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#3943007 - 04/22/14 07:37 PM Rockets/A10A in BMS  
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So I was trying to figure out a way to do a little AFAC stuff in BMS' A10A while my buddies flew F16s overhead, looking for WP rockets. I'm not super familiar with the rocket systems in the sim, but on the loadout screen you have 3 options:

LAU-3/A /HE
LAU-68/131 /HE
LAU-68/131 /WP

Im assuming the /HE and /WP are denoting High-explosive and White Phos but if I select the LAU68 with the WP option, in mission I get HE and they ripple fire, or fire all 7 rockets at once.

This is on the A-10A, is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? Is this a known bug? I coul'd have sworn I'd seen WP rockets used somewhere in BMS.

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#3943191 - 04/23/14 04:34 AM Re: Rockets/A10A in BMS [Re: KombatKarl]  
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How soon before takeoff are you making these changes? At some point it's "locked in" and you can't alter it.

There should be a WP-warheaded Hydra rocket (M156 I think?). There are BDU-33s with a very functional smoke marker.

#3943688 - 04/24/14 07:18 AM Re: Rockets/A10A in BMS [Re: KombatKarl]  
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These were made on a scratch-built TE with at least a 30 minute window between the current time and TO time. Clock stopped and all that.

As far as armament goes, the only rockets I could see were the three launchers (3/A, 2 68 variants, one apparently with HE, one with WP...) I know the M156 is the WP rocket, but theres only those three options in the loadout menu.

I had totally forgot about the training bombs. If all else fails I suppose I'll just use those, they're actually probably eaiser to use and more accurate than the rockets.

My next worry is the possible air defenses I'll run into playing the FAC. I haven't been playing Falcon long, so I'm not to sure about what kinda stuff I'll run into flying low over armored columns and stuff...from what I've seen via 'recon' on the map is that there is a lot of MANPADs and light AAA down low...Would it even be survivable down there, or would I just be spending all my time dodging Iglas and getting shot down? This is assuming a DC environment.

#3943716 - 04/24/14 10:23 AM Re: Rockets/A10A in BMS [Re: KombatKarl]  
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Depends on what type of battlion, I think. I've done gun passes over "soft" vehicles on an armored column. On a few instances, I'd get dinged, but made it home. If I go nice and fast, I'm okay. That's with the Viper though. Not sure about the Hog.


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#3944237 - 04/25/14 02:47 AM Re: Rockets/A10A in BMS [Re: KombatKarl]  
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Yeah. 'Hog' and 'Fast' aren't really...yeah. We'll see.

#3944636 - 04/25/14 10:09 PM Re: Rockets/A10A in BMS [Re: KombatKarl]  
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I would expect you to be making a dive attack so it'll be a bit faster than if you were simply doing level flight. I guess it might be worth it to make sure you've got a tailwind as well... You'd need all the help you can get!!


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