GNSS bomb is so inaccurate

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Why is the GNSS bomb so inaccurate? i still remember when JDAM was first introduced, it was accurate down to millimeter. old JDAM targetting accuracy video
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but now it only drops near the targeted point, it’s almost like the crosshair isn’t a point but rather a huge circle, like 10x10 or 5x5 meters.
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maybe the coordinate is this square and the bomb will fall randomly inside the square, literally like shotgun pellet spread.

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for most GPS bombs, this doesn’t really matter because their splash damage is high enough to destroy vehicles.

the problem starts when using GBU-39, with only 26 kg of explosive mass, it can’t even destroy a light pillbox if it isn’t a direct hit to the roof and in sim air, it cant destroy MBTs if it didnt cause overpressure or the splash damage hit the ammo rack

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that is basically what it is

i mean irl its mostly for dealing with large not moving targets, not really for killing tanks

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Not true at all. Modern GNSS guided weapons are very accurate. See these two bug reports and their attached sources:
GBU-39 SBD extreme inaccuracy
JDAM Circular Error Probable is incorrect
And they claim it was “fixed” two months ago, but evidently that’s not the case.

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All JDAMs should have a <5m error zone. The SDB-39 takes that a notch lower to around 1 m of error

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I was talk about in warthunder not real life

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then using

for argument

why are you double-standard like this?

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??
I talk about how mechanically gps/gnss bombs worked in warthunder

Then, unrelated i talk about how gbu39s are use irl

Wheres the double standard, its two different arguments

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yeah sure, whatever

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If i had a dollar for every time somebody immediately disengaged with a discussion as soon as the other party didnt agree with them on the warthunder forums, id be rich

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and you are proud of it?

that literally only mean you are inarguably and will stick to your own opinion no matter what fact people give, so people would just called it off and back off after they realize it.

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Im not in the habit of denying objective proofs, but you dont seem to be in the habit of providing them either, so it all works out in the end

Also i wasnt even exclusively talk about myself, it just happens a lot on the forums

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@Circleati

he replied to you, gave you a concrete proof, and you ignored him

then you keep insisting your baseless claim is correct
even you are still haven’t sent me the proof of your claim

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I ignored him because i never said that isnt how they work irl, only in warthunder

Im all for a change to make them realistic

It literally is how it works in warthunder though?
The proof is all the people who tested it when the nerf got added

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i see, still keeping the double standard,

then go on, be a clown.

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?? Youre quoting me without context, never in that sentence did i talk about the accuracy of gbu39s or other gnss/gps guided bombs, irl or in game, just how they are strategically used irl, which is generally not against tanks

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ill break it down for you

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here is me talking about the mechanics of how gps/gnss guided bombs work in game

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here is me talking about how they are used in real life note that I did not mention anything about their accuracy

if i had a dollar for every time I got strawmanned on the warthunder forums, id be rich

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Kh-38ML got GNSS and the craze from the nato main side of the community
Gaijin made all GPS guided weaponry have an error radius of 10 meters, then after 2 weeks, reduced to 5 meters

so, it is more likely a balancing issue than a historical or not issue

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