1982 Falklands War: Argentina Hits Atlantic Conveyor With Exocet Missiles | DCS Reenactment

0:00 Overview
1:16 About The Atlantic Conveyor
9:31 Incident Report
11:44 Mission Details
13:09 Take Off
16:01 AAR
26:17 Attack Run
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[@joegoveia6499]

Always a treat to see a new GR video! We need some more carrier skill competition. But make round 1 harder.

[@grimreapers]

The historical ones are in here, and I've got an idea for next one: kzbin.info/aero/PL3kOAM2N1YJdIwfLMYp2n1tUu7kHwuNm1

[@tokencivilian8507]

Great reenactment. Goes to show the skill of the Argentinian pilots who did it for real. I remember a History Channel show on the war where they'd interviewed some of the pilots, perhaps not from this raid, but from the Sheffield raid. Regardless of which strike it was - that they were able to make the strike at such a distance, find their tankers both ways, etc, demonstrates their skill and determination. In re turbulence affecting different airplanes in close formation: Many years ago and a long ways away (2+ decades, Crystal Airport, in the Mojave desert on the north side of the San Gabriel Mountains from LA) I flew gliders - about 120 flights and 80 hours worth. I'd get towed to get airborne - it was a flat fee for the first 1,500 feet, then per hundred feet above that. Flying a glider on tow is all about staying in formation with your tow plane. One of the skills you had to demonstrate was the various tow positions - straight behind tow called "high tow", "low tow" was straight back, but much lower, below the wake of the tow, also one had to demonstrate "boxing the wake" - going from high tow, sideways far enough to keep the wing tip out of the wake, descend down low enough to be the right level for low tow, slide sideways into low tow. Exit low tow to the other side, ascend up to high tow height, but out of the wake the whole time, then side sideways back into high tow. Anyways....the turbulence story - Seeing as my ship was a high aspect ratio glider, and tow was a bit stubbier wing profile converted crop duster, we'd behave differently in turbulence, to say the least - wing loading was also a huge part of that equation. One day, trying to push through some rotor to get to the mountain wave (airfield was on the downwind side of the rotor, so you had to push through it perpendicular to it, closer to the downwind side of the mountains to get to the updraft side where the wave was lift, not sink - it was the first updraft downwind of the mountains). I was getting bounced around "normally" but still doing a reasonable job holding formation. Then we got hit by something big....I lost sight of tow under my nose for a bit. When I pushed the nose down and could see him again, I couldn't see the tow rope, except coming up from well below right at his tail. That meant that I'd been kicked forward way to close to tow and had a TON of slack. I popped the release rather than take chance of getting tangled or the massive jerk, possibly parting one of the two structural "fuse" links in the tow rope. (An alternate procedure my instructor taught me was to put in a big yaw when modest excessive slack developed - as the rope came tight, at it pulled you back straight it would also start speeding you up, absorbing some of the shock). Anyways....I got away clean but was so rattled, I turned back to the airfield ASAP. I landed, collected myself a bit, and asked an instructor to join me - I was flying a rented 2 seat Grob 103 solo from the front cockpit. You get bucked off the horse, you get right back on...but I wanted a "security" blanket, as it were. Hooked back up to the tow, instructor in back, launched and this time punched through the rotor without excessive difficulty. What a sweet feeling it was to get that one last "thump" and then all the sudden be in clean smooth air. A glance at the variometer (numeric rate of climb indicator) confirmed we were in the wave - it went from 300 feet per minute to 1200 plus in only a few seconds. I called tow on the radio, told them I was unhooking, pulled the release and did my break away climbing turn to the right as tow went descending left. Less than 10 minutes later I pulled the spoilers at 12.5k to arrest the climb, the highest one can go for unlimited time without oxygen. At that point, I figured I'd proved to myself I could in fact handle it on a tough wave day, so declared victory and turned back to the field. Besides, the instructor was costing me per the hour and I'd accomplished what I'd set out to do - get right back in there and succeed at getting through that rotor to the wave and getting a nice wave flight. On a later wave day, I used the 1/2 hour allowed by regulation between 12.5 and 14.0 without oxygen to blow past 12.5 and push up to 14.0 before pulling the spoilers and speeding up out of the best climb speed enough to arrest the climb and just hang out. I admired the view for a couple minutes before noting tingling finger tips - which I took to mean incipient hypoxia so laid on full spoilers and a stout side slip after completing the turn back to the field and quickly dropped to 8k or so. I wish I had oxygen that day as I was still climbing at 1,000 feet a minute plus when I pulled the spoilers at 14.0. I suspect I could have made 18.0, the bottom of the Class A airspace where you need clearance from ATC to proceed any higher.

