Bofor Gun info.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by salmo

For what it's worth. In-game, the 40mm Bofors MkI gun has the following specs:

RateOfFire: 60 rounds per minute
ActiveRange: 15 m to 4000 m
Clip: 8 rounds
ReloadTime: 1 sec
Reserve: 1000 rounds

With two round types:

Type: MkI
Mass: 0.88 kg
Projectile spec: ArmorPiercing 0.4 kg / Concussion 0.05 kg of TNT
MuzzleVelocity: 875 ms
Fuse type: Contact
Projectile lifeSpan: 20 sec

Type: MkIIIT
Mass: 0.93 kg
Projectile spec: HighExplosive 0.5 kg / Fragmentation 0.067 kg of TNT
MuzzleVelocity: 875 ms
Fuse type: Timeout
Projectile lifeSpan: 20 sec

I'm thinking the amounts of exposive & other parameters might be modeled for in-game effects/results and might not necessarily reflect RL values.

So basically this value should be Contact and or 20 secs.... Then it would be realistic. So I suppose now someone needs to report it was a bug/unrealistic, unless someone comes along with any other evidence.

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

So basically this value should be Contact and or 20 secs.... Then it would be realistic. So I suppose now someone needs to report it was a bug/unrealistic, unless someone comes along with any other evidence.

i believe the line "Projectile lifeSpan: 20 sec" is the time after wish the game ignores and stops processing each bullet. i believe its a factor common to every single bullet in the game, evne those who are nto explosive. (LMG)

[salmo]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

So basically this value should be Contact and or 20 secs.... Then it would be realistic. So I suppose now someone needs to report it was a bug/unrealistic, unless someone comes along with any other evidence.

You have to remember that timeout fusing is an in-game name given by the programmers, and may not necesarily code only for shell exploding after timeout is reached. For all I know, the code for fuse: timeout may already included timout and contact.

[Oldschool61]

AA in WW2 used a proximity sensor that used radio waves that would bounce off aircraft and when the sensor detected the signal it would explode.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

AA in WW2 used a proximity sensor that used radio waves that would bounce off aircraft and when the sensor detected the signal it would explode.

Not in the Battle of the Britain they didn't. That is about 3 years too early.

Proximity fuses did not show up in the ETO until the Battle of the Bulge.