Honestly, this is the worst way to fly the MiG29SMT. Carry 4x R77 and 2x R27ER and FLY LOW! Don’t fly high unless at long distances and baiting out AIM120s and notching just to get the enemy team to waste some Fox 3s. The R77 is best sub-15km on the deck. Hella good. Also, besides the Mirages, the MiG29SMT is the fastest, quickest accelerating performing airframe on the deck. Also, with the exception of the F16 airframe I think it’s one of the best handling on the deck especially sub-10mins fuel. Last night I aced several times, survived the matches better than half the time, and almost always had at least 2 kills per match. But to do this you need to be on the deck and forcing sub-20km engagements and then merges so that you can get into a dog fight. The R27ERs are still kings within 20km and much more difficult to notch or out maneuver than Fox3s because they track immediately off the rail and they are twice as fast in acceleration and have a higher top speed due to the massive rocket motor. Plus they benefit massively from the multi pathing changes. The R73 is inferior to the R77 in my mind because of the range difference and you need to be able to launch and get kills out to 10-15km or you are going to get AIM9M or Aim120 killed depending on the scenario. Don’t sleep on the MIG29SMT. Run it fast and low and take a wide angle to flank the enemy and jump scare them. Use the terrain to jink incoming missiles and remember that speed is life.
Good damn right when r77 comes i try bvr with flying high fire from 50-40 km i got slapped every time from aim120 then i went low with helmet and and surprise targets and i got a lot of kills every single match r77 under 15km is deadly mig29smt at the deck is superior
Agreed, I can see the reason to take 9m in something like an f15, when you have 6 potent radar missiles anyway, but in a mig they are a waste of pylons
i love how tin the first match we get to watch you fully observe your surroundings, just for (apparently) invisible enemies to attack. great work on gaijin's part.
Invisible enemies is an old problem and its very anoying in GRB because you die by a shot of a place you were looking at and there was nothing there until you got hit, and im talking about open places not even forest and cities
Ive been having a pretty good time in the SMT runnning 4 r77 and 2 ET. The R77 definently doesnt have the same reliability at range as the aim120 right now, but its still fairly competent. The ET's though are getting me so many kills. Probably because people arent dumping flares when they try to chaff something anymore, so it doesnt actually get flared off. Honestly my biggest gripe with playing it after the f16c is that the 10km ACM range feels bad now for slinging radar missiles and I have to use the search display at ranges where Id rather not
Compared to the aim120, it is bad. In simulation, everyone plays Americans and it's not a coincidence. The aim120 is better at hitting targets that fly very low and with the F16/F15C radars it's a breeze. In simulation, it's an ordeal to play the Russians or the Chinese because even if you dodge 1 or 2 missiles, you will have 3 more that come at you since you find yourself very quickly in 1 vs 4 since everyone leaves the game... If you want to increase your ratio in simulation, take the F16C and you'll see, you'll win with your fingers in your nose because no one stays until the end in the red team...😂 I think it's obvious that there's a problem somewhere because it's not balanced at all.
dude cant admit that r77 is one of the worst when not the worst fox 3 in game man, its bad in long and close range( cant even pull the 50g in close range)
Mat please just listen to your viewers, stop trying to prop up the Russian air tech tree. Everyone unanimously agrees that the R77 is the worst or close to the worst fox 3 in the game, and its common knowledge that the Mig29s and Su-27s fly like boats in WT, just give up dude
And although they enjoy it because soon it will be nervous... It's already hard to find games in 13.0 simulation because every time the Americans crush everyone and so the games end in 20 minutes and then no one wants to play against the US anymore. The dominance of the aim120/F16C-F15C pair is worse than the dominance of the 27er. Especially since the simu games are created by players that these idiots will always put France and Sweden with the United States which makes the balance still shitty.
"Let's be real, gaijin nerfed AAM-4" Yes of course they did, why on earth even bother adding the AIM-120A at that point? You guys seem to forget the AIM-120A is literally the oldest out of all the missiles and by quite a few years, if you want an unerfed AAM-4 add the AIM-120C-5, FYI the AIM-120C entered service 3 years before the AAM-4 did.... that's how much younger/newer the the AAM-4 is as compared to the AIM-120A. The AAM-4 shouldn't have even been added seeing as Japan still gets the AIM-120... "and R77 to america mains doesn't cry" Really? Why did they never do that with the R27ER then? Man you guys are so full of it.
