Woots Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Flying out of Nalchik and all of a sudden CBU-97s don't work. They disperse just fine, but float to the ground without exploding. Tried all combos of HOF/RPM/FNC. Thinking the terrain elevation (~1400 ft) is causing it? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mvsgas Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 What was the target? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Woots Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Fuel trucks and other airport equipment. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mvsgas Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 where they static objects or actual vehicles placed on the map To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Woots Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Found the prob. False alarm, thanks though! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mvsgas Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 what was the problem if I may ask, in case some one ells encounters the same thing To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Tucano_uy Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 They don't target static objects in the sim, do they? Should they? They also don't bring down helos in flight, just slightly damages them (yes, I actually spent a gew hours trying to do it)
mvsgas Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 It does attack some static vehicles, but it shouldn't be as effective against cold vehicles, you can see in the Future Weapons video, they warm up some of the vehicle, I assume that has an effect. I wonder if it should be very effective vs soft targets. Like it was mentions in the show greatest tank battles, the SABOT round of the M1a would go right thru lightly armor vehicle without causing enough damage. To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Depth Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I wonder if it should be very effective vs soft targets. Like it was mentions in the show greatest tank battles, the SABOT round of the M1a would go right thru lightly armor vehicle without causing enough damage. The SABOT detonates by impact and there's not enough resistance to trigger it. Whereas the BLU-108 is triggered by sensor. I doubt the shaped charge would accomplish much but the BLU-108 skeet has a fragmentation casing for taking out personell. I assume that against a soft target it would be slightly less effective as it would be shooting it with a light machine gun. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mvsgas Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I do not think the M1A SABOT round has any explosives at all, I thought it was a kinetic weapon. To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
sobek Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I do not think the M1A SABOT round has any explosives at all, I thought it was a kinetic weapon. Yes, it's an APFSDS round, armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot. Basically a pointed tungsten or uranium rod with fins. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
GGTharos Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 The SABOT detonates by impact and there's not enough resistance to trigger it. It does nothing of the sort. Depending on the material it's made of it may cause a fire or other effects, but it's a solid dart - no explosives or anything of the sort to detonate. I doubt the shaped charge would accomplish much but the BLU-108 skeet has a fragmentation casing for taking out personell. I assume that against a soft target it would be slightly less effective as it would be shooting it with a light machine gun. Sure, it has a frag casing but that's a secondary purpose and likely not anywhere near as effective as an actual anti-personnel weapon. Anyway, what does all of this have to do with the skeets functioning or not functioning against static targets? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Frostiken Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Oh god, so much misinformation here. The skeets fire an explosively formed penetrator against whatever big, blocky vehicle-sized hot thing it happens to see. That's it. Essentially, an EFP roughly mimics what it would be like to hit a tank with a plasticine cannonball traveling at Mach 7. Edited February 23, 2012 by Frostiken [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
mvsgas Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Anyway, what does all of this have to do with the skeets functioning or not functioning against static targets? I was wondering if the OP was having problems attacking static target, but he never responded. Frostiken What miss information? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Frostiken Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Well I misread one of those posts up there, thought someone was saying the skeet fired an APFSDS :p [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Depth Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 It does nothing of the sort. Depending on the material it's made of it may cause a fire or other effects, but it's a solid dart - no explosives or anything of the sort to detonate. You're right, had all my abbreviations the wrong way around :) Anyway, what does all of this have to do with the skeets functioning or not functioning against static targets? Nothing. [...] I assume that against a soft target it would be slightly less effective as it would be shooting it with a light machine gun. Was a reply to I wonder if it should be very effective vs soft targets.[...] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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