Nuclear Option | Weapons Overview | Missiles & Bombs | Patch 0.27.4

Nuclear Option offers a variety of available weapons across multiple archetypes, not all of which are implemented at time of writing. The following are a selection of weapons available as of patch 0.27.4, along with their attributes and best use cases.
These weapons are the selection available as of patch 0.27.4 and may not reflect the current offerings in game. Individual weapon performance in game may differ from figures provided in this video, as future patches make adjustments. Feel free to add any additional information, corrections, or insights I may have missed in the comments below.
Error Note: In this videos terminology chapter I mix up notching with terrain masking. Notching is an evasive maneuver, terrain masking is the process of hiding from radar using low flight or object occlusion.
Chapters
0:00 Opening
0:20 Terminology
2:52 Air-to-air
3:06 IRM-S1
4:08 MMR-S3
4:40 AAM-29 Scythe
5:31 Ground-to-air
5:54 RAM-45
6:33 StratoLance R9
7:13 Air-to-ground
7:37 AGR-18 Lynchpin
8:49 AGM-48
9:54 AGM-68
11:04 ARAD-116
12:56 Cruise Missile
13:48 Nuclear Cruise Missile 20Kt
14:22 Gravity Bombs
14:58 PAB-80LR
15:34 PAB-250
16:13 GPO-500
16:47 GPO-2P Auger
17:25 Demolition Bomb
18:19 Nuclear Bomb 1.5Kt
18:52 Closing

[@Victini0510]

Notching is quickly turning to avoid incoming missiles. Terrain masking is using the terrain to hide yourself.

[@DryHeatAndSand]

I put a note in the video description about this mistake and pinned your comment as thanks for the correction. The next version of this video will have this error corrected.

[@Victini0510]

@@DryHeatAndSand no worries, just noticed the small error. Great vid otherwise, appreciate the info sharing! Very useful for those not in the know of modern munitions/tactics and how they translate to Nuclear Option.

[@vincentvoncarnap2473]

Notching is turning 90° from the radar that is guiding the missile, so that it is on your left or your right-visible on the minimap with the small orange beam. The radar modeled in this game is pulse doppler, which sees things by differentiating the speed of it to the background, so if you are moving sideways you essentially have the same speed compared to the ground, from the radars perspective. Note that only sees movement away or towards it.

[@A_Steam_User]

notching is a maneuver usually done by rapidly bleeding altitude and turning left or right 90 degrees of the missile / radar, this is because the loss of altitude is to come off as ground clutter and the turning is to try lose lock.

[@vincentvoncarnap2473]

@@A_Steam_User altitude has nothing to do with that

[@vincentvoncarnap2473]

Actually, the PAB-80LR is very stealthy, and can usually only be shot down by SPAAG. At medium speed it closes too quickly for the Boltstrike to gain a track due to its very low RCS (essentially the radar return of it, think of it like shining a light at a black object), and thus the Boltstrike is only capable of launching when it is too late, and the missile does not have the room to turn.

[@Techigai]

Great video. I certainly appreciate you putting up video of all these weapons in action. Didn't know everything was a smart weapon like bombs and rocket pods. I'll probably have to reference this video a couple times before I memorize which does what.

[@theQuickRundown]

From my experience the ground clearance to break a lock of RAM-45 missiles is 20m rather than the mentioned 15m. Thank you for making this series, it really helps newcomers (an earlier video helped me when i got the game) :)

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

Re: Lynchpin vs tanks: Is it known if armor FACING is modeled? Front of tank heavier armored than front of turret, which is heavier than the sides, which is heavier than the bottom, heavier than the rear, and softest on top? Would be wild if the Lynchpin could be a reliable anti-armor weapon if you're willing to position the launch properly. Also, FANTASTIC video. It's criminal this information isn't in the game already, and you give us data that might never be, like which weapons are easier to intercept than others. Truly, thank you and bravo.

[@DryHeatAndSand]

To my knowledge war thunder style armor facing is not applied to ground vehicles, though ships and aircraft do use compartment based damage modeling. I'm pretty sure each compartment uses hit points to run damage assessment.

[@cmdrwilmot2696]

I thought I have seen some indication that tanks are more resistant to damage from the front. But nothing concrete enough to be certain.

[@A_Steam_User]

i don't really know but i have seen that it takes 2-4 AGM-48's to kill a tank from the front, while it almost always takes 2 or sometimes even 1.

[@Starfishscalemodeling]

There's a typo in the thumbnail ;) But thanks a lot for the video!

[@DryHeatAndSand]

Typo is fixed.