[@grimreapers]

I have HUGE respect for the what the Argie air force managed to do with so little tech.

[@angrypandaification]

Hey Cap, heard the chemo comment and I'm wishing you all the best. Hope you're doing alright. Great video as usual!

[@grimreapers]

Thanks but it was back in 2018. stomach never fully recovered from it.

[@macfly4649]

@@grimreapers Also heard that, had no idea, Glad ya pulled through cap!!!

[@DiaconescuAlexandru2024]

I really like this style of video, lots of info and then a reenactment. It must be hard to make these but I really appreciate them since they're like a documentary but instead of 3D renders we get to see it in DCS with beautiful graphics.

[@grimreapers]

thx I enjoy them also.

[@alejandrogrossi9424]

Hi cap. greeting from Argentina. The SUe did not have afterburning. The have a Atar 08K-50. A non-afterburning SNECMA Atar 9K-50 turbojet. The same as Mirage III / 5/50 / F-1

[@grimreapers]

Thanks! much appreciated :)

[@FlyingWithSpurts]

Thanks for taking the time for the history lesson, Cap.

[@santiagoluayza9254]

No SUE was taken down really. The fighters never got close to the short AA missile range (Sea Dart in this case). Nice simulation.

[@AmenMoto]

How on earth are you guys basically able to get a new video every day? Amazing work.

[@grimreapers]

This is just one channel, I run another full time channel also: kzbin.info/door/ZzvHfFzIpMrvgAbgZDUX9A

[@AmenMoto]

@@grimreapers Yep, I'm subbed to both. You are amazing.

[@AmenMoto]

@@grimreapers and LOL I'm subscribed as well on the account i run my smart TV on ...

[@wolfgangjr74]

This was a great learning video. Well done as always.

[@fitzy7079]

Enjoying this style mate, good work.

[@kenc9236]

I hope you guys make more vids of the Falklands. Cheers.

[@tacticaldatatactical]

argentine air force should be grateful to you men , you pictured better than anyone their missions , im saying this as argentine and a fan of our air force, VIVA LA PATRIA!

[@TheRealUSPSureShot]

Love the history lesson stuff. Keep it up.

[@dlr1668]

Loved the video... I like the way you follow the missile or jet crash. You're the only one that does that 😎👍😎

[@RuralSurvivalLLC]

I was at sea when this happened. I remember how everyone in control was cheering when we received the message traffic said the Belgrano had been sunk,

[@kenhelmers2603]

Nicely done!

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Excellent re-enacment

[@killswitch6673]

Can't keep up with ur vids to many 👍 great job guys.

[@grimreapers]

Good problem to have I guess :)

[@killswitch6673]

@@grimreapers yes sirr 👍

[@otero6036]

Le tengo mucho amor a aquellos pilotos de ambos lados, luchando con gallardía.

[@aragracian]

Argentina only had 5 super etendard, 4 ready to fly and the fifth as a source of parts and 5 exocet missiles. The config was 1 exocet, 1 external fuel tank and a computer/brain in the central station that took the place of the cannons.

[@grimreapers]

What did the Computer /brain do?

