Best bomb for the ammunition depot?

[lcabc888]

Guys, what is the best AG weapon to kill a ammunition depot?

I used 10 GBU-12s it won't work.

[Furiz]

Try GBU-10, they hit harder ;D

[lcabc888]

Ok, ill try it 

[Bunny Clark]

Yup, the 500 pound GBU-12s aren't going to have much luck punching through. 

 

Right now your best option is something with a 2,000 pound blast fragmentation warhead, which would be the Mk.84 or GBU-10. Ideally something with a penetration warhead is really what you want, best would be a 2,000 pound BLU-109 warhead, which we'll get eventually on the GBU-24 and GBU-31. The 1,000 pound unity warhead on the AGM-154C would also be a good option, trading off some penetration power for standoff range. 

[lcabc888]

Thank you, ill try it lol

[Tholozor]

Heavy warhead Mavericks like the G and K models are good options as well.

[Terzi]

There is nothing that double gbu-10s wont penetrate

[lcabc888]

@Terzi I tried 4 GBU10s is works a little bit, at least it went on fire, but not destroyed.

But thanks for your tips!
 

[Terzi]

1 hour ago, lcabc888 said:

@Terzi I tried 4 GBU10s is works a little bit, at least it went on fire, but not destroyed.

But thanks for your tips!
 

In fact it is already dead, but it needs some time to get the actual destruction. I forgot to mention that it does not get destroyed immediately. It will explode like fireworks for some time.

[lcabc888]

Ok, How much time will it get destroyed?

[Bunny Clark]

In DCS if you start something on fire you've killed it. It won't actually explode and count as destroyed for a little while, but it will go eventually. At least, this is true with vehicles and buildings. Aircraft are more complex and sometimes more frustrating. 

[Florence201]

21 hours ago, Tholozor said:

Heavy warhead Mavericks like the G and K models are good options as well.

That’s only 300lbs of warhead. As stated, currently G10 is the Viper big hitter 

[Tholozor]

The warhead on G and K model Mavericks uses a penetrating warhead (E and F models as well). Doesn't matter that it's only 300lbs: it's 300lbs that's gonna go off on the inside.

Edited December 17, 2020 by Tholozor

[Bunny Clark]

One advantage the AGM-65G has is speed. Especially when fired at close range, the extra impact velocity can really help it penetrate. At least, that's true in real life. I'm not sure how well that's modeled in DCS. 

[=52d= Skip]

On 12/15/2020 at 5:47 PM, lcabc888 said:

Guys, what is the best AG weapon to kill a ammunition depot?

I used 10 GBU-12s it won't work.

 

Two Mk-84 will do just fine. As others have pointed out it may take a little while to explode after the initial hit (around 80 Seconds in my case).

 

 

[Falconeer]

4 hours ago, Desert Fox said:

Putting free fall ordinance to tail fuze only might help too. You want the warhead to penetrate first, then trigger.

 

A general purpose bomb will never have a high penetrating capability. Since the bomb casing is much thinner than a "real" penetrator, the GP bomb body will just collapse on impact, no matter what fuse you use and on what setting

Edited December 18, 2020 by Falconeer

[=52d= Skip]

18 hours ago, Falconeer said:

 

A general purpose bomb will never have a high penetrating capability. Since the bomb casing is much thinner than a "real" penetrator, the GP bomb body will just collapse on impact, no matter what fuse you use and on what setting

 

 

So we should better be using something like the GBU-24*, right?

 

 

*.lua edit that has some issues still.

[Falconeer]

Yes, that'll do

[Bunny Clark]

3 hours ago, =52d= Skip said:

 

So we should better be using something like the GBU-24*, right?

Yup, since we only have the BLU-109 version in the game so far. Once (if?) the Mk.84 version gets added it'll be less effective against hard targets.