Air to Air, new hit PoH calculation?

Take command of air and naval assets from post-WW2 to the near future in tactical and operational scale, complete with historical and hypothetical scenarios and an integrated scenario editor.

Moderator: MOD_Command

Post Reply
User avatar
Tcao
Posts: 327
Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:52 pm

Air to Air, new hit PoH calculation?

Post by Tcao »

Noticed that the latest update put intercept angle into the missile vs aircraft hit rate final calculation. Usually the intercept angle impacts the missile vs missile situation.

Don't get me wrong, I am not here to complaint the new change. I just feel curious about the reason behind the change

Here is the new poH calculation formula
6/15/1995 12:06:05 PM - Weapon: AIM-120A AMRAAM #22 is attacking Red1 #2 (Su-27S Flanker B) with a base PH of 90%. PH adjusted for weapon speed: 85% (pure-aerodynamic attitude control). Red1 #2 has nominal agility: 4.5, adjusted for altitude: 2.2. Agility adjusted for proficiency (Regular): 1.76. Aircraft has a weight fraction of 0.38 - Agility adjusted to 1.36. High-deflection impact (no effect on agility). Final agility modifier: -14%. Intercept angle is 260 deg - hit probability adjusted to 40%.Final PH: 40%. Result: 24 - HIT
Here is the calculation from pervious version
6/26/2022 12:38:24 PM - Weapon: AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM P3I.3 #102 is attacking Falcon #2 (Su-27S Flanker B) with a base PH of 95%. PH adjusted for weapon speed: 93% (pure-aerodynamic attitude control). Falcon #2 has nominal agility: 4.5, adjusted for altitude: 2.2. Agility adjusted for proficiency (Regular): 1.76. Aircraft has a weight fraction of 0.49 - Agility adjusted to 1.24. High-deflection impact (no effect on agility). Final agility modifier: -12%. Final PH: 81%. Result: 21 - HIT
with the new formula, the hit angle has a significant impact on the final PoH (that does make sense though), on the two cases above , the weapon PoH adjusted after speed is similar, target A/C's final agility modifier is similar. But the new formula halved the final PoH as the Su-27 beam the incoming AMRAAM.
thewood1
Posts: 8574
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:24 pm
Location: Boston

Re: Air to Air, new hit PoH calculation?

Post by thewood1 »

I could very well be mistaken, but I thought I had seen AoI in weapon calas before. I have no way to validate that though.

edit: I think I am thinking of ABM engagements.
User avatar
Tcao
Posts: 327
Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:52 pm

Re: Air to Air, new hit PoH calculation?

Post by Tcao »

Also, noticed this new feature
6/15/2022 12:35:15 PM - Weapon: CH-AA-10 Abaddon [PL-15] #35 is attacking Cowboy #2 (F-35A Lightning II) with a base PH of 90%. Cowboy #2 has nominal agility: 4.5, adjusted for altitude: 2.2. Agility adjusted for proficiency (Veteran): 2.2. Aircraft has a weight fraction of 0.2 - Agility adjusted to 1.94. High-deflection impact (no effect on agility). Final agility modifier: -19%. Target signature modifier: -10% (Director [Active Radar Seeker] has tech-gen: Early 2010s). Intercept angle is 265 deg - hit probability adjusted to 32%.Final PH: 32%. Result: 40 - MISS
Target signature modifier, this previously appears in missile vs missile interception engagement. Now it is implemented in missile vs Aircraft too. Which is good, but it will make shooting down stealth fighter much harder.
Post Reply

Return to “Command: Modern Operations series”