This is what the 500kg bomb should actually be like.

[antique_nova]

If you look at the YouTube video "How powerful is a 500 pound bomb?"

It'll say the explosion radius at the point of impact is 30 meters.

That's about the length of a basketball court.

A 500 pound bomb is 226kg.

So a 500kg bomb should be a bit bigger than two basketball courts.

I "roughly" measured the explosion radius of the in game 500kg bomb.

It's roughly 1/6 of a basketball court.

In other words, the ingame bomb is at MINIMUM 14 times smaller than a real life 500kg bomb explosion from point of impact.

In other words, a 500kg bomb would decimate everything within 70 meters of the centre.

So the 500kg bomb would have a width of 140 meters.

And we haven't even gotten into the area of effect from the shrapnel and whatnot.

In other words, who ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ coded the 500kg bomb in game?

Because they didn't even do basic research on this weapon!

If the devs decide not to follow real life and make the bomb at least 14 times bigger, then at least 10 or something like that!

[ケツデカピングー]

500kg ingame make big noise and visial but little real dmg. simple

[RubyCante]

the blast "radius" get blocked by a single tiny rock and can't hit the huge charger behind that tiny rock on the ground that's why..
the Visual Effect is huge, but the blast AOE damage is so tiny it's like precision strike AOE

[Free Luigi M.]

It would be fine if it did decent damage across its entire radius, rather than only in the exact point it lands. It's silly dropping a 500KG bomb on some eggs and have most of them survive.

[Elvi]

The most bothersome thing is that the explosion looks so epic, yet the range is not even as far as the flames reach, let alone any shockwave. Sure, sure, you can kill a Titan with it, sure, sure, doesn't make it feel any better.

[CzUSMC]

I know... i was quite surprised when I dropped the 500kg bomb literally 1 FOOT away from one of those AI buildings and it did literally nothing.. My hand grenade does more damage than the 500kg bomb and Yes ive been around and used explosions in real life this is NOT realistic AT ALL!
https://youtu.be/l1OqbwtIPy4?si=N_i-rRNIq9HrAXCz

the link above is what a 1000 lb bomb(GBU32)JDAM looks like in real life notice how the shrapnel on the adjacent hillside. Ok its a game remove the shrapnel aspect but the explosion should be accurate.

[SGT James Doakes]

I think it's like this because id it really acted like how it would work IRL you'd probably die tryna run away cause the throwing distance isn't that far

[RubyCante]

Originally posted by Bartholomew-Richard-Fitzgerald:

I think it's like this because id it really acted like how it would work IRL you'd probably die tryna run away cause the throwing distance isn't that far

the supposed how to do it is THROW and DUCK/DIve-prone.. the lower your profile the higher your explosion resistance is

[GravePC]

you need the blast radius upgrade i think it does a lot for me with the upgrade

[antique_nova]

Originally posted by Bartholomew-Richard-Fitzgerald:

I think it's like this because id it really acted like how it would work IRL you'd probably die tryna run away cause the throwing distance isn't that far

I imagine the stratagem to be about the same size and weight of a cricketball.

Most adults of serviceable military service age can at least throw that 20 meters at a minimum, even when you take into account of how it rolls a bit on the floor too. A soldier should be able to do say 30 meters minimum if they're ♥♥♥♥ at it.

Let's say it takes 10 seconds for the stratagem to land. You would have been running for at least 10 seconds. Then it's another 3 seconds for the bomb to hit.

You throw the ball 30 meters away and you've been running for 13 seconds minimum.

A soldier should be able to run say 80 meters in 13 seconds.

So 30 + 80 meters in 13 seconds = 110 meters.

You've easily cleared the initial impact radius to find some favour to save yourself from the wind blast and shrapnel and all I've been doing is using VERY conservative numbers for how far the soldier can run and throw.

[The Pigeon Whisperer 🐦]

You didn’t take into account atmospheric conditions and gravity, This isn’t earth we’re dropping 500kg bombs on, There are many factors ;)

[antique_nova]

Originally posted by GravePC:

you need the blast radius upgrade i think it does a lot for me with the upgrade

I'm fully upgraded and the issue is still there.

[antique_nova]

Originally posted by Maximus Rebo:

You didn’t take into account atmospheric conditions and gravity, This isn’t earth we’re dropping 500kg bombs on, There are many factors

Regardless, with the helldivers throwing so many stratagems I imagine they'd train you up a little bit at least to throw that ♥♥♥♥ as far as possible when needed as part of basic training, because you'll be doing it a lot. So in theory, they should be able to escape the 500kg bomb quite comfortably.

[Kobra]

Yes the 500kg bomb is not that great . Even the smallest obstacle will block any damage towards the enemies.It sucks when you throw it 1 metre infront of an enemy and it does nothing for whatever reason. Its silly. Wish we had the nuke from h1 back.

[antique_nova]

Originally posted by Kobra:

Yes the 500kg bomb is not that great . Even the smallest obstacle will block any damage towards the enemies.It sucks when you throw it 1 metre infront of an enemy and it does nothing for whatever reason. Its silly. Wish we had the nuke from h1 back.

Do you think the orbital precision strike has a bigger AOE?

[St0rmFury]

Originally posted by GravePC:

you need the blast radius upgrade i think it does a lot for me with the upgrade

That upgrade only applies to orbital stratagems, not eagle.