In some planes, the glass texture allows you to paint stuff onto it! We are finally free from that terrible tube sight.
I will test this out whenever air sim brackets are favorable.
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Never noticed this pic of the proposed F-15JSI its a little oldish 2021~2022/3 but i hope they do give it that load out would be funny
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I hope that after the upgrade they keep the EX air to ground armament compatibility, even if they dont have or use those weapons right now, just so that we can get a japanese ground strike F-15 in game through technical compatibility
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As minimum F-15JSI will have access to the JASSM cruise missile so maybe they will use other ground capabilities
But it is not stated, won’t be surprised if it will can only take CM
another find in my gramps harddrive.
F-4EJ 301 with 7x GCS-1 Type-II bombs (500lbs bombs are the Type-II, the 750lb bombs are Type-I)
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There’s 9 of them even in the photo, each pylon holding three.
Yeah, two pylons with 3 and one with 2
Because of length GCS-1 could not be taken in one-by-one format. That is why central bombs located so weird and why F-1 can take only 2 GCS-1 under fuselage
That’s also three, two in front side by side and one behind below. It just doesn’t fit six that the pylon could because they are too long with the seeker on them.
I mean 2 on the 3 bomb part of this pylon. Of course there are 3 bombs but it is attached on 6 bomb pylon, it is what I mean
Yes, as I said because of length F-1 can carry only 2 bombs under fuselage and not 4
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Are they guided munitions?
Nope, GCS-1 is fire and forget bomb using IR. It basically a bomb with sidewinder as a seeker. We have the model in the files (I think?). But no exact proof that it can lock onto tanks. I think it would be nice to use in nuclear thunder though…
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So it was meant to go after very hot ground targets.
Mostly for watercraft like ships but can also used for landing craft
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Not very hot, the same temperature as a landing craft would be. Those still have engines.
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Aircraft that have been seen carrying the GCS-1 bombs
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Mitsubishi T-2
Mitsubishi FS-T2 Kai
Mitsubishi F-1
McDonnell Douglass F-4EJ Phantom II
Mitsubishi F-4EJ Kai Phantom II
Mitsubishi F-2A
Info I managed to find from the old forum before it got wiped.
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GCS-1 usage against North Korean Missile launchers.
GCS-1精密誘導装置、20世紀末までに自衛隊に装備されていたものはこれくらいです。
航空自衛隊では主として対艦攻撃が重視され、91式爆弾用誘導装置GCS-1が開発されました。
これは艦船の赤外線、より端的にはエンジン排熱等を感知し誘導する爆弾です。
北朝鮮ミサイル実験の際には、航空自衛隊の精密誘導爆弾として紹介される事もありましたが、
対地攻撃を行うにはミサイル発射装置の排熱を感知する必要があり、
近くに他の熱源、別の車両や炊事場などがあれば精密に誘導できない、
対艦攻撃用です、が、対艦攻撃用の場合には確実に機関部を照準でき、且つ、爆弾本体を直撃させるため、
ミサイルよりも貫徹力が大きい。
Translation,
"The GCS-1 precision guidance system is one of the few systems equipped by the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) by the end of the 20th century.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) primarily emphasized anti-ship attacks, leading to the development of the GCS-1 guidance system for the Type 91 bomb.
This bomb senses infrared radiation from ships, or more precisely, engine exhaust heat, for guidance.
While it was sometimes presented as the JASDF’s precision-guided bomb during North Korea’s missile tests,
for ground attacks, it needs to sense the exhaust heat from the missile launcher.
If there are other heat sources nearby, such as other vehicles or galleys, precise guidance is impossible.
It is intended for anti-ship attacks, but in anti-ship attacks, it can reliably target the engine section and directly hit the bomb itself,
resulting in greater penetration than a missile."
Also
The exported MAZ-7310 acted as the carrier of the North Korean TBM at that time *It is equipped with a D12A-525A engine, which, according to the information from the manufacturer’s website, consumes about 92.4 kg of fuel per hour. For comparison, the T-72B3 consumes about 176.3 kg of fuel per hour, and the Abrams about 316.56 kg of fuel per hour. This is of course not the exact laboratory data of the IR signature, but the per minute fuel consumption of the engine directly affects its level of heat generation. Considering that the sensitivity of the GCS was considered at least limitedly sufficient for aiming at the D12A (moreover, at idle, since the launchers were already deployed), it is likely that top-end tanks as vehicles with about 2-3.5 times more IR signatures will not pose any fundamental problem.
some more info about GCS-1 being used for tactical strikes against enemy bases.
自衛隊は設立当初から自衛隊は無誘導爆弾を装備していたが、
現在は多様な誘導爆弾を装備している。1985年度から精密誘導弾の開発を始め、
1991年、Mk.82用のものが91式爆弾用誘導装置として制式化され策源地攻撃能力を限定的にだが、
保保持はしていた。
Translation:
“While the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) were equipped with unguided bombs from their inception, they now possess a variety of guided bombs. Development of precision-guided missiles began in 1985, and in 1991, the system for the Mk.82 was officially adopted as the guidance system for the Type 91 bomb, thus maintaining, albeit with limited, capabilities for attacking enemy bases.”
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I can see why Gaijin never added this its a bit of a mess and player might not like the idea of there heat seeking bomb randomly going to the hottest thing out there. Concerning naval the aircraft BR don’t match up (I would like there WW2 heat seeking bomb) but it would be a strange weapon though it would be funny to see one day so the F-1 Jet would have some use in ground beyond anti-air.
Though Japan’s allergy to precision guidance weapons is just interesting though from what I understand on the surface it was due to there stance on the military (Precision Guided Weapons are for offensive and aggressive actions only therefore not ideal with the legal situation) But it seems like it might have had sometime to do with the division of labor with the USA. USA handles the big stuff on the ground Japan keeps the sky clean and enemy subs away. Though one wonder how pure this division of labor is but things are changing F-35 gets the whole package apparently.
I would not find it unsurprising if one day we dig something up that the F-1 had been tested with a ATGM or something just in case they need to do it.
Where exactly is this from? Because it’s direct confirmation that the GCS-1 CAN target ground vehicles just fine.
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Its from the old forum take it with a grain of salt as you would here but it mostly checks out as doable.
Though from how I would see this working in game you are leaning on the blast range of the bomb. Missile launchers are not armored and the missile has no armor.