R77 Is actually the worst BVR in the game, Either Mat is purly high again on some Brazilian stuff (again, like the last video he did about 2S38 being the worst premium in the game) or he is plain dumb
Well there *is* the Derby and R-Darter that are worse, but that's a pretty low bar given that I'm pretty sure they can pitbull on their launch aircraft with how high they loft
The r77 are the worst fox3 by far and im saying this as the french main with USA France and Russia grinded to the top. The amraam is the best, MICA is amazing at close and medium range but because it twerks so much its usless at long range and the r77 is just sad. Its even worse on long range than mica and mica is way better at close so the r77 is just without real benefit against other. Im not saying you cant get kills with it, you can but its just i dont know disappointing. Edit: I dont know the r-darter and derby i hear that they are not to good.
The derby/darter isn’t awful but they feel a bit broken, their flight profile ruins them at longer ranges. They feel like they have the energy they just have a bad auto pilot. Closer though they feel fine
@@elo4998 basically if the missile thinks the enemy is far away enough to justify a lifting profile… it turns into a nasa shuttle. It then proceeds to fall from above the enemy with absolutely no competitive energy
You need to grind more, it seems like you still dont understand the game fully, maybe you got there with premium. R77 is not a BVR missile so you are misusing it from the start, its a 50G missile signaling to everyone at all knowledgeable that its a close range missile, and when you start using it properly how its supposed to be used you will realize its actually the strongest missile of all
You are using r77 as a BVR missile which is not, its 50G its obvious that its made for close range combat, ER is 5.8 mach speed meaning its made for BVR
@@kenoby2330 based on my experience in DCS fighting the su30 mod in the f16 with the aim 120c5 it would be able to compete with it, however DCS isn’t warthunder so who knows
@@jerpapa9597 go look at the charts for each missile, the derby is almost onpar with the amraam, and the r-77 is performing the worse out of all ARH missiles BESIDES the r-darter which is worse.
I'm having trouble with the R-27ER missiles. About 90% of the time I fire them, the enemy only needs to deploy one flare, and the missile goes for the flares instead of the target.
@@lilcj2014unfortunately… it’s a bit of a gamble. If you want to avoid being seen at the start from longer ranges, try not to climb into the contrail altitudes. Yes, planes have radar, but people still look for contrails. And try not to be the first guy into the fight
Love your videos! Learn alot from them, one thing ive never got to grips with though is those radar missiles, i have few mig 29s and top tier for various nations but tend to stick with 11.3 max. Due to not undrstanding enough about radar missiles, i tend to stick with the Er1 on my mig 29s if i decide to try top tier but stay within a target range of 10km. Can you recommend any info how i can learn the radar missiles like your doing? Ive watched pleanty of vids over the years but i still cant work them out. Keep up the great work and vids 😎 Thanks
Change radar or irst type from keybind. Get TWS . Change radar scale(distance). TWS will automatically find moving targets for you. Lock them. Get your radar or BVR missiles. Shoot. Keep your lock as long as possible. But as Mat said BVR kills are harder now as more people know how to notch and go cold. May the snail help you.
Su27SM and SMT are like just a step above the F4 ICE when compared to the 15C and 16C Their radar cant compete, their missile cant compete, their flight models cant compete. Exactly where is the alure here?
These comments are brainless and pathetic as well. Just be quiet and be respectful. It’s only a game; people have their opinions, and Mat is an individual with his own rightful thoughts and opinions. If he wants to say the R-77 is “the best,” so be it. doesn’t mean you have to agree with his opinion or give him a counterargument that’s based on your own ideas, but as I said, you all and Mat have your own opinions.
Yeah... We got some export model. And nerfed. Russia in reality has only R-77-1 missile. Yesterday, I launched 4 R77 to the last enemy, which was at a distance of 18 km and was flying straight at me. After 5km he simply turned to the right, and not a single missile even came close to him. R77 is just missile with drag chutes, or AHR R24/27R.
