How to Use Air-to-Air Missiles in War Thunder - In 10 Minutes or Less

I figure it's time for a shorter, more compact guide to missiles in War Thunder, if you don't have 30 minutes or an hour to sit down and listen, so I'm here to help! This covers essentially every type of A2A missile in war thunder, just not every one in detail!

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00:00 Intro
00:22 Free GE
00:45 Universal Missile Controls
01:23 Caged IR Missiles (AIM-9B)
02:10 Uncaged IR Missiles (AIM-9E/G/J/H, R-60, Magic)
03:00 Radar Slaving
03:36 All Aspect Missiles (AIM-9L, R-60M, Python)
05:10 Beam Riding Radar Missiles (Fireflash)
05:39 Pulse SARH (R-3R, AIM-9C, R.530)
06:35 CW SARH (AIM-7, R-23/24/27R)
07:53 Active Radar Missiles (AIM-54)
09:03 Keyboard Guided (AA-20)

[Rageaben]

I know how to use missile’s but this will help the rank 1 Jimmy’s with the F4S or SU39

[mastermidir]

Great video brother, a simple, yet fantastic breakdown of an insanely important mechanic. Good job!

[MarlinHunter]

A little tip about the controls: you can automatically enable Weapon Selection at the start of every match in Air Battle options and ditch per-weapon controls altogether. There really isn't much of a point to them anymore IMO, and it'll unify your weapon controls across all planes so you won't be using legacy controls on some planes (i.e. props) and Weapon Selection on others (i.e. modern jets).

[andreinedi]

Thx for making this, it's very useful. Well explained and simplified. Already saved it for later on when I'll be grinding jets.

[Zincboy]

Thanks for the awesome guide. I play 9.3 planes meaning I only have aim 9bs. However, it will be more useful later on

[hudsondeweerd]

Perfect timing. I just unlocked my first radar missile (aim-9C) and was having trouble with it. Hopefully this will help.

[Registered_Simp]

One minor correction for the Aim-54 (more of a real life thing). It's not so much that it was never intended to hit smaller, maneuvering targets so much as every aircraft in War Thunder being able to rip 12G's like mad while constantly going mach jesus kinda makes the missile far less dangerous kinetically than it otherwise would be. The Aim-54 IRL was very much intended to have the ability to hit fighter sized targets that may be maneuvering, and this showed in the testing for it. The single most expensive missile test at that point was conducted by an F-14A carrying 6 Aim-54A Mk.47's shooting at 6 different target drones simultaneously in TWS. Those drones were set to return the radar signature of a Mig-21.

[Jaydussus]

This Video really helped me understanding the AIM-7H Sparrow

[rampageTG]

Glad I could help with script editing. Vid turned out great.

[MythicPi]

Great vid!

Quick correction about the AIM-54 though. The "the AIM-54 was intended to hit bombers at extreme ranges so its not very good vs small maneuverable targets" thing is a myth. The AIM-54 was actually very capable vs fighter sized targets, and afaik most/all of its kills (in use by Iran) were against fighter sized targets such as MiG-23's. The old forum thread on the AIM-54 even goes into detail about the fact the AIM-54 has multiple sources stating 25G pull, and some stating minimum 20G pull instead of the in-game current max of 17G's. The AIM-54 also had a dogfight mode for close in shots, and besides the fact it had a longer minimum engagement range(2x that of the AIM-7 iirc), was stated to be as effective as most other radar missiles in the US arsenal in dogfight scenarios. The AIM-54C's move to digital electronics is also stated in some military sources to have the ability to track beaming targets and, although this hasn't yet been confirmed as FOIA requests have been made, its been theorized the 54C likely had an MPRF radar similar to that used on the AMRAAM which would make it significantly harder to make it lose a lock, and would allow it to differentiate and engage multiple close targets and targets at lower altitudes (one of its roles was hitting sea-skimming AShM's).

The AIM-54 isnt just an overly specialized missile for killing bombers at long range, what killed it was the fact that being an ARH missile made 20+ years before ARH's became a widespread thing, it was extremely expensive and not really seen as worth it anymore with the fall of the soviet union.

[mtm]

I’ve spent hours looking for the PERFECT settings and I finally have them😁

[Laconianarms]

i can't aim those AA-20 Nords, they're really jumpy on the controls, though i have found firing them in headons works almost perfectly because nobody expects missiles from the front (all aspect doesnt exist at 8.7 to my knowledge)

[Hurin]

oh lawd my man got the free ge sponsorship. it must really be his brithday 😱

[brecibros]

Back when i was stock grinding the m21mf before the stock missiles update. I got a 4km r3s shot. Shit was crazy.

I also want to make a note on the R24Ts. You should pair it with the IRST system. Gives you a wee bit more range, allthough i wouldn’t recommend launching an R24 from farther that 6.5 km thats how ive racked the majority of my kills with it

[Azatllo]

This really helped me as I just got the F-100D in the American tech tree about half way to the F4C.

[Y_Chothia]

This needs to be shown when starting the game if u buy a top tier premium so the newbies now something about the game. Great video btw.

[eyepatch]

that was an awesome video, like the outro music btw, brings back lots of memories

[II_TELETUBBIES_II]

Thanks i finally got my hand on air to air missiles but had absolutely no idea how to use em

[davidcollier]

Thank you for the video it has improved how I play and made the game a lot more fun for me thank you.

[RandomMackem]

When we get the f22 and su57 we’ll finally be able to see them in a warzone full of jets