ground vehicle units defenses

[DTS_Maton]

ground vehicles have been using smoke canisters for a long time either to obscure visual location or defend against laser and radar tracking

could we been seeing these in DCS in the near future?:cry:

[razo+r]

ground vehicles have been using smoke canisters for a long time either to obscure visual location or defend against laser and radar tracking

could we been seeing these in DCS in the near future?:cry:

 

Ai has that smoke already a long time

[DTS_Maton]

then why haven't i seen it being able to use it or seen it being used byAI?

[razo+r]

Because you need to hit but not kill the AI, then it will likely use the smoke

 

human players can't use smoke

[DTS_Maton]

i have seen enough tanks with the life shot out of them but never seen them use smoke

could you replicate this in a test video mission ?

[razo+r]

take a bmp 3 and shoot an abrams with the 100mm in the rear and he will pop smoke, you can hear that when he does

Edited March 6, 2017 by razo+r

[bn880]

I've never seen the smoke to be effective, and I don't always kill my GND targets. I have seen some kinds of smoke but it's VERY short lived, not useful. hmmm

[razo+r]

The smoke isn't effective, AI can see through it and it's not to smokey or tight enough so that human players can't see through it

 

But that effect is still from 1.2.xx so maybe we'll see a change in 2.xx

[Wrecking Crew]

I think that is reactive armor, not smoke.

[Rabb]

All vehicles in DCS use smoke canisters when hit in such a way it produces damage, unless they are destroyed with a first hit. You can use heavy machine guns to reproduce that on tanks, IFVs or APCs. BTR80 is a fine example.

 

However, smoke they produce in DCS is very unrealistic in deployment, size, general appearance, range, effectiveness and duration.

 

Also, many tanks can lay a smoke screen by releasing oil into exhaust.

[QuiGon]

All vehicles in DCS use smoke canisters when hit in such a way it produces damage, unless they are destroyed with a first hit. You can use heavy machine guns to reproduce that on tanks, IFVs or APCs. BTR80 is a fine example.

 

However, smoke they produce in DCS is very unrealistic in deployment, size, general appearance, range, effectiveness and duration.

 

I can confirm this. Smoke shields have been in DCS for many years, although they are just eye candy and have no real effect.

[SUNTSAG]

All vehicles in DCS use smoke canisters when hit in such a way it produces damage, unless they are destroyed with a first hit. You can use heavy machine guns to reproduce that on tanks, IFVs or APCs. BTR80 is a fine example.

 

However, smoke they produce in DCS is very unrealistic in deployment, size, general appearance, range, effectiveness and duration.

 

Also, many tanks can lay a smoke screen by releasing oil into exhaust.

 

Hi All,

 

Just to confirm YES smoke screens are used by vehicles in DCS, but for clarity, NOT by ALL vehicles.....eg T55, BMD1, are just two examples that do not produce a smoke screen as cover. I know this from producing the lua files for the upcoming FV107 Scimitar Mod which will use smoke as a screen.

[Fri13]

The smoke launchers are there just to teach pilots that it was launched.... Nothing else. No effect or purpose.

[Rabb]

Of course, only vehicles equipped with smoke canisters can launch them. ;)

 

In real life, T-55 and T-72 can produce thick white smoke though exhausts, which isn't modeled in DCS. Proper implementation of smoke would reduce target acquisition visually, and by laser and IR sensors.