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Hi, Not sure where to put this as it's an issue for the P51 and the P47. Please feel free to move or let me know where to post. I found what is a super quick fix that should finally put the nail in the ".50s aren't effective enough" coffin. The belt compositions we currently have as options don't appear to be correct for the US aircraft. By the time of the P51s introduction at the end of 1943, the USAAF had switched to full API and Incendiary load-outs. According to the lua, the Combat Mix belt is Ball, AP, AP, API, APIT. This belt had been phased out in 1943 in favour of an API and Incendiary mixture. Ball had been phased out during 1942 so certainly shouldn't be used in any of the belts other than a training belt maybe. Source: http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2210 https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-10/CMH_Pub_10-10.pdf (Gabreski's silver tip API only loudout) As we don't have a pure incendiary round modeled a more correct standard belt for the P51 and P47 modeled in game would be API, API, API, API, APIT With the CS No Tracers belt being a pure API loud-out - API, API, API, API, API There also appears to be a slight error in the Left wing outboard Air to Ground belt as it contains 1 round of ball instead of AP (all other guns are AP and APIT). Otherwise this is a spot on AG belt. I took the liberty of modifying the lua to the correct values. Not sure whether you would want to create new belts, or update the current ones. I understand there are still plenty of complaints about the effectiveness of the .50 equipped planes and I believe the incorrect belts probably play a large part of this. Nineline is obviously dedicating a decent chunk of time to show what is happening under the hood in the new damage model (which has been awesome) to try and quell some of this but having tested it, these historically correct belts seem to be absolutely spot on. Some testing with a full API belt (please don't be mean about my gunnery):
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I often spend most of my time making missions and I would just like to make suggestions for units to be added. Artillery: Australia, Canada, Colombia, India, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and the United States: M777 Howitzer 155mm (Modern 2000-present) ________________________________________________________________________________ Soviet Russia/Russia, and many many other countries from South Africa to Asia, Vietnam war to current: M46 130mm (1951-Present): ________________________________________________________________________________ United States, South and North America, Middle Eastern and South Eastern Countries, used in Vietnam war to present conflicts M114 155mm (1942-present): _________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: In order to make them mobile, some sort of animation will be needed where a truck could hitch up an artillery piece and tow it, this would also make for more interesting scenarios for convoys but as a start can do without mobility ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ground launch ATGM (Stationary Units): United States and many others, BGM-71 TOW, from Vietnam War to present (1970-present): _________________________________________________________________________________ Soviet Russia and many others, 9K111 Fagot, from Vietnam War to present (1970-present): Note: It would be interesting to have troops able to deploy these ATGM Launchers in the field after getting to their destination ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yes this is a game/sim for aircraft, but I reckon most players spend their time doing air to ground then any other in DCS, more cold war aircraft are coming out and these units I suggested I tried to aim for a cold war setting to add life the those dates. In Mission Editor for the Towed Artillery and ATGM Launchers, it would be great to have a box to tick to weather or not have a semi circle wall of sandbags as a defence. Picture below with the Artillery or ATGM firing from behind it.
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Haven't tried them but interesting. P-51 have 3 different ammo loadouts, Bf109 have 5 loadouts.