The Soviet Psychological Warfare Missile | War Thunder

[@hitomaru12]

“At 10.3, you’re gonna have a really tough time trying to find a flareless target”. I present to you, the entire Japanese air tree, excluding 3 planes. Rip F-1, T-2, and F-104J.

[@CrustaceanAllergyEnjoyer]

Ahh thank you, now I know where I can get more pain

[@dragon45cal8]

Use zunis, they can act as flares sometimes

[@samspeed6271]

And the Swedish J35D Draken. 10.3 with no flares

[@orue5499]

@@samspeed6271 isnt it jolly fun when you get uptiered as a J32B Lansen and face all kinds of missiles that, sometimes are dodgeable but reaaaally darn tough since the j32b cant turn for shit. Still love it though, sexy plane

[@fascinatedweeb9324]

I would love to play the Japanese air tree but gosh playing F-1 is such a pain

[@PolarisCentuari]

Radar guided missies at 8.7 are just criminal , I always see mig 21s slamming people from far distances with these bad boys in the beginning of the match

[@yokokoko499]

Yeah…. Its a pain as a whole when im using subsonic 8.3 aircrafts against a decade later aircraft equipped with weapons made a little more later…

[@PolarisCentuari]

@@yokokoko499 the Saab 105 gets AIM9Bs and it's 8.3 , meaning it can face the me262 a1u1 and il28s which are 7.3

[@calamitist]

when down tier, i never fired missiles at lower tier jets, i mainly focus on enemy jets that has missile capabilty, ( i use mig19 and yak38 :') )

[@unskilledwarthunderplayer4011]

I use the Vautour (the interceptor one), and those radar missiles in a frontal attack are very good. The best thing is that it is 8.7 so a poor Me262 can get slammed by it

[@Rorywizz]

When I started jets and used my sea vixen a lot I was terrified of these things, but after long enough you start to realise that the people who play these don't really know what they're doing and can be killed quite easily

[@BENKYism]

"At 10.3, it's hard to find people who don't have flares" Proceeds to get most of his kills on people who don't have flares

[@BENKYism]

@@LethalFlashgg A lot of his kills were against planes without countermeasures

[@ndinoguy6845]

Probably because he isn't showing any of the times he shot at someone who does have flares.

[@PRED4T0R85]

russians got 2 planes with flares until 10.0 and both of them are not the planes that in tree line you first started to grind couple years ago

[@NigelBlitz213]

I swear, whenever I play with my F-4C these missiles are really terrifying when you're wondering why the hell is a Mig-21 locking you in the first place.

[@ottermanuk]

Sparrow D outranges the R3R. I use the F4C exactly like this MiG. But the AIM7D can be launched at 12-14mi where the R3R can launch at about 8. You splash them and their R3R looses lock as you're still head on

[@aerbon]

when i get locked i just assume a radar missile is being prepared, regardless of aircraft.

[@angrydragonslayer]

i love the mig-21F-13 for the gunplay and the chance to mock F4s it got the R3S missiles which is IR but loves to lock radar missiles, allowing me to close in for a gun kill a good challenge and a humiliating defeat for any F4

[@perennialE]

The MiG-21S with R-3R is incredibly lethal, as it's at a low enough BR because of the lack of 30g missiles, but retains the 10.3 MF engine. Keep up the good work 🫡

[@KiRiTO72987]

Yep, I love my 21 S despite the fact that all my friends say it's a "bad plane " I think they just assume I use the r3S

[@philipivanov1]

i watched many videos and I still cannot manage using those missles. how to see that green square thingy on the right side of my screen ? it looks like a classic radar in my game

[@osmacar5331]

Search settings chance to B scope. It's easier to read.

[@blaglo679]

dude the angles and camera work in your videos is just awespme, i don't think there's someone else in wt community that does this kind of stuff nearly as good as you do

[@aleksanderf4672]

As an F8-U enjoyer I have learned to respect the SMT up high.

[@cookiecraze1310]

15 flare charges is already plenty, so I always bring mixed. Better to be safe then sorry.

