Ryrrar Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Can anyone describe how to fully use the pave penny and its laser? I read in the manuel where you can use it as navigation from friendly forces, but I couldn't find anything in the manuel going into this topic in more depth. Appreciated, chris
sobek Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 TISL is not modeled, AFAIK, because the TGP fully covers all the functionality. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
Ryrrar Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 Was thinking that, but then thought about the times you lose your tgp or the mission isn't slated for a tgp (not all real missions use tgp), then what?
sobek Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 I suspect that they either use prebriefed targets or have FAC/AFAC in that case. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
amalahama Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Well, HARS is not very useful either and it's modelled anyway (EGI takes over all its functionality). I still hope that in the future TISL become operational, like IFF or crypto COMS, as DCS series evolves. Regards!
OutOnTheOP Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 Pave Penny doesn't carry a laser; only a spot tracker. It cannot designate, illuminate, or image anything, it can only detect the laser spot from another platform (JTAC of AFAC). So all it's used for is detecting targets designated by someone else, in much the same way as one would use WP smoke to guide you to a target- only, more accurate. And, of course, the same laser spot that can be seen by Pave Penny can be used to provide terminal guidance for an LGB or laser Maverick
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