of locking high contrast targets out to 4.3nmi. The seeker has an FOV of 2 degrees, and can be gimballed 30 degrees. The missile is effectively hit-to-kill featuring a 3ft proximity fuse, with 1.25kg warhead. It has medium flare rejection capabilities, and a very low overload, making it easily counterable with onboard countermeasures and kinematic defenses.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 Ma | 1108kt | 4G | 3ft | 9842ft | 2s | 0.25 nmi | 2.4 nmi |
Typical combat team is 1 man with 1 loader. For DCS purposes this may as well just be the launcher.
AD vehicles organic to ground forces may be able to deploy 2-3 teams.
Doctrinally, Russia would emplace:
- 3 teams per field HQ or HVT building
- 3 teams per firing battery of a SAM battalion
- 3 teams per technical battery of a SAM battalion
- 6 teams per artillery battery
- 9 teams per motor rifle battalion
- AD battalions may have up to 18 teams
The main consideration with MANPADs, is to space them appropriately, with narrowly overlapping MEZes, and to put them in positions that are hard to see through FLIRs.
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-18 Grouse
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K38 Igla |
| IOC: | 1983 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: 120s |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
Typical combat team is 1 man with 1 loader. For DCS purposes this may as well just be the launcher.
AD vehicles organic to ground forces may be able to deploy 2-3 teams.
Doctrinally, Russia would emplace:
- 3 teams per field HQ or HVT building
- 3 teams per firing battery of a SAM battalion
- 3 teams per technical battery of a SAM battalion
- 6 teams per artillery battery
- 9 teams per motor rifle battalion
- AD battalions may have up to 18 teams
The main consideration with MANPADs, is to space them appropriately, with narrowly overlapping MEZes, and to put them in positions that are hard to see through FLIRs.
¶ 3️⃣ 🔺SA-24 Grinch
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K338 Igla-S |
| IOC: | 2004 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: 120s |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
Typical combat team is 1 man with 1 loader. For DCS purposes this may as well just be the launcher.
AD vehicles organic to ground forces may be able to deploy 2-3 teams.
Doctrinally, Russia would emplace:
- 3 teams per field HQ or HVT building
- 3 teams per firing battery of a SAM battalion
- 3 teams per technical battery of a SAM battalion
- 6 teams per artillery battery
- 9 teams per motor rifle battalion
- AD battalions may have up to 18 teams
The main consideration with MANPADs, is to space them appropriately, with narrowly overlapping MEZes, and to put them in positions that are hard to see through FLIRs.
¶ 2️⃣
🔷🏴🔺 Stinger (FIM-92C)
| Country of Origin: | United States of America  |
| Origin Desgination: | Stinger |
| IOC: | 1981 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: 120s |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
THe FIM-92 Stinger is a MANPAD that operates as an IR homing SAM. It is designed to be fired from a wide variety of ground vehicles, or helicopters. It has been proliferated to most corners of the world, much like the Igla and Strela.
A Stinger operator can nominally go from walking to firing within 6 seconds, with 10 seconds between launches. In DCS, after 3 launches, the launcher will be down for 120s while the crew obtains 3 more missiles.
MISSILE
The FIM-92C is an all-aspect IR missile, with generally bad flare rejection. It is a hit-to-kill missile with no proximity fuze.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 Ma | 582.5 kt | 18 G | 3ft | 11500 ft | 3 s | 3.24 nmi | 0.11 nmi |
¶ Short Range ADS (SHORAD) | Tactical SAMs
Short Range Air Defense systems, or SHORAD, sometimes referred to as tactical SAMs, are SAM systems primarily designed to deal with low-altitude threats such as helicopters or tactical aircraft in their terminal attack phases. SHORAD often serves as the basis of point defense systems designed as a last line of defense for larger LORAD systems or potentially regional high value facilities. SHORAD can also be found organically deployed with ground forces as these systems are often designed to be highly mobile, lightly armored, and capable of engaging targets either on the march or directly after stopping.
¶ 2️⃣ 🔷M6 Linebacker
| Country of Origin: | United States of America |
| Origin Desgination: | M6 Linebacker |
| IOC: | 1997 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: 1s Rearm Time Per Round: 20s Rearm From Depleted: 240s |
| LNs per Battery: | Varies |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: 12 Per Battery: Varies |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | Yes |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
The M6 Linebacker is a conversion of the M2A2 Bradley IFV. The TOW launcher was replaced with a SAM launcher capable of firing four FIM-92C launchers. A FCS and optical tracker were also added. Internally the M6 was modified to carry two Stinger MANPAD teams. It was an interim solution by the US Army to create a SHORAD system to defend mechanized cavalry. Unfortunately for the Linebacker, the conflicts the US was involved in at the time had minimal air threat and so the need for the M6 Linebacker never truly materialized.
