Mavericks' crosshair indications ("shaky" vs "closed")

[wkth]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused about the lock indications on F-16's WPN page when using Mavericks. My research into youtube videos, EA manual and Chuck's is.. inconclusive.

 

It seems that there are two indications for "locked" target:

- Shaky bars (i.e. the "crosshair" on the WPN page starts shaking) without it closing

- Closed bars (the crosshairs close all the way to center)

 

What's the logic here, when is one shown and how is it different from the other? I feel like I rarely see the shake. Bogey Dope's video seems to have a shaking closed circle.. (hopefully the time code is right on the link, 0.38)

 

Bonus question: what's the little crosshair visible here? Seeker head?

 

[Dr_Pavelheer]

That little crosshair is where the seeker head is pointing in relation to missiles boresight, there are limits to how hard can missile turn and still hit the target.

In my experience the difference between lock symbology is matter of what did you lock, usually if you get a lock on a vehicle they will be closed all the way, while if you lock something big like an object or ship it doesn't close all the way

[Hobel]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb wkth:

- Closed bars (the crosshairs close all the way to center)

The "closed" lock is ground stabilized, only works with TV maverick,  2x tms left and 1x tms fwd for "lock"

Edited December 5, 2023 by Hobel

[LorenLuke]

Both shaky bars and completely closed bars indicate a target lock. Shaky bars is the lock you'll get 99 percent of the time on some unit and is a typical point lock on a target like a tank.

The solid bars are a 'Forced Correlate' lock, which uses the whole picture/scene to generate a lock, rather than the tiny bit of contrast at the center of the crosshairs, (e.g. a vehicle or bunker), allowing it to lock onto locations it otherwise would not be able to lock onto. That said, because it locks onto a larger picture, it won't be able to track any sort of moving targets in the scene, and it's a feature only available to non-IR mavericks.