War Thunder Guide 6.0 - Defeating Infrared Guided Missiles (IRCCM Included) 

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Seek’s honest reaction:

me watching this video, knowing damn well im still gonna make the same mistakes after understanding the concepts

Can't wait to deal with Python 4 which uses both types of IRCCM at the same time

instructions unclear: i just watched the top gun movie and did the kvochur maneuver

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In depth video? we in balls deep with this one.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video! I was doing some of these things instinctively, but didn't fully grasp why I should be doing them outside of "Hey, this just kinda works." The "Picassos" demonstrating how Countermeasures work in tandem with your engine profile was invaluable!

me pulling up neg g while flaring like a madman: the R27ER in question:

you should do the same but for chaff/radar when the fox3s come

Missile: It’s jover for me now

Papyrus font is crazy 😂

“IRCCM doesn’t want you to know this one simple trick”

Defyn single handedly raising the skill level and difficulty of top tier one guide at a time

Now that I've watched this, can you delete it so my enemies don't see it too?

I kinda had difficulty understanding you but I seem to get the point. TLDR: There are 2 ways the missile tries to avoid being fooled by flares: A) Gatewith method aka, the Tunnel Vision method. The seeker during the lock stage has a wide perspective to get an easy lock, once fired-it shrinks or it squints its eye, tunnel vision, straight at you. To fool this missile, just make sure to not afterburn and flare in the path of the missile. (R-73 Archer and R550 Magic 2 use this method). B) Tracking Suspension method aka, the Blink method. The seeker once fired, during its travel it blinks/closes its eye to avoid being distracted by flares. It keeps its eye shut for a second or two. During this time it remembers and calculates to predict where you will be when it opens its eye and tries to relock on to you. To fool this missile, just cut back on your burner and flare a decent amount around you and dodge away, cus you might flare the missile but the missile still could relock you or just simply flied into your proximity. (AIM-9M Sidewinder, AAM-3 use this method).

AFAIK, you are the first one who came with an actual techniques rather than explanation of mechanics. Great work and thank you for sharing those techniques

The best part of this video is the explanation on how missile seekers work, I don't think many new players actually understand how a missile seeker works in war thunder so using that information players can better understand why you do certain things to flare missiles.

perfect timing for you video - THANKS - I got shot down twice yesterday in Ground RB and thought I need to do some research to find a way to deal with these - now I have the strategy and just need to put it into practice

Ive been watching this channel for a long time, when i first got into the air tree i look at your guides on how to aim and loved your plane reviews. Your lessons on the mechanics of this game have helped not just me but many others. Thank you for your videos DEFYN

Nice guide Defyn, cool explanation for beginners and intermediate players.

Thank you. Very informative 👏🏻

This was a super useful video, I had a vague intuition on how to counter them based on how the IRCCM works but seeing it through the seeker view and with all the detailed explanations helps a lot to understand why it actually works and how to make it work more effectively.

Dude thank you so much for this tutorial! After a few failed attempts I managed to get the technique right, and the results show!

Great guide! Thanks for the info!

Woah this is why you are the GOAT! Best flare video hands down!

Love to watch someone who is really into what he is doing. Wonderful. :)

Really well done vid, I hope it will help a lot of players ;DD

This is very helpful, thank you!

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Thank you and have a nice summer

The information in this video is invaluable.

Thank you defyn

I always loved your guides, helped me a lot when I just started learning wt air combat

Very useful video 👌🏼❤️

Thanks for the video man!

This is great but what about the Red Top's?

so helpful!

the best tutioral I've ever seen, job well done man

One little thing - it will work almost 100% of the time in duels but in 16v16 where pretty common situation is when 3-5+ missiles including SARH ones are all coming towards you at the same time from different angles - it won’t help much)

So hyped for this

I've been waiting for this moment for a loong time

Thank you 🫡

He wasn't kidding, he really pulled the best tutorial XD This put everyone else to shame damn lol

You dont know how long i was waiting for this video

Omg the sensor view for these kinds of video is a genuine god send I'm so grateful Gaijin added them cause now we can analyze missile seekers and all, fantastic tutorial overall DEFYN more quality than I was seeking

10/10 edge very good video length👍🏻

All the technology, Nice video 📹

excellent guide

It's here! Only 5 years in the making! Thank you daddy DEFYN!

I appreciate you

that was fun ty

I'm at the J35D just before the fun stuff and chaos of top tier - first nation and first time jets. This video has been very informative for my upcoming grinding In simple term: turn off afterburner, use reverse thrust covers if you have - pop flare(s) first, then turn away. Ideally position yourself so the direction of flare remains in the bandwidth area whilst you aren't. Be offset from enemy position, fire flares towards direction of flares and turn slightly away. Roll flare, turn away

In my experience flaring M's, finding the right tempo for dropping flares to keep the seeker head off for longer really helps with avoiding them. I tend to go for about 2-3 pops a second

GOAT WT Tuber right here

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Defyn hit the griddy with this one 🗣🗣🗣📢📢📢

Nice

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I just subscribed to your channel, just because its helpful at least

common W Defyn

lovin' the papyrus font 😎

"Here Is How You Actually Stop Dying To IRCCM Missiles Effectively" in the style of the average university reading: War thunder, reveals in its 10 odd years of existence, in the Prescence of IRCCM missiles has presented itself as a central role of addition of the features along with a flurry upon the destruction of the game mode , What could the presence of IRCCM missiles indicate, that the Battle rating may it lives upon, it may be only the platonic ideal of the toxic fighter main. the occurrence of the IRCCM missiles only has juxtaposed itself as between the matchmaker of 16v16, in discord with the systematic wrenching of BR compression await the staggering polarity between realism and and the sublimity through trivial lament of the blatantly vulgar Gaijin. The parenthesis of the parameters of the juxtaposition between the benign and the sublime as the DEFYN confides to his views, the below the the realism, this cubism, deeply stirred the community of in the last few months. DEFYN, who was has over the last 5 years manifested himself has the interpreter of war thunder to great acclaim, has responded with Just Flare". with the utterance of two words, how sublime, reminiscent of the Daoist manual written in 500BCE. Its compact nature opens up a whole new world of possibility of interpretation for the player base manifests itself as the law of nature in the war thunder ideal Just watch the video and learn to flare (why tf are you reading this)

i can finally do something against those pesky magic 2's in an uptier thank you DEFYN!

thank you my little pookie bear, I will try and not mald in air rb anymore

The missile knows where it is at all times

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A wonderful guide as usual, it was worth the wait ^^ Unfortunately, it's seems not as easy to flare the 9M in arcade... something feels wrong

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Very usefull summary, a bit harder to apply for sim pilots. But still possible. ;)

He made the video he said he was gonna make, nice o7

Can't wait for gaijin to implement the AAM-3's dual band seeker- Infrared and Ultraviolet-

9:56 I agree that it really is that shrimple.

Defyn still shaping me into the player I am today. Fucking legend.

Watched the seek's vid first and with this one, i can finally dodge every IRCCM cam.

A10 has hundreds though. I put it on periodic when I hit the battle line and get a solid radar hit. Rest of planes I try to keep radar in mind and what find of missile is approaching and use manual flares with chaff. I usually use flare priority till I get to 11 rating. Then a mix.

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You made me lose my edging streak😢

Honestly, I like to think this is more than just a game with how technical Defyn's tutorials are. Thanks man💯

I love the video, very informative. One caveat is you have to know when and where the missile is. This is best for Arcade. Not really suited for Sim.

I never seem to have that much luck with IRCCM missiles anyway, for the most part it feels just like normal IR missiles where as long as the enemy flares with enough time the missile will miss. Ground launched IRCCM missiles though seems like literal black magic, no matter how you try to evade it just won't stop tracking you, like the TY-90.

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Do you have any idea how to defeat the Ground IRCCM missiles form SPAAs?

@DEFYN Could you please make the same video, but how to defeat IR SAMs? Stuff like Ozelot, Strela 10 M2 etc. Those seem to be completely undefeatable especially from rear aspect. How do they work? Is it possible to apply the same techniques against them?

Could you do one for the the stinger missiles? Or do they work the same?

The IRCCM knows where it is

Goon sesh: Recommended

Love this video, should minimize the amount of people complain that the missiles are op.

Cool! Time for me immediately forget everything and randomly use at one point a few months later without realizing and then never use it again.

I've seen my missles walk back onto targets before because they are tracking the constant stream of CM coming out of the aircraft

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Could you possibly do a video on the seafire fr 47? Not that many videos of it on RU-vid

whenever he say drop 2 flares he means 4 because they drop in 2 in his video keep that in mind because you can set it up how many flares come out and different planes have for example single flares at a time

Great now everyone is going to be able to flare my missiles

Does flare priority drop 2 flares and 1 chaff? Because I'd still like to bring some chaff in my F15. Also, do you do the same thing that you did with the Su27 to flare the 9Ms in the F15, since the flares deploy downwards?

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Well this would be verry helpfull, if I only had to defend against one or two enemys at a time, and we all know, this often is not the case. I personally found the best defense against missiles is to not get them launched at you in the first place. Positioning is key! Still this is a verry helpfull video for when you need this, thank you DEFIN!