1982 Falklands War: HMS Sheffield Hit By Exocet Missile | DCS WORLD Reenactment

[@mattw633]

My uncle served on the Sheffield during the Falklands. He was lucky to escape without any physical injury apart from some burns, but he sadly suffered terrible mental damage from what he experienced. He went from an eager young man eager to serve his country, to a shell of his former self.When he finally returned back to the uk he was never really the same. I really enjoy all the content you guys produce even though I don’t play DCS, but I found this one fairly emotional to watch. Thank you to Cap and the rest of the team.

[@Matt_10203]

Thats really sad. War leaves marks that never heal.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks Matt much love.

[@patthewoodboy]

My father was in the German army ,was posted to Normandy in 1944 , got captured on the 7th june and spent 3 days dragging dead bodies off Utah , not sure he ever got over it

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Well if britain didn't loved to destroy and provoke wars for centuries the british men wouldn't have to die for their perfidious, corrupted and blood thirsty government.

[@stevemiller7433]

@@ommsterlitz1805 Uh, do remember who initiated the Falklands war.

[@oscarlacoste3065]

Una mision que cambio la historia gracias por recrearla. Saludos desde Argentina

Actually happened, Sheffield was changing course every 90 seconds for the two previous days but had relaxed that just at time of attack. The captain wasn't present on the bridge and the Warfare Officer had summoned the Anti Air officer to Weapons control. And the assistant had gone to the toilet, so there was no command with eyes to see the attack or ears to hear the warnings, relying solely on Ops room RADAR which wasn't even functioning correctly. The Sheffield was at the back of a line of 3 Type 42 destroyers and the Argentines had been practicing exact attacks previously against their own Type 42 ships to work out exactly the angle to attack to be invisble to RADAR and knew it had no ECM counter measures. HMS Glasgow, the lead ship identified the attack and communicated to Sheffield but Sheffield ignored it suspecting it to be one of the many constant probing sorties by Mirage fighters to scout and shadow the task force. Glasgow fired chaff and turned, armed Sea Dart, and even the 45 gun to try to shoot down, called "Handbrake" code word for emergency maneuvers over HF and VHF radio but Sheffield didn't hear as it was using SCOT, a long range satellite communication which messed up the radios on board, to talk to Admiralty in London. The first anyone on the Sheffield knew was when the lookout saw the missile incoming, the ship didn't even have time to call "Brace, brace, brace." before it was struck. It seems to have been hit by a missile that either didn't function, or did function but only partially, or for some reason functioned correctly but caused less damage. Even through all these mistakes the ship would probably have survived if not for more bad luck, the Exocet had 60% of its fuel left when it hit, fuel which ignited anything flammable inside the ship, and worst luck of all, of everywhere the missile could have hit side on, it happened to hit at the exact height and level that the main water pump was on, which burst the pipe, causing internal flooding and preventing the hoses from working for fire control. Harriers were scrambled from Invincible but sadly failed to locate the Super Etendards. Drastic loss of life due to poor equipment, bad leadership, lack of training, and worst of all, bad luck.

[@philiphall4805]

I'm sure there was one of the History Channel programs that said one ship had a lock on the plane , pressed fire and the computer jammed , they had to switch it off , restart , gain the lock back and fire , which they said took 20 seconds by which time the exocet had been fired , is this correct or was I half asleep watching it ?

[@philiphall4805]

@ yes I think you are right , they were talking to the man who was on the radar , it must really get to them when they had the equipment to prevent the missiles getting through but it was not used correctly

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

My American compatriots upset at all the sandtable videos against U.S. carrier groups don't seem to be aware of the fact the host is conducting historical sandtables against British vessels and fleets as well. History, especially war history, is fascinating. Thanks for doing these. Interesting to get a feel for the event, through simulation.

[@oldrustygaming3931]