[@PyromaN93]

SMT/MF is pain in the ass even for F-4E

[@aleksanderf4672]

@@PyromaN93 In a prolonged dogfight SMT eats F4E alive. Only real option for the Phantom is to get Sparrow kill. Made easier by the CW seeker ignoring chaff in a head on.

[@PyromaN93]

@@aleksanderf4672 I know

[@kingghidorah8106]

​@@aleksanderf4672actually the opposite, the F-4E will runn mig21's balls dry. Especially when it starts going for a flat rate with slats out, it will never lose speed while pulling around 10-11Gs

[@Onezmhu]

R-3Rs are goated

[@bdwings]

Writing as a MiG-21 pilot from DCS, your lauding of the R3-R is more than just. The strengths of the missile also appear there as well, and are especially evidenced on Enigma's Cold War server. I can confirm BLUFOR pilots never anticipate radar guidance and always jink and pop flares. Occasionally they will fly head on into the missile, mostly Viggens. It's great to see the missile exhibiting similar performance across two game engines.

[@BlueFella]

This is the first video I have seen of yours and I am impressed. Nicely condensed, quality audio & recordings and a great edit. I especially enjoyed the clips at 1:59 subscribed.

[@RkHy]

remember that the MiG-21's radar, the Sapphire-21 operates in band J, a lot of early RWRs can only detect up to band I, meaning they won't get any radar launch warnings (or any warning at all) if you launch an R-3R at them.

[@XplodePlayz4]

3:11 This is just my opinion, but I think the F-4C is fun to fly. It's really bad but it's so bad it loops around and becomes fun again.

[@dutch24]

Honestly haven't been able to even look at it since the Su-25 and A-10 were released. How you gonna counter all-aspects that outclass your early-ass radar missiles in every way while not having any CM

[@hilltopy]

Bring 1 mighty mouse triple-pod. As long as you catch the missiles early enough and cut your burner/throttle, you should be able to use 6-10 rockets as flares for most non-magic 1 missiles as long as you're also turning. It's not perfect nor as good as regular flares, but it's kept me from dying a good many times.

[@gaiofattos2]

@@dutch24 Man, if F-4C can catch up with 104's or even 105, F-4c will not have problem outrunning it.

[@XplodePlayz4]

@@dutch24 Well, generally I've had a lotta luck at high altitude with the AIM-7D, and being at such altitudes puts me out of the way of the onslaught of all aspects. Even when an A-10 or Su-25 shoot a missile at me (which is most commonly from behind), provided the launch was far enough away, I can wait for it to stop burning and then do small alternating turns to drain its energy. I've dodged many R-60Ms and 9Ls in that way. F-4C is one of my favorite planes to fly in general. it has its downsides but i think its relatively fun.

[@John-Johnsonreal]

@@dutch24rockets as flares

[@KevinPlayzReal]

The American Psychological warfare missile is AGM-65 on F-5E as an All Aspect Missile

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Never saw it being used. I guess most F-5 players are just too braindead for it.

[@f35clighningii57]

4:00 that guy is in my squadron

[@Punstoppable_]

lol

[@Damian-03x3]

This video alone made me interested in finally using my MiG-21MF many years after buying it. Amazing stuff. I might even consider getting MiG-21S just for this.

[@C4Cole05]

I do the reverse of this, I play the F8U and bait Mig-21s to try and R3-R me. then I chaff twice, rinse and repeat a couple times and most of them usually go back to low altitudes.

[@Finreii]

Idk if this is still the case due to BR changes. Most matches I used this missile, I tried to pick on targets I knew didn't have RWR. Basically makes this thing a silent killer if you are far enough away. This usually involves climbing and looking out for other radar missile carrying planes though

[@Silundi]

This missile just reminds me of a scaled down version of the R-24R, supershot burn time but great energy retention.

[@stuffzie8329]

Suggestion: The J-21/A-21 series. Most air RB players at 4.3 aren't the brightest(P-47 players) and will full-commit to head-ons at which point you can greet them with your mini 20mm cannons.

