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CBU-87 and CBU-103 Performance Explanation


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12 minutes ago, Stubbies2003 said:

 

Jeeps and other completely un-armored vehicles sure it will do some limited damage as a blunt weapon but that is about it.

 

I read a report once where they hunted pirates at the coast of Somalia. They sunk their boat with just a practice bomb. 🙂

Also, I bet, a concrete filled BDU-50 will surely put a big hole into the aluminium hull of any IFV if dropped from high enough. And that, without much risk for colateral damage.

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This changes are on today update? Seen nothing on changelog

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13 minutes ago, NineLine said:

No sorry, they were approved for merge too late.

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17 hours ago, Arctic Fox said:

Can we expect to see improvements to Rockeyes and other conventional cluster munitions in the game as well?

 

Rockeyes and other bombs work reasonably well if you use multiples per pass. Like 2x rockeyes off the harrier usually works "ok".

 

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They should be way more lethal, though. Those were meant for killing tanks and other heavy armor, and as such, even a single one should clear a T-55 formation. Wikipedia quotes the penetration at 190mm of armor, which is way more than most tanks have on top.

 

I'm looking forward to trying out the improved CEM in the next update, it seems like a big step in the right direction.

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1 hour ago, Desert Fox said:

Just that IFVs are not made from aluminium 😉

 The Bradley is.

 

  The larger practice bombs are concrete filled to mimic ''the real thing''. I'm 100% sure 500lbs at 500kts will cave in the roof, jam turret rings, etc unless the angle is so shallow it skipped off. High velocity penetrators are one thing, but at some point sheer mass can get the job done, too.

 

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Shaped charges still need a direct to function. Even if there are hundreds of them being dropped, only the ones that actually connect will pen (thus dropping hundreds to insure more hits). Dropping one over a column is going to cause a lot of chaos, but depending on the spread, most of them are obviously going to scatter.

 

 

  The issue with clusters is less likely to be related specifically to the clusters themselves as it is the way vehicle armor is modeled. If you hit ahead of the half way mark on most vehicles it's considered ''frontal armor'' and behind the halfway mark is ''rear'' (I tested this with a BMP-2 once). Some vehicles are more nuanced, but most are not, and in general the caliber of vic modeling is all over the place. How well your clusters work is likely directly related to what specific vehicles are in the column as to whether they even HAVE ''top'' armor values.

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Great stuff! I really appreciate this effort on the CBU-87/103! :thumbup:

 

Now if only other cluster munitions (Rockeyes, RBKs, ...) would get similar improvements, then this would be absolutely terrific!

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33 minutes ago, Mars Exulte said:

Shaped charges still need a direct to function. Even if there are hundreds of them being dropped, only the ones that actually connect will pen (thus dropping hundreds to insure more hits). Dropping one over a column is going to cause a lot of chaos, but depending on the spread, most of them are obviously going to scatter.

Yeah, another thing about Roceye is that its footprint is generally smaller than that of the CBU-87. This depends on HOF and RPM, of course, but it puts more bomblets into a smaller area, for the exact reason you mention. It's essentially a predecessor to CBU-97, and was intended for use in the same role (that is, stemming the veritable tide of Soviet tanks in Europe).

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1 hour ago, Mars Exulte said:

The issue with clusters is less likely to be related specifically to the clusters themselves as it is the way vehicle armor is modeled.

This cannot be stressed enough as well, that we have some work to do on ground unit damage modelling as well, we generally don't see M or F Kills right now unless you do some ME magic, you can see mobility reduced or in some cases weapons stop firing but this is still planned to be worked further.

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4 hours ago, Desert Fox said:

 

Just that IFVs are not made from aluminium 😉

Many are, or at least partial use it. I.e. the M113 APC, the Bradley, the BTR-80. The armor is often meant to just protect from small arms fire and thus, using aluminium can provide that while also saving some weight. But no matter what material, I am sure a ballistic kinetic projectile of with a mass of 500 lb at at few hundret knots coming at you will do some harm to anything it hits. 🙂

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You'd be surprised. Sinking a boat is certainly possible, but banging on a hardened armor plate with a 25lb brick (training bombs typically don't weigh 500lbs) would not do as much damage as you might think. Now, it could certainly bend some metal, but modern armor would most likely not be penetrated. Even if you do drop an actual 500lb concrete bomb, what'll happen is that the concrete will shatter on impact. Without a proper penetrator, nailing armored vehicles with training munitions is largely a waste of time. Softskins, by all means, but even relatively wimpy armor would be a significant obstacle to anything softer than it is.

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Pretty sure every A10c pilot has dropped two or three 87's and said "Well, that was worthless"

 

The CBU87 visual effect is one of the best in the game.   Im going to use this to great effect.

 

Thanks for the Fix!

 

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Thanks! These kind of documents are gems. Somehow I feel sad they might get lost in the sea of information that the forums are. Many will not know that they exist.

 

I remember one about aerodynamics simulation. I think one was about missile aerodynamics (or was that from Heatblur, not sure). One was about wing tip vortices behind aircraft. All great stuff. In the past there was also very interesting stuff about the blades of the KA-50 bending animations etc. Love all these technical things.

 

@NineLine Maybe ED could collect them somewhere as an encyclopedia kind of thing. Somewhere with higher visibility. Not sure if it is worth the work of managing that.

 

I am very thankful to get an insight into these interesting details that make everything come to life. 🙂


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42 minutes ago, Hekktor said:

I'd prefer not to have user comments in the official update section... because - it's official... 😉

 Then don't read them? The relevant info is in the OP.

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58 minutes ago, Mars Exulte said:

 Then don't read them? The relevant info is in the OP.

The thing is, you keep track of when there is a new post in the official updates section. Now it lights up all the time, as soon as a user comments, and you think, "great, official news", when there is none. I agree with Hekktor. @NineLine, would you please lock this thread, move it to the user section, or start a new discussion thread there.

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12 minutes ago, Sharkku said:

The thing is, you keep track of when there is a new post in the official updates section. Now it lights up all the time, as soon as a user comments, and you think, "great, official news", when there is none. I agree with Hekktor. @NineLine, would you please lock this thread, move it to the user section, or start a new discussion thread there.

 

Was just gonna say this, yea it's annoying;P

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Maybe ED could collect them somewhere as an encyclopedia kind of thing. Somewhere with higher visibility. Not sure if it is worth the work of managing that.

 

A dev blog might be a nice idea.

 

I also really enjoyed the very detailed explanations on the Mi-8 on the website, that is just pages and pages of information. Which I think is not in the manual.

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So in the document it lists JSOW A's working better than CBU-87 and 103's but they don't hit crap either. Is this change going to impact the JSOW A as well since it's essentially tossing out the same bomblets that the mk-20's and stuff do? I read through the document and it's great stuff although the HOF, Spin, and azimuth cannot be changed in the F18 anyways so I'm guessing this mostly applies to the F16 right now. 

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