Although it did not see extensive use IRL, it is a well armored, and capable SHORAD system that fills a gap that is often missing in BLUFOR equipment in DCS for this time period.
IR Sensor
The M6 Lineback has a stabalized optical and IR sensor that allows it to engage fighter sized targets about 5.3NM away in day or night conditions. The IR compontent is slightly less effective than the visual light optical component of the M6's targeting sensor.
Linebacker IR Sensor
| MMD | θMax | θMin |
| 2.5nmi | 60° | -5° |
MISSILE
The M6 Linebacker has a 2x2 launcher carrying 4 FIM-92C Stingers on its turret. In DCS, each M6 Linebacker is capable of holding 12 FIM-92Cs total, and can reload its launcher in 4 minutes (1 minute per missile).
The FIM-92C is an all-aspect IR missile, with generally bad flare rejection. It is a hit-to-kill missile with no proximity fuze.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 Ma | 582.5 kt | 18 G | 3ft | 11500 ft | 3 s | 3.24 nmi | 0.11 nmi |
Linebackers were embedded with combat units on the front line. They have no specific mission design requirements. Multiple companies of mechanized troops may be defended by one or two Linebacker platoons, likely one in the later years of its service history. A single platoon was likely to have 4 M6s. Operationally some Linebacker platoons were also paired with a platoon of Avenger systems.
¶ 2️⃣ 🔷AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
| Country of Origin: | United States of America |
| Origin Desgination: | AN/TWQ-1 |
| IOC: | 1989 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: 1 Rearm Time Per Round: 40 Rearm From Depleted: 400 |
| LNs per Battery: | 2 |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: 8 Per Battery: 16 |
| Guidance Method: | IR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
The FIM-92C is an all-aspect IR missile, with generally bad flare rejection. It is a hit-to-kill missile with no proximity fuze.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2 Ma | 582.5 kt | 18 G | 3ft | 11500 ft | 3 s | 3.24 nmi | 0.11 nmi |
The Avenger was deployed in batteries of 2 LNs, referred to as sections. An Avenger platoon consisted of 2 or 3 sections, for a total of 4-6 LNs. An armored cavalry regiment would havae a platoon with 2 sections. Avenger platoons with 6 LNs, may have also organized as a 2 sections of 3 LNs, although that was not canonical.
The Avenger is notably one of the few same systems in this reference that is certified to be air dropped.
¶ 2️⃣
🔷Roland
| Country of Origin: | France |
| Origin Desgination: | Roland 2 |
| IOC: | 1983 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | SAHR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | N/A |
| Origin Designation | Roland 2 Search Radar |
| DCS Reporting Name | Roland EWR |
| Acquisition Time | 12 |
| MMD | 19 nmi |
| trkaltMin | 50ft |
| trkaltMax | 20000ft |
| trkΔvMin | 29 kts |
| trkrcsMin | 0.18m2 |
| RT | 12 seconds |
| ecmk | 0.85 |
| θMax | 60° |
| θMin | -15° |
| Beam Width | 90° |
| Concurrent Tracks | 10 |
¶ 1️⃣
🔷🔺Rapier
| Country of Origin: | United Kingdom |
| Origin Desgination: | N/A |
| IOC: | 1970 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 3️⃣ 🔷NASAMS
| Country of Origin: | |
| Origin Desgination: | |
| IOC: | |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 1️⃣ 🔺SA-3 Goa
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-125 Neva/Pechora |
| IOC: | 1961 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
- Almaz 5V24/5V27/S-125 Neva/Pechora Air Defence System / SA-3 Goa Air Power Australia
- S-125 Neva/Pechora (SA-3 Goa) Russian 6x6 Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-8 Gecko
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K33 Osa |
| IOC: | 1971 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
The SA-8 is a Russian all terrain, low-altitude SHORAD system intended to defend manuevering troops near frontlines, and to defend HVT facilities against low level direct attack strikes. The SA-8 Land Roll TELAR is capable of operating autonomously from regimental command, and can amphibiously cross bodies of water and marshland to setup SAM traps in densely forested regions.
