nickmow Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 Hi guys, simple question, can a JTAC lase a target for an A10A pilot in game ? Will the pilot see the "spot" in his HUD ? Having good fun with a mate online doing the FAC thing :thumbup:
LeadDoctor Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 I've tried and as far as I'm aware you can't. How ever you can get some one playing as JTAC to use the IR pointer when you have you're NVGs on at night to get a spot. AMD 955, Asus M4A79t, 12GB 1600 cas7 Mushkin red line and black line, EVGA 670 FTW, Samsung 840 SSD 250GB, Samsung spin point 620GB x3 extra storage.
RIFLE_JTAC_TRAINING Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 In the game I dont think the A-10A was ever designed to be in depth. The A-10A comes equiped with the PAVEPENNY pod that hangs to the bottom right of the cockpit. Its sole function is to LST (laser spot track). My understanding is that the pilot would be told the bearing and distance of the ground or budy laser energy and he would know what heading to fly on to best aquire the laser energy. An audio cue would sound then the Maverick missle tv would slew onto that known point. Only then could the pilot actually see that point on the ground. In the past year the pave penny pods are in the process of being taken off all A-10 if not already done so. The pave penny was never used to drop laser guided weapons cause the A-10 would always drop the bomb into the laser basket given by the JTAC and tgt coordinates were manually entered into the aircraft over voice procedure from the jtac. Best. 63 My CAS (Close air support) JTAC Channel: RIFLE - YouTube RIFLE's Discord: https://discord.gg/cmDCrr4Z2g Publications JTAC Bible (see/know chapter #5) https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_09_3.pdf J-FIRE pocket guide (Don't do battle without it!) BK2 (fas.org)
nickmow Posted December 21, 2012 Author Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) 63 yeah got that, Long time ago I was an FAC and we used to lase targets for A10s in Germany. A10s would call "Spot" and we where briefed the Pilot could see a laser return in his HUD. Therefore he could track and drop LGB using the Spot mark in HUD, using laser return from FAC or AFAC with a laser equipped aircraft. I just answered my own question in mission editor. Swapped out an A into place of a C in a little mission I had setup for FAC training with the C. No JTAC interaction in radio but a Diamond appears in HUD over the lead vehicle of a group the JTAC is tasked to attack. So seems like you could lase for the A. Will have to wait til tommorow to try it online with my mate. Edited December 21, 2012 by nickmow
nickmow Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 Ok so online testing. Jtac to A10C works well but we knew that. Both played the same mission Offline and got laser Diamond in the HUD using the A10A so the capability is there. Tried same mission online and no Diamond ? That is to say JTAC is ai controlled, no interaction on the radio as per SP but no indication on the ground for the A Tried similar mission in MP with me as JTAC and mate as A10A again no spot. quite frustrating......any ideas ? could it be a laser code ?
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