Wanted - Idiot's Comparison Guide to Paveway LGBs

[ChocksAway]

I may have missed this on the forums, so apologies if I have and direction to the answer gratefully received ...

Has anyone produced / can produce an "Idiot's Comparison Guide to Paveway LGBs" for use on UK aircraft. Ideally, what I would like is side by side comparison shots of the Paveway II, Paveway III and Paveway IV guidance systems when attached to their respective weapons. I'm not bothered whether this is real life photos (though all preferably side-on), "sims" or photos of plastic from kits, as long as it enables me to easily identify which is which and what is what. Even better, a guide to the colours and colour schemes used would be good, just to complete the picture. Now it might be that there's no visible difference in some of these, only the size of the bomb they go on - well that's great - and new information for me, just exactly what I was after. Or, as I think is the case, the guidance head is different?

As I understand it..

the Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway II+ went on a 1000lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

the Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway III went on a 2000lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

the Paveway IV goes on a 500lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

is that correct?

So how do you tell the difference between standard, enhanced and + models?

Make sense? Useful? Or should I just go away and annoy someone else (second thoughts, not sure I want to know the answer to the last one).

Why do I want to know - because I'm likely to be scratch building from donated parts to create the variations. Plus I'm easily confused over this and would like it straight in my own mind, vast that it isn't!

thanks for any assistance.

[pte1643]

You may have already looked here, and by no means an exhaustive guide, but a good place to start.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/shortrange.cfm

[Selwyn]

I may have missed this on the forums, so apologies if I have and direction to the answer gratefully received ...

Has anyone produced / can produce an "Idiot's Comparison Guide to Paveway LGBs" for use on UK aircraft. Ideally, what I would like is side by side comparison shots of the Paveway II, Paveway III and Paveway IV guidance systems when attached to their respective weapons. I'm not bothered whether this is real life photos (though all preferably side-on), "sims" or photos of plastic from kits, as long as it enables me to easily identify which is which and what is what. Even better, a guide to the colours and colour schemes used would be good, just to complete the picture. Now it might be that there's no visible difference in some of these, only the size of the bomb they go on - well that's great - and new information for me, just exactly what I was after. Or, as I think is the case, the guidance head is different?

As I understand it..

the Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway II+ went on a 1000lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

the Paveway II and Enhanced Paveway III went on a 2000lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

the Paveway IV goes on a 500lb bomb (or metric equivalent)

is that correct?

So how do you tell the difference between standard, enhanced and + models?

Make sense? Useful? Or should I just go away and annoy someone else (second thoughts, not sure I want to know the answer to the last one).

Why do I want to know - because I'm likely to be scratch building from donated parts to create the variations. Plus I'm easily confused over this and would like it straight in my own mind, vast that it isn't!

thanks for any assistance.

The Paveway II and enhanced Paveway II are based on the UK 1000lb bomb Enhanced Paveway II + does not exist! it is at best a project.

"Paveway" refers to the standard of Guidance package. that is attached to the nose of the bomb.

Both bombs generally look identical (search paveway on the aircraft modern and cold war forums to see images) the only visual difference being that the Enhanced Paveway II has two GPS antenna "Bumps" on the top andbottom of the guidance and a wirting conduit running from the guidance to the bomb tail. This is secured to the bomb body by two large silver jubilee clips.

Selwyn