- APA-TR-2009-0704: 9K33 Osa/Romb / SA-8 Gecko Air Power Australia
- 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) Russian 6x6 Amphibious Short-Range Tactical Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
SA-8 Batteries nominally consists of four SA-8 TELARs, and one command vehicle. In DCS, the command vehicle should likely be a Dog Ear. SA-8 regiment headquarters would also have a Long Track P-40 radar, which is not present in DCS. This could be replaced with the Bar Lock (P-37) or Flat Face (P-19).
Per Regiment:
- Dog Ear
- Bar Lock or Flat Face
Per Battery:
- Dog Ear
- 4x SA-8 TELARs
¶ 1️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-9 Gaskin
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K31 Strela-1 |
| IOC: | 1968 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: Rearm Time Per Round: Rearm From Depleted: |
| LNs per Battery: | 6 |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: 8 Per Battery: 48 |
| Guidance Method: | SACLOS |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
- APA-TR-2008-0502: Russian / Soviet Point Defence Weapons Air Power Australia
- 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) Russian 4x4 Infrared Guided Surface-to-Air Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-13 Gopher
| Country of Origin: | |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K35 Strela-10 |
| IOC: | 1976 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | **** |
| Anti-Munitions: | **** |
- APA-TR-2009-0801: 9K35 Strela 10 / SA-13 Gopher Air Power Australia
- 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) Russian Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 3️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-15 Gauntlet
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | Tor 9A331 |
| IOC: | 1986 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | Yes |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
The SA-15 Gauntlet is a Russian all terrain, low-altitude SHORAD system meant as a direct replacement of the SA-8 Gecko. The Gauntlet is a self contained TLAR system that can operate autonomously or as a part of an IADS. It was specifically designed to counter PGMs that were being developed and deployed in the 70s and 80s. Russia has deployed the Gauntlet to defend larger strategic SAM sites as a point defense system, with mechanized troops to defend frontlines from both aircraft and PGMs, and at strategic facilities in warzones.
The SA-15 is one of the most lethal systems in vanilla DCS. The 9M330 fired by the Gauntlet is extremely fast and manueverable, difficult to chaff, and impossible to kinematically defeat with any level of reliability.
- APA-TR-2009-0705: 9K331 Tor / SA-15 Gauntlet Air Power Australia
- 9K330 Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) Russian Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Ma | 835kt | 30G | 32ft | 20,000ft | 3s | 6.5nmi | 0.8nmi | 00:28 |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-19 Grison
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 2S6M Tunguska-M |
| IOC: | 1982 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | SACLOS |
| Fire-on-Move: | Yes |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
The SA-19 Grison is a Russian all-terrain, low-altitude SHORAD system designed as a hybrid AAA and SAM platform.
- APA-TR-2009-0703: 96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 Greyhound SPAAGM Air Power Australia
- 2S6M Tunguska-M Russian 30mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 3️⃣
🔺Red Banner-7
| Country of Origin: | China |
| Origin Desgination: | HQ-7 (HongQi-7) |
| NATO Reporting Name: | CH-SA-4 |
| IOC: | 1988 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | SACLOS |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
- APA-TR-2010-0901: CPMIEC HQ-7/FM-80 / CSA-4 Sino-Crotale Air Power Australia
- HQ-7 (FM-80) Chinese Short-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 4️⃣🔺 SA-22 Greyhound Currenthill
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | Pantsir-S2 |
| IOC: | 2015 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
Brochure Model.
- APA-TR-2009-0703: 96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 Greyhound SPAAGM Air Power Australia
- Pantsir-S2 Russian 8x8 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ Medium Range ADS (MERAD)
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺SA-2C Guideline
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-75V Volkhov |
| IOC: | 1963 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: 0.1s Rearm Time Per Round: 45min Rearm From Depleted: 45min |
| LNs per Battery: | 6 |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: 1 Per Battery: 6 |
| Guidance Method: | SARH (CG IRL) |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
| Manuevering Pk | 0.2 |
The SA-2 has been a staple of REDFOR air defense since the start of operational radar guided SAMs in the early Cold War. It was developed shortly after the SA-1 Guild, intended on being the semi-mobile counterpart of the Guild, capable of shooting down high-altitude non-manuevering strategic bombers carrying nuclear armaments.
