Conducted some simple tests yesterday (only in test flight), but with quite sobering results. I tested various aircraft and weapons against the hot AA targets in the southwest of the Denmark Test Flight Map (ADATS), the cold SPAA’s around the airfield, and Mission Target Bases.
A-7E, AGM-62 & LANA, 3000m:
Engaging the ADATS, always got shot down before getting into range for Walleyes.
Engaging the SPAAG’s near the airfield, needed to get within 6-8km to get hits and kills.
AV-8B (NA), AGM-65G, Litening II, 3000m:
Needed to get within at least 10km to get moderately reliable kills, within 8km to get reliable kills.
AV-8B (NA), Mk.83, Litening II, 2000m:
With CCRP/Lofting, release of the bombs was at around 6km from target.
Accuracy and precision low: already slight errors (not perfectly aligned climbing vector) will lead to complete miss.
Buccaneer S.2B, Aj.168, Pave Spike, 3000m:
Able to lock between 15-20km, but accuracy and precision low, only moderate kill probability.
Better kill probability when launched below 12km.
Main problem is low contrast seeker of the missiles and only low res/low zoom TV channel of the Pave Spike.
A-10C, GBU-39/B (SDB I), Sniper, 3000m:
Able to engage from 15-20km.
Low accuracy and precision of the SDB’s and their low yield make actually killing targets quite unreliable. Often several bombs needed for one target.
JAS39C Gripen, GBU-64 JDAM-ER, Litening II, 3000m:
Able to engage from 15-20km.
Very reliable kills thanks to good yield of the 2000 pounder
General observations:
Rendering distances are a problem: one can easily see and identify a target at 20km even with old targeting pods or seekers, but before one can actually lock the seeker, landscape elements like trees start rendering, sometimes obscuring the target that was previously visible, making it impossible to lock.
In VR there is very annoying sight stutter in seeker and TGP views, making finding and locking targets difficult.
The visualization of one’s locked point/target rarely corresponds to the position of the target, especially with TV/IIR seekers: One may never be sure if the correct target is locked, because the seeker just points roughly to the area of the target. It’s not possible in WT for TV/IIR seekers to actually lock and point based on image/ contrast, and seeker just blindly locks the target. Or doesn’t. Fine tuning an impact point is only possible via Targeting Equipment and thus with Laser or PGS guided weapons.
With high yield/long range/high precision weapons at high tiers like the JDAM-ER’s, it’s very easy actually. With the weapons and equipment available at lower tiers not so much…
(Note: this are just my personal observations: Maybe others have different experiences and observations…)
Denmark has ALWAYS been terribly designed… but designed around Rolands.
When you play as redfor and C7 doesn’t spawn an airfield it’s not worth joining the game… who wants to spend half the time flying over water??
and the NW corner doesn’t need FOUR airfields… sometimes FIVE!
Change it so they spawn in B1 and A4 and C7 of course and the problem is solved… the southern ones probably need tweaking too.
but if you want to bomb 5 minibases*** DONT PLAY DENMARK.
Rocky Canyon doesn’t have this issue
Vietnam doesn’t have this issue
Afghanistan doesn’t have this issue
Smolensk doesn’t have this issue
Spain doesn’t have this issue
Sinai doesn’t have this issue(?)
All 128 km2 maps with 5 bases… but rarely played because of stupid Denmark.
Agreed… flying the A-10C up the left side to kill SPAA with lower risk was also my goto when playing a thunderer wager…
PVP was on the right side… and you always knew where there would be at least 4 bases… but again, if C7 didn’t spawn it wasn’t playable since a fighter will spot you if they have to spawn in the NW corner.
but it’s still deathly boring to see 5 Denmark maps and nothing else for the BR…
When dropping the Walleye from this altitude, the range will be about 15 km. You shouldn’t rely on the CCRP indication, it’s incorrect.
