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Wait a minute is this the abandoned F/A-18E Super Hornet project? Or is this some kind of ED project in closed testing? A pre-AESA E model Super Hornet would certainly be within the realm of possibility for Eagle Dynamics as systems wise they are very similar to an F/A-18C Lot 20 model. For reference I am talking about a Block I Super Hornet, they share 90% commonality with an F/A-18C Lot 20 Hornet systems wise.

Odd Fictional Request Hello painters/skinners I have a bit of an odd request from the Ace Combat series... Ace Combat Assault Horizon VFA-108 Warwolf Squadron Pilot: Commander (CDR) William Bishop [He is a Lt. Col in the USAF ranks which translates to a Commander in US Navy Ranks] Request changeable number assignment Paint Reference /w Patch Picture: *Use this as the base for the art and camouflage pattern. *Use the patch art for the Helmet skin Request a version in desert using this coloration: Request a version with this green coloration: Utilize extra detail layers if possible in the paint, reference: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301566/ Anyone interested in taking on this request? I would attempt this myself but I am terrible at painting and I have lots of other projects both virtual and IRL to contend with. Thanks in advance.

F/A-16C :doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:, I should be flogged for this offense. The ballistic characteristics are questionable at best as all we get is Default and No Tracer, there is absolutely no mention if this is M50 or PGU and if it's just training ammo or HEI/SAPHEI There is a distinct performance difference between the M50 and PGU munitions, so much so that you need to select the correct one when you are using the GUN mode on the F/A-18C. As for stopping all other development, that would not be necessary, but a change to incorporate just 3 of those rounds namely being the M56A4 HEI, M242 HEI-T, and the PGU-28A/B SAPHEI would certainly be a welcome addition and would satiate most people even through full development as it gives people real combat loading's based on mission parameters. Regarding my "credentials" I like to post them as every forum I tend to post on gets at least 1 person that goes "nuh uh, you idiot, you don't know what you are talking about, GTFO scrub", posting those credentials adds some validity to my statements, the actual validity comes from sources of course.

Could a moderator please edit the thread name from "F/A-16C Hornet M61A2 LW Vulcan Ammunition" to "F/A-18C Hornet M61A2 LW Vulcan Ammunition" Thanks :)

Hello fellow Hornet Drivers, Just a little background on me, I do ballistics work for the ArmA III community on projects like NIArms/HLC, SMA, RHS, EricJ, and I even contributed to the ACE III team. I have also been a ballistics developer and military hardware consultant for other games like Occupation Source and the Modern Warfare mod for World In Conflict, and am being considered for a paid developer position doing ballistics for Ground Branch, details still being worked out on that position currently. As for my suggestion, it has come to my attention that while the Hornet is still in Early Access (like so many of the modules in DCS) and stuff like ammunition for the gun is WIP, I saw that the F-16C had quite a selection of 20mm ammunition and the Hornet just gets Default and No Tracer, this got me interested in finding out if the USAF, USN, and USMC use different ammunition, in fact they DON'T both use the same DODIC ammunition from 2 suppliers Orbital ATK (Now completely merged with Northrop Grumman) and General Dynamics. It is confirmed that the F/A-18C uses both the M50 and PGU series of munitions, I can not attest to the F-16C as my research was entirely focused on the F/A-18C, but both services do use the same DODIC ordering information that much is confirmed. Here is a list of ammunition that a F/A-18C Lot 20 would use: M50 Series: M55A2 Target Practice (TP) M220 Target Practice Tracer (TP-T) M56A4 High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) M242 High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEI-T) PGU Series: PGU-27 A/B Target Practice (TP) PGU-30 A/B Target Practice Tracer (TP-T) PGU-28 A/B Semi-Armor Piercing High Explosive Incendiary (SAPHEI) Here I will provide detailed information with links included to back up my claims, despite what people might think (and have told me in the past) this information is NOT CLASSIFIED, it is publicly sourced and all information is official. F/A-18C Hornet M61A2 Lightweight Vulcan Official Information from General Dynamics: https://www.gd-ots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/F-A-18-C-D.pdf General Overview of the rounds via NavyBMR (training program): http://navybmr.com/study%20material/14313a/14313A_ch7.pdf M55A2 & M220 Official Information via Northrop Grumman: https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/MedCalAmmunition/Documents/20mmM55A2TPFactSheet.pdf M56A4 HEI (M56 Series) Official Information via Northrop Grumman: https://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/MedCalAmmunition/Documents/20mmM56HEIFactSheet.pdf M242 HEI-T Orbital ATK (defunct) Official Information: http://212.178.67.161/ftp/20mmcollector/20mm/HEI/20_102_M242_HEIT_ATD.pdf PGU-27 A/B TP Official Information via General Dynamics: https://www.gd-ots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20mm-PGU-27-A-B-F-15.pdf PGU-30 A/B TP-T Official Information via General Dynamics: https://www.gd-ots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20mm-PGU-30-A-B-F-18.pdf PGU-28 A/B SAPHEI Official Information via General Dynamics: https://www.gd-ots.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20mm-PGU-28-A-B-F-16.pdf In all honestly the only 3 rounds we would "need" would be the M56A4 HEI, M242 HEI-T, and the PGU-28A/B SAPHEI, but I included the training rounds to fill out the list based on authenticity. I hope that "Wags" or other developers for the DCS F/A-18C module see this post and are able to use the information within to polish off the ammunition selection, each of these rounds impacts targets differently, and we are currently able to switch from M50 to PGU ammunition in the Hornet so that functionality is already there, this just completes that "subsystem".