TOW

[Bruce_D]

Why is it so difficult to hit a vehicle with a TOW Missile? They sometimes pass so close and don`t destroy the target!

 

 

Am I doing something wrong?

[Silver_Dragon]

The normal TOW has no a seeker how a Air to Air missile. It can only explode by hit the target, except a specific version with a directional warhead to attack upper armour with pass under the missile (no simulated on DCS:W)

[sgtmike74]

The TOWs in the sim, sometimes go a little goofy, not sure why. Hopefully they can make some adjustments in the future.

[Robin_Hood]

The normal TOW has no a seeker how a Air to Air missile. It can only explode by hit the target, except a specific version with a directional warhead to attack upper armour with pass under the missile (no simulated on DCS:W)

 

 

Yeah, they don't have a proximity fuse I guess

[Flagrum]

Yeah, they don't have a proximity fuse I guess

See that "pipe" protuding from the projectile in the second screenshot? If its tip hits the target, the shaped charge is ignited - the length of that pipe is measured so that the warhead has the optimal distance on impact. (tl;dr yes, it needs to impact at the tgt :o)

[sgtmike74]

Another thing I noticed is that the TOWs in the sim do not always move towards the center of the crosshairs. I've seen them settle off boresight. If this happens make a slight adjustment. Don't jerk it tho or the missile will swing wild.

[Keshman]

In the CA, we need "TOW-2B Aero". Something like this (video)

ED said may be later....

 

[Bruce_D]

Another thing I noticed is that the TOWs in the sim do not always move towards the center of the crosshairs. I've seen them settle off boresight. If this happens make a slight adjustment. Don't jerk it tho or the missile will swing wild.

 

I always put the crosshair in the middle of the target. 50% of the time a miss like in the screenshots. Is that normal to you?

[sgtmike74]

In the sim that is what it seems. I understand after the initial launch the missile should swerve here and there as it settles in. I just don't understand why, when you have the crosshairs planted center mass on a stationary target, the missile will sometimes settle off boresight and miss and others it will fly true.

 

 

And the flight motors are burning way too long. They only have somewhere around a 2 sec burn time, the rest is all kinetic energy carrying it to the target.

[Bruce_D]

In the sim that is what it seems. I understand after the initial launch the missile should swerve here and there as it settles in. I just don't understand why, when you have the crosshairs planted center mass on a stationary target, the missile will sometimes settle off boresight and miss and others it will fly true.

 

 

And the flight motors are burning way too long. They only have somewhere around a 2 sec burn time, the rest is all kinetic energy carrying it to the target.

 

Ok, so how do you aim in the sim? Where do you put the crosshair to hit the target? I need a tip for this.

 

Thanks

[sgtmike74]

I place it center mass, but if the missile settles low and right, I'll bring it up and left a bit and vice versa. If you zoom in you should be able to see the back side of the missile.