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Wipeout GBU-12 bombs
They're presumably laser-guided jobs and the Wipeout carries 4.
I can't get the hang of them at all, I've been away from AA3 for a while and have forgotten half the keys and stuff (don't you just hate it when that happens) and shall have to dive into the manual to try to find out how to make them go.
Meanwhile I just tried to bomb that big hangar (red arrow) with GBU's but missed by a mile because I dropped them in 'dumb' mode without any sort of lock or aiming indicator on the HUD.
I dropped all 4 in quick succession a fraction of a second before this screenshot..
but they all fall well short (sniffle)..
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I'll try to find out something in the manual about how exactly HE and AP rocket warheads differ, and what target types they're meant to be used against.
I vaguely remember once reading somewhere (maybe in a book or another game) that AP rockets contain a mix of high explosive AND shrapnel to give them a capability against infantry AND against light armour that pure HE doesn't have.
Also, because they're inaccurate, I believe the whole pod is fired in quick succession at one vehicle or vehicle group to increase the chances of getting a hit.
As for Falchion air-air missiles, they don't seem to auto-lock in AA3, but in some flight sims they do; but strictly speaking AA3 is not a hardcore flight sim anyway..:)
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Wipeout Falchion air-to-air missiles
The Wipeout carries 2x Falchions, an enemy Neophron is up ahead (and note its red blip on the radar at top)..
Falchions don't auto lock on..
..so I hit the 'T' key to lock on, note the lockon box and diamond (accompanied by a trilling sound)..
I fire a Falchion..
..the missile curves on an intercept path, you can run boy..
..but not hide. The Falchion hits, and as the lock is still there I fire the other Falchion for good measure..
It hits and down he goes, you ain't walking away from this Charlie..
Summary- just lock on and fire, I can't remember if 'T' is the default lockon key or whether I assigned it myself/
(Incidentally all my tests are vanilla AA3 at 'Regular' difficulty level without any mods or addons)
Hey Variable, I'm not sure what you were asking when you said-
Oh, while you are at it. Can you check two things that completely confuse me regarding the Wipeout (and maybe the other aircraft weapon systems).
1. I can't seem to lock manned targets unless I hit the "cycle empty target" control. The regular "cycle targets" control doesn't seem to do anything for me.
2. I can't seem to lock AA missiles on other aircrafts using either of the above controls.
I must be doing something wrong but I'm not the only one, friends have also complained about the same problems.
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Good to see you back in business Spike :)and yea I just logged in to say only that :cool:
Haha thanks mate, i've been over in Arma2 because all the TV news stuff about Syria, Donetsk, Gaza and ISIS have given me a hankering to come back in time to 2014..:)
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Continuing the Arma3 tests- Wipeout Shrieker rockets v Kamysh
As we saw in earlier tests, Shrieker rockets (AP and HE) couldn't destroy the T-100, so now let's see how they do against the lighter-armoured Kamysh.
First, the Shrieker AP's..
Bingo! the Kamysh burns after the 4th AP rocket hits it..
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And now Shrieker HE's v the Kamysh..
No kill! I fired all 7 rockets.
But the only damage they did was to jam the gun downward like this-
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Next I turned the Kamysh around to see if the Shrieker HE's would have better luck against it's rear armour, but no, it wouldn't burn after all 7 rockets hit it..
Summary- Shrieker AP's will burn a Kamysh, but Shrieker HE's will only jam its gun
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Incidentally here's the Wipeouts teeth, the other wing is the same, left to right-
2x GBU-12's, 3x Macer air-ground missiles, 7x Shrieker rockets in a pod (AP on left wing, HE on right wing), 1x Falchion air-air missile. Plus of course a 30mm Gatling cannon in nose.
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Wipeout Macer air-to-ground missiles v T-100's
The setup- I placed T-100's around the area, then took off and banked around to have a go at them..
That open diamond stays fixed on the HUD and doesn't move, point it roughly at the area where you think the enemy is, and keep hitting key 'T' to try to lock onto something..
