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Does runway orientation matter when attacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:15 am
by ColonelMolerat
When attacking a runway, does orientation make any difference to chance to hit?
In Operation Black Buck, the British bombed the runway from an angle, to maximise chances of a hit. Would you have to do this in CMANO?
RE: Does runway orientation matter when attacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:51 am
by Dimitris
Yes, with the stick-bombing modelling (for unguided weapons) and when using a weapon like JP233 it matters a great deal.
When using individually-aimed smart weapons like LGBs it's not very important.
RE: Does runway orientation matter when attacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:28 pm
by ColonelMolerat
Thanks!
So obvious, yet it's taken me several hundred hours of CMANO to think about... Should have realised, this game thinks about everything! Well done!
RE: Does runway orientation matter when attacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:47 pm
by wild_Willie2
So, how can you see the orientation of a runway? I only see a single square identified as 10.000 feet runway....
RE: Does runway orientation matter when attacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:37 pm
by Randomizer
Select the target runway and check the Course in the Unit Information. Some scenario designers name runways according to their orientation (example Runway 06-24 or the like) but this convention is nowhere near universal and the renamed runway will not necessarly be available to the Player when selected. Checking the Course works provided the runway is spotted, either through Auto-Detect ON or spotted in the course of running the scenario.
-C