Im new to all your videos, I don't play DCS but being from a military family I find them on the whole entertaining, This one however was a hard one for me to watch, My brother served on HMS Sheffield during the Falklands war. It wasn't until the day (some weeks following the sinking of the ship) we headed off to Brize Norton for the ships companies return that we found out he was alive, and not as we had been informed dead, as a young lad, I don't think I have ever seen so much emotion, upset, grief and despair, followed by tears of joy and relief for the lucky families who got to see their loved ones walk of the steps of the plane, all in one place. It was seeing my older brother stood there, in ill fitting bits of uniform that he had been given by crews of ships that picked them up after abandoning ship (given to him because his had been burnt off of him, including his boots that melted to the white hot decks while they tried desperately to fight the many fires that had broken out}, that it truly sank in he was coming home. My brother tried to be his jokey self with me, but even as a young teenager I could tell something wasn't right with him, and growing up in a small family home, and having to share a room with my brother, the screams and shouting coming from his nightmare filled nights I will never forget. Still none of this deterred me, and in a few short years I joined the Royal Navy myself, I served for 10 years, and did my bit in the straights of Hurmuz during the late 80's and then again during the 1st Gulf War. I don't think our mum slept much from the 80's onwards! Pleased to say we are both still going strong. but to bring things back into focus, the crew of HMS Sheffield had only 3 seconds notice of the impact from the time the missile was visually sighted, they only just managed to get the "Brace Brace Brace" announcement out over the ships tannoy system as it struck. the ships own Electronic Warfare equipment was unable to detect the Exocet, as the India band was effectively being jammed by its own satellite communications system, a hard lesson for us to learn. Just wanted to share that with you, and whilst I as many others have enjoyed the video, I will always remember and respect those souls that are still on a silent patrol off the shores of the Falkland islands, who will never come home. Thanks.

[@Pampa076]

My respects for you and your brother.

[@soppdrake]

Moving story. Respect!

[@sergiobruno5157]

Respect to Malvinas ( for Us) héroes. Argentinian or British . send a big hug to your brother from Argentina

[@alexm7743]

Please, ask your brother about the real day of the attack...

[@chungawunga7769]

I've actually interviewed the bloke that shot the Exocet that sunk the Sheffield, and this is quite literally what he told us. It was taking off, going in in complete radio silence, popping up every now and then, "launching the fish & gtfo".

[@grimreapers]

Awesome thanks!

[@butthead6051]

When did you interview him?

[@butthead6051]

I may have met him in a cafe once. only remember what he looks like. was in switzerland

[@butthead6051]

Anyone know how many exocets were fired? during the battle?

[@el_Contra]

@@butthead6051 I believe a total of 7, 5 air to ship and 2 surface to ship which hit hms glamorgan kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmXdm4x7m9yNn5Y

[@Foxtrop13]

maybe when the Mirage F1 gets released, someone would mod the Super etendard over that, as both had the same cockpit in real life

[@denisoliveira3513]

not the same, but the same position as the radar.

[@davidh7280]

With no CIWS, no Sea Wolf, the ship was at the mercy of a next generation weapon. If memory serves they didn't see the Exocet until the last 30 seconds. Very sad.

[@mrkeogh]

Sheffield herself didn't detect the missile until lookouts spotted the smoke trail of the incoming Exocet. By then they stood no chance.

[@cooldad100]

OPEN Source: Radar horizon from a Type 42 versus sea skimmer not that far, the Radar Warning Receiver (like what the DCS planes use) that should have picked up the exocet was interfered with because of Sheffield's use of Satellite Comms being used at just the wrong moment. Shinny Sheff's sister ship (HMS Glasgow) did get the radar & RWR warnings, but was powerless to do anything about it. Remember 1982 is nearer in time to D Day than today's ships & missiles, so many of todays clever self defense weapons were not available - but good use was made of soft kill measures (chaff etc) n other incidents.

[@DannyBGer]

@@cooldad100 The ship which showed up was a FFG-7 Perry-Class-frigate and no Type 42 Sheffield-Class desroyer

[@Adam-mj5hl]

Just curious, if an Exocet or another similar sea-skimming anti-ship missile were launched at a U.S. aircraft carrier today, given the modern advances in ship defense technology today (e.g., Aegis missile defense, sea-sparrow missiles & Phalanx CIWS) what is the probability of the Exocet getting through?

[@Ivan-bk9xs]

considering US aircraft carriers travel with lots of escort i'd say chances are super low but I'm no expert on the matter and you never know when someone's gonna screw up@@Adam-mj5hl

[@sloppydog4831]

The assymetrical load out was due to two factors: the Argentinians didn't have many Exocets, I believe a total of 8 in inventory. One per plane they maximized the chances of one hitting. The second factor was due to the fact the Exocet were very heavy, this they needed something heavy on the other wing to balance it out during takeoff. Better carry fuel than another bomb to those really long distances.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@christiandtorres9843]

5 missiles actually. And the computer-missile link wasnt ready, and the firing coses had not been delibered by the moment the war started. The link was by-passed/re-wired locally and the codes... Well... They "showed up"

[@el_Contra]

only 5 air to ship Exocet were delivered to Argentina, when the conflict started the French technical team was pulled back to France before they could finish pairing the missiles with the Super Etendards (Argentine techs figured out on their own how to pair them and were able to used them). Also, Argentina did have surface to surface Exocets in their ships and actually they took 2 from a ship and adapted it on top of a lorry, hooked it to a RASIT radar and succesfully launched it against HMS Glamorgan.