Below-After a few presses of 'T', I get a lock, and a box in a diamond appears with a T-100 in the middle of it, accompanied by a beeping "class 2 lockon" sound.
You can fire now OR wait til the beeping changes to a high-pitch trilling to indicate a solid "class 1 lockon" which has more chance of getting a hit than a class 2.
I fire a Macer..
..and it hits a T-100..
Another sortie, I go gung-ho and get in closer this time and lock up a T-100 and let a Macer fly-
a hit..
I circle back to gloat at the burning wreck..
Summary- 1 Macer can kill a T-100. (the Wipeout carries 6)
I did it manually which means you have to know roughly where the enemy is so that you can fly towards the area while jabbing the 'T' key to get a lock on something.
I knew exactly where the enemy were because I set them up, but in a real game you'd probably need ground units or recce choppers to sniff them out and tell you where they are, or lase them for you.
PS- I'm no ace, I kept flying into the ground a lot and generally messed up dozens of times but managed to somehow muddle through..:)
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Wipeout gatling cannon 30mm test v T-100
(Incidentally I updated the game to 1.24)
The test setup..
The 30mm shells begin bursting on the T-100..
..and after about 200 shells the T-100 blows up!
Summary- The Wipeout's cannon can kill T-100's through their thick front armour at close range.
The cannon carries 1000 rounds so theoretically that's enough to toast 5x T-100's IF you can hit them, but it's very hard which is why I had to park the Wipeout on the ground to guarantee getting hits.
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Wipeout Shrieker HE rockets v T-100 front armour
The Wipeout carries 7 under the right wing, here's one in flight..
..it hits the T-100 front..
NO the tank hasn't blown up, the fireball is from the rocket splatting on the front..
After firing all 7 rockets I boarded the T-100 and found the main gun was working and it could be driven around, but the commanders MG was jammed down (below) and couldn't be moved..
Summary- 7x Shrieker HE rocket hits on the T-100's front jammed the cdrs MG, but the main gun and mobility weren't affected.
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Wipeout Shrieker AP rockets v T-100 front armour
Disappointingly they only had exactly the same effect as HE rockets, namely they only jammed the cdrs MG.
7 are carried under the left wing, here's one in flight..
..and hitting..
Summary- Shrieker rockets (HE and AP) can't seriously hurt T-100's frontally, they can only jam the cdrs MG.
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Shriekers v T-100 rear armour
HE simply jammed the cdrs MG.
But AP jammed the cdrs MG AND wrecked the engine, immobilising the tank! (below)
Summary- It makes no difference whether you hit the tank front or rear with HE Shriekers, as the only damage will be to jam the cdrs MG.
Likewise, AP Shriekers to the front will only jam the cdrs MG, but if fired into the tanks rear, they'll ALSO wreck the engine.
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Okay I've just made a start on WIPEOUT TESTS and will do more over the next few days.
Here's its 30mm cannon against T-100's, the rounds are not listed as AP or HE, maybe they're a mixture of both?
I kept scoring hits but none of the tanks burned, I'll keep landing or bailing out of the Wipeout in the next tests and boarding the tanks to see if any damage has been done.
I'll also hit them in front/side/rear and top armour to see which is weakest.
And i'll test out the Shrieker rockets, Macer guided missiles and bombs, and will also throw in some Kamysh as targets to see how they hold up.
A 30mm cannon round hits a T-100-
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Well Greenfist seems to have got it figgered out alright so there's nothing much I can add..:)
Here's a recap of the explosive toys currently in Arma3, the Explosives Specialist carries the items in the top pic, and the other 3 can be found in Explosive crates-
At great personal risk, i've tested these below-
M6 Slam AT mine (page 5)
Explosive Charge (p 6)
Explosive Satchel (p 8)
Claymore (p 10/11)
APERS mine (p 11)
APERS bounding mine (p 11)
AT MIne (p 13)
Sea Mines (p 13/14)
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Just wanted to say Hi and Thanks POS!I really loved all the tests you did on CM, so much that I innocently posted a PDF compilation on BFF and been flamed for that ;)
Glad to have you around Sir!
