EFFECTIVE RANGE OF AGM-65 MAVERICK
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Not quite the same topic but still Maverick related:
In real life would the pilots flying Maverick equipped aircraft have to carry out the procedure of aligning the missiles to the targeting pod? I was wondering whether the weapons/flight engineers would have sorted that out before the pilot entered the cockpit. Just curious really….
Yes.
Basically you are aligning the missile to the TD box in a sense. They will need to boresight using the FCR if no TGP is carried.
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It’s not the only weapon that needs alignment. Other weapons and systems need alignment too . Some align automatically, and some need pilot input. (HMCS for example). -
Yes.
Basically you are aligning the missile to the TD box in a sense. They will need to boresight using the FCR if no TGP is carried.
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It’s not the only weapon that needs alignment. Other weapons and systems need alignment too . Some align automatically, and some need pilot input. (HMCS for example).Thanks Leech, much appreciated. Have you used these systems in real life? If not then do we have any real fighter pilots on the forums who can back this up?
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I totally agree with Duke748!!We expect a response from the experience of real world !!
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I totally agree with Duke748!!We expect a response from the experience of real world !!
A response from Leech is as close to the real thing as one might reasonably expect in the absence of the real thing
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OK guys Well I guess if the real life pilots told us anything along these lines then they’d have to kill us, right?
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I trust you can boresight the Mav visually in the A-10, like you can in the real F-16?
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good SOP for pre TGP targets is nose down -3 above 12k fire at 8 miles out, perform a high wheel and re attack.
visual ranges, if you’re in the mud like that were meant for some doomsday scenario with t-72s steam rolling through alaska. You should be outside of danger when firing. You’ll see many on youtube down in the mud in HUD visual mode. You can neatly recce your targets, lock em up, fire, wheel, and maintain your hard deck if you just practice a little bit of target discipline.
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Yes , you can even launch the missile, even during the boresight alignment while your stuck with handoff in progress. Yes you are aligning the missile to account for variations in pylons/mounting and that misalignment is seen on the HUD with ( TD BOX,MAV seeker).
The question is if F-16 pilots bore sight on every sortie. At least the HAF dose. -
in a real world scenario, like any current threat environment, you’re dealing with enemies in at the most light technical improv armored vehicles. mavericks were designed to kill tanks and light hardened structures. Most of the time, the hogs in the schedule only carry one rack asymmetrically, and I have not seen many f-16s in our theatres slung loaded with mavericks. it’s mostly just sdbs and stand off weaponry. The f-16s you do see slung heavy with the maverick family are commonly photographed in the taiwanese straight and South Korea, where those scenarios are still very much alive in which a flight of f-16s might engage or react to a convoy of mechanized armor.
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in a real world scenario, like any current threat environment, you’re dealing with enemies in at the most light technical improv armored vehicles. mavericks were designed to kill tanks and light hardened structures. Most of the time, the hogs in the schedule only carry one rack asymmetrically, and I have not seen many f-16s in our theatres slung loaded with mavericks. it’s mostly just sdbs and stand off weaponry. The f-16s you do see slung heavy with the maverick family are commonly photographed in the taiwanese straight and South Korea, where those scenarios are still very much alive in which a flight of f-16s might engage or react to a convoy of mechanized armor.
HAF standard F-16 loadout is 2 AGM-65’s.
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ia flight of f-16s might engage or react to a convoy of mechanized armor.
Important to remember (especially in the BMS world for beginners) that boresighting is not explicitly necessary, as you can employ the MAV without the TGP if you choose to do so.
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Boresighting is only valid for latest IR-seeker missiles (D/G) and not older TV (A/B).
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Boresighting is only valid if the plane carries a TGP pod, to align with the handoff mode. If no TGP is loaded = the missile can be employed autonomous e.g. VIS.
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D/G missiles are expensive and mostly will not be used against convoys or trucks, specially the G model which is intended versus hard targets, shelters, ships etc.
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Boresighting is only valid for latest IR-seeker missiles (D/G) and not older TV (A/B).
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Boresighting is only valid if the plane carries a TGP pod, to align with the handoff mode. If no TGP is loaded = the missile can be employed autonomous e.g. VIS.
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D/G missiles are expensive and mostly will not be used against convoys or trucks, specially the G model which is intended versus hard targets, shelters, ships etc.
The missile can be employed even if you do not boresight with the TGP.
The missile can be employed even if the handoff fails.
The missile is always " hot".
Boresighting with the TGP in generally done in VIS mode.
You can handoff in VIS mode.
The missile can be employed even with a EGI/INS fail, using BORE mode.Generally you want the missile seeker to pair with the TD box. ( ranging is more accurate as the MLE is showing slant range from the TD box and not the missiles seeker. Slew inputs are also minimized.)
The question is not if the missile can be employed with or without boresight, which it clearly can , but if the pilots boresight the missile on every sortie.
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The question is the effective range of the missile I believe.
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The question is the effective range of the missile I believe.
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Answered.
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Dear Leech i don t recive answered YET between real life and BMS about the effective range of MAVERICKS ( function of cinetic energy) sory……!!!
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