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VBS3Fires v3.6.3 User Guide

12.4 Terminal Effects

VBS3Fires simulates the terminal effect of projectile detonations to a high level of detail. The

damage which is caused by projectile fragmentation will depend on the size of the round, the angle

at which it impacts, the explosive velocity of the round, and the target’s position relative to the

direction of flight of the round.

To open the panel, go to, Menubar  Analysis  Terminal Effects.

To help visualise this effect, VBS3Fires provides a Terminal Effects panel, which allows the user to

modify elements of an explosion and visualise the resulting explosive shape.

The shape of the explosion of a projectile can be affected by the slider bars at the bottom of the

panel. Note that the angle of impact is in mils and is defined so that a value of 0 is parallel to the

ground.

The display can be zoomed using the mouse scroll wheel, and can be moved by holding down the

right mouse button and dragging the mouse.

Image 12.6 Terminal Effects Analysis Panel