GBU-38's inaccurate or is it me?

[Scrim]

Nah, they're pretty great for strafing runs against light skins as well. Sweeping down on a convoy with the GAU-8 and rockets blazing, that's about as good as it gets in DCS I reckon.

[Supersheep]

about as good as it gets in DCS

What do you mean, as good as it gets?

This ain't Unreal Tournament, but you sure know that.

[Scrim]

What's "unreal tournament"?

 

What I meant is what I wrote, there's nothing sweeter about DCS than low level strafing runs with the A-10Cs cannon and rockets.

[PFunk1606688187]

I thought that I read they improved some of the blast effect of rockets to make up for the lack of fragmentation.

[JayPee]

Small question back on the 38s, Eddie once said that procedures dictate JDAMs are to be dropped on Waypoints/Mark Points and not simply on SPIs. Is this procedure sufficient:

 

Designate with TGP generating SPI

Make a Mark Point

Release JDAM

 

Or does it have to be like this:

 

Designate with TGP generating SPI

Make a Mark Point

Set Mark Point as Steerpoint

Slave TGP to Steerpoint

Release JDAM

Edited February 16, 2014 by JayPee

[Supersheep]

@P*Funk:

IIRC that was the 30mm HE where the explosive mass was set to equal the total round mass.

 

 

Edit: Here it is, might be Gun/Rocket or both:

Increased explosive mass to all HE rounds. Explosive now mass equals the round mass. This was decided because HE rounds lack fragmentation and were very weak on regards to proximity damage.

[Eddie]

As long as you're dropping on to a steer point, how you generate that steer point is irrelevant.

[JayPee]

Aight, thanks

[ralfidude]

delete please

Edited February 17, 2014 by ralfidude

[camsr]

I have noticed GBU-12 likes to miss in even slight crosswinds sometimes. What does help is keeping a stable attitude and veering into the wind slightly before pickle. Same could also be applied to the GBU-38

[JayPee]

GBU-38's inaccurate or is it me?

 

I do have to admit that I recently (1.2.6+) started to note both Paveways and JDAMs are less forgiving. You need to properly place the thing on the thing for them to hit your target. This wasn't always the case in the past..