Since Denmark is constantly cloudy with a lower boundary of about 2,800 m, I launched the Maws from the Harrier at 13 km. That’s enough to hit the ItO and still have time to evade the return launch.
I think the problem is that you’re approaching the target in the same exact way regardless of situation or munition you’re using? (like a zomber lol) Always at 2-3km altitude? I assume for some ‘testing purpose’ but it kind of misses the point people are trying to make about actually adapting, or learning to engage targets in different ways depending on munition and what you’re going for. I feel like you just made a comparison of what does and doesn’t work at 2-3km altitude approach (and approaching the test-flight adats from the same spawn-side where it’s obstructed by trees from that altitude every time?) I don’t have time or planes to recreate all of your tests but I went into test flight in simulator difficulty with 9.7 Ayit and had no problems taking out the Adats using the walleyes, not even any CCRP marker in the HUD aside from the target point mark. I’m not sure how you messed that one up. Is the SPAAG those moving targets?
For TV or IR seeker a lot of factors matter when it comes to if you can track stuff, so depends on weather / time of day and contrast. I could get accurate point tracks 15km out that destroyed the adats at pretty low altitude with AGM65G, you can likely extend that in better conditions, or lower it a lot on worse conditions. If you have worse conditions, it’s better to change your approach by selecting your target from a distance with target point or map and then approach close flying low and pop-up to launch
Also with the SDB’s, again this depends on how high and what speed you launch them as you know. They glide extremely far, you can easily make the full 30km of the targeting pod work, further if you mark on the map. Also SDB’s, or any GPS bomb for that matter is almost pin-point accurate if it has the means to reach there in the first place. Throw around a bunch of glide bombs at max range and you’ll see the grouping yourself. I made 2 gbu39’s work to destroy the 2 test-flight sead targets easily at 30km, just takes time to reach there
Rendering is absolutely an issue in some cases, mainly convoys going under ground. Trees can be annoying too but can be worked around
Exactly. The aim was just to get a baseline of “how far can I reach under certain compareable conditions”. Varying to many parameters makes comparing impossible.
The next step obviously would be to test and refine optimized envelopes/profiles/tactics for each situation/weapon/aircraft.
Hm, have to try again. Dropping the Walleyes from about 12, 13km out would result in a miss for me.
What’s really a pity is that we don’t have any useful information about the ballistics/gliding capabilities of those weapons, and as you say the CCRP marker in (some…) HUDs may be misleading or outright wrong.
Something like this would be useful for all those weapons:
…but I don’t even see what parameter in the weapons specs (in the respective blk files) would allow us to calculate or at least “guesstimate” such profiles…
Little sidenote: Tried out my new F-2 ADTW yesterday, with 2000-pounder JDAM-ER’s: Could decimate the Air Defense of one base in two sorties, but still got within inescapeable range of the ItO’s both times.
Again a problem of map design: In Afghanistan, Red always starts in the south, and all enemy bases are well hidden in the higher mountains, and thus attack profile with gliding weapons is tricky, as you need more altitude to see into the valleys.
For Blue spawning in the North, the enemy bases are all located in much more open, unobstructed landscape, making it much easier to engage with gliding weapons from farther out.
The F-2 isn’t a 10.7 plane with less than half the capability.
Ito 90 starts at 10.7 that’s the problem. At 11.7 they are a bit more manageable.
Gaijin only made it start at 10.7 to kill of the usefulness of those 10.7 premiums, because they know people enjoy that br. If you kill off that br, they are forced to buy new things, lucky for everyone a premium fest of F-18s just dropped for every flavor.
I have the same issue regarding the f4ej Adtw is a Vietnam era jet with ccip, not ccrp, because it didn’t have it . Means u have no bomb auto release and drop it one by one despite set to 17 bombs at once .It’s simply impossible to grind in sim . When u try to dogfight ur teamate either didn’t see the viggen or keep marking where they are and do nothing . It’s really impressive .
