That’s fine. Try with just regular old HE bombs to see if it’s just napalm not wanting to drop with CCRP
they dont drop ;( 
checking once again…
Are you using bomb series or weapon selection?
usually weapon selector
Because you don’t actually have any bombs selected
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now selected brb 
still dont drop
maybe weapon selector blocks them?
So…
You have weapon selected
You have ripple mode chosen
Base is selected
CCRP automatic release is on
Hmm…
Definetly pressing and holding your fire key as you fly over the base?
After that. Maybe that base is bugged. Does happen now and again. So try another base?
(If you can, video recording might help as well)
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all above - yes
i though if i choose “automatic release on” i dont need to hold trigger…
without botherrng with this toggle bombingt works like a charm and without any problem, i srsly though about it as automatic bomb dropper
No, you still need to give the ballistics computer permission to release the bomb at the correct time. You do that by pressing and holding the fire key.
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ah ok
seems simplest way to get over this is soldering 
instead of fire button…
i just overinterpreted phrase “automatic bomb release”
Thank you for the amazing post!
Any ideia about how to use the Laser with the A-4E Skyhawk?
Not sure if all the variants has the laser designator, however the Israeli premium have it working.
The think is that in simulator, I have no hud. So IDK if Im going correctly to the target.
That is the issue with some aircraft, you dont have the necessary HUD to know what base you have selected. So you may be better off manually selecting a target instead of going through the preset selection.
I’ve not flown any of the Skyhawks yet, but can jump into a test flight later this evening for some of them and have a play, see if I can see
That would be awesome!
What Im using Righ now with the Skyhawk, is using one AGM-62A as targeting pod. Sometimes I do destroy the base, but get so much trouble targeting the plane correctly that I ratter just dive bomb oin the way back :/
I have never seen a AGM-65 used as Tpod before and I have no idea if that works for CCRP.
Generally, Id suggest just sticking with CCIP, if the HUD has some symbology for that. Looking at the A-4E Early at least, it doesnt.
Any TV Missile or bomb works like charm for the laser pointer. You can even use the Squadroon yellow marker to check the map with this trick.
The point is that the lack of HUD in the A4 makes be a bit chalenging.
Id recommend a combo of CCRP and dive bombing. Set the target point when coming in at an angle and attack the base as if you were dive bombing it, but use CCRP to control the release point. Likely your best bet for accurate bombing.
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Yep, having messed about a bit in test flight, then I would recommend against the preset targets as you have no way of knowing which you have selected and instead using either your gunsight or the AGM tpod trick to set your CCRP target and then either shallow dive or fly level over the target.
I cant wait for the new test flight that will have bases to bomb so for this, I used those oil tanks as a target instead
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I’ve created a bug report about the issue that in some cases (especially on high elevation maps like Afghanistan), the aiming point has a vertical offset to the actual target, resulting in the bombs actually not releasing when the counter reached th release point:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/EgTaoICrdPGi
Please support with “I have the same issue” and constructive comments if possible, thanks!
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