711Hancer Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 What is the difference between IR spotting / laser spotting / using both in TGP? I mean laser can be detected if used too much and enemy can avoid/move out. But in terms of accuracy can we use IR spotting? If we are not using any GBU-12 type laser guided bombs, can we rely on IR spotting all the time when marking with TGP?
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 Try this: start a mission at night, set your TGP to IR, put on your NVG's and lase a target. And look out your window to your TGP :) Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
711Hancer Posted May 21, 2011 Author Posted May 21, 2011 so what I see is IR spotter right? :) a nice 10nm line.. :)
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 Yes. You can see the IR beam with your NVG's. You cannot however see the laser with your nvg's. The IR pointer can become handy to point out target's to teammates (be it a-10c, or people on the ground, but for obvious reasons that last one isn't really relevant ;) ). Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
711Hancer Posted May 21, 2011 Author Posted May 21, 2011 when we use both IR and lase for spotting does it affect the accuracy? the point is I dont understand the "both" feature :)
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 For what I know, the accuracy isn't affected. I suppose the BOTH option is to visually let others know what you are targetting. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Paco Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 Lots of people get this confused. Even military JTACs in training. IR pointers are used for target identification at night. A JTAC can "sparkle" a target to show the pilot where he wants the bombs, just make sure he hits the right end of the beam :-). It only works at night. In DCS as in real life, CAS is easier at night for the JTAC and the pilot. IR pointers can also be used to id friendlies and even "rope" the aircraft. The Laser is used mainly for TGO, that's terminal guidance operations. You can also use the Laser for Laser Spot Search (LSS) which is a marking function but that's not used very often. Can be used during the day. Why both? Why all these toys? Because targets in real life and in DCS are hard to find and we need all the toys we can to find and determine exactly where the bombs need to go. Hope that helps. 1 Paco
nscode Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 and the enemy, who also has NVG. chances of them having laser warning are slightly less. Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
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