reported Sea Radar does not show amphibious vehicles in the water

[Topper81]

A swiming BMP cannot be detected by the sea radar

bmp_AG_SEA.trk

Edited April 17, 2021 by Topper81

[Hulkbust44]

A swiming BMP cannot be detected by the sea radar
bmp_AG_SEA.trk

Well, how do we know it's incorrect?
A BMP has a *very* small RCS compared to even a small naval vessel. With all the returns you would get from the surface of the water with any wind, I'd say it's probably near impossible to see a BMP on water outside of 5 miles, if at all.

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[IkarusC42B Pilot]

4 minutes ago, Hulkbust44 said:

Well, how do we know it's incorrect?

 

We dont. This is why we put it here,to be investigate it.

[Topper81]

I also placed a static ship on land (just for testing the logic) and it can be detected by the sea radar. So for me it looks like the "logic" is not corect to decide if an object can be detected by the sea radar or not. It should not depend just on the type "ship"... but more if an object (any kind) is in the sea or not. However, if it's true that a sea radar cannot detect smaller objects at father distances it should be possible to detect a BMP inside 5 miles or what ever

Edited April 18, 2021 by Topper81

[hotrod525]

On 4/17/2021 at 1:47 PM, Hulkbust44 said:

Well, how do we know it's incorrect?
A BMP has a *very* small RCS compared to even a small naval vessel. With all the returns you would get from the surface of the water with any wind, I'd say it's probably near impossible to see a BMP on water outside of 5 miles, if at all.

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Well, we could go for some sort of educated guess. Water is know to absorb radar wave and it is know that satellite rely on that to scan huge water area since anything (well okay, may be not you're plastic Craftman fishing boat ;))that float would make a radar return.

 If we use this as a ref, we can clearly see all the radar dots in the water, so we could assume that the hornet radar would also as it is closer. It might not detect a ship in some coastal condition, but if there is enough surrounding water around the vehicle, it should pick it up like it would pick up a plane in a clear sky.

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by hotrod525

[BIGNEWY]

a ship is very different to a amphibious vehicle, in some cases only the top half and turret are seen, RCS will be a lot smaller. 

 

I am still looking into it. 

 

thanks

[opps]

Even a smallest boat can be detected by SEA mode in DCS. Why not BMP-3?

SEAmode.trk

Edited April 23, 2021 by opps

[BIGNEWY]

I have reported to the team.

 

thanks