Convergence redone

[MANDO]

So that the harmonization point may be independent of the horizontal convergence point.

Actually, if you set your convergence at 500 yards, your rounds will cross horizontally near 500 yards and will cross your gunsight center vertically also at 500 yards

With the current system, if you want your guns to fire a bit higher (quite important unless you are firing from the dead six of a nonmoving target) you need to set your convergence as far as possible, lets say 600 yards. But the fact is that you are going to open fire at much closer range, for example at 300 yards or even less. Your rounds will converge horizontally at 600 yards and will be quite separated at 300, where your target is, so you will not be able to concentrate the fire in one spot and your hits will be too disperse to cause critical damage with a single short burst.

What you really want is to set the harmonization point at 600 yards and the convergence point at 300.

Also fix the convergence of paralell guns like the 190s Mg17 and Mg131. These nose mounted MGs didnt have any horizontal convergence point as they fire paralell to each other.

[lasersailor184]

Harmonization is the distance when the bullet hits dead zero on the crosshair?

Convergance is the distance when the bullets cross?

[MANDO]

This is an example for 190A8 with two 2x20mm gondolas:



harmonization point is set at 550m, where the rounds cross vertically the gunsight center going down.

Convergence, or horizontal crossover is set at 600m for wingroot guns, 800 and 900m for outer guns.

MGs harmonization is set at 400m, without horizontal convergence as they fire parallel.

Circles with inner crosses in "Anex A" show the round positions at 100m, the black crosses show the placement of the guns and mgs (the horizontal line represents the wing).

[hubsonfire]

Interesting that conv. and harm. are set so far out. That's further than we can even set them in AH. I don't even know if the 20mm MGs in AH will even travel 900 yrds.

[MANDO]

Convergence at 900m is the way to set the desired dispersion pattern at harmonization point, 550m. At 550m you have all your fire concentrated in 1.5m horizontally.  At 800m the rounds would be about 5m below your gunsight line.