[@thegenericguy8309]

The R-3R is the ideal missile for the complicated and very smart actually tactic of "think fast chucklenuts"

[@jakobc.2558]

The later model P-47s were indeed used for turnfighting in real life, so the example with the P-47 is not exactly appropriate. Because of the insane thrust of the late war R-2800 the P-47Ds could actualy win prolonged turnfights against BF109s even at low altitute. There are videos about people doing it in DCS aswell. The 109 just doesn't have the thrust to stay at a good manovering speed for prolonged periods.

[@505NI]

Don’t tell the unwashed masses about the glory of late P-47s, specially the M variant.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

P-47 is fine, i turnfighted and killed many 109`s on it. So question is to whoever first started the meme of "unplayable" P-47.

[@commandercody8766]

"Nothing can stop warhtunder players from turning anything into a turn fighter." Damn straight. I have many kills from turn fighting the a10 and f104

[@annihilator4291]

You know, I'm fully aware of these things carrying R-3R before getting the Crusader so when I got it, I ALWAYS arm it with Chaff & Flares(flares priority since SARH doesn't appear too often in those BRs).

[@iBlameRiya]

Aim9cs are better overall in everything same br and they're 18gs and the ONLY sidewinder sarhs ingame

[@spicymeat9227]

Bro is using kilometer for distance, milesperhour for speed and feet for altitude.

[@andrewwillard5625]

Yep 100% agree R-3r is actually really good especially the premium mig 21 on Soviet tech tree at that low br. And would recommend Making your radar lock on key bind with an extra mouse button let’s you spam it so if they do have chaff you sometimes can re acquire them.

[@andrewwillard5625]

@sliky5598 yea I get that idk I guess I’m just lucky with downtiers but the mig 21 in German tech tree the same but has flares and also r60s

[@IonPerseus]

@sliky5598 all of these excluding f5 are slow ass heavy attacker planes, so you either missile them from above or get them in a dogfight

[@Sebmundo]

use the 21 mf@GermansRuinedWT

[@starexcelsior]

honestly, this is an easy way you can tell which players GE their way to the R60 vs stock grinding the Mig-21s because the GEers will almost never even consider the R-3R

[@michener1622]

I used the R-3R as an all-aspect on my SMT, finally someone made a video on this.

[@krower11]

Same here. Everyone is hating around on that missle but I never stopped using it. It is just too great for this BR.

[@KmF0X]

That R3R tale for WT makes me think of something "similar" a few BR below : The G.91 R/4 Nord AA missiles Nobody at 8.7 expects a front-facing missile, so you just have to lure someone into a face-to-face and throw a surprise gift! Just do a custom loadout with 2 AA Nords, 2 Sidewinders, and a .50 gun full of tracers and there you go!

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

but people say Germany suffers... they don't. They only suffer from skill issues.

[@sleepinbed]

4:39 I've been playing the Swiss hunter a lot recently, it's one of my favourites at 9.7, with both chaff and flares, but I never even take chaff! Or I'd take very little

[@littlejester0251]

I can confirm, the R-3R gets me most of my kills when in high alt. I love the Mig-21S (r-13 100)

[@an_rc_guy8256]

I bought the mig-21S a year ago on the new year sale and have over 400 battles in it. I very quickly learned that the R-3R was a great missile to use at that BR and found a lot of success with it. I don't use it as much anymore (because I like shooting R-24R's in my MLD), but the R-3R and Mig-21S is a great combo to have learned using radar missiles.