[@aragracian]

@@grimreapers As far as I know,, it was the interface between the radar and the missile. Is not official but some say that with help of a University, the logarithm for target aquisition was modified from the original programming. It was assumed that because NATO, the french will give the codes and frequencies to the UK

[@lostsoul4680]

This day also saw the sinking of the Coventry by a4's. Sea of fire, written by david hart dyke, captain of coventry, is an exellent account of their time in the falklands. Theres a documentary too, with extracts of letters written by his daughter Miranda, better known as a sort of clumsy English comedienne these days.

[@grimreapers]

Amazing thx

[@grimreapers]

I also did something on this a while ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHeUaqmVpqaDZs0

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I never knew this event ever happened. I watched the documentary about the operation to bomb Port Stanley with a single Vulcan bomber just a few days ago and another one on the general conflict and don't remember this event being mentioned. It probably was, my memory is just overloaded lately. Well done all the way around.

[@richardvernon317]

It Screwed the British Land Forces Commander's battle plans massive!!! He had planned to use the Helicopters to move all of his troops to forward positions by air, plus rapidly build a forward operating base for both Harriers and Helicopters that would allowed the British to get Air Superiority over the Islands and never lose it. Had this ship not been sunk the war would have most likely ended at least a week earlier, if not two.

[@zebraafs]

Great reenactment guys!!!!!

[@aragracian]

Great video as always! As a side note, Prince Andrew was flying a helicopter near the zone and witnessed the exocet attack. Cheers Mariano

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@lostsoul4680]

The Agave radar was on the Super Etendard, they turned it on to get a target rande and bearing to send down to the missile. The task force ships could identify this with their onboard esm, it was a system they were familiar with.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks Sir I did not know this.

[@ianedmonds9191]

A guy that lived across the road from me when I was young was on the Atlantic Conveyor when it sunk. He survived but it did bring home to me later on how real this war was. As a child in the 80s I remember being a bit excited by the fact we were at war. Later on once I was a bit older I understood the sacrifices made and how lucky my neighbour was to escape that catastrophe. My own Dad had previously been a merchant seaman so it was all the more poignant.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@xenimaging]

I thought that your screenshot was a Lego ship. Gotta love those DCS PS3 graphics

[@grimreapers]

lol yeh

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

For those wondering - The journey & loss of the Atlantic Conveyor was not for nothing. Before she was sunk, she managed to supply the fleet with all of her 14 Harriers, a Chinook, one Westland Wessex and presumably at least some of her other cargo.

[@richardvernon317]

Had she not been sunk, the war would have been up to two weeks shorter and the British would not have had the half of the Logistics and Air Defence issues that they had in the second half of the war.

[@grimreapers]

Rgr. Can you imagine if she went down before unloading that cargo??

[@rogerpennel1798]

An alternate history campaign where the HMAS Melbourne fights alongside the British in the Falklands would be interesting. A-4s flying support missions with Harrier fighter escorts against Argentinian A-4s, Mirage IIIs, and Super Etendards.

[@tmanthemost1157]

No that would be super wack to have another country double-team Argentina because they can’t win the war on their own

[@fuciguma2886]

Noted

[@sonarmb]

I am working on that. I served on Melbourne during the Falklands War.

[@rogerpennel1798]

@@sonarmb - You could do ARA Veinticinco de Mayo vs HMAS Melbourne fleet showdown.

[@tmanthemost1157]

@@rogerpennel1798 he doesn’t do hypothetical battles he does actual battles that occurred

[@MarkMeadows90]

The refueling nozzles on the tanker aircraft be like "Be gentle. It's my first time." 😂

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@charlietheunicorn5383]

Nice compressive video. A little history. A little planning. A little flying. And of course, RC's pilotless airplane put on an airshow at the end.

[@grimreapers]

Tried and tested format :)

[@JonnyBarmCake]

Interesting fact for you Cap. My uncle was the medic in the 42 Commando unit, they yomped cross country to take back Port Stanley, I have a picture of his unit hoisting the Union Jack back up in the Lord Mayors garden.

[@Ken_Koonz]

I'm glad I'm a slick C-130 pilot and I don't have to Air-to-air refuel.