[@AV-sl9wg]

Actually the Super Étendard could only carry one Exocet due to the weight of the missle. So even if Argentina had more missiles available they could not carry two at the same time.

[@Pentonavalsolutions]

5...2 for the sheffield, 2 for the A CONVEYOR the remaining for the invincible

[@biko331966]

Remember that they wer fliying very low (8 mts form sea level) for not being detected by the special radar of the Seffield (remember that sheffield was spewcialized in air defense with a high power radar). To avoid this, the Argentine Navy practiced with oour own type 42 frigates, developing a method called "pecking the lobe". They just flight as high as the ship radar lobe (limited by the curve of the earth) permitted. Ijn certain instances, they nedded to go a litle upper to update telemetry info for the misile. The studies for calculating the lobe range was also made with an University in Argentina. Morover, remember that we only received 5 exocets without codes, and we developed here the system talking between plane and misile. Finally, Have you heard of ITB (AKA inslatacion de tiro berreta) developed by the Argentine Navy to launch naval exocet from land??

[@bearcatracing007]

The year I was born. Refuelling shots look great btw

[@grimreapers]

You look great?

[@TowGunner]

The report of the board of inquiry into the loss of the Sheffield, which declassified in 2017 reveals the full reasons why the ship was completely unprepared for the attack. The board found that two officers were guilty of negligence, but they escaped courts martial and did not face disciplinary action, apparently in order to avoid undermining the euphoria that gripped much of the UK at the end of the war. Marked “Secret - UK Eyes Bravo”, the full, uncensored report shows: Some members of the crew were “bored and a little frustrated by inactivity” and the ship was “not fully prepared” for an attack. The anti-air warfare officer had left the ship’s operations room and was having a coffee in the wardroom when the Argentinian navy launched the attack, while his assistant had left “to visit the heads” (relieve himself). The radar on board the ship that could have detected incoming Super Étendard fighter aircraft had been blanked out by a transmission being made to another vessel. When a nearby ship, HMS Glasgow, did spot the approaching aircraft, the principal warfare officer in the Sheffield’s ops room failed to react, “partly through inexperience, but more importantly from inadequacy”. The anti-air warfare officer was recalled to the ops room, but did not believe the Sheffield was within range of Argentina’s Super Étendard aircraft that carried the missiles. When the incoming missiles came into view, officers on the bridge were “mesmerised” by the sight and did not broadcast a warning to the ship’s company. While the ship’s company were aware of the threat posed by Exocet missiles, some appear to have thought the Sheffield was beyond the range of the Super Étendard aircraft, because they were unaware the planes could refuel in mid-air. Nobody called the captain. His ship did not go to “action stations”, did not fire off any clouds of chaff in an attempt to deflect the Exocets, and did not turn towards the incoming missiles in order to narrow the Sheffield’s profile. Moreover, some of the ship’s weapons were unloaded and unmanned, and no attempt was made to shoot down the incoming missiles.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks

[@hugooliva5904]

All that you say seems to me an unfair attempt to justify the success of the attack by disparaging the English sailors, when it is very clear to me that the French technology of the super etendard with the exocet missile was superior at that time. In fact, all the world's navies redid their protocols after those Argentine attacks in the Falklands War. 12 English ships were sunk or knocked out of action. Were all those sailors distracted too? Respect your sailors and the enemy when they surpass you in some aspect of the fight.

[@cigscwb]

That was a beautiful and well done video. Thanks, Cap.

[@Mobius118]

When the air starts humming Ace Combat music you know this is gonna be excellent

[@montys420-]

Idk why more ppl don't use the super entendard for more anti shipping missions! It's a great aircraft for its Era!

[@Tamburello_1994]

Its a mod is probably why

[@Toper205]

Fantastique merci beaucoup. .. Éric et Patrick

[@cesarcui462]

muy buena reconstrucción! Saludos de Argentina.

[@mk6315]

This whole video was a treat cap. I like the multiple angles of impact

[@rodrigonunez9451]

when the air start speaking in french with argentinian accent

[@themanftheworld8439]

When the Falklands become British again several weeks later.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@MaximilianoAedo]

One of the memorable moments of the war for my native country. Those Exocets were literally unstoppable.