@Niko_rj The R77 had a very problematic development. And it hasn't really been used so I'd imagine it's hard to model in game "correctly" since real life data is non existent. And the data that does exist is likely locked up tight by the Russian MOD.
@areyou0k98 that's fine, rn I like R27ER much better. But it's sad that Russia still has no fox 3. (Technically, it has, but who tf needs it. Maximum for MiG29SMT, on pylons whete u cant take R27ER)
Hope the r-77 doesnt get a buff, it was shit IRL and should be shit in the game. They had a year and a half of r-27ER dominance, and still continue to have the best fox-2 and best IR missile combo in the game with r-27ER and r-73. They can afford to not have the best fox-3
tHeY hAd a YeAr aNd A hAlF of ER dOmInaNCe, nOw iTs mY tUrN. Dude, this is not how the game suppose to work, taking turns, but hey, Gaijin doing Gaijin stuff.
@Yea.IGetHectic giving a nation top missile to get dominance over the others? no I don't think so, I mean you pretty much said it yourself "They had a year and half of r-27ER dominance" was that ok?
@@ProGamer-uj4ws What are you even saying? I never said it's okay, im just telling you that's how they work...thats how it's been since the first few supersonic jets... im not talking necessarily just about missiles, but the balance overall. You're putting words in my mouth and i find that extremely rude. The problem with the ER is that they refused to add an american equivalent, and every moron russian main cried "skill issue" when anyone mentioned it. Russia still continues to dominate with the best fox-2 and the r-73 combo, so I find everyone complaining absolutely hilarious.
Bro is on another level of drugs. Idk what they got in Brazil, but that is crazy.
yeah like, why does he love Russia even knowing that r77 are bullshit
brother you don’t know what they got in brazil? 🧢 we all know
Honestly, this is the worst way to fly the MiG29SMT. Carry 4x R77 and 2x R27ER and FLY LOW! Don’t fly high unless at long distances and baiting out AIM120s and notching just to get the enemy team to waste some Fox 3s. The R77 is best sub-15km on the deck. Hella good. Also, besides the Mirages, the MiG29SMT is the fastest, quickest accelerating performing airframe on the deck. Also, with the exception of the F16 airframe I think it’s one of the best handling on the deck especially sub-10mins fuel.
Last night I aced several times, survived the matches better than half the time, and almost always had at least 2 kills per match. But to do this you need to be on the deck and forcing sub-20km engagements and then merges so that you can get into a dog fight. The R27ERs are still kings within 20km and much more difficult to notch or out maneuver than Fox3s because they track immediately off the rail and they are twice as fast in acceleration and have a higher top speed due to the massive rocket motor. Plus they benefit massively from the multi pathing changes.
The R73 is inferior to the R77 in my mind because of the range difference and you need to be able to launch and get kills out to 10-15km or you are going to get AIM9M or Aim120 killed depending on the scenario.
Don’t sleep on the MIG29SMT. Run it fast and low and take a wide angle to flank the enemy and jump scare them. Use the terrain to jink incoming missiles and remember that speed is life.
Good damn right when r77 comes i try bvr with flying high fire from 50-40 km i got slapped every time from aim120 then i went low with helmet and and surprise targets and i got a lot of kills every single match r77 under 15km is deadly mig29smt at the deck is superior
Agreed, I can see the reason to take 9m in something like an f15, when you have 6 potent radar missiles anyway, but in a mig they are a waste of pylons
i love how tin the first match we get to watch you fully observe your surroundings, just for (apparently) invisible enemies to attack. great work on gaijin's part.