The SA-2 was upgraded throughout the Cold War, allowing it to engage low-flying tactical aircraft in electronic warfare environments. One of these improved models, the SA-2C, natively known as the S-75V Volkhov is the specific system simulated in DCS. It is one of the oldest systems simulated in DCS, and its age shows. The initial version of the SA-2 had IOC in 1957, however the SA-2C meets the critera of Tier 2, with an IOC of 1963.
The SA-2 gained fame in the mid-Cold War by shooting down the U-2 twice, first over the USSR and then during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Pragmatically, the SA-2 is not what most weasel pilots would consider 'mobile' by today's standards. Each launcher took roughly 2 hours to setup by a platoon of men, and the site could not be moved quickly. The system is also not highly lethal by modern standards. Although a 1988 CGSC Thesis states that in retrospect the SA-2 had a Pk of 0.1 in real life operations, the SA-2 within DCS is probably slightly deadlier with a Pk of ~0.2. This is generally due to the simpler ECM simulation in DCS, where the SA-2 greatly suffered countering in Vietnam and later conflicts. Not respected, and non-manuevering, the Guideline will reach out and touch a fighter.
- APA-TR-2009-0702: HQ-2A/B / CSA-1 / SA-2 Guideline Air Power Australia
- S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) Russian Strategic Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
- ZEN AND TECHNIC MISSILE SYSTEM S- 75 Vestnik PVO
COMMAND POST
Programatically, the SA-2 does not have a required CP to operate in DCS. However, a Ural-375 C2 or ZIL-131(C2) unit can stand in for the command vans that the SA-2 would normally have. Each battery should have a Radar Control Truck, Command Van, and 3-4 Electronic distribution vans. How a mission maker chooses to implement these vehicles, if at all, is largely up to the mission maker.
MISSILE
The Guideline is a two stage solid rocket motor / liquid fuel sustainer command guided missile. The Guideline uses simple half-lead guidance from launch to 1km of the target, where it switches to full lead guidance. The half-lead guidance does make the missile harder to "drive" vs other SAMs of the era, such as the SA-3. MaMax is attained around 25,000ft.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 657kt | 17G | 328ft | 82,021ft | 5s / 22s | 21nmi | 3.7nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | Fan Song E |
| Origin Designation | RSN-75V |
| DCS Reporting Name | SAM SA-2 S-75 "Fan Song" TR |
| Acquisition Time | 20 seconds |
| MMD | 50nmi |
| trklockk | 1 |
| trkaltMin | 80 ft |
| trkaltMax | 82,000 ft |
| trkΔvMin | 19 kts |
| trkrcsMin | 0.18m2 |
| RT | 20 seconds |
| ecmk | 0.5 |
| θMax | 60° |
| θMin | -15° |
| Beam Width | 90° |
| Guidance Channels | 2 |
The Fan Song is a set of radars atop a 2-axle trailer. The Fan Song E includes limited ECM protection, IFF, height finding radar, an optical tracker, and two additional parabolic dishes that provide LORO functionality. In real life, LORO functionality, or Lobe On Recieve Only, is an electronic countermeasures tactic where a set of antennas sends out a signal and two additional sets on the set recieve the return. In the Fan Song E, this is essentially an alternative flood mode where the parabolic dishes on top emit a very wide beam that the normal radar antennas recieve. This beam was so scattered that RWRs would be unable to determine if they were the aircaft being targeted or not. However, this is not implemented in DCS.
Firing Battery
Stereotypical SA-2 sites are laid out in a star pattern, with the Fan Song in the center of the star. LNs were placed on the spokes of the star between 150-300ft from the Fan Song, and connected back to the Command Vans back near the Fan Song. The Fang Song is always complimented by additinal command vans, with later models having notably less. In field deployed sites these Vans were parked around the Fan Song, however as most SA-2s eventually found their way to prepared, purpose built, battery facilities, these vans were often protected under the revetment the Fang Song sat on, or in concrete bunkers. Reloads for the SA-2 were also typically moved to concrete bunkers, trenches or under site revetments.
Sites would've been powered by several mobile diesel generator trailers, although many upgraded sites in urban areas likely also received connections to national power grids. On-site diesel generators may have been selected for permanent remote sites.
