I don’t know when the mechanic that bombs can be destroyed after dropped from a plane was implemented - but this happens much too often. It is very annoying to make a bomb run and the dropped bombs were all(!) destroyed in-fligth. This may happen sometimes - but not so often like actual in several game-modes.
GJ please tune this down!
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Is there a situation where intercepting A2G ordnance shouldnt result in said ordnance being destroyed?
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Is pure fantasy and is just suited for Arcade modes.
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Care to elaborate?
CIWS systems would like to disagree with this statement
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So when you shoot a grenade on the ground or midair and it explodes, its ‘pure fantasy’?
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I talked (ofc) about hitting bombs - as mentioned in the OP.
If you can provide a reliable source which describes that plain iron bombs were intercepted with cannon fire from manual guided gunners on the ground - or pilots - i might change my mind.
Look up when and for what purposes CIWS were introduced.
If somebody plays Arcade - fine with me; he accepts that things are not really as they should be. But in realistic modes? Killing a WW 2 era aircraft by shooting from 1 km and hitting his bombload - and the whole plane explodes? Or watching in Ground RB replays that friends or ccs are able to hit dropped bombs with fighters or even tank shells???
You might get my point.
I dont get what you are trying to say, bombs being detonated by gunfire whether in flight or even still attached to the aircraft is a very real occurrence
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…in wt, but not in reality…
Gepard and SLM intercepting missiles, both exploded mid air, these systems are literally built for this.
He talked about dumb iron bombs, not missiles…
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It’s the same thing my guy both systems are used to intercepting all types of ordinance, and i bet intercepting missiles are way harder to hit than un guide bombs…
Thigs like Gepard are even used to hit highly maneuverable small drones…
US used land based Phalanx to guard its bases in Afghanistan against mortar fire, and it was effective in that role.
There is no reason to believe that if mortar round can be destroyed (or at very least disabled) by hitting it with 20mm round, same cant be applied to iron bomb.
Whenever it was possible during WW2?
Definetively yes, just unlikely due to imperfect aiming devices.
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With the Phalanx you shred the mortar ammunition into pieces, but a 1000lbs bomb… I’m not sure about it
It explodes before impact. Overall sucessful defense
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“Intercepting” WW2 vintage freefall dumb bombs with machine gun and autocannon is a bit weird and unrealistic.
Intercepting long range guided munitions with modern guided weapons systems isn’t.
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You repeatedly fail to understand:
- CIWS (no matter of gun or with missiles) were developed to combat anti-ship missiles.
- Nobody attacks ships with iron bombs in the modern era
- Your reference regarding IRIS-T is useless because irl nobody would use iron bombs in a high risk environment.
So if you acknowledge that the OP talked about bombs and a bomb run - you might understand the context better.
Dude - i talked about manual aim. The general idea behind a CIWS (like here Phalanx) is that they work fully automated.
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The land based variant is advertised as C RAM, ie. Counter rocket artillery and mortar and it is stated it can intercept 155mm shells too - at that point id say a 20mm shell hitting 500lb bomb directly would destroy it easily.
Again, WW2 AA could probably do it too, its just unlikely due to low hit probability.
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I’m not your guy, please stop the gay content here…
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I said that WW2 AA intercepting 500lb bomb is possible, just highly unlikely due to low hit probability.
WW2 AA gunner would have to eyeball it with iron sights.