Lazer guided munitions

[Jayhawk]

Jayhawk, why do you care if you feel that you guys don't really have any worthwhile targets, and if you don't care about perks?

What did you just say!?

[BulletVI]

You do realize they calibrated gun sights to convergence on the ground before the plane even flew, right?


wrongway

Yes but i believe some could also be adjusted whilst in the air





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The Mark II Gyro Sight demonstration on the Spitfire. The Mark II Gyro Gunsight was the first gyroscopic gunsight to see widespread service with the RAF. It was first tested in late 1943 with production examples becoming available later in the same year. The Mark II was also subsequently produced in the United States as the K-14 (USAAF) and Mk18 (Navy).

The gyro gunsight was a very clever little piece of engineering that gave the average fighter pilot a pretty good chance of knocking down enemy aircraft. It vastly improved the accuracy of aerial gunnery among the broad crowd of Allied fighter pilots. It didn’t come into general use until fairly late in the conflict, mostly fitted to Mark XVI Spitfires, although Mark XIVs were occasionally seen with them too.

The gyro sight remained the principal aiming method in gun/cannon-equipped fighter aircraft until well into the 1970s. [Wings magazine, via Tim Prosser]

[curry1]

Can we please return to manual calibration? I was first aquainted with it in FSO 1 month, and I managed to hit what I was aiming at. Honestly, I think it would make bombing more fun, and do away with the manuver when under attack, and do a quick recalibrate 12secs before the drop point. Make you hit or miss your target because of how good you did when calibrating, you know?

Weren't you the one who wanted the bombers to be only able to fire 2 positions at a time because you suck at killing bombers?  I hope this isn't another one of those nerf the bombers because I cant kill them posts.

hmmmmm....
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,291668.0.html

[Nemisis]

How would this nerf their ability to defend themselves? I'm asking for mildly realistic calibration system. I personally would love it if we got changing windlayers that could blow your bombs off course if you don't check for a change in the wind after you calibrate.

[StokesAk]

How would this nerf their ability to defend themselves? I'm asking for mildly realistic calibration system. I personally would love it if we got changing windlayers that could blow your bombs off course if you don't check for a change in the wind after you calibrate.

This will never happen in the MA, so stop asking for it.

[curry1]

How would this nerf their ability to defend themselves? I'm asking for mildly realistic calibration system. I personally would love it if we got changing windlayers that could blow your bombs off course if you don't check for a change in the wind after you calibrate.

You play dumb okay I will spell it out for you. 

"Honestly, I think it would make bombing more fun, and do away with the manuver when under attack, and do a quick recalibrate 12secs before the drop point."

Honestly, I think you don't want bombing to be more fun, and you want to do away with maneuvering when a bomber is under attack so you can kill it more easily. 

[Nemisis]

If they manuver, they have to take the time to recalibrate properly instead of holding down a button for two seconds. If they care more about getting their ordanance onto their target, they will defend till they hit the drop point, hit their targets, and then either bail out of their shot up aircraft, or hop back into the guns. If they care more about landing, they will fight off their attackers and make another pass, or use their inaccurate bombsight to get a rough idea of when to drop, and carpet bomb their target.

I don't bomb a whole lot since level bombing will never be a good way to play clean up at town, or to hit ack, but when I do it is much less fun than when I bomb in FSO. The funnest bomber run I've ever had was in FSO when my Ju-88 was attacked by a group of spitifires, and I lost 2 drones. I didn't even destroy my target, just get a few 100lb bombs on it because I had my delay set to 0.15, I lost my drones, dove to the deck, and fought some spits untill a group of 109's bought me time to slip away NOE. Best bomber sortie I've had, hands down.

[Jayhawk]

I don't fly bombers, but I think it's boring and should be even more of a challenge for those guys.  Likely due to my inadequacies in killing them or piloting them.

fixed? 

[Nemisis]

Jayhawk, I will admit I'm far from the best bomber killer, but this wouldn't affect that if people decide landing is more important to them then getting ord out, and getting it out RIGHT NOW.  As I said before, people will either decide (like me) that the job they took off to do is more important than getting their name in the text buffer, or they will decide that they care more about looking good for people they don't know than hitting the ordanance so the GV mission won't get egged.


I enjoy flying bombers when I bother to up one, and I take pride in doing a good job hitting my target, even if no one is there to watch. This is just for the immersion factor, i assure you. My B5N would be hacked from the sky no more and no less often then it is currently.

[fbEagle]

Can i do it? yes... Do i want to do it? Hell no.