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Is there any radius damage for this thing?

Saw 2 survivors walk into a tent and shot a rocket right into the entrance and they both survived, not a scratch

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lesson here, dont waste a perfect rocket on just 2 survivors hehe j/k

yea that does suck.

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At least it looks nice!

They did walk out of the tent and look around like WTF??? :blush:

It was loud

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The rocket launcher was probably equipped with an AP Rocket, not an HE one ?

What does it mean ? It has almost no AoE and do only hit damages to the point it hits.

On the other hand, a SMAW with HE would have killed them for sure.

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Yeah that looks like the AT4 which is Anti-Tank.

I have no idea why you used a rocket launcher on two people but I'd suggest you save that for more important situations in future.

Also, WHY IS THERE AN AT4 IN DAYZ ANYWAY?

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The rocket launcher was probably equipped with an AP Rocket' date=' not an HE one ?

What does it mean ? It has almost no AoE and do only hit damages to the point it hits.

On the other hand, a SMAW with HE would have killed them for sure.

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If that's the case then this could have been the problem. I can't remember what type of rockets they were

I shot one at the control tower to test it and blew a hole in the side

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The rocket launcher was probably equipped with an AP Rocket' date=' not an HE one ?

What does it mean ? It has almost no AoE and do only hit damages to the point it hits.

On the other hand, a SMAW with HE would have killed them for sure.

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If that's the case then this could have been the problem. I can't remember what type of rockets they were

I shot one at the control tower to test it and blew a hole in the side

IKxCV.jpg

Jesus... How many did you find that you can go around shooting them at random things? lol

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The rocket launcher was probably equipped with an AP Rocket' date=' not an HE one ?

What does it mean ? It has almost no AoE and do only hit damages to the point it hits.

On the other hand, a SMAW with HE would have killed them for sure.

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If that's the case then this could have been the problem. I can't remember what type of rockets they were

I shot one at the control tower to test it and blew a hole in the side

IKxCV.jpg

Jesus... How many did you find that you can go around shooting them at random things? lol

Only 2 rockets

I wanted to shoot it at least once when I found it in case I died

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The rocket launcher was probably equipped with an AP Rocket' date=' not an HE one ?

What does it mean ? It has almost no AoE and do only hit damages to the point it hits.

On the other hand, a SMAW with HE would have killed them for sure.

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If that's the case then this could have been the problem. I can't remember what type of rockets they were

I shot one at the control tower to test it and blew a hole in the side

IKxCV.jpg

Building damages are always the same. You just have to shot at them and do enough damages and they will look completely destroyed (bullet holes or even bigger holes in them, etc.).

If you manage to shoot one helicopter with that, you can be sure it will go down in flames.

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Yes, that weapon is for anti-armor only. The only way you can kill a person with it is if it hits them dead on, or at the ground no more than about three feet away.

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AT4 rockets do hardly any area of effect damage. So they are basically worthless against personnel. Shooting them at infantry only serves as a means to suppress them.

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So it was you. I almost shit my pants when that thing hit, I'd just picked up a coyote backpack in that tent and BOOM, my ears were ringing, eyes were fuzzy and all kinds of crazy shit.

You also managed to miss us both several times with whatever gun you started firing afterwards too. We then went on to loot stary for some good gear, which included a tent and shit. Just wish you hadn't spawned a shitload of zed at the base though, we weren't quite finished there.

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So it was you. I almost shit my pants when that thing hit' date=' I'd just picked up a coyote backpack in that tent and BOOM, my ears were ringing, eyes were fuzzy and all kinds of crazy shit.

You also managed to miss us both several times with whatever gun you started firing afterwards too. We then went on to loot stary for some good gear, which included a tent and shit. Just wish you hadn't spawned a shitload of zed at the base though, we weren't quite finished there.

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LOL that's great

Did I even manage to hit one of you? I unloaded an AKM magazine at one of you, maybe it wasn't zero'ed right

I also tossed a grenade for good measure

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lol, yea you managed to break my leg, I was dying a horrible death on the other side of that tent. Cracked me up to see this thread after we were just commenting on the massive ear ringing and explosions all around as I'm getting a transfusion behind a tent. Good times

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I read the wiki, and it is confirmed that this is for tanks and helis and such. I believe one quote is, "not good for use on groups of zeds".

TKJ

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Love how traditional FPS's have conditioned people to thinking rocket launchers are these catch all giant explosion machines. They are all very specially tailored for their use, which is primarily anti tank/vehicle. Use it for structures and vehicles in DayZ, but that is a large item to haul around for the limited use.

Side note, the way the AT4 rocket actually penetrates armor is bad ass. A shaped charge basically turns the steel armor into a molten jet and carries all the energy into the cabin of a tank and, well not good to be in there once that happens.

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yeah, why a rocket for 2 people? save it for a helicopter !

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Thats exactly how a good player should react after getting shot with a Rocket!

a good laugh and a good friendly post.

funny story lads hope you all profited from the excitement :D

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I'm actually surprises you managed to find one, I never saw someone running with one and never found one myself. Pretty awesome you can destroy buildings with them.

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Aww, Oilman. You deleted your post before I could quote it.

;)

"RPG is an initialism from the Russian language РПГ or ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (transliterated as "ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot"), meaning "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher". Thus, "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym."

:D

TKJ

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an RPG (which is technically just a grenade)

No. It's also a HEAT round, specialised for penetrating armoured vehicles.

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