Where to find M118 3000lb bomb

[macmacmacmoc]

ive seen people have the M118 bomb on their F-105s but i cant seem to find where to download it. could someone link it please?

[DoctorQuest]

Maybe one of the weapon packs?

https://combatace.com/files/category/340-weapon-packs/

[macmacmacmoc]

i checked all the SF2 weapons packs and there werent any, the SF1 packs that do say do not use with Strike fighters 2 though

[Wrench]

How odd that is, as it's been in Gunny's Ordanance Shop since 2009 (ish)

Just to save the effort in looking for it, I've attached it's zipped folder. Unzip, and drop into your /Weapons folder

M118.7z

and converting from SF1 to SF2 is a very simple matter of text editing. IIRC. there's a tutorial in the KB; but it's probably buried near the back

[+ravenclaw_007]

here are 2 M118 bombs i made , one is with a fuze extender

early bombs are deleted

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by ravenclaw_007

[+ravenclaw_007]

uuupppss..... the M118  i uploaded above is a early version , here are the newer ones

included are the M118 E1 with nose fuze (M118)  , the M118 E1 with nose plug as penetrator (M118_PE) and the M118 E1 with fuze extender (M118_FE)

M118.7z

M118_FE.7z

M118_PE.7z

[EricJ]

Guess I gotta spin up an F-105 just to drop these beautiful bombs.

[macmacmacmoc]

Thanks! :)

[+daddyairplanes]

did anything other than the Thud carry these beasts?

are there pics of anything other than Thuds carrying these beasts? and how for the love of God and all that is holy did a 104 carry one of these Wiki?!?!?!

 

[EricJ]

IIRC the Wiki did mention the F-104 as a plane that carried it.

[+daddyairplanes]

hence my statement

it also lists it as a component of a GBU-9 HOBOS (hint hint wink wink nudge nudge)

Edited June 30, 2023 by daddyairplanes

[+ravenclaw_007]

2 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

hence my statement

it also lists it as a component of a GBU-9 HOBOS (hint hint wink wink nudge nudge)

the only picture i found of the GBU-9 , no idea of length or wing spann or if it ever entered service

[EricJ]

Hold on I'll get you one"

https://www.airtoground.net/eogb.html

[MigBuster]

F-4E dash 1 from 1979 has both the GBU-9/B (M118 EO) and GBU-11/B (M118 Paveway 1 kit) in the loadout.

 

Don't have anything on the F-104 and M118.

 

[+ravenclaw_007]

for the GBU-11 i have all i need to make the bomb including a lot of pictures from an actual bomb , that is something i dont have for the GBU-9

 

[+daddyairplanes]

looking at your pic plus pics of teh regualr (2000lb) HOBOS, i'd say the guidance and steering packages are the same.

but the question of was it intended to be used is a REALLY relevant one. main use i can think of late 70s/early 80s would be dropping bridges and closing tunnels in Korea and Germany.

like RSR but with Phantoms and bigger boom.

meanwhile i was predominantly joking about the HOBOS version. would be cool but i dont think its a desperately missed weapon if you dont pursue it

this after thinking of a Hill Reserve F-105 lobbing one in some time around 1983.......

 

Edited July 1, 2023 by daddyairplanes

[+ravenclaw_007]

24 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

looking at your pic plus pics of teh regualr (2000lb) HOBOS, i'd say the guidance and steering packages are the same.

but the question of was it intended to be used is a REALLY relevant one. main use i can think of late 70s/early 80s would be dropping bridges and closing tunnels in Korea and Germany.

like RSR but with Phantoms and bigger boom.

meanwhile i was predominantly joking about the HOBOS version. would be cool but i dont think its a desperately missed weapon if you dont pursue it

this after thinking of a Hill Reserve F-105 lobbing one in some time around 1983.......

 

dont worry  

i did the GBU-8 all ready and i started with the GBU-9 over a year ago but  stopped the work because i could not find any pictures showing some more details , actually it is the same with the M118 with the air inflatable retarder i started the work on it and stopped it because i cant find a single picture of that weapon all i have is a pdf with several drawings

so i´m going to make the weapons if i get more and better pictures 

i used most of the parts from my GBU-8 for my GBU-9 , i had to scale them and adjust so the fit ruffly with the dimensions i have but the result ist not that good so the GBU-9 has to wait  

M118 with air inflatable retarder ( ballute system ) , i have many drawings but not a single picture thats why this one is on hold as well actually that is my biggest problem finding good pictures and the dimensions , most of my time is wasted searching for this stuff

would be so cool to have the M118 with the ballute