Thanks mate, ha ha yes I was banned from BFF about 10 years ago because my christian patriotic views upset a few people in their political discussion forum. No sweat, I simply moved to other forums and continued posting my sensational CM (Combat Mission) screenshots and stuff there instead, and later I moved onto AA2 and AA3..:)
PS- If anybody wants to copy anything I've posted anywhere on the internet, go ahead and do whatever you like with it such as saving it to your hard drive and picture folders, burning it to disk, posting links, or printing it out to line the budgies cage etc I don't mind...:)
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I'm trying to see things through the eyes of ordinary peaceful Donetsk/Lugansk citizens.
So if I or any other forum members were living in that area, exactly what are the things the Ukraine Govt have done over the past few years to make us unhappy?
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Why don't the Militia like the Ukraine Govt?
Has the Ukraine Govt been ruling the Donetsk/Lugansk people brutally and harshly like nazis?
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At the moment I'm pro-Ukraine because the rebels started the aggression by occupying Ukraine Govt buildings in Donetsk/Lugansk and killing pro-Ukraine troops and civilians. That's not good.
Whose side are people in this forum on?
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My guess is that they hope (or initially hoped) to cause such a big mess that the Russian military can use humanitarian aid and restoration of peace as excuses to occupy the area. Surprisingly the Ukrainian military is acting very cautious and trying not to harm civilians. That is more or less the only thing they did quite well so far.Yes but there's still civilian collateral damage. I hear that many Militia members wear civilian clothes and don't wear uniforms, so it's impossible to tell if these people are civilians or Militia, like in this still frame from a video where this woman had her legs blown off in an airstrike against a Militia-held building. Videos like this don't lie..;)
EDIT- on second thoughts i'd better not post it without moderators permission in case it upsets some people
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You have to do 5 posts before you can start your own thread..:)
Hey, welcome to any new wargamers around here and remember one thing-
Don't ever go into battle thinking you're going to lose if your opponent is more experienced than you!
Remember, when you lay your sights on a target and pull the trigger, your bullet or armour-piercing shell is going to fly at a zillion feet per second exactly like his, so in that respect you're just as dangerous as him, and you're both absolutely equal..:)
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..The attacking of government buildings and military bases came before the formation of the DPR...Ah, so the Militia have been looking for trouble for a long time!
That explains why Kiev aircraft are targetting Militia-held buildings in the DPR..:)
It seems that the Pro-Russians from Donetsk have the magical ability to cast super modern Russian weapons from the void and also to gather "ex" Russian spec ops and veterans from Chechnya war and Georgian war, also the former members of the paramilitary Berkut. They also cast AA guns, artillery, rockets, and armored vehicles. According to Putin, all that can be bought in stores......So now you know PoorOldSpike, if you ever want to start a insurrection against any government for any excuse, you need good "sponsors" ( even better if you can manage to get the Kremlin itself as a sponsor..:)
Thanks, so it seems clear that Putin doesn't want to invade the DPR and get called 'Hitler' again, so he's doing the next best thing and supplying them with weapons and special troops.
But Kiev still has a lot more men and weapons (including 24 Su-25 ground-attack planes), so I still don't see how the Militia can hope to win.
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Okay I've been googling around and the situation has become much clearer, tell me if I've got it right-
The pro-Russian 'Donbass Peoples Militia' formed the 'Donetsk Peoples Republic', and attacked Kiev Govt buildings in the DPR, so the Kiev Govt had no choice but to go in to tackle them, calling them "terrorists".
I don't see how the Militia can win alone, perhaps they're hoping Putin will invade to support them?
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...I don't get much why would you favor illegal invasions...Who me?
Nah, If the MAJORITY of Crimean, Donetsk and Luhansk people WANT to join Russia and welcome Putin, it won't be an invasion..:)
News reports say the majority (60%) of Crimeans voted to join Russia, so that's alright then.
