S.2B carried Pave Tack Laser Designator, and could carry LGBs too.
The downside to Pave Tack is it doesn’t get thermals, so that in itself would probably make it 10.0 worthy.
Whether they self designated I don’t know, I have seen a clip flying around somewhere during Desert Storm of one allegedly putting a paveway on a parked Transport, however i dont know if that was a self designate
Saw the SHar Post alive again.
Happy SHar enthusiast noises.
See Bucc chatter.
Sad noises.
SHar FA.2 when (((
The buccaneer was used in desert storm to designate targets for tornado and jaguar. Meant they could carry there full bomb loads. Buccs also bombed targets of opportunity if they got the chance.
With reference to a clip i talked of earlier. Unfortunately i’ve only seen it posted on TikTok (the most unreliable of sources to end all unreliability) so I have no idea if it is actually a Buccaneer but given the distinct British accent and lack of TI it certainly looks like it.
If we get the S.2B I hope it comes with the Martel missiles. Only problem is that they are very long range. On the flip side they are sub sonic, produce a smoke trail the entire flight, and are a large target. So shooting them down should be possible.
Is there a Bucc threads? I want to know the differences between the variants. Of the S.2 I mean.
There was a Buccaneer thread, however it went a bit quiet since S.2B was forwarded to devs.
So like Phoenix. iirc they’re also TV guidance, so popping smoke should probably obscure them? Pave Tack isn’t TI equipped either
They are TV guided but not in the way you think. The missile has a camera in the nose which sends footage back to the aircraft over data-link. The navigator then manually steers the missile to the target (or more accurately the navigator keeps a crosshairs over the target on the video and the missile steers itself to hit the target)
Moreso a cruise missile than a maverick.
It’ll be funny. also, naval when it gets fixed
ah yes. Trying to think of anything comparable. AR version is self guiding right?
Nice little doco’ about the Falklands war for those interested.
Partially on topic given the SHar took part.
Historigraph does awesome videos
The IWM Air War video on the falklands from my brief recollection was also worth a watch.
If you want a more in depth look in the air war: https://youtu.be/lHmd4xVeQj4?si=71By7Adfal_pkL5u
Also can recommend Harrier 809 by Rowland White
Yeah that was excellent too
Anyone got any info about the radar not having a pd mode anymore? Double checked and the squadron vehicle sea harrier no longer has it.
The way it’s sounding makes it seem to be an analog to something like AGM-84E SLAM or KH-59 which are both MITL capable
MITL capable missiles/bombs would be a fairly interesting thing to be implemented tbh albeit it could potentially be a pain to balance
