Debrief screen - what do the figures in brackets mean?

[Gloom Demon]

What do the numbers in brackets on the debrief screen mean after the name of the weapon used? In this case I fired 3 S-25L's. In this particular flight I shot 3 S-25L's at a ship, presumably the (3) after the С-25Л implies that, however why is it that there is a 4 and not a 5 after the ship was hit? Same with the second ship - it's 3 vice 4. Maybe the 5 and 4 are not hits, but what do they mean?

[Nate--IRL--]

It is the number of S-25 rockets hitting the target during that second.

 

Nate

[Gloom Demon]

Well, that's the problem - the Su-25T cannot carry 9 S-25L's (4+5). And I only shot 3 at each target in two separate runs - where did the other 3 come from? 8-()

Edited November 27, 2013 by Gloom Demon

[Grimes]

Explosive ordinance is capable of hitting and damaging more than one object. You fired 3 rockets, between those 3 rockets they hit 5 objects. Assuming there are at least 2 targets that you shot at, those numbers are easily possible.

[Gloom Demon]

Does that mean that one target consists of several objects? I do not understand.

[Grimes]

Its possible the explosion of the rockets fired damaged the other rockets before impact.

 

Aside from that I'm not sure if the ships that have bits that can explode separately count those parts as separate objects.