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Plus. ECM pod and Go Low. ..

5 nm from PuP, 3.8 nm at release, with Mk 82 and CCRP, using Harrier at 560kts, if that's any help. ..

CIWS. Good for most large Russian Anti Ship Missiles's and shore Artillery. RIM-7. SAM. ..

I think people are going to be dissappointed with a gun that can only kill trucks, ( I don't have beta so I don't know how effective it is), seeing as its big selling point was its armour piercing quality, both in DCS and RL. Combat mix would be the obvious choice, as it would reduce the OTT, MBT tank killing power, but still be useful T-55 and below. The gun and sight are out of alignment, so I don't find it very satisfying to use, but I would still like to know the devs reasoning behind the decision to change it. ..

Bring the war right up to date, where drones are dropping LGB's on bread delivery vans, in the Middle East. Harrier, Gau-12.- 25 mm, Bakery Van Buster. ..

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of screenie. It can't be that hard to do a decent picture. ..

Looking back, the last video I made that actually had cluster explosion sound, was in May 2015 and that wasn't particularly good. Checking more recent vids, Mk 20 has explosion sounds, so they could be modified, but there is no visual damage. ..

I reported the loss of cluster explosion sound, which included a support video, back in Jan 2016 and got bugger all response, so good luck with that. ..

Back to the subject. You have a gun that could do this: A truck requires, 1 damage hit. BTR, 4 hits. T-55, 20 hits. T80, 25 hits. T-72/T-90, 30 hits, for a kill, using the GAU-12U. To a gun, that could maybe do the first 2 and there's no answer to my earlier question. ..

I used that, "bottom of the sight", technique and it worked quite well. ..

Hmmm! The Harrier. A Gau 12, 25 mm rotory cannon, Toyota destroyer. Is that what it's been reduced to? I think I'll pass on that mission. ..

I haven't flown the A-10C for years, so I couldn't remember how to get the gunsight up, but I still managed to kill a target T-90 with it, so it can't be that bad. ..

Whilst it would be best for everyone to have both rounds available, it would be handy to know the reason for the change. So, why was the 25mm gun ammo changed? .

Mk 20, Fast and low for me. 540 kts level, drop at 150' AGL CCIP/CCRP. SAM site, 10 x 6 x 500' spacing. Can't miss. ..

However this is cut up, the fact remains, the gun was never designed for, or is capable of, reliably destroying MBT's, in real life, but it can destroy them in DCS, including full frontal damage to T-90's. For this reason alone, I'm glad this present AP is gone, not because it's a bad round, but because the tank damage model is not complex enough to deal with it. When the model is updated, it would be nice to see it back. The new round is penetration 13 mm @ 30deg 1000m. ..

Yes. At a dive angle of 5 deg from less than 3000' range, it could penetrate 2.5 inches of side armour of a T-55 and was the big selling point of this gun with API. Difficult to replicate with our harrier, with its displaced sight sending you into the ground. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=232589&page=15 ..

Thanks jojo. It's appreciated. ..

Perhaps the original round was deemed too strong. It could kill T-55/72/80U/90, which is too much. ..

DCS. Harrier. CCRP, Snake Eye. Tunguska destroy. Low tech, high risk, method to destroy a Tor/Tunguska SAM, guarding 4 x T-90 tanks with support, resting in woods. Protected by Strella 10 and 4 x IGLA S, plus other SAMs in the local area (Made from 6 separate replays of the same run). . ..

Similar scenario to previous, but upgrading tank protection and all vehicles are stationary. SEAD practice mission. 4 tanks, encamped with their support on the edge of trees. Guarded by, Sa-15 Tor + Sa 11 Buk SR 9518M1. (Medium range). Plus. SA-13 Strella 10 + CP 9S80M1 Sborka. (short range). Strella 1. (Short range). Take whatever action necessary, to destroy Sa-15 with Sidearm + Strella 10 and 1 tank with Maverick. Tor and Sidearm lock and launch at about the same distance and so it's reletively easy to take out when stationary. SA-15 is much faster, so a hard slice is necessary after launch. Shoot immediately a lock is obtained. Hit Strella 10 with a Mav. or you won't get close enough to spot a tank in the trees. Tank must have possitive id. We don't want to waste a Mav on a truck and we don't want to hit a tree. Added surveilance radars, don't appear to have made much difference to defence. Strella 1 did nothing and can be removed with the gun. 4 Sidearm + 2 Maverick loaded. Now that the basics are sorted, we can increase the local defence, to add some spice. Changing from SA-15 to SA-19, had the effect of causing the AGM-122, to target the Surveilance radars first, due to its shorter engagement range. SA-19 can be targeted with Maverick, to solve this problem. Updated this mission to include a Tunguska with arty convoy on opposite side of lake plus multiple Igla and Shilka AAA. Attack SA 15, then SA 19, then SA 13, to allow following 4 x Harriers to attack tanks and arty with AGM 65G. We now have a party. ..

P-19 is essential. 1-6 launchers. 1 Fan Song. 1 P-19. All in same group and in clear surroundings. Works well without any triggers etc. ..

In 10 years plus, I've never deleted those metathings. Ignorance is bliss. ..

There's something fascinating about goading SAMs, like poking a snake with a stick. (Unrelated info. Steam is using 6% of my 8 gb RAM when not in use. Make sure it's turned off when using DCS). ..

(Thanks Wakeshift). Stuff I need to know about. the SA-2 (RL). Guidance. Assembly and fuelling. Sa-6. New 25mm SAP ammo coming, to replace AP. https://www.gd-ots.com/munitions/medium-caliber-ammunition/25mm-pgu-32u-saphei-t/ http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Weapons/AFV_Guns/OATK_25x137mm_Ammo.pdf ..

(Flown, edited and uploaded, whilst quaffing Vodka on my birthday. Cheers everybody). Attacking a mobile tank group protected by a Tor SAM. , with Sidearm. Don't prematurely release your Sidearm. Wait for a Tor launch, which will indicate that it's static, (or watch it stop with DMT). Sidearm will not hit a moving taget, (in most cases).. Sa-8 and Sa-19, have more or less the same result. Note: Sidearm was specifically designed to hit the antenna of moving, convoy protection vehicles and be shot from low level and self lofting, before diving on the moving target. Ours dosn't do any of that, but it is what it is and you can help it from L/L launch, by lofting it to avoid trees etc. ..