Conclusion to the Paveway II Delivery Profiles Series

Last Thursday, we closed the Paveway II instructional series with November’s "masterclass", a comprehensive walkthrough of the weapon’s behaviour, employment logic, and practical delivery techniques. I hope that with final session you now have a very good understanding of how to use the Paveway II family effectively in DCS.

The presentation began with a refresher on the weapon’s architecture, reviewing in particular the nose guidance section and the tail assembly, the two elements that convert a conventional bomb body into a precision-guided munition.

Then we covered the core employment principles, focusing on three pillars:

1. Ballistic behaviour & weapon dynamics: we examined the unguided portion of flight, including release envelopes, impact angles, and speed behaviour. This helped describe how the bomb first behave like a GP bomb before guidance takes over.

2. Intervisibility & geometry of guidance: a major point of emphasis was line-of-sight geometry, especially in complex terrain. We studied capture phases, masking risks and the importance of understanding target–lasing–weapon geometry.

3. Common LASER guidance pitfalls: finally, we covered the classic “traps”: podium effect, masking, cloud/obscurant interference, video saturation, mirror reflections, diffraction, and moving-target complications.

Then we briefly went through all the kneeboard pages previously published, with an emphasis on remarkable points for each of them.

This final session brought together the full physical, geometric, and tactical understanding required to confidently deliver Paveway II weapons in any scenario in DCS. It marks the end of a long cycle, but don't worry, there are many more topics to cover!