[@glenproctor1999]

There was a story that Atlantic Conveyor was deliberately placed so as to shield the two carriers from missile attack. I like these documentary/simulation mixes though, well done guys.

[@richardvernon317]

Woodward, the Carrier Group Commander did place logistic ships in front of the Carriers to soak up any Exocet attack that got past the AAW and ASW screens. Using Atlantic Conveyor in that role was very stupid as she had a lot of equipment on board that the Land Forces were relying on. The ship had 10 Helicopters on board when she was hit, Three Chinook, Six Wessex and a Navy Lynx that was being stored. All 10 aircraft were lost. She also took down with her, tents for 10,000 men, a transportable airfield (rolls of metal matting to build a runway and hardstanding's, plus the refuelling equipment and all of the Engineering equipment to build it. Plus around 600 BL755 CBU's and other weapons. Also lost were all of the Spares for the Chinooks.

[@BCjeffro420]

very nice!

[@lionelgustavobarbero]

Gracias Grim! excelente video! es hermoso ver a nuestros Super Etendard combatiendo en el conflicto por nuestras queridas Islas Malvinas!!

[@Le-Naka]

Nice video, just one thing. After refueling, try to make the approach to the TF below 90ft during the rest of the flight. Then go over 250 for searching the target and let the Exocet do its magic! Right after launching the missile, just head back home at 30.000 ft and when back to base tune BBC to find out what you hit!

[@grimreapers]

Agree. That was a silly mistake by us.

[@Le-Naka]

@@grimreapers The video is excellent!! I Enjoyed it very much! Also, if you are planning other episodes of Malvinas Conflict, you are not allow to use Flares or Chaffs and also, you only have enough fuel to be On Target no more than 2 minutes, or you will not be able to make back home! There also was a mission, I don't remember which one right now, that one of the Attackers A4s got back to base connected to the tanker only disconnecting almost over the base. That KC Crew were really crazy, when they found out that the pilot was in big trouble, they just went for him into the exclusion area. Other important info, I think that the KCs did not had any Tacan, it was pure coordination and timing! If you ask me, I don't understand how they were able to make what they did!

[@lohrtom]

Awesome

[@shuntera]

Pishing it down as usual!

[@Pablo668]

For a while I've wanted to see how well a US carrier group and Marine group would do in the Falklands operation. By themselves.

[@Duvstep910]

A lot of fighter pilots say refuelling in a simulator is a lot more difficult than in real life; mostly cause it's hard to judge closure on a flat screen

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@j4s0n39]

A Brit taking part in the Argentine attack on the Falklands? Don't be surprised if the queen shows up to take away your tea kettle.

[@grimreapers]

Sorry Queeny

[@martinguevara3423]

Present 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@Silo-Ren]

Hey Cap, gotta big favor to ask. I've been seeing your awesome videos for some time now and while I'm a novice at DCS Jets and just know FLTSIM FX, I was wondering if maybe you could make a video explaining what is it we are seeing in the HUD? Most of the time theirs so much action going and you guy's are calling out bandits, Sam's, Artillery,Ships etc and I can't tell what's being panned and how far its away. I did learn what spike and nails mean's but would like to know more about the ranges and what's coming at you. I'm sure if that's not possible, maybe a link that explains it? Thnx.

[@No1sonuk]

If you search the channel for radar and RWR, there are a lot of videos there about how to use them on different aircraft. One that's really good for the F-15 radar is this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5y5o3ZjnNaolZI That's about a simulator someone made that can show you how aircraft position and radar settings relate to the screen image.

[@codyelder9201]

Each plane is unique as far as what is being displayed on their UFCs, DDIs, MFDs, etc. for the most part all planes share common characteristics as far the HUD goes such as altitude, speed, and direction. My recommendation is going to their channel>playlists>DCS: Tutorials from their you'll see CAP do tutorials for about every single aircraft in the game. He covers everything including HUD and the UFC, MFD, DDI, etc. In my opinion just about any of the American aircraft tutorials will cover the basics of the HUD but for the other parts of the aircraft I recommend searching for that specific plane and looking through the tutorial that covers the part that your curious about. I also highly recommend his tutorial videos as they've been extremely helpful for my own flying. Hope this helps.