Regimental Deployment Layout
Soviet era doctrine has SA-2s deploying as a regimental forces with just over 500 personnel, organized into 4 battalions, 3 of which were firing batteries. In total, the SA-2 regiment would have no more than 72 SA-2 missiles available, or about 2-4 per launcher. Modernization of IADS, and the SA-2 itself has allowed other countries to deploy what appears to be 4 firing batteries under a regiment. Overall, it is hard to prescribe an exact order of battle for an SA-2 complex, as it has been exported more than any other SAM system on the planet. The recommendation below is more than sufficient for most cases in DCS, and can be expanded with a fourth firing battery.
In the field, the regiment will deploy to what are likely prepared purpose built sites with facilities for the Fang Song, SR, battalion personnel, the launchers, and reloads. A regiment is likely to maintain additional spare sites in case its preferred sites are attacked, or to allow the regiment to move its batteries around semi-regularly to make targeting more complex for the enemy. How often this is actually done in real life is dubious at best as a single SA-2 firing battery can easily take a whole day to tear down, move, and stand back up.
Of note, most SA-2 regiments should deploy in a formation with a SA-3 regiment, which will provide complimentary coverage within the SA-2's minimum engagement range. Not shown, the technical battalion would be somewhere in relative location to the rest of the battalions and contain additional LNs, missile reloads, and repair vehicles. A regiment would not have spare Fan Songs. It is likely the technical battalion would hold half of the regimenets entire missile reloads and transport them to sites that need them. Sites would have 3 transloaders, each containing 1 reload.
Most battalions would ultimately not reload their LNs during combat as the process was very slow and very exposed. For DCS purposes this likely means that most missions should aim to not have logistics vehicles in range of the LNs to reload them, or consider a script that only has logistics vehicles available to the battery only after an attack has concluded.
¶ 2️⃣ 🔷🔺Hawk
| Country of Origin: | |
| Origin Desgination: | N/A |
| IOC: | 1971 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 1️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-6 Gainful
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 2K12 Kub |
| IOC: | 1967 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
- APA-TR-2009-0701: Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-6 Gainful Air Power Australia
- 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) Russian Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 2️⃣ 🔺🏴 SA-11 Gadfly
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9K37 Buk-M1 |
| IOC: | 1979 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
- APA-TR-2009-0706: 9K37/9K37M1/9K317 Buk M1/M2 Air Power Australia
- 9K37 Buk-M1 (SA-11 Gadfly) Russian Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System) ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| MMD | |
| trklockk | |
| trkaltMin | |
| trkaltMax | |
| trkΔvMin | |
| trkrcsMin | |
| RT | |
| ecmk | |
| θMax | |
| θMin |
| NATO Reporting Name | |
| Origin Designation | |
| Acquisition Time | |
| Range |
¶ 3️⃣ 🔺SA-17 Grizzly HighDigitSAMs
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | Buk-M2 |
| IOC: | 2008 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: 1s Rearm Time Per Round: 3.25min Rearm From Depleted: 13min |
| LNs per Battery: | 2 |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: 4 Per Battery: 8 |
| Guidance Method: | SAHR |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
| Non-Manuevering Pk | 0.95 |
| Manuevering Pk | 0.6 |
The SA-17 GRIZZLY is a lightly armored, tracked, medium-range SAM system designed to provide tactical level air defense to frontline troops and logistics in theater. It is a direct upgrade of the SA-11 GADFLY, which itself was a replacement for the SA-6 GAINFUL. The SA-17 TELAR replaces the SA-11's mechanically scanned antenna with a PESA radar version of the Fire Dome (although this is not entirely reflected in HDS to allow it to share ALIC codes with the SA-11). The SA-17 also replaces the 9M38 found on the SA-11 with an upgraded version named the 9M317 which is the main improvement on the system in DCS.
An SA-17 ADBDE operates with ground forces, and is designed to operate out of austere environments and to be moved frequently. It may work alongside an SA-12/SA-23 ADBDE and SA-19 or SA-15 ADBDE to provide layered A2AD to an army in a theater. An SA-17 equipped with a Polyana-D4 or similiary command post at the brigade command level can automatically integrate with a theater wide IADS encompassing both army and ADF SAM systems.
- APA-TR-2009-0706: SA-11/17 Gadfly/Grizzly Air Power Australia
- Buk-M2 (SA-17 Grizzly) Russian Medium-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
The 9M317 provides the SA-17 with the ability to provide ABM defense, as well as defend against cruise missiles, aircraft, and helicopters. The missile has an endgame overload of 24G, making it nearly impossible to kinematically defeat with last chance manuevering. It is a SAHR missile that uses PN guidance provided by the SA-17 TELAR's Fire Dome. The missile has protections built in to prevent it being fooled to fly into terrain. The missile features an onboard radar transceiver for terminal guidance.