[@thecommenter9678]

see shit like this is why my paranoid ass ALWAYS takes mixed flairs. ALWAYS

[@StealthyShot]

THE R-3R is how I grinded the Soviet tree got 1200 kills with the MiG-21S

[@jbeverley67]

The r3rs are great but the 9cs blow them out the water

[@meaningless5898]

agree lol... most of my kills in F8E are mig21s

[@sixthgreeny1880]

Difference in br helps

[@meaningless5898]

@@sixthgreeny1880 in the video hes using 10.3 mig21 i think

[@MissingLink2626]

3:08 when I saw you mention my beloved I had to step in, It's pretty easy to evade missiles in this thing the F-4C can carry rocket pods which I find effective against R-60's while burning still or even in a head on with the SU-25's R-60M's and while it only gets AIM-9E's and AIM-7D's I find that I can do quite well with the AIM-7D's launching at 10km up high is something nobody expects at 10.0 and the majority of my team are just prems so getting 5+ kill games are pretty easy especially with those 3 juicy GAU-4's

[@ErikMoroni]

Wow this is very well recorded and edited. Great work!

[@OGShively]

DCS player here, also dabbling in War Thunder. Against the opponents it faces, the R-3R is a tool that shouldn't be overlooked. In Cold War scenarios in DCS, I can confidently take a Mig-21Bis head-on into a two-ship of F-5s and lock either lead or wingman with the radar set and pick one of them off as I attempt to pass by the remainder into a climb and seek an advantageous position for a second attack. The missile's more effective than you'd think in a pure head-on pass at low altitude (as low as the radar will permit, mind) as many of the targets it faces in DCS and in WT aren't likely to have an effective weapon to retaliate from this aspect. As long as you don't get close enough to eat stray 20mm, you should be fine.

[@snowcat9308]

Most high-quality and under-rated youtuber possibly ever?

[@doni45channel39]

God i love the R3R, it's allways stupidly underestimated and that's it's beuty >:)))

[@josephfenech9401]

R-3R are the ultimate terror missile of high altitude.

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

1:55 *I love how the pilot is looking at me like that randomly for no reason...*

[@justanotherinternetmusicia1248]

The 9.7 soviet premium fishbed gets these and at those BRs almost nobody thinks your shooting radar missiles. The majority of my kills in it come from the R3R. Easily one of my favourite missiles in the game, oh and it also slaps even harder in Sim

[@angelking231]

What an excellent video mate, you just gained a new subscriber!

[@logannicholson1850]

I find the bigger issue with R3Rs is they work at high altitude in a MM where nobody climbs, I’ll usually only find one target that can get slammed by an R3R before having to drop altitude and brawl on the deck where the R3R is pretty much useless

[@warbrain1053]

I usually get high alt, secure position then throw r3rs down diagonaly to give them more speed while staying above as much as possible

[@artruisjoew5473]

And those who do climb have better radar missiles than the R3R. 9Cs already beat it, and if you run into a (dogfight) sparrows you are completely boned. I have slapped lots of MiG 21 out of altitude who think their R3Rs are a match to my sparrows.

[@apocsyn5889]

I honestly love these kind of videos, informational and captivating.

[@acheron5900]

Deadly missiles for that br but F8E's aim9c is even deadlier.

[@yui.3218]

I've been speedrunning soviet with Mig21S and dude ppl aren't aware i can slap them head on so easily its too much fun

[@LostSoul6364]

"At 10.3 you're gonna have a really tough time trying to find a flareless target". I present to you, the entire British tech tree except top tier.

[@AveragePootis]

My man you are gonna get far with this quality

[@cat_clan_leader]

Nothing will stop us from turning anything into a turnfighter? Correct. Ever tried turnfightng in the Pe-8? Its really goofy

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

I have turnfought in a P-61C. lol People get surprised by my gunners sometimes too, I upgraded them to work better.

[@LoudestHoward]

I love cruising around in the F-8E with 9Cs, by the time people realise you aren't sending an IR missile at you it's too late. I'll have to give it a go with the MiG-21 too.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

F-8 and Mig21 are very similar as i observed. They are best played in same way, IR and radar missiles mix, climb up, kill, go down.

[@lythnic5536]

such a high quality video! you sir are underrated!

[@someguy872]

A lot of good info and story telling. Keep it up!

[@bndahi8251]

fantastic editing, subscribed

[@stevato0449]

In DCS cold war servers, the R-3R is such a menace, no one expects an all aspect missile from a MiG-21 when everyone is running AIM-9B variants.