[@Silo-Ren]

@@codyelder9201 thnx 👍

[@grimreapers]

Each plane is different and different things. For most of the planes I have done a video explaining the HUD details, please see them in here: kzbin.info/door/ZuXjkFY00p1ga3UyCBbR2wplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=6

[@Silo-Ren]

@@grimreapers That's why you'er the best Cap. Thnx.

[@nbtoppers2]

Heard you mention chemo. Hoping and praying for you cap. Hoping you caught it early!

[@grimreapers]

It was back in 2018. stomach never fully recovered from it.

[@nbtoppers2]

@@grimreapers ah man not great. Hang in there

[@RossOneEyed]

I remember when this happened. Was really rooting for the Royal Navy during this time.

[@richsmith7200]

Us too. My best friend had Royal Marines on his base right around this time. They were good guys, but a little scary.......

[@RossOneEyed]

@@richsmith7200 Spent time with the Woofers during the late 70's/early 80s period. The Tommy was a well trained soldier.

[@richsmith7200]

@@RossOneEyed my friend had guard duty with his trusty M16.....they threw empty beer cans at him as he passed by on his rounds. It was pretty hilarious. He said they were interesting to hang with off duty. I was in the army, we had a ROK Sargeant on a lateral transfer (forget the actual term). Little guy, super nice, but scary in his abilities. Blew our minds, the conditioning those guys maintained.

[@johnnevin7759]

I love when you compare reality to the model. Have you ever tried to solve a mystery which can be modeled?

[@grimreapers]

I the guess the question is how accurate you want the model to be?

[@johnnevin7759]

@@grimreapers I think as you run models without humans on battles you know the exact results of you can fine tune in the programming variables so that you know the model is pretty accurate. Then you can run the model on something you do not know the rusults of an be fairy confident it is accurate. An example of a mystery to solve may be you have a video of ground to air missle hitting a specific russian helicopter, but you do not know what the exact weapon was. You then run various weapon platforms vs that exact helicopter at the right height, speed, direction, etc and see which looks most similar to the video. Then you can say with some level of confidence that it was shot down by a ??? system.

[@Thumblegudget]

Sea dart is modelled.... boost motor falling off is not 😆 That clip of it launching reminds me of a bit in Sharkey Ward's memoirs of the conflict. He was a harrier pilot involved in air combat several times over the Falklands. He said that the most impressive sight that he saw in the whole conflict was when he was sat in his cockpit on the deck of Invincible and the Sea Dart launcher near him fired. It may have been on that exact day in fact.

[@richardvernon317]

It was on that exact day. Invincible fired 6 Sea Darts in 3 salvos during the aftermath of the Exocet Attack on 25th May 1982. What she was firing at, nobody is sure. However it is suspected that they were fired at somebody's Chaff Cloud.

[@grimreapers]

amazing!

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

the argentines also had a us build sub hunter aircraft assisting them with the radar locks

[@tomriley5790]

So the Atlantic Conveyor normally carried cars between Liverpool and the US, she was 80,000 tonnes. After the war she was replaced with a new ship by the same name and you can still see her every week or so in Liverpool. All in all hitting the Atlantic conveyor was the largest naval success of the Argentinian forces, the exocets at the time weren't particularly sophistocated, likely having flown through the chaff they detected the Atlantic conveyor infront of them and reacquired. As you noted the missile was detected, had Ambuscade been equiped with either a CIWS system or some better missile than the useless Seacat it may well have been shot down. Prince Andrew actually flew his SeaKing alongside to blow the liferafts away from the fire with the helicopter downwash so the people could be picked up. The Super Entendard was carrier capable but the Argentinian Carrier wasn't capable of operating them - she had been due to have her deck modified to enable it but the work wasn't completed prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Love that the weather on this map is generally so appropriate :-)!

