Any good tutorials on using cluster bombs?
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I’ll try….
CBU-52 and CBU-58 are your soft-target munitions. Most bomblets, biggest footprint (presumably). 58 adds titanium pellets for incendiary effects
CBU-87 CEM (Combined Effect Munitions). All-rounder, works against hard or soft targets, but fewer bomblets. My favorite. CBU-103 is a GPS guided version of this weapon.
CBU-97 SFW (Sensor Fused Weapon) Excellent against armor. Bomblets (pucks/skeet) seek targets (IR/laser sensor). I assume though that in BMS this is not how they work? They do not utilize a sensor in the sim. Could be wrong? CBU-105 is a GPS guided version of this weapon
Mk-20 Rockeye. Anti-armor. Viper can carry 12
CBU-71. Like 52/58 but utilizes a time delay. Area-denial weapon. Don’t know that it works that way in the sim. Doubt it. Never dropped one of these
CBU-89 Gator. Mine-field weapon. Maybe only in AF, not BMS? Can’t recall seeing it in BMS. No matter, as a mine field isn’t going to be much use in the sim I don’t think. Good weapon to shower on an airbase that’s just been hit to hamper reconstruction efforts. But again, not much use in the sim (and isn’t there anyway I don’t think)
Which ones am I missing?
thank you DBond, I’m new here but long time lurker through proxy I guess…heheh, just recently rebuilt my rig and started getting myself oriented again. Much has changed, and my real world knowledge needs supplementing. Like I said, my pal Colton is an airforce kind of guy who is down with the troops and he decides and communicates with the pilots and the carrier or the airbase to decide what to shoot.
I can’t wait to show him this stuff, but until then thanks for letting me know. From what I’ve been told, they are mostly handicapped right now to using smart bombs and SMBs. A funny thing I thought of is that if the ROE were accurate to falcon, we wouldn’t be able to pickle unless we could see an enemy combatant with a weapon or we had good laze or strobe or smoke on engaged troops.
I think in falcon, adding some “engaged close air support” and some “on my smoke” or communication with ground ops would add that crucial element. Just thinking outloud now, from my memory, we basically wouldn’t be able to use any of those weapons in populated areas except the smbs, and you would have to have a very clear TGP or some other picture on a hillside sniper or something from the ground to clear you in.
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You’re welcome.
I am no CAS pilot. Interdictions, yes indeed. But I don’t (intentionally) drop near friendlies. Fratricide is poor form
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Many thanks for all the suggestions, guys. They’ve helped me find the answer to the ultimate question of cluster munitions, bomblets and everything related to them
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Beginner’s luck.
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