Invisible enemies is an old problem and its very anoying in GRB because you die by a shot of a place you were looking at and there was nothing there until you got hit, and im talking about open places not even forest and cities
Bro saw people shit on him for that SU27SM title and decided to double down
😂
Ive been having a pretty good time in the SMT runnning 4 r77 and 2 ET. The R77 definently doesnt have the same reliability at range as the aim120 right now, but its still fairly competent. The ET's though are getting me so many kills. Probably because people arent dumping flares when they try to chaff something anymore, so it doesnt actually get flared off. Honestly my biggest gripe with playing it after the f16c is that the 10km ACM range feels bad now for slinging radar missiles and I have to use the search display at ranges where Id rather not
Compared to the aim120, it is bad. In simulation, everyone plays Americans and it's not a coincidence. The aim120 is better at hitting targets that fly very low and with the F16/F15C radars it's a breeze. In simulation, it's an ordeal to play the Russians or the Chinese because even if you dodge 1 or 2 missiles, you will have 3 more that come at you since you find yourself very quickly in 1 vs 4 since everyone leaves the game... If you want to increase your ratio in simulation, take the F16C and you'll see, you'll win with your fingers in your nose because no one stays until the end in the red team...😂 I think it's obvious that there's a problem somewhere because it's not balanced at all.
Where do the othe ARH missiles sit in sim?
R77 cant even catch up with enemy that is 4 km away from it... its just... painful
dude cant admit that r77 is one of the worst when not the worst fox 3 in game man, its bad in long and close range( cant even pull the 50g in close range)
I have discovered AMRAAMs combined with HMD. And boy is it wild.
Mat can you do an R-27ER BVR duel against the fox-3’s to see how it stacks up?
It stacks up very well. If you have the SM you should rock 2 ERs 4 R77 and 4R73
Enemy notches and you need to keep lock while he is going cold.. @@FXIIBeaver
Mat please just listen to your viewers, stop trying to prop up the Russian air tech tree. Everyone unanimously agrees that the R77 is the worst or close to the worst fox 3 in the game, and its common knowledge that the Mig29s and Su-27s fly like boats in WT, just give up dude
I think he’s just a massive fan of Russian airframes hence the amount of copium molecules in the air
@@JeanAnD0nlygood thing he isn’t a fan of the Ukraine Air Force he might not even be able to leave the airfield.
because he can use the plane and you can't?
@@marshall-yo5hostats speak for themselves
@@bigmemer4398 stats say that America has the worst ground win rates at top tier despite having some of the best stuff in game(besides spaa)
Fuckin hell here we go again.
Let's be real, gaijin nerfed AAM-4 and R77 to america mains doesn't cry
And although they enjoy it because soon it will be nervous... It's already hard to find games in 13.0 simulation because every time the Americans crush everyone and so the games end in 20 minutes and then no one wants to play against the US anymore. The dominance of the aim120/F16C-F15C pair is worse than the dominance of the 27er. Especially since the simu games are created by players that these idiots will always put France and Sweden with the United States which makes the balance still shitty.
Yup especially since the r-77 has more energy and range than the aam-4😂 makes no sense.
"Let's be real, gaijin nerfed AAM-4"
Yes of course they did, why on earth even bother adding the AIM-120A at that point? You guys seem to forget the AIM-120A is literally the oldest out of all the missiles and by quite a few years, if you want an unerfed AAM-4 add the AIM-120C-5, FYI the AIM-120C entered service 3 years before the AAM-4 did.... that's how much younger/newer the the AAM-4 is as compared to the AIM-120A.
The AAM-4 shouldn't have even been added seeing as Japan still gets the AIM-120...
"and R77 to america mains doesn't cry"
Really? Why did they never do that with the R27ER then? Man you guys are so full of it.
R77 Is actually the worst BVR in the game, Either Mat is purly high again on some Brazilian stuff (again, like the last video he did about 2S38 being the worst premium in the game) or he is plain dumb
No way it’s worse than R-27ER’s
@@thesawtoothdude in many ways it is
People should not be criticized for their opinions mate.
Well there *is* the Derby and R-Darter that are worse, but that's a pretty low bar given that I'm pretty sure they can pitbull on their launch aircraft with how high they loft
russian airforce literally liked the r27er over the r77
The r77 are the worst fox3 by far and im saying this as the french main with USA France and Russia grinded to the top. The amraam is the best, MICA is amazing at close and medium range but because it twerks so much its usless at long range and the r77 is just sad. Its even worse on long range than mica and mica is way better at close so the r77 is just without real benefit against other. Im not saying you cant get kills with it, you can but its just i dont know disappointing.
Edit: I dont know the r-darter and derby i hear that they are not to good.