[@No1sonuk]

ISTR the downdraft thing was when the Sir Galahad was hit in Bluff Cove. They pushed the liferafts to the shore.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks Tom!

[@KjekkasAron]

nice vid from cap

[@vnemax7044]

9 x UK supplied M270 MLRS ( MGM144 x9 ) vs Kerch bridge CAP! Let’s go

[@lostsoul4680]

YES try it aganst Russian SAMS - they claim they can bring these down.

[@grimreapers]

Yup got something similar to this planned :)

[@primaryproductions1066]

has the sound design on the missles changed? sounds amazing now!

[@grimreapers]

yes some of them.

[@theteadrinkingowl.2295]

I thought the engine of the Super Eterdard was the Non-afterburning SNECMA Atar 08K-50 Turbojet. I may be mistake or have missed a change to a different engine. If so, please correct me.

[@mikegarwood8680]

Mr. Cap. You should do a hypothetical fleet action.

[@grimreapers]

Planning to do history vids THEN go into the What If? type falklands stuff.

[@lostsoul4680]

Pretty sure the se was subsonic w/o afterburner, just a naval strike aircraft. The arg's found they could not operate it off their carrier 25 de mayo, for some reason.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@durandil]

After that, Maggie cried ask to Mitterand how to jam the Exocet 😀 She was so desesperate she threatened to nuke Buenos Aires if France doesn't give her

[@groovedwareman]

Can you do a what if scenario? What if HMS Hood survived the battle with Bismark, spent the rest of the WW2 being repaired and refitted only for the war to end and eventually the ship sold off to the ARA as was the carrier HMS Venerable (renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo), upgraded and modernised. Then used in this campaign. That would be interesting.

[@Gabriel_McMillan]

Um, excuse me, I read the closed captions for your video, and they begin with, "Hello valley viewers...", so I felt I should ask, what about people who can't hear the video, who live in the mountains?

[@grimreapers]

Valley?? that should say Valued. lol

[@Gabriel_McMillan]

@@grimreapers "...Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And when we were children, staying at the arch-duke’s, My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went. In the mountains, there you feel free. I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter." "What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken images..." - T.S. Eliot All this talk of mountains and valleys reminded me of it. I always wondered if the people who make the videos have any control over what the closed captions claim they are saying?

[@CombatIneffective]

I am wondering where the Alacrity was that it could pull up beside the Atlantic Conveyor. The map of it didn't show it in the picture.

[@grimreapers]

I could not find it in the info so assume it was further away??

[@Baco1170]

You guys ussualy give links to teh Mods you use, but not this time: Is it Cuesta Brothers SEU or the VSN ones? Thanks in advance.

[@grimreapers]

Sorry, I keep forgetting. All mods I use should in here: kzbin.info/aero/PL3kOAM2N1YJcbzwU5FCo0DRmCdF3owO1o I try my best to keep them up to date.

[@Baco1170]

@@grimreapers Thanks a lot Cap! Cheers!

[@s.a.t7240]

dude, is the f18 superbug mod gone permanently or will it come back?

[@grimreapers]

Will prob come back but no idea when . Hard to keep track of it.

[@Patrician9000]

Does the "ghost" plane still show up on enemy radar and is eligible for a follow up missile? Can it be a distraction for the enemy radar that way?

[@edwardbarocela3064]

I have a scenario suggestion: could one or more A-10's have stopped the Tokyo Express in the WW2 Solomon Islands campaign?

[@steffenjespersen247]

The french Exocet missile really showed the way of future naval engagements, that day. Imagine if they would have had more then just 9 but had 50. That could have changed the war.

[@carlossol9386]

Argentina only has 5 missiles and they had to program them because France never told them how to.

