thermobaric rockets

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » 2008-01-14 02:57

Would it be possible to have thermobaric rockets in game or is the type of damage they do hardcoded?

Thermobaric Explosive

/discuss

baptist_christian · Post by **baptist_christian** » 2008-01-14 03:09

what do you mean the type of damage they do? they damage **** just like any other bomb, only with much more efficiecy

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » 2008-01-14 03:13

thermobaric "rounds" are more effective the HE rounds when fired into an enclosed space.
here's why.

In a thermobaric weapon, the fuel consists of a monopropellant and energetic particles. The monopropellant detonates in a manner simular to TNT while the particles burn rapidly in the surrounding air later in time, resulting an intense fireball and high blast overpressure. The term "thermobaric" is derived from the effects of temperature (the Greek word "therme" means "heat") and pressure (the Greek word "baros" means "pressure") on the target

baptist_christian · Post by **baptist_christian** » 2008-01-14 03:36

HEAT rounds work fine in clearing buildings

Kinote · Post by **Kinote** » 2008-01-14 03:53

Huzzah for fuel air bombs being turned into projectiles. Cool, yes. Realistic, sort of. Required? No.

BloodBane611 · Post by **BloodBane611** » 2008-01-14 04:04

Huzzah for fuel air bombs being turned into projectiles. Cool, yes. Realistic, sort of. Required? No.

x2

Neat idea, but until its regularly used lets stick to the stuff that is.

Flanker15 · Post by **Flanker15** » 2008-01-14 15:10

Former Soviet countries and Russia love using Thermobaric weapons regularly, they come standard issue on their helicopters and are commonly found on RPGs I believe.
Also why are the US and UK using or thinking about using Thermobaric weapons, I thought they swore off using weapons that cause severe suffering.

Brummy · Post by **Brummy** » 2008-01-14 21:31

Not needed, IMHO.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2008-01-14 22:38

Suggested before, no current plans to impliment AFAIK