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax | ccmk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 Ma | 835kt | 24G | 50ft | 164,000ft | 7s | 27 nmi | 1.6 nmi |
| NATO Reporting Name | Fire Dome |
| Origin Designation | NIIP 9S36 |
| Antenna Type | PESA |
| MMD | 32nmi (60km) |
| trklockk | 0.60 |
| trkaltMin | 65ft (20m) |
| trkaltMax | 72,178ft (22km) |
| trkΔvMin | 19kts (10m/s) |
| trkrcsMin | 0.02m2 |
| RT | 4s |
| ecmk | 0.65 |
| θMax | 60° |
| θMin | -15° |
| Guidance Channels | 2 |
The Fire Dome gives the SA-11/17 limited search and acquisition capability, even in the absence of the SNOW DRIFT.
| NATO Reporting Name | SNOW DRIFT |
| Origin Designation | 9S18M Kupol-M1 |
| IOC | 1977 |
| Acquisition Time | 1s |
| MMD | 53nmi (100km) |
| trklockk | 0.60 |
| trkaltMin | 65ft (20m) |
| trkaltMax | 72,178ft (22km) |
| trkΔvMin | 29kts (15m/s) |
| trkrcsMin | 0.18m2 |
| θMax | 60° |
| θMin | -15° |
| RT | 16s |
| Concurrent Tracks | 50 |
| Concurrent Targets | 6 |
The SNOW DRIFT, as well as being the surveillance radar for the battalion, and brigade as a whole, also serves as the primary datalink connection between each battalion set and the brigade headquarter's SNOW DRIFT. The datalink has a range of roughly 13nmi. The SNOW DRIFT can track 50 concurrent track files, and provide target designation for 6 tracks to the 92470M1-2 command post. The SNOW DRIFT does not communicate directly with LNs.
While taking out the SNOW DRIFT will reduce the effectiveness of batteries attached to that battalion, they are still indepedently dangerous.
| NATO Reporting Name | N/A |
| Origin Designation | 9S470M1-2 |
| SR Datalink Range | 2.5nmi |
| SR Connectivity Mode | Wired / Radio Datalink |
| LN Datalink Range | 2.5nmi |
| LN Connectivity Mode | Wired / Radio Datalink |
| LN Limit | 8 |
The 9S470M1-2 Command Post pretty much just serves as a link between the LNs and the SNOW DRIFT. It recieves target designated track files from the SNOW DRIFT, and can cue the LNs to independently lock the designated targets with their Fire Dome FCRs. Without the CP, the LNs cannot recieve track files from the SNOW DRIFT, however they are capable of rudimentary scanning on their own and can engage targets without the CP.
While taking out the CP will reduce the effectiveness of batteries attached to that CP, they are still independently dangerous.
The SA-17 is a frontline SAM system embeded with army forces; as such it has no prescribed site layout per battery or per brigade. Each LN is capable of operating independently in its battery, each battery independent of its division, and each division independent of the remainder of the brigade.
For simulations of Russian-style forces, the main requirement is for batteries to be within 2.5 nautical miles of the division's CP. If operating at brigade level, each division must be within 13 nautical miles to maintain datalink connectivity with the brigade's SNOW DRIFT radars. LNs should be concealed on the outskirts of forests, farm boundaries, or other areas that can obscure them. They can also be positioned on ramps, which enhance their performance in low-level engagements, or in revetments, which may reduce low-level capability.
Consider placing a masted Clam Shell 76n6 SR with the brigade command to emulate the 9S36, SA-17's canonical low-level surveillance radar which is not currently present in DCS.
Note, that Russian SA-17 brigades were issued nine Igla-S grip stock launchers, a couple of which would be surely available or already in the hands of AD at any given time.
Consider the following example deployment, where a Russian-style ADBDE is defending an armored push orientated along a river. Most of the available ADBNs are positioned in obscured forest clearings, roughly 3-5NM from the current frontline, which keeps them out of direct fire.
In a frontline that is mostly stable where no pushes are being made, the whole ADBDE can move north of Achigvara in this scenario, putting them out of range of indirect artillery fire while still allowing them to cover the entire FLOT with the edge of the SA-17's MEZ.
