Im not well informed so i have no idea if they should have it or no.
Nor am I, just interesting that the small and large ones do, but the medium ones dont. Must be a reason for it.
Did we ever use the Paveway III? I know we have the Paveway IV’s but did we use anything other than the GBU-24?
According to the Tornado thread, yes on the Tornado Gr1 and Gr4 and same again according to the Harrier II thread.
Whats the difference between Paveway III and GBU-24
That answer that :D
GBU-24 is Paveway III.
It’s a series. Paveway II is the one used on the GBU-12,16 and Mk.13.
Paveway III is the upgrade so imagine every version of the Mk.80 series to have the IOG and fins of the GBU-24.
Pavs 3, e2 and 4 all have iog
GBU-10 (Mk.84 2000lb)
GBU-24 (Mk.84 2000lb)
English please?
yes
Thank you.
Yeah Paveway III was a generational improvement to Paveway’s guidance system, with proportional control rather than “bang-bang”, and a wide-angle seeker.
There was to be a 500lb Mk.82 and 1000lb Mk.83 version called GBU-22 and GBU-23 respectively, but AFAIK they were never put in to production because the increased cost of PWIII doesn’t really justify its use on sub-2000lb bombs. Attacking high-value strategic complexes and hard-to-defeat targets became its task, while Paveway II was more general purpose by being affordable.
Ed:- It seems France bought GBU-22
In the vast majority of variants, PWIIIs are bunker-penetrating munitions apart from the GBU-24/B that uses the regular Mk.84 2000lb GP bomb.
In UK service Paveway III was an equivalent to the US GBU-24A/B, which has a BLU-109 2000lb penetrating bomb. But ours had a slightly different tail unit with an arming vane for UK fuses.
AFAIK GBU-24/B was cleared on RAF airframes even if MK.84 bombs weren’t in the UK’s own munitions inventory.
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I will be happy if that is fixed, however I must say Hellfires now work FAR FAR better than they did for a long time.
Thats good, but do not stop with fine, aim for the best!
Time for Brimstone then :P
I can make a bet that mmv seeker will miss 70%of the time
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That is of course assuming it has MMV seeker at all