[@goodguyjohn4625]

The irony of youtube recommending this to me just a couple days after I died to an R3R in a headon, going nuts bc I thought there were all aspects at 9.3, is insane.

[@1KosovoJeSrbija1]

a big thing with soviet interceptors, namely the later MiG-25 was to equip them with both IR and radar missiles, so that even if the enemy used one tactic that countered one missile, it wouldn't work against the other.

[@officialis5027]

“At 10.3, you’re gonna have a really tough time trying to find a flareless target” ; More importantly, most of those targets will be obliterated by 9Ls at 10.0 when facing US teams. 9Ls get me more often in the forgotten Mirage IIIC than anything else purely because of the lack of countermeasures and the fact that 2/3 of the American premiums at the tier get loadouts with four 9Ls.

[@skyscall]

the editing in this entire video is fucking SUPERB

[@jakobc.2558]

Even better are the AIM-7Cs on the F3H. They are realy difficult to learn at first because if you launch them too early they won't have the range and if you launch them too late they won't track because they don't track off the rail, but if you launch them at just the right distance they are amazing. They pull 15Gs so it's realy difficult to dodge them, they are CW missiles, meaning they can ignore chaff for 2 up to 2 seconds after the enemy deployed it as long as you stay locked to the chaff cloud and they have more range then any other missile around that BR.

[@black_thunder2159]

people complain about Soviet R-3R but none complains to AIM-9C even though i can bet, none of them knew how to use AIM-7E in their Phantoms anyway & also complains why their PD radar keeps losing the lock when enemy turns.

[@bryce1334]

I enjoy how I clicked on this vid to learn how to use it and get simple key binds but instead it’s just a video on what everyone already knows radar missile go brrrrrrrrr

[@igoryst3049]

the soviet premium MiG-21 has only R-3R and it's honestly way better than i thought it would be when i bought it

[@davidhunt122122]

I just unlocked the MiG 21SMT the other day and randomly remembered this video. I’ve been pretty successful killing the grinders at 10.3 thanks a lot for this video

[@samspeed6271]

I do the same thing with the AIM-9C in the F-8E Crusader. Get high, get fast, lob a missile at a high and fast target and hope they don't have chaff. In an up tier it doesn't work at all because everything except the Draken, the Mitsubishi F1 and the F-104J, have CM and they usually take some chaff. But in a down tier, it's great against Harriers and the occasional Su-25 or A-10A.

[@SammyGDude]

You know, I used to watch krebz and Mcchicken bites.... When _OBRSO_ was a huge clan I was hunting in the mig 15 and f86... when the 17 came out it was game changing. Phly was just a dude playing WT before marriage... Botime gaming....simpler times... etc. Im still playing, now BVR and radar are insane... missiles.... Now, I watch DEFYN, and many other youtubers, but this into was awesome; I'm only 1 minute in, but the intro looks great and the writing leads me to believe I should be looking forward to a dissertation level breakdown of the status of this armament. Keep doing what you're doing, it will get you places. Ill edit in my review after. Thank you for the content! edit: good vid, visually; more in battle examples and real-world uses. Prove to us what you say- even if its right; show us. 7/10 overall

[@fancyjets4390]

I love the R-3R in DCS. In a cold war server, Viggens love to go head on and blow right past you. They never expect your R-3R, and when you do hit them head on it’s great.

[@TonnyH21]

Love the R-3R on the MIG-21S, high alt F-104 go bye bye

[@nikoloso]

Another benefit of the r3r is the fact that it is on alower band then most rwr at 10.3 and below so theydont even get a heads up that theyve been locked

[@goosegamerau3200]

5:36 the F3H also gets early sparrows and they’re still really bad (mostly because of the short range and the time before the missile starts tracking)

[@bleudie173]

great vid for watching in front of my grandparents that are fliers thanks for the amazing vid!

[@uninicornjoe3350]

that sabre at 9.3 is so horrible. ( at its br) its so fun to fly and would be great if it didnt constantly face planes with 20g+ missles and this thing has no flares.

