missing health bar indication Is the GBU-38 damage model accurate?

[Fulgrim]

Shouldn't this tank be damaged after a close impact? It was intact...

[Frederf]

Can you show the health bar after that? Without that info it's impossible to see partial damage visually. That is a rather distant impact for total destruction at least in DCS terms.

[Fulgrim]

3 hours ago, Frederf said:

Can you show the health bar after that? Without that info it's impossible to see partial damage visually. That is a rather distant impact for total destruction at least in DCS terms.

I don't have a screenshot of the health bar, but it was fully green and didn't even register damage in the BDA box. That's like... 10 feet? If a 500lbs bomb cannot kill something 10ft away I need to reconsider my beliefs...

[Tholozor]

Did you change the fuze setting at all? By default JDAMs start with it set to AIR (as-if it has the DSU-33 airburst sensor installed); try setting it to GND if not.

[Frederf]

I don't know if the DCS GBU-38s have any variable fuzing. It might depend on the dropping platform. In any case, the terminal effects of bombs on armored vehicles in DCS is an oft-discussed topic. I don't have detailed knowledge as to the realism except to know I don't know.

For "fun" here is a video of a bunch of guys that received the same warhead quite close to their position without casualties. I don't know the distance and obviously there is a lot of hard, rocky planet helping them but it's close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSzBCgbicbA

 

[Ignition]

I think irl that impact should damage (severely) the right track rendering the vehicle unable to move.

[GrEaSeLiTeNiN]

I thought ‘splash damage’ was already improved in DCS, I could be mistaken though. Or maybe it’s partially fixed. There was a splash damage mod some time ago and Liberation has a splash damage option.

[gmangnall]

Splash damage is ludicrous in DCS - maybe not all that easy to properly fix but it needs to be improved without relying on a mod.