Gazelle smoke rockets have a very short life.

[TJTAS]

Basically the gazelle smoke rockets last for a very short time compared to other smoke rockets in the game.

[Ramsay]

On 8/23/2023 at 12:34 PM, TJTAS said:

Basically the gazelle smoke rockets last for a very short time compared to other smoke rockets in the game.

I confirm the above, the Gazelle's "68mm SNEB Type 254 H1 SM Red" smoke only burns for ~25 seconds.

For Info.

• Burn times for other marker rockets in DCS also seem to have decreased i.e. the Huey's "Hydra 70 M156 SM" lasts for only ~40 seconds (IIRC marker rockets used to burn for 5 minutes in DCS 1.5.6 - allowing for player JTAC smoke marking).
• The AI JTAC's White Phosphorus marker still lasts for 5 minutes.
• Combined Arms player JTAC smoke marks don't appear to expire (+25 minute test).
• IRL a M18 Smoke Grenade lasts 50-90 seconds and the larger Hydra M259 (WP) / M264 (red) Warheads provide a smoke screen for 5 minutes.

Tested DCS Open Beta Multi-thread 2.8.8.43704

Edited August 25, 2023 by Ramsay
Add IRL M18 and M259 smoke times