Yeah… probably
I’d argue it’s less than what you would think.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the explosive is housed in the central section of the dart. The dart is made from tungsten which is hard to hollow out and still be thick enough to maintain some form of integrity when hitting an aircraft. If the walls were 1mm thick it would shatter like glass on impact which would be terrible for a projectile which relies mostly on kinetic energy to kill.
I’d estimate the walls to be more like 2-3mm thick, which would give about 40-60g of explosive once you factor in the fuse and other stuff.
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Well, now the patch is out the Starstreaks have an explosive mass of 1.2kg of Composition B. So that’s about 700 ccm…
They sure pack those darts tightly, eh?
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Were so back
Bro what
Did someone add an extra 0…
Do you know if overpressure is back?
No clue, I just reported what I saw on the statcard.
The Radar function makes using Starstreak so much easier now and it kills things rather than phase through things.
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Can it hit drones now?
Won’t be able try try till this evening.
Well, it can, but you have to precisely aim the dart.
Not tried yet, but will give it a shot.
It was near enough impossible before, never got a chance to try on dev server after the changes.
I think I see whats happened with the stat card.
Its 400g for each dart, which 3x400g = 1.2kg
Also,
There is a bug where by using the “change radar scope scale” button in the new radar menu, when not locked on to any target results in a bugs where you can no longer use ACM lock.
…which is still at the very least 4x too much and physically impossible to fit into those darts.
UK are getting more LMM missiles in stockpiles. Further confirming their use, as if it wasnt already confirmed.
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I’ve been playing with the Rapier and I must say why did we get rid of it for Starstreak when it is clearly the better aircraft destroying system. I mean honestly the British military should contract Gaijin for their insanely smart and intelligent ideas
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im just sad it doesn’t speen anymore.
Doesn’t what?
spin. the warheads used to spin around each-other, however afaik they don’t now? now they just travel straight with no rotation. I havent played stormer yet (havent had the time) but from what ive seen thats how it works now.
edit:
just tested it quickly, yeah they have no spinning anymore, or at least if they do, its so slow its barely noticeable.
This is good news