Leaflet bombs and leaflet drops from helos

[SPAS79]

I've made a quick search and came up pretty empty handed... Has there been any exploration about the opportunity to implement PDU/5Bs and M129E1/E2 leaflet bombs?

 

I think it would be a nice change, having the chance to drop paper and see an entire enemy battlegroup retreat... Not to mention the whole planning to make the leaflets land in the intended areas.

 

The same could be done from helos, minus the bombs simulating chucking leaflet packages out the side doors.

 

I'm really curious if such a thing could be done (I am sure the physics behind the flight pattern would be a challenge to implement)

 

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[QuiGon]

I'm not aware that this has ever been requested or otherwise been discussed.

And to be quite frank, I would prefer if ED would put their dev ressources into actual ordonance than developing leaflet physics.

[SPAS79]

Fair enough.

 

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[Kang]

I like the idea, but doubt it's worth to put in the effort of tracking single leaflet trajectories, really. It's not like that sort of thing develops perfect convincing power on fighting units if hit directly or such.

A somewhat simple cluster munition kind of particle effect and a reaction to the 'bomb in area' trigger would probably do and in fact not be a bad idea.

[G.J.S]

Can’t see any real use for this in sim to be honest.

I had heard that during Gulf war 1, some leaflet bombs were used against Iraqi forward ground forces, but they didn’t have the desired effect. The advice given was to lay down arms and either surrender, or head north into Iraq again, do not fire at coalition forces.

What the leaflets actually provided was lavatorial paper for the under equipped Iraqi grunts.