correct as-is CBU-99 - No EFUZ Option

[Toni Carrera]

Hi All,

It appears that no matter what option I select for the CBU-99, I never get the option for 'EFUZ', therefore I am unable to set it to INST

Please could someone tell me what stupid thing I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Toni

[tech_op2000]

You do not set an efuz. Just MFUZ to PRI or VT. That is all it has. If I understand it correctly you also cant adjust the deploy height. The HT supposedly just affects the aircraft calculations but does not modify the bomb fuzing. The Program shows EFUZ and MFUZ because some weapons have E fuzes and some M fuzes. But not all munitions have both.

To elaborate Further:
(And I'm speculating, I am not an expert in these systems)
An EFUZ or Electronic Fuze is a a proximity sensor. so EFUZ INST would be telling the munition to detonate as soon as a senor detects something other than air in the immediate area of the munition. A D1 D2 etc would be a Delay to tell the munition to start a short timer once it detects something, then explode. This would be useful if you wanted the munition to penetrate the target before detonating

An MFUZ or Manual fuze is a physical switch on the munition that will detonate the munition only once that switch makes contact with a target. or in the case of CBU-99 there may be some sort of pressure or altitude sensor.

Only one Fuze type should be selected for each weapon release based on the pilots preferred detonation characteristics. 

I imagine in the case of a gbu-12 laser guided 500 pound bomb, An EFUZ could detonate when the bomb encountered the leaves of a tree, whereas an MFUZ would travel past the leaves and only detonate once it hit the branches or the ground or a tank etc. Anyone know if that is correct and if so if DCS simulates that behavior?

For the CBU-99 cluster munition. an EFUZ is not necessary as the munition is not intended to detonate by proximity to a target. It is ONLY intended to detonate at a set distance from the target/ground, Then spread out its bomblets.

Edited November 6, 2021 by tech_op2000
additional information

[Frederf]

Rockeye doesn't have any electronic interface. It's just a metal lanyard (or two). Nothing on the weapon accepts the voltages of the FFCS.