AvroLanc Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Loving the sneak peaks, and the latest ‘rockets’ sneak peak mentions HE, smoke and illumination rocket types. Also mentioned is the future addition of MPSM and Flechette warheads. Question is, will the EA release feature the bigger 17 pounder HE warhead, the M229? It seems to be a pretty common choice for the planned timeframe. Might be more effective than the current 10 pound M151. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalcoGer Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 9:04 PM, AvroLanc said: Also mentioned is the future addition of MPSM and Flechette warheads. Source? It's not in the FAQ. I'd love flechettes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgillers3 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, FalcoGer said: Source? It's not in the FAQ. I'd love flechettes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 They said there would be HE rockets at launch, but they haven't specified if they will be the 10- or 17-pounders. My gut says 10-pounders, based on my experience that they are more common, but we don't know for sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalcoGer Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Considering that they already have the assets and code in the game for the big ones, I don't see why they wouldn't just put them in. All they need to do is change the text on the MFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobakopes Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Are there any equivalent to s8kom for hydras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted October 28, 2021 ED Team Share Posted October 28, 2021 Yes, but not in the US Army inventory. The M282 warhead would be closest, in DCS terms anyway. Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobakopes Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 19 минут назад, Raptor9 сказал: Yes, but not in the US Army inventory. The M282 warhead would be closest, in DCS terms anyway. Well looked it up m282 is analgous to OFP actually. Kinetic penetration with delayed detonation warhead. S8KOM are heat frag rockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted October 28, 2021 ED Team Share Posted October 28, 2021 I'm not intimately familiar with the Russian rockets, nor any warheads of the Hydra family that was never in US Army inventory in the past several decades. So my original answer still stands, that there is no equivalent to the S-8KOM in the US Army inventory. The only HEAT munitions that are fired from Apaches are variants of the AGM-114 missile family. Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted October 29, 2021 ED Team Share Posted October 29, 2021 Ha ha, I just noticed they applied the tag "Done" to this thread. I guess that answers that question... Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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