DCS A-10c GBU Guide

Step by step guide on how to deploy GBU-12.

First off, printout or draw on a piece of paper all of your mapped buttons. This makes life a lot more easier.

Click "Instant Action" and select first mission titled "Easy-East Georgia-Spring"

Unpause game and quickly press "L-Shift + L-Win + Pause" to enable "active pause"

Your cockpit should look like this.

Press those two buttons. Left button opens DSMS. Right button selects A/G

Select "GBU-12" and press "MASTER MODE CONTROL" to cycle to "CCRP"

Moving on to the right side

Click "TGP" button to get rid of "Not SOI"

Screen should look like this now.

Press "CHINA HAT FORWARD LONG" (slew camera to waypoint) and then "CHINA HAT FORWARD SHORT" (zoom camera). Screen will change to this.

Move camera by using "SLEW" and use "DMS UP/DOWN" to get desired zoom level. Press "TMS FORWARD LONG" to mark / create a way-point for your sensor (creates SPI). (CCRP will not work without this step)

HUD should now look like this. Unpause game by pressing "L-Shift + L-Win + Pause"

Fly straight and level towards long line.

Those two lines should be near each other. Once you get close to weapon drop point, long line will have a little circle and a number. As the number gets smaller, circle will drop. Your goal is to maneuver aircraft so that little circle goes through big circle. When number reaches around 5, Press and HOLD "Release weapon"

Hold button until DSMS changes color to white

Laser will automatically turn on (beta4) and guide weapon to target

BLU12 will move back and forward as it's being guided. As I understand weapon's controls only go to ON/OFF stage and therefore it causes such movement. Congratulations, you dropped GBU-12.

Step by step guide on how to deploy GBU38.

Click "Instant Action" and select first mission titled "Easy-East Georgia-Spring" Unpause game and quickly press "L-Shift + L-Win + Pause" to enable "active pause" Your cockpit should look like this.

Press those two buttons. Left button opens DSMS. Right button selects A/G

Select "GBU-38" Moving on to the right side

Click "TGP" button to get rid of "Not SOI"

Screen should look like this now.

Press "CHINA HAT FORWARD LONG" (slew camera to waypoint) and then "CHINA HAT FORWARD SHORT" (zoom camera). Screen will change to this.

Move camera by using "SLEW" and use "DMS UP/DOWN" to get desired zoom level. Press "TMS FORWARD LONG" to mark / create a way-point for your sensor (creates SPI).

HUD should now look like this. Unpause game by pressing "L-Shift + L-Win + Pause" Fly straight and level towards long line.

Once "MAN REL" shows, Press and HOLD "Release weapon" until white color in DSMS.

Congratulations, you dropped GBU-38.

Step by step guide on how to deploy AGM-65 Click "Instant Action" and select first mission titled "Easy-East Georgia-Spring" Unpause game and quickly press "L-Shift + L-Win + Pause" to enable "active pause" Your cockpit should look like this.

Press those two buttons. Left button opens DSMS. Right button selects A/G

Select "AGM-65"

Moving on to the right side

Click "TGP" button to get rid of "Not SOI"

Screen should look like this now.

Press "CHINA HAT FORWARD LONG" (slew camera to SPI) and then "CHINA HAT FORWARD SHORT" (zoom camera). Screen will change to this.

Move camera by using "SLEW" and use "DMS UP/DOWN" to get desired zoom level. Press "TMS FORWARD LONG" to create own SPI. Press "COOLIE SWITCH FORWARD SHORT" to switch to Maverick sensor. Press "CHINA HAT FORWARD LONG" to slew Maverick sensor to previously created SPI. Press "CHINA HAT FORWARD SHORT" to zoom sensor.

Screen should look like this now. Now Maverick sensor is looking into proper direction, but it's not locked on.

Press "TMS FORWARD SHORT" to lock target. Large cross-hair should lightly vibrate signifying lock on.

Press "WEAPON RELEASE" to shoot Maverick.

Congratulations, you fired AGM-65.

Why would you use targeting pod? Simple - it lets you find and select targets further out away from engagement zone of enemy defenses. Usually I cannot find anything beyond 2nm when using Maverick. With Targeting Pod I could easily stay away from SA9/13 engagement zone.