The derby/darter isn’t awful but they feel a bit broken, their flight profile ruins them at longer ranges. They feel like they have the energy they just have a bad auto pilot. Closer though they feel fine
@@christopherchartier3017 Yea i heard they loft like crazy and then just fall on top of enemy
@@elo4998 basically if the missile thinks the enemy is far away enough to justify a lifting profile… it turns into a nasa shuttle. It then proceeds to fall from above the enemy with absolutely no competitive energy
You need to grind more, it seems like you still dont understand the game fully, maybe you got there with premium. R77 is not a BVR missile so you are misusing it from the start, its a 50G missile signaling to everyone at all knowledgeable that its a close range missile, and when you start using it properly how its supposed to be used you will realize its actually the strongest missile of all
@@werdesook bro smoked a bit to much weed
You are using r77 as a BVR missile which is not, its 50G its obvious that its made for close range combat, ER is 5.8 mach speed meaning its made for BVR
Your trying to use the r77 like a r27er there is no point
people dont get it, they just wanna bvr its super annoying
@@werdesookbecause the fox 3s are BVR missiles. It’s just the R77 we were given can’t do that, the R77-1 should’ve been given.
I found ER and R 77 to be a good combination to take
ET
Just accept the r77s are awful lmao
I think to balance it out a little it would be enough to increase the burner time a little
Top tier Russia is going to suck until the K-77M is added (no more grid fins).
@@MrNPC the r77-1 would be good with grid fins
@@soysauce6977no it ain't lmao the Aim 120C5 will annihilate it
@@kenoby2330 based on my experience in DCS fighting the su30 mod in the f16 with the aim 120c5 it would be able to compete with it, however DCS isn’t warthunder so who knows
i love the mig29 smt esspacially in sim ..... i know the r77 isn´t the best missile but it is still a fox-3 and it is better than derby/R-darter so..
Derby and R Darter are very good at close range along with the Mica, Amraam excels at long range. The R77 excels at nothing which is the issue.
@@InterstellarTacoit turns really good, not like mica but it has a bit more range so it can be shot at longer range-ish
derby has longer range and more energy retention than the 77
@@GoodGuyDevin not rlly you cant hit shit with both beyond 15 km
@@jerpapa9597 go look at the charts for each missile, the derby is almost onpar with the amraam, and the r-77 is performing the worse out of all ARH missiles BESIDES the r-darter which is worse.
r77 sucks ass no matter what they lost track even at 7 km
Imagine lying this hard..
Just let lil bro dream..
I'm having trouble with the R-27ER missiles. About 90% of the time I fire them, the enemy only needs to deploy one flare, and the missile goes for the flares instead of the target.
The 27ER is radar guided, so they will never be defeated by flares. You need to maintain your radar lock on the target.
Loving the SMT at the moment it’s really fun I don’t mind the airframe
Can someone tell me how to play without getting 1 million fox3s fired at me? I stay low,i get shot down. Go high,shot down.
I usually go slow so my teammates go first and take the missiles but it usually doesn't work
Get better I guess
@@lilcj2014unfortunately… it’s a bit of a gamble. If you want to avoid being seen at the start from longer ranges, try not to climb into the contrail altitudes. Yes, planes have radar, but people still look for contrails. And try not to be the first guy into the fight
@@lilcj2014 Learn what how to go cold and notch, also playstyle will change depending on your plane, some map are less adapted to some plane
@@bruhhhhmoment4848 we need bigger maps
Still my favorite fox 3 boat we have in game, but the r77-1 or r27ea would be much appreciated considering f15 win rates
The R77 is a fox 3. It is fire and forget. It doesn’t need radar guidance from the aircraft. It’s also a mid range weapon
Love your videos! Learn alot from them, one thing ive never got to grips with though is those radar missiles, i have few mig 29s and top tier for various nations but tend to stick with 11.3 max. Due to not undrstanding enough about radar missiles, i tend to stick with the Er1 on my mig 29s if i decide to try top tier but stay within a target range of 10km. Can you recommend any info how i can learn the radar missiles like your doing? Ive watched pleanty of vids over the years but i still cant work them out.
