CBU 97 fail

[ned3000]

I'm still on the first mission in the campaign, trying to kill the first target (some tanks). I dropped two CBU 97s in CCRP mode from 7000 ft., lined up perfectly and got a "target not killed" response.

 

At first, I wasn't even 100% sure what a CBU 97 was, but then I looked it up. Dear god ... How did I miss with that?

[Depth]

There are a lot of targets in the first mission, did you verify with JTAC if you were engaging his targets?

 

Also, there isn't just "one target" when the target given is the entire colomn of tanks. It takes a disturbing amount of munitions to take out 12+ tanks

[EtherealN]

Did you SPI them properly? 7000 feet is plenty for your bombs to miss if the guidance isn't given proper coordinates. Also, of course, "hitting" isn't a sure guarantee of actually killing anything, you need to do sufficient damage on each target as well.

[ned3000]

I did verify with JTAC. Target was "hooked" with TMS up. HOF was 500 ft. (the default).

 

I tried again from lower altitude, 4500 ft., and got hit by an SA11 10 seconds out for my trouble.

 

I'm not sure about the exact location of my cluster pattern, I'm still trying to figure out how to get the TGP to work.

 

I guess I should do the tutorials again, but thanks for all the help.

[Big Perm]

I did verify with JTAC. Target was "hooked" with TMS up. HOF was 500 ft. (the default).

 

I tried again from lower altitude, 4500 ft., and got hit by an SA11 10 seconds out for my trouble.

 

I'm not sure about the exact location of my cluster pattern, I'm still trying to figure out how to get the TGP to work.

 

I guess I should do the tutorials again, but thanks for all the help.

 

But if you didn't use the TGP then that would explain it. The location JTAC gives you isn't 100% spot on, and probably wont ever been exactly where you'd place the bomb anyway.

 

So figure out the TGP, use the place JTAC as a reference but assume you'll need to slew around and find what they are tasking you with.

 

Also, a HOF of 500 is pretty small area considering. Unless the tanks were huddled up comparing barrel sizes or something, then your likely to get 1 or 2 tanks with each cbu. I default my CBU's to HOF of 1200, then change accordingly once I see what I need to turn into scrap metal.

 

The CBU's are pretty amazing what they can do.

[Cedaway]

CBU-97 is not wind-corrected, so 7'000ft is probably a bit high.

Try with GPS/INS guided CBU-105 at the same altitude (with a SPI on the (non-moving) target) or CBU_97 at lower altitude.

On a moving column, when you drop the CBU-105 high, the GPS guides the bomb on the last known coordinates it receives just at the release. So you might have a chance to overshoot a moving target.

For the CBU-97, you have, of course, the same effect plus it is not wind-corrected.

If you can manage to make two passes over the mud movers, you can try to 'freeze' the column with a mav' and then bomb the rest with a '97. But then, keep low altitude to avoid 'SAM issues'...

Edited July 19, 2011 by Cedaway
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