Finally, a note on the DCS World stereotypical "cross" SA-11/SA-17 site, which consists of four LNs around a SNOW DRIFT and CP. This is an artifact of the default SA-11 template being in this shape. While it is conceivable that the SA-17 could defend a fixed facility, and use a prepared site where they setup launchers in geometrically pleasing manners, this isn't really what the system is designed for. The whole ADBDE is supposed to move with the army, possibly at hourly or daily intervals. For the purposes of representing the likely strength of any particular ADBN, the cross template is perfectly acceptable. However, The SA-17 can be made much more difficult to fight by properly distributing the units so that single digit quantities of cluster munitions do not eliminate an entire battalion.
The above deployment could be defeated by potentially 4-6 cluster bombs if the battalions were all orientated as consolidated fixed sites. However, as deployed in the example, this would take potentially 2 flights of DEAD to eliminate.
¶ 4️⃣
🔷Iron Dome IDF Mods Project
| Country of Origin: | Israel |
| Origin Desgination: | Kippat Barzel |
| IOC: | 2011 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
Brochure Model.
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
¶ Long Range ADS (LORAD) | Strategic SAMs
¶ 1️⃣ 🔺SA-5 Gammon
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-200 Vega |
| IOC: | 1967 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
- APA-TR-2009-0603: Long Range Air Defence System / SA-5 Gammon Air Power Australia
- S-200 Dubna (SA-5 Gammon) Russian Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
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¶ 3️⃣ 🔺SA-10 Grumble
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-300PS |
| IOC: | 1987 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
- APA-TR-2006-1201: SA-10/20/21 Grumble/Gargoyle Air Power Australia
- S-300P (SA-10 Grumble) Russian 8x8 Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
5V55 SA-10 Grumble
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| 6.0 Ma | 1950kt | 16G | 82ft | 82,000ft | 10.6s | 40 nmi | 2.7 nmi | 1:14 |
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¶ 3️⃣ 🔺SA-12 Gladiator/Giant HighDigitSAMs
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-300V |
| IOC: | 1988 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
- APA-TR-2006-1202: Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator Air Power Australia
- S-300V (SA-12a Gladiator) Russian Long-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
- S-300V (SA-12b Giant) Russian Long-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
MISSILES
Unlike most systems in DCS, the SA-12 is equipped with two primary SAMs, the Gladiator, and the Giant.
The Giant is primarily intended for ABM defense and doctrinally is not likely to be employed against aircraft IRL. However, it can target aircraft, making the Giant the deadliest SAM for aircraft in DCS.
9M82 SA-12 Giant
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| 7.0 Ma | 3500kt | 30G | 3280ft | 500,000ft | 7s | 108 nmi | 10.8 nmi | 1:51 |
9M83 SA-12 Gladiator
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| 4.5 Ma | 2332kt | 20G | 82ft | 82,000ft | 6s | 40 nmi | 0.53 nmi | 1:01 |
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¶ 3️⃣ 🔺SA-20 Gargoyle HighDigitSAMs
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-300PMU-2 Favorit |
| IOC: | 1997 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
- APA-TR-2006-1201: SA-10/20/21 Grumble/Gargoyle Air Power Australia
- S-300PMU-1 (SA-20 Gargoyle) Russian Long-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
- S-300PMU-2 Favourite (SA-20B) Russian Long-Range Air Defense Missile System ODIN
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
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¶ 4️⃣ 🔺SA-23 Gladiator/Giant HighDigitSAMs
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-300VM "Antey-2500" |
| IOC: | 2013 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
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¶ 3️⃣ 🔷Patriot
| Country of Origin: | United States of America |
| Origin Desgination: | MIM-104A Patriot |
| IOC: | 1984 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | SARH |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
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¶ 4️⃣ 🔷David's Sling IDF Mods Project
| Country of Origin: | Israel |
| Origin Desgination: | Kela David |
| IOC: | 2017 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
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MISSILE
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
¶ 4️⃣🔺 SA-28 Currenthill
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-350 Vityaz |
| IOC: | 2019 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
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MISSILENAME
| MaMax | vAvg | Overload | hMin | hMax | tAcc | rangeMax | rangeMin | TTKMin | TTKMax |
