Rockets are unguided, they follow a ballistic trajectory from the point of launch. To clarify we will use the following terminology, which I believe it's the most accepted one in the English language: To make things worse, terms like guided and unguided are sometimes used for both rockets and missiles. There can be confusion as to what constitutes a rocket and what makes it different from a missile as the term has been used interchangeably by some and certain language refer to both with the single work.
The ones in game are primarily High Explosive or High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT), with a few Armor Piercing rockets thrown in for good measure. Rockets can have a variety of warheads depending on their purpose, from regular HE and antipersonnel warheads to smoke, illumination and other purposes, with at least one example having a nuclear warhead (because Cold War era craziness). A fuzing mechanism to detonate the explosives in the warhead is usually present as well, which can be triggered by impact or by time. A warhead is placed usually at the forward end of the rocket. These fins might be fixed or extended only when the rocket is launched and are often placed in a way that will spin the rocket in flight for additional stabilization. A charge of propellant powers the combustion and a set of fins at the rear of the rocket's body are used for aerodynamic stabilization. The rocket normally uses a cylindrical body, with the rocket motor in the back and an opening on its rear end (the nozzle) to direct the gases produced by the combustion backwards to produce thrust. Once the fuel runs out the weapon continues on its momentum alone on a ballistic trajectory.Īn image of a M8 HE rocket showing its internal components.
Like a gun, it uses the combustion of a chemical propellant, but unlike a gun the weapon itself is propelled forward by the energy produced and the acceleration typically lasts longer, usually a few seconds until the propellant burns out, which accelerates it at a high speed. How hard can it be? This is not rocket science, is it? Well.Ī rocket is a weapon that utilizes a rocket motor to propel itself. After someone posted a guide last week about bombs I figured I might do something similar about rockets.
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