sandpatch Posted April 27 Posted April 27 I can for my life not find how to search for a laser spot search of another laser. If I have a JTAC lasing, how to I find that place? Does anyone know hot to do it?
sandpatch Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 22 minutes ago, N8AHbl4 said: With a Hellfire missile seeker. Haha. Fair point, but it has no LSS?
Coota0 Posted April 27 Posted April 27 4 minutes ago, sandpatch said: Haha. Fair point, but it has no LSS? No spot tracker in a KW. When asked what we wanted in a -58F or ARH, that was one of our requests. KW pilots talk each other on to targets. Example: KW1: Do you see the cross road at 2 o'clock? KW2: Yes, with a single tree on the north side? KW1: Yes, that's it. Follow the road west until you see a compound with a wall. KW2: I have a compound with a wall, about a mile west of the intersection. KW1: There is another compound about 400 meters south. It has a coke can roof, do you see it? KW2: Roger, coke can roof approximately 400 meters south. KW1: That's it. I just saw 4 personnel, possibly armed move into the courtyard. We'll maneuver to get our MMS on it from the north, you go west and do the same. When we would go out with an apache, it was much simpler to just tell them we were squirting the target and they would use their spot tracker. 3
sandpatch Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 10 minutes ago, Coota0 said: No spot tracker in a KW. When asked what we wanted in a -58F or ARH, that was one of our requests. KW pilots talk each other on to targets. Example: KW1: Do you see the cross road at 2 o'clock? KW2: Yes, with a single tree on the north side? KW1: Yes, that's it. Follow the road west until you see a compound with a wall. KW2: I have a compound with a wall, about a mile west of the intersection. KW1: There is another compound about 400 meters south. It has a coke can roof, do you see it? KW2: Roger, coke can roof approximately 400 meters south. KW1: That's it. I just saw 4 personnel, possibly armed move into the courtyard. We'll maneuver to get our MMS on it from the north, you go west and do the same. When we would go out with an apache, it was much simpler to just tell them we were squirting the target and they would use their spot tracker. Thanks, yeah seems like a missing feature. Or just share the co-ordinates I guess
Coota0 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago On 4/27/2025 at 11:54 AM, sandpatch said: Thanks, yeah seems like a missing feature. Or just share the co-ordinates I guess Sharing the coordinates is a start, but you still end up with a talk on. You can put the grid in as a waypoint, then use the waypoint as prepoint, but unless you get a perfect pepoint (rarely happened) and have a relatively empty area you still ended up talking the other crew on. The grid is a good start, but the talk on refines it.
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