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[[File:Id python3.jpg|thumb|Python 3 SRAAM]]
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The Python-3 is a much-improved AAM with all-aspect attack ability, higher speed, range, and performance. It performed well before and during the 1982 Lebanon War, scoring 35 (other sources claim 50) kills.
The Python-4 is a 4th generation AAM with all-aspect attack ability, and integration with a helmet-mounted sight (HMS) system. It entered service in the 1990s, and like its predecessor Python-3, it is integrated with the Elbit Systems DASH (Display And Sight Helmet) HMS system for Israeli F-15s and F-16s, Chilean F-16s (MLU and C/D block 50/52 plus), F-5E/F Tiger III, South American Kfirs and the SAAB JAS 39 Gripen. The missile's seeker is reported to use dual band technology array similar to that of US FIM-92 Stinger (infrared homing and ultraviolet), with IRCCM (IR ECCM) ability to reduce background IR radiation to reduce the effectiveness of enemy flares.


China's PLAAF was quite impressed with this missile, and paid for licensed production as the PL-8 AAM in the 1980s. The program code named "Number 8 Project" (八号工程) and formally started on September 15, 1983. From March 1988 to April 1989, technology transfer to China was complete while license assembly and license built parts continued, and by the spring of 1989, the complete domestic Chinese built missile received state certification. The major supplier of the missile was Xi'an Eastern Machinery Factory (西安东方机械厂) located at Xi'an, and China is also reported to have developed a helmet-mounted sight (HMS) system for the PL-8.
* Length: 300 cm (120 in)
 
* Span: 50 cm (20 in)
* Length: 295 cm (116 in)
* Span: 80 cm (31 in)
* Diameter: 16 cm (6.3 in)
* Diameter: 16 cm (6.3 in)
* Weight: 120 kg (260 lb)
* Weight: 120 kg (260 lb)
* Guidance: IR
* Guidance: IR
* Warhead: 11 kg (24 lb), active proximity fuse
* Warhead: 11 kg (24 lb), active laser proximity fuse with back-up impact fuse
* Range: 15 km (9.3 mi)
* Range: 15 km (9.3 mi)
* Speed: Mach 3.5
* Speed: Mach 3.5 or more


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Latest revision as of 19:03, 10 January 2023

Pic Pending

The Python-4 is a 4th generation AAM with all-aspect attack ability, and integration with a helmet-mounted sight (HMS) system. It entered service in the 1990s, and like its predecessor Python-3, it is integrated with the Elbit Systems DASH (Display And Sight Helmet) HMS system for Israeli F-15s and F-16s, Chilean F-16s (MLU and C/D block 50/52 plus), F-5E/F Tiger III, South American Kfirs and the SAAB JAS 39 Gripen. The missile's seeker is reported to use dual band technology array similar to that of US FIM-92 Stinger (infrared homing and ultraviolet), with IRCCM (IR ECCM) ability to reduce background IR radiation to reduce the effectiveness of enemy flares.

  • Length: 300 cm (120 in)
  • Span: 50 cm (20 in)
  • Diameter: 16 cm (6.3 in)
  • Weight: 120 kg (260 lb)
  • Guidance: IR
  • Warhead: 11 kg (24 lb), active laser proximity fuse with back-up impact fuse
  • Range: 15 km (9.3 mi)
  • Speed: Mach 3.5 or more
Real World against Arma
Detail Real ARMA Config Value
Weapon Type SRAAM weaponType = "x";
Mass 120 120 mag: mass = "n";
Warhead Mass 11 110 ammo: hit = "n";
Warhead Type HE Blast Frag HE ammo: warheadName = "x";
Fuse Type Prox/impact NOTE: No Direct Arma value
Fuse Range 3-5m 30 ammo: proximityExplosionDistance = n;
Seeker IR IR See class component type
Auto Seek Target No No ammo: autoseektarget = n; (0 or 1)
Counter Measure Immunity High 0.92 ammo: cmimmunity = n; (Range 0 > 1)
Camera View Available No No ammo: cameraViewAvailable = n; (0 or 1)
Flight Profile N/A N/A ammo: flightProfiles[] = {"<TYPE>"};
BoreSight Angle 70 100 ammo: missileLockCone = n; (Degrees)
Max Speed (m/s) 1372 700 ammo: maxSpeed = n; (n= m/s)
Min Range 1000 250 ammo: minRange = n; (Dist in m)
Max Range 15000 7500 ammo: maxRange = n; (Dist in m)
Indirect Hit Value 85 ammo: indirectHit = 50;
Indirect Hit Range 13 ammo: indirectHitRange = n; (m)
Maneuverability 20G 23 ammo: maneuvrability = n; (Higher = more agile)
Danger Radius Hit N/A ammo: DangerRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI aware in m)
Suppression Radius Hit N/A ammo: SuppresionRadiusHit = n; (Dist for AI suppresion in m)
Pylon/Rail LAU-7,LAU127 N/A See Hardpoint below


ARMA Class details
Ammo Mag Weapon Hardpoint
rksl_amo_python4 rksl_mag_python4_x1_direct rksl_wpn_python4 PYTHON4_DIRECT
rksl_mag_python4_x1_lau127 PYTHON4_LAU127
rksl_mag_python4_x1_lau7 PYTHON4_LAU7
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