Paveway II - Longest StandOff Range?

[AngryViper.101]

Hi

What is the longest standoff distance from which one can launch a PaveWay II laser guided bomb?

I set the release angle to zero degrees, release cue to 8nm 

Then from around 25,000feet up I can release from around 10nm and start lasing while turning away from the target area.

Is this the best case use?

[=617= Evil]

1 hour ago, warford said:

Hi

What is the longest standoff distance from which one can launch a PaveWay II laser guided bomb?

I set the release angle to zero degrees, release cue to 8nm 

Then from around 25,000feet up I can release from around 10nm and start lasing while turning away from the target area.

Is this the best case use?

That's every bit as good as I've been able to manage. The big restriction for GBUs is keeping the targeting pod unmasked when you break off after weapons release. For stationary targets, JDAMs offer a much better standoff and the freedom to maneuver after release. 

[Hobel]

vor 1 Stunde schrieb warford:

Hi

What is the longest standoff distance from which one can launch a PaveWay II laser guided bomb?

I set the release angle to zero degrees, release cue to 8nm 

Then from around 25,000feet up I can release from around 10nm and start lasing while turning away from the target area.

Is this the best case use?

16nm

 

[AngryViper.101]

34 minutes ago, Hobel said:

16nm

 

It looked like 12nm just prior to dropping of the bomb? 

 

I still prefer the Maverick-H class ... 

from around 18nm to almost 20nm at an Altitude of almost 40,000 feet I have had many successful ground hits.

Purpose of my post was to also find the threshold of the Paveway II, so from what I gather it is better to use a release angle of say 45 degrees at 35,000ft and then around 10nm-14nm one may have a successful ground hit that is likely more accurate - provided TGP can see the target and the laser is firing ...

 

Another question, at that distance, when should one fire the laser? all the way down? won't the Paveway run out of fuel? so is there a technique such as firing the laser immediately upon release for 10 seconds to start off correctly, then wait and start firing the laser again as the bomb nears the target area?

 

thank you

[Hobel]

vor 7 Minuten schrieb warford:

It looked like 12nm just prior to dropping of the bomb? 

look in the MFD

 

[=617= Evil]

15 hours ago, warford said:

It looked like 12nm just prior to dropping of the bomb? 

 

I still prefer the Maverick-H class ... 

from around 18nm to almost 20nm at an Altitude of almost 40,000 feet I have had many successful ground hits.

Purpose of my post was to also find the threshold of the Paveway II, so from what I gather it is better to use a release angle of say 45 degrees at 35,000ft and then around 10nm-14nm one may have a successful ground hit that is likely more accurate - provided TGP can see the target and the laser is firing ...

 

Another question, at that distance, when should one fire the laser? all the way down? won't the Paveway run out of fuel? so is there a technique such as firing the laser immediately upon release for 10 seconds to start off correctly, then wait and start firing the laser again as the bomb nears the target area?

 

thank you

Never tried the Mav H from that far and that high. Deffo gonna give that a shot. 

As for the laser, what I do is set the auto lase time for 20s instead of 8s. So the bomb has 20s of time to follow and make corrections. List->misc->LASR and then dobber down to change it. 

[SickSidewinder9]

It tells you on the DLZ on the right side of the HUD.  It's not a stand-off weapon, per se, but at high enough altitude and speed you'd get some more range.  The wings are mostly for steering, I think.  Some of the later Paveways may have bigger wings and more range, but the GBU-10/12/16 is just not gonna give you much.  The 24 a little more.