[@cldus7442]

"noone ever seems to use" my man every match at 9.7 there's 3 mig21s slaughtering people at high altitudes with these

[@killerofal719]

This reminds me of the vautour 2N, with what seems to be a lackluster missile, but at 8.3, almost no one expects a radar missile to hit them from 8km out.

[@niggalini]

And at that BR bracket, no one even has RWR, let alone chaff, except for the A-4E

[@AlphaJulietBravo1]

Ive been telling people, R3R plus a single R60 is the way because most people dont run chaff

[@mastermidir]

A fellow R-3R player, you have my subscription sir

[@ChillingIceCube]

The fact that at the moment this has 1.4K likes and 6 Dislikes just shows the quality,

[@max1m1917]

Sometimes it seems like flying wallets are trying to flare my bullets away.

[@CirnoSpaceProject]

I usually fly with 3 r60s and 1 r3r, there’s always that one climber up in the air.

[@rikiorikio9368]

It’s a destructive weapon, so yes i guess it will destroy you

[@OptiPopulus]

0:20 *Smigol turnfighting in a Shackleton..*

[@oz314]

Struggling hard with this missile, takes forever to lock and then once it does the second someone flares it just spasm out.

[@Bruh-fc7ik]

Seeing the Mig-21s radar have no problem looking down at the ground is painful after playing F-4C

[@sztypettto]

Pretty solid video. Kind of stuff only a genius would think of. Gives me new ideas.

[@Sagaleon14]

I knew from the title this was about the R3R lol love that thing

[@Heidi3-y5c]

Mirage IIIC is another gem in this regard. The 530 its carrying is far more capable and you can easily get a kill in a head on engagement from 10km considering rwr are far and few between, people ain’t expecting a fox 1 at that br, and it’s unlikely you’ll be unlucky to find someone else with any fox-1 at that br. There is the crusader iirc with the goofy SARH missiles but they’re far outrangwd by the 530.

[@GLaDOSthelegend]

I constantly get locks on this thing and then the missile just turns left and blows up

[@branraisin684]

That is exactly the reason why use the M7 Charley on the F3H demon

[@lolgic930]

As a MiG-21S player I use it every time cause I don't have a better option

[@ZaMus]

Undogdeable missiles? J35A : Allow me to introduce myself you need to fly at around 950 km/h for it to work tho, too fast and you dont turn quick enough, too slow and the missile has time to react....

[@normallymute0131]

I’ve managed to dodge R-60s kinematically using an F-4C…I had to in order to survive bomb runs where I’d be met with 5 or so Su-25s and the odd 22/21

[@exoticdachoo007]

I love watching these videos despite knowing that I 100% have no interest in the WT aviation. Just feels satisfying to watch something you don't understand for some reason

[@kutkuknight]

I know this is a year old but Im trying to play the first german mig 21 at 10.7 and everything just countermeassures me while their missiles hit through my chaff and flares like nothing

[@despa03]

I bought mig21 13-300 last year on summer discounts and used this missile ever since, most impressive thing about it is that it can slam aircrafts which are going head on even if you release it from 5km away

[@Circa88]

I have just unlocked the MiG-21MF and immediately started slinging R-3Ss around, but I may have to give the R-3R a shot now.

[@gymcurry4312]

Have you considered making a video about the 8.3 vautour with radar missiles ?

[@eclipsewolf9451]

Hahaha yes! I literally just saw this after getting off the SPSK; such an underrated missile, you can also use them to conduct psychological warfare, having 3 missiles when the SPSK usually carries 2

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

I use 2 R3R`s and 2 R-60 on my mig21mf. Best from both worlds, amazing headon capability + R-60`s.

[@dappersquid27]

Very unique video! Keep it up and you'll be flying with Phly one day bro!

[@sicsempertyrannis6541]

3:10 Honestly, if it either got countermeasures, or just 7E's, not the E-2s it did also carry, it would make it far better

[@henlooo8135]

Great video as always!