Bomb effectiveness?

[Damien]

In the A-10C Instant action mission (Georgia in spring) it appears that the bombs are no longer as effective as they once were. It took 2 GBU-12's and 2 GBU-38's tonight in order to destroy the bridge (Wpt 4) this last time around. Before all these patches it only took one. All bombs were dead on and hit their mark. Anybody got any ideas?:helpsmilie:

 

-Damien

[BooMaster097]

I believe that they made some bridges a little more sturdy, or they just made it a little more realistic to where those can't level a bridge. Try using some bigger bombs like JDAMs, I know that those work.

[Damien]

you start the mission already in flight with no option to change the loadout. Did they set up the mission so you needed to RTB to rearm to complete the mission?

 

-Damien

[GGTharos]

The damage was made more realistic. This means sometimes that some missions must be changed, but going back for different armament is also an option.

 

It's very unlikely that you would destroy a bridge with mk82's, usually 2000lb weapons are used for this.

Edited November 11, 2013 by GGTharos

[Zulfiqar]

4 x 500lbs bombs should easily destroy a bridge. I do find the bombs little weak in DCSW

[GGTharos]

From what I hear it's 2000lb precision weapons that are targeted at bridges, not 500lb.

[Zulfiqar]

I guess it depends on the bridge, a little one crossing a small river or a big one like a huge suspension bridge. but 4 x 500lbs = 2000lbs ;)

[Aginor]

By that logic 1000 firecrackers thrown against a tank would punch a hole into it. :D

 

Regardless of that bridges in DCSW can be destroyed by 500 pound bombs, at least last I checked.

[NineLine]

I guess it depends on the bridge, a little one crossing a small river or a big one like a huge suspension bridge. but 4 x 500lbs = 2000lbs ;)

 

 

Those 4 x 500lbs bombs dont all it the exact same spot....

[Zulfiqar]

Again we're being very vague here. A small bridge over a small river should not require 4 x 500lbs either.

[Xavven]

Take a look at the triggers in this mission. The bridge isn't actually even killed by the player. A scripted trigger blows up the bridge when either paratrooper on the bridge takes damage. It's like a poor-man's hit detection.

 

I confirmed this by destroying the AAA guarding the bridge, then barely popping a short burst of guns (30mm CM) on one of the infantry on the bridge. The bridge then exploded violently and I got the order to move to the TANKS waypoint. Apparently the infantry was in fact a terrorist who had wired the bridge with explosives, and a trigger to automatically detonate it if it detected his heart stopped.

[Devrim]

In same mission; I just wanted to destroy a truck via GBU-12.

 

I'm rookie at bombing thing. It was very low pass. I dropped bomb, it exploded.

But the problem is that truck which can be killed by a single gunshot was alive (no any stracth!) and I took hit from explosion!

You can see the hole on ground, how close it is to truck...

 

Screenshot is this:

 

 

Do we have to direct hit?! for a truck, too? Is this realistic? Please!... :huh:

Edited December 8, 2013 by Devrim

[Xavven]

Ooo... now THAT looks like a bug. I ran a quick test with a GBU-12 and tried to hit about the same distance away. It was an instant kill: