Ballistic fun

[john bluntington]

I want to start with a question, do HE rockets, say from an Almut, send out a lot of shrapnel?

I shot a building directly with a couple of (mod) SMAW Hedp rounds, barley scratched anyone inside. A good ol vinillia rocket launcher (my Almut baby) leveled the house, another one, and somehow killing a guy in a building like a block away

[jarrad96 [4SFG]]

Depends on the mod and if you have ACE- ACE adds actual shrapnel to the game, meaning that it's possible to have the blast take out huge areas, albeit rather randomly, and I think the ingame HE/ Anti-infantry AT rounds have the effect, as well as frag grenades.
As for the SMAW, I assume you are using the TF47 one? It has a rather powerful blast damage wise but is highly concentrated compared to other rockets (for comparison the MAAWS with a HE round can easily take out infantry within 20-50M with a good hit, compared to about 10-15 for ingame weapons)
Also the SMAW, even with HEDP, is meant mostly for vehicles, and if you want to damage buildings with AT try the AT4 CS HEAT/HEDP or the MAAWS- Alamut is the best ingame launcher for anti-structure work, as the Titan is to heavy ammo wise for practical use, and the PCML just seems to lack blast damage, despite supposedly being a dual purpose round.