need evidence M282A1 (MPP) too long

[heloguy]

The M282A1 warhead sticks out of the front of the M261 rocket pod as modeled in the sim.  The warhead is roughly the same length as an M151, so it should be recessed in the pod with the umbilical being visible out the front when properly loaded.

[Raptor9]

Technically, it shouldn't even have an umbilical at all.

[heloguy]

If it’s the A1 version, it would.  Not sure if that’s correct for the year/version being modeled.  The vanilla M282 has no umbilical, and a nominal 6 + or - 4 ms delay. 
 

I noticed the rocket mfd page has fuze setting options, which caters to the umbilical, but I’m not sure how proliferated these are in the Army compared to the vanilla MPP.

Edited May 5, 2022 by heloguy

[Raptor9]

The M282 (of any version) has never been in use with the regular US Army.  However, there are branches in the US that use it, but I've never heard of the A1 version.  The fuse settings on the WPN page aren't for the M282 anyway.

[heloguy]

4 minutes ago, Raptor9 said:

The M282 (of any version) has never been in use with the regular US Army.

That’s what I thought, which if that’s the case, the more common version without selectable fuzing should probably be what’s simulated (as you said, no umbilical).

 

Either way, whichever version ED decides to keep with the module, the MPPs shouldn’t stick out of the front of the pod.

[heloguy]

See the link below for a rendering of each warhead.  You can see that the M151 and M282 are very similar in length.  The M282 actually looks a bit shorter.  The rockets are loaded and seated all the way to the rear of the pod no matter which type is loaded, so it stands to reason that the M282 would be recessed the same as the M151.

 

Hydra 70 Rocket with Warheads - 3D Model by Akela Freedom (renderhub.com)

 

Here's another comparison:

 

The right most is an M282 (without umbilical, so not an A1 variant), the 5th from the right is an M151, and just for comparison, the 3rd from the left is an M229.

Edited May 7, 2022 by heloguy

[heloguy]

Any update to this?   Still notice MPPs stick out of the pod when they shouldn’t.