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| Ma | kt | G | ft | ft | s | nmi | nmi |
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¶ Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
¶ 1️⃣ 🔷🔺🏴 ZSU-57-2
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | ZSU-57-2 |
| IOC: | 1955 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | Yes |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ 1️⃣ 🔷🔺🏴 ZU-23-2
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | ZU-23-2 |
| IOC: | 1960 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | Depends |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ 1️⃣ 🔺🏴 S-60
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | S-60 |
| IOC: | 1950 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | no |
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¶ 1️⃣ 🔺🏴 KS-19
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | KS-19 |
| IOC: | 1947 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ 1️⃣
🔷🔺🏴 Bofors 40mm
| Country of Origin: | Sweden |
| Origin Desgination: | Bofors 40mm L/60 |
| IOC: | 1934 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ 3️⃣ 🔷Centurion C-RAM
| Country of Origin: | United States of America 🦅🇺🇸 |
| Origin Desgination: | Centurioon |
| IOC: | 2004 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | Yes |
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¶ 1️⃣ 🔷M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS)
| Country of Origin: | United States of America 🦅🇺🇸 |
| Origin Desgination: | N/A |
| IOC: | 1964 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ 2️⃣
🔷Gepard
| Country of Origin: | Germany |
| Origin Desgination: | Gepard |
| IOC: | 1976 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | No |
| Anti-Munitions: | yes |
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¶ 1️⃣ 🔺🏴 Gun Dish
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" |
| IOC: | 1964 |
| Reloading Time: | Recycle Time: **** Rearm Time Per Round: **** Rearm From Depleted: **** |
| LNs per Battery: | **** |
| Missile Storage: | Per LN: **** Per Battery: **** |
| Guidance Method: | **** |
| Fire-on-Move: | Yes |
| Anti-Munitions: | No |
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¶ Early Warning Surviellance Radars (EWR)
¶ 🔺Box Spring
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
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¶ 🔺Flat Face
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| NATO Reporting Name | Flat Face B |
| Origin Designation | 1RL134 P-19 Danube |
| DCS Reporting Name | SAM SA-2/3/5 P19 "Flat Face" SR |
| IOC: | 1974 |
| Acquisition Time | 9 seconds |
| MMD | 86nmi |
| trklockk | 1 |
| trkaltMin | 82 ft |
| trkaltMax | 100,000 ft |
| trkΔvMin | 20 knots |
| trkrcsMin | 0.18m2 |
| RT | 9 seconds |
| ecmk | 0.5 |
| θMax | 60° |
| θMin | -15° |
| Beam Width | 20° |
| Concurrent Tracks | 10 |
The Flat Face B, is a UHF surveillance and target acquisition radar based on the older P-15. It has two open frame elliptical parabolic antennas, with primitive counter-ECM frequency hopping capabilities. The Flat Face was first fielded in 1974 for the Soviet Union but has since been exported to various other countries where it is still in service. Within DCS, the P-19 serves as the SR for the SA-2, SA-3, and SA-5, replacing their actual units from real life. The Flat Face B also operates in regimental HQ as an SR, as well as part of an EWR network, although it is relatively short range for an EWR.
The Flat Face does not have a radar cabin built in to it to control the radar, so it would have a radar van with it. In DCS this would typically be a Ural-375 C2, however any C2 vehicles technically works.
There's not really a prescribed site layout for the Flat Face. Consider both a Ural-375 C2 and a diesel generator or power unit, such as the 5I57A, or the APA-80.
¶ 🔷AN/FPS-117
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¶ 2️⃣ 🔺Dog Ear
| Country of Origin: | Russia |
| Origin Desgination: | 9S80 PPRU-1 "Sborka" or "Ovod" |
| IOC: | 1983 |
The Dog Ear is a mobile command center and SR primarily attached to SA-13 batteries as a part of an ADBN. It can control up to 6 SA-13 TELs via radio. Upgraded units can also control 4 SA-8 Geckos or 4 SA-15 Gauntlets.
It can track up to 50 targets simultaneously, and can operate autonomously for 24 hours without resupply.
9S80M X-Band SR
| MMD | trklockk | trkaltMax | trkaltMin | ecmk | RT | trkΔvMin | trkrcsMin | θMax | aMin |
| 22nmi | 85% | 33,000ft | 50ft | 65% | 12s | 30kt | 0.18 | 60° | -15° |
Dog Ears operate in austere environments, behind the front line with their subordinate SAM sites. They do not have a specific site arrangement to follow, but consider the following support vehicles:
- A LUV or APC carrying 2x MANPAD teams to defend the Dog Ear
- A Diesel Generator for sustained usage
¶ 🔺Polyana-D4M1 HighDigitSAMs
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