[@Tinderchaff]

Absolutely loved this video, Cap (and the others who helped with research and RC flying), well done. The history was fascinating. While I knew of the sinking I had no idea what lead up to it. I just assumed she was on her own and the pilots found her. You may be aware that there was only one Chinook which was not on the ship at the time. The chinook was to become the legendary 'Bravo November' (all Chinooks had two letters on the front of the forward engine cowling hers were 'BN'), ZA718. ZA718 has now retired from flying but has recently been moved to the RAF museum at Cosford. Forces News covered it kzbin.info/www/bejne/b32xdImme62Yeas I urge you to watch it, it has an excellent story from Tom Kinsella near the end.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks James!

[@PaVVroo]

I dont think you can compare AAR in DCS to IRL. Yes - there is more turbulence IRL, but at least you feel it (at least in a glider lol - my only experience). I also wonder how stable FBW jets are IRL - on the vids it looks quite stable actually.

[@grimreapers]

noted

[@carlossol9386]

In reality, the two Super Etendards return to base intact.

[@mrlodwick]

Fillet steak roasted peppers, chips mushrooms beer and Capt. I win.

[@johnemery1596]

These Winwing ads at the beginning sound less and less like endorsements every vid lmao.

[@grimreapers]

I genuinely love my WW stuff, I agree though I am terrible at making adverts etc.

[@johnemery1596]

@@grimreapers I guess maybe it is implied, but you could mention that you actually use the product. I've only been watching the channel for a few weeks now, and your comment is the first time I think I've heard mention of you using the WW stuff. I like your content, and you and the rest of GR seem like a great resource, so if you're willing to use the product, that means something to me. Sorry for the essay, I don't know what came over me lmao.

[@lostsoul4680]

I think they had 5 exocets for air launch.

[@conan670431]

The new map is awesome for sure , but might have to buy a new SSD first as DCS have eaten 80% on my 500gigs one ....... :)

[@DRUNKRUSSAIN2]

13:42 headphone users Prepare for EARRAPE!

[@grimreapers]

Yup, Super E's were loud.

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

im just starting to play the game, bought the f16 on sale to start, im looking for a Hotas anyone know if the Logitech x56 is a good beginner one that will last awhile thinking about getting that one to start

[@tabletopspider2]

How much dollardoos would you have invested into the game? Buying maps planes add ons etc plus joy sticks VR etc. That would make a good clip

[@grimreapers]

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[@iandaniel1748]

Sir there news about Russia use S 400 Air depends system as rocket artillery Can it work DCS world❓

[@grimreapers]

Will do it next week.

[@trev8591]

HMS Ambuscade, emphasis is on the last "A". Grates to hear you mis-pronouncing, Cap, as an ex-Matelot. "Am bus Caid".

[@harrylynn2572]

The reason the Argentines attacked was because they saw the large ships on their radar and thought it was a carrier. Thank god it wasn't...

[@joeyl1274]

Haven't been a sub long and don't no if I heard you properly in this vid I'm sure u said u had chemotherapy if so I'm sorry for what u must be going threw

[@grimreapers]

It was in 2018 and I still suffer from it, but at least I am alive.

[@vnemax7044]

Or x 18

[@oliverduke1173]

Argentina has as much claim to those islands as North Korea has to the moon.

[@lorenwilber1354]

Only controversial among people who dont know anything. Even the captain of the Belgrano thought it was all fair.

[@stevenlarratt3638]

The conflict was known as the Falklands conflict as that was and is the internationally recognised name of the island's. Malvinas are what the Argentines choose to call them historically. Similar to China saying that Taiwan is theirs as its in the South China Sea. So please call them the Falklands unless you are playing the part of the Argentinians

[@jimp514]

^^^ THIS ^^^

[@MaxIsStrange1]

The thing is that they WERE playing the part of the Argentinians and the use of the name Las Malvinas was clearly intentional.

[@grimreapers]

We were flying as the Argentinians. Another interesting point, is was officially not a "war" but in UK it is known as Falklands War.

[@shuntera]

Why is the biggest chapter on this the AAR??? Let’s show off my prowess v what people actually give a shit about. Let’s cancel the narcissism.

[@luigikelty2847]

😬 promosm

[@dirkdiggler3605]

I was there this is all bull crap 💩 ⚓️😡🍺👍🏻