Strength of Rockets

[YUCCA]

Just posting a bit of info:

5' Hvar rocket = 150lb bomb

4'5 M8 Rocket (p47d25) = 90lb bomb

British 3'5 Rocket = 140lb bomb

Il2 Rocket-

(RS-132)- 120lb bomb
(RS-82)- 90lb bomb



I tested this by goin offline  they are all accurate.

[cobia38]

Originally posted by YUCCA
Just posting a bit of info:

5' Hvar rocket = 150lb bomb

4'5 M8 Rocket (p47d25) = 90lb bomb

British 3'5 Rocket = 140lb bomb

Il2 Rocket-

(RS-132)- 120lb bomb
(RS-82)- 90lb bomb



I tested this by goin offline  they are all accurate.

  um HVAR are 140 lbs
  lenth 6foot
  flight speed 950 mph
  could penatrate 1.4 inch. of armor
 or 4.5 feet of reinforced concrete

[YUCCA]

Go to offline take off the protect objects.  Change the hangers strength to .15 and tell me wif one rocket will take down the hanger

[cobia38]

dont take this as a flame,but i was talking in real life not AH
  ill see if i can find the website with HVAR specs.Its interesting to read.

[YUCCA]

Oh, well what i posted is what i found out.  I was always interested to see their strengths but was too lazy to do it lol.  So i did it for all the lazy people out there

yeah sure gimme the link to that site i'd like to see that stuff

[cobia38]

here are two
 
 

  http://designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/sin-rockets.html
 
 http://vectorsite.net/twbomb5.html


  you will note that warhead is only 45lbs:eek:

[Rutilant]

A single HVAR rocket from the side can kill a tiger..

[scJazz]

I retested the information because I was working on Aircraft gun damages. What follows is even more accurate.

5" US = 156lb
4.5" US = 93lb
3.5" UK = 140lb
RS82 USSR = 93lb*
RS132 USSR = 125lb*
WGr21 GER = 200lb

*By the time I got to the Russian rockets I was thoroughly bored and wanted to actually fly. The RS82 did not inflict 95lbs damage but did do 93lbs it really could be 94lbs but I didn't want to drive myself insane. Likewise the RS132 did not do 130lbs but did do 125lbs it could be 126lbs - 129lbs.

[artik]

German Rokets WGr21 should be As I know Air to Air rockets - if you fire them after few time you see explotion like of flack. This was build against bombers.

Anybody knows how to use them - distance/speed of firing? Aiming?

[scJazz]

I've used 5" US and WGr21 rockets many times on bombers. The results are spectacular if you can land even 1 rocket hit. I've seen entire formations of B26s and JU88s simply disappear. B17s and Lancs are a bit tougher. When it works against them 2 planes simply don't exist anymore and the third is spiralling into the ground.

Best results... approach from 6oc high at such an angle that you can see the target. At D800 pull 2 to 3 Gs and salvo the rockets when the target becomes obscured by your nose.