Keep up the great work and vids 😎
Thanks
Change radar or irst type from keybind. Get TWS . Change radar scale(distance). TWS will automatically find moving targets for you. Lock them. Get your radar or BVR missiles. Shoot. Keep your lock as long as possible. But as Mat said BVR kills are harder now as more people know how to notch and go cold. May the snail help you.
Su27SM and SMT are like just a step above the F4 ICE when compared to the 15C and 16C Their radar cant compete, their missile cant compete, their flight models cant compete. Exactly where is the alure here?
r27-er r73
BVR is so unfun i dont know how people can play like that
My radar ingame is bugged :( I hope gaijin will fix it soon...
war thunder now with fox 3 is very hard to play 😖
is it possible to put a different missile on every pylon on the mig-29smt?
R77 in all pylons r73 in all and r27s only in the inside pylons, so still just 2 r27 in mig 29
@@angelicafernandez9831 yeah but doesn’t this get r-60s, and the r-27er and r-27et
@@BufferThunder smt get r27 r73 and r77 only
@@angelicafernandez9831 oh, darn it
Why is the 29G and SMT the same BR?
mig 23 ml still worth it if its there in summer sale or nah , if not any suggestion for any other premium jet??
nah its shit
It’s ok
It's alright if you can use it, i prefer the su-25k for farming
@@FoxOnixs definitely way more boring tho
Radar is now shit
I don't understand what "going cold" means Can someone explain pls
Turning away from missile
It means turn around and run away from the missile
Anything with AIM-120 is better. Take everything this guy says with a grain of salt.
So he just shouldn’t use a Nation?
Small fighter gang
👇
Matwag is using to much copiun, unsubscribed
These comments are brainless and pathetic as well. Just be quiet and be respectful. It’s only a game; people have their opinions, and Mat is an individual with his own rightful thoughts and opinions. If he wants to say the R-77 is “the best,” so be it. doesn’t mean you have to agree with his opinion or give him a counterargument that’s based on your own ideas, but as I said, you all and Mat have your own opinions.
Lol its not about opinions its factually false
R-77-1 when?….R-77M when??
The mig 29smt is bad, also the r77 is good but not as good as stuff like amraam or mica
Yeah... We got some export model. And nerfed. Russia in reality has only R-77-1 missile.
Yesterday, I launched 4 R77 to the last enemy, which was at a distance of 18 km and was flying straight at me. After 5km he simply turned to the right, and not a single missile even came close to him. R77 is just missile with drag chutes, or AHR R24/27R.
@Niko_rj The R77 had a very problematic development. And it hasn't really been used so I'd imagine it's hard to model in game "correctly" since real life data is non existent. And the data that does exist is likely locked up tight by the Russian MOD.
@@Niko_rj Russia in reality wasn't using fox 3s until the 2010s, but players wouldn't like that haha
@areyou0k98 that's fine, rn I like R27ER much better. But it's sad that Russia still has no fox 3. (Technically, it has, but who tf needs it. Maximum for MiG29SMT, on pylons whete u cant take R27ER)
still trash change my mind
Hope the r-77 doesnt get a buff, it was shit IRL and should be shit in the game. They had a year and a half of r-27ER dominance, and still continue to have the best fox-2 and best IR missile combo in the game with r-27ER and r-73. They can afford to not have the best fox-3
They already have data of R77-1 that change the fin design maybe ...
tHeY hAd a YeAr aNd A hAlF of ER dOmInaNCe, nOw iTs mY tUrN. Dude, this is not how the game suppose to work, taking turns, but hey, Gaijin doing Gaijin stuff.
@@ProGamer-uj4ws Thats quite literally how it's supposed to work...
@Yea.IGetHectic giving a nation top missile to get dominance over the others? no I don't think so, I mean you pretty much said it yourself "They had a year and half of r-27ER dominance" was that ok?
@@ProGamer-uj4ws What are you even saying? I never said it's okay, im just telling you that's how they work...thats how it's been since the first few supersonic jets... im not talking necessarily just about missiles, but the balance overall. You're putting words in my mouth and i find that extremely rude.
The problem with the ER is that they refused to add an american equivalent, and every moron russian main cried "skill issue" when anyone mentioned it.
Russia still continues to dominate with the best fox-2 and the r-73 combo, so I find everyone complaining absolutely hilarious.