At the moment I'm trying to find out what the majority of Donetsk/Luhansk people want, but nobody seems to know.
Incidentally Kiev said the Ukrainian language must be spoken in ALL Ukraine, including in Russian-speaking Donetsk/Luhansk, so no wonder they're angry.
Are the Kiev government nuts or just stupid?
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PoorOldSpike asked: Are the majority of the Crimean people happy now that they're part of Russia?Tonci replied: Many Ukrainians moved out and the Tatars are not happy. The Russains? They are happy.
It doesn´t change the fact that the annexion was unlawfull.
PoorOldSpike asked: Why doesn't Putin want Donetsk and Luhansk to be part of Russia?
Tonci replied:I don´t think that he doesn´t want it, I think he just realizes that he would push things too far if he now also takes those territories
Crimea seems peaceful now, or are they fighting against Russia?
If the majority of Donetsk/Luhansk people like Putin, why don't they ask to join Russia? That way, he won't have to invade..;)
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I happened to read on the net about a chinchilla called Spike that got its toe caught in the corner of its cage a few years ago and needed vet treatment, so i took its name as a gesture of sympathy.
My avatar is from the box of the old boardgame 'Squad Leader: Crescendo of Doom' you can just see it in this pic of me and Gaz Newton 32 years ago (I'm the hairy nerd on the right)
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MistyRonin said: The Crimean "referendum" was voted illegal by a huge majority of countries of the world ( only 11 were against ), because the "referendum" was made under Russian invasion ( in fact for many it seemed the referendum that Hitler promoted in Austria during the Anschluss ).Lesscubes said: A slow, grinding, brutal insurgency benefits Russia more than a stable Ukraine, wouldn't it?
Vilas said: you should remember (cause seems you ingnored what i wrote) that presence of one nation on given territory doesn't show history, cause as i said on example of Tatars - this nation was in 50% or more exterminted by Russians, and it should not justify claiming now that something belongs to Russia because USSR or Tsar killed natives , because it would be justifying holocaust
Are the majority of the Crimean people happy now that they're part of Russia?
Why doesn't Putin want Donetsk and Luhansk to be part of Russia?
What do the Donetsk/Luhansk insurgents want? Why are they fighting against Ukraine? Can they win?
Why doesn't Putin want a stable Ukraine?
The Tatars are ancient history.
Hey guys I ask again- How can peace come?
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o read again what i said , if in past nation A and nation B had one area, nation A exterminanted or deported nation B and put more people from A to places after killed/deported B and claims it is land ethnically A , so you agree that it is A's ?how many Tatars now in Crimea ? 12% now they say they must run, they are abused etc.
ok, can you check HOW much of them were BEFORE Stalin crimes ? or do it for you ? they were over 25% , woow, half of them disapeared
This is MistyRonins excellent map again, showing that the MAJORITY of people in Donetsk and Luhansk speak Russian, so my idea is that they should ask Putin if they can join Russia (like Crimea did), then everybody will be happy. Or is it a bad idea?
Does anybody here have a better idea?
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Guys, guys, like I said earlier in this sensational thread, the keyword to understanding this whole business is MAJORITY..:)
News reports say a 60% majority of Crimeans were in favour of joining with Russia, but other people say the vote was faked.
Likewise, how can we know what the majority of Donetsk and Luhansk citizens want?
We MUST have good reliable figures, but where can we get them from?
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I saw this in a Readers Digest:-
"As an observer in Italy in WW2, I relieved the previous observer at the observation post and glanced through his log, and this entry caught my eye-
TIME: 14:24 hrs- "Called in 6 mortar rounds on enemy motorcyclist despatch rider moving along road"
RESULT: "Rider accelerated"
Weapon tests
in ARMA 3 - GENERAL
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Found this 1-year-old thread about how to laser-designate GBU's, but it looks like there's a heck of a lot of scripting and stuff to be done, I might give it a shot sometime-
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?163274-Laser-Designator-System-script-for-A143-Buzzard-%28CAS%29&p=2491545#post2491545