[@Peter-ox7wh]

From France with love.

[@samy7013]

Historically, Exocet missiles had horrific warhead fusing that almost never worked, meaning that warheads almost never exploded, and the attack on HMS Sheffield was no different. The Exocets tended to do their damage by the kinetic effects of punching through ship hulls, and the dispersion and explosion of their unburned missile fuel. It’s a weird aspect of the Exocet’s usage in combat.

[@timonsolus]

In 2015, a UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) re-assessment of the attack concluded that the Exocet warhead did indeed detonate inside Sheffield - with the results supported by analysis using modern damage analysis tools not available in 1982, and evidence from weapon hits and trials conducted since the end of the Falklands campaign.

[@samy7013]

@@timonsolus : Very interesting piece of info! Thank you for sharing it.

[@westwood4079]

Great work, GR, as always! Such a pleasure to watch. Also, ED should really improve explosions...

[@hook86]

They have improved them a lot, but there is still work to be done.

[@matthewwainwright8844]

OMG Caps gone rogue and added music to the videos! I like it. - Crumble.

[@kahlrhoam6769]

Wow, I remember seeing this in newspapers I was delivering when I was a teen. 👏

[@tincho9034]

Hi sorry for my bad english but great reconstruction. The Frenchs engineers didnt "link" the plane and the missile and go away because cant help Argentina so arg engineers did that. It didnt work very well the missile didnt explode but the speed and remaining fuel were enough to do the fatal damage .

[@jotabe1984]

very nice vid... as a supernerd i have to point out some minimal mistakes: 1) That's an extremely Hot Rio Grande base considering it is located at Tierra del Fuego island and the historical date was mid autum XD 2) As you pointed, both SUE carried AM-39 with them, but no Matra Magic, In their AM-39 configuration the SUE had to remove cannons in order to accomodate electronics for the missile director, also needed to carry a big fuel tank to compensate the weight of the missile at takeoff, and couldn't carry AA missiles, since it was at the verge of max payload already, so correct loadout ingame should be 1 AM-39 + 1 large external fuel tank, no AA missiles and No cannon usage allowed. 3) Too bad CK-130 has USAF sprite and not the correct FAA sprite 4) pilots only exposed themselves above deck for a sweep, then they went back to the lowest altitude possible, and at last they would do the launch, breaking contact at minimum altitude. This was to avoid Sea Dart missile, a very capable missile for the time, that could only be countered by flying under radar. 5) According to british intelligence revealed decades later, both missiles were launched and also both missiles hit HMS Sheffield. Same goes for Attlantic Conveyor... 2 missiles were used on each strike and the last one was used in the controvertial attack on HMS Invincible

[@getsideways7257]

Once the Falklands are out, you will already be out of ideas what to do with the map :)

[@lennyjei806]

They will do it ALL again ;)

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

I don't remember clearly, they said in a documentary that Exoset needed also a data link pod something but I don't recall if it was on the other wing, or placed in the airplane... so was it the pod or the tank?

[@christiandtorres9843]

No pod needed. Just the missile and an external fuel tank, both for range and to compensate the loadout of each wing. The "data link" was part of the firing computer, it basically converted the info from the radar and any other Pilot imput into a firing solution for the missile the follow. It also allow getting info from external sources (another plane, ewacs radar, Pilot imput) but that feature was not working at that time. The pilots of the Sheffield mission actually check their radar and info imputs by flying close to each other and signaling by hand, to make sure they were aiming at the same Target and that their firing solution was right

[@georgeviner3138]

Not to mention the flag were adamant that she was hit by a torpedo but yet again it was the boys in 801 who proved it was Exocet

[@marcosamarilla4787]

Muy buena recreacion! Espero no volvamos a tener una guerra entre nosotros, abrazo grande

[@simonolsen9995]

The thing about the Sheffield was the light weight alloy superstructure. It burned like Grantham Towers. Very bright and very hot.

[@alanrooney2887]

If I remember correctly from the time, the skin was so thin that the warhead did not detonate until on the way out the other side. It was the rocket motor itself that ignited the magnesium in the alloy (which was to save weight), which went up like a roman candle and was virtually impossible to extinguish. Another issue was the type 42 was shortened during its development to save money (it became roughly the same length as the the type 22 frigates), which moved the damage control centre closer to the centre of mass, where the missile ripped through, hindering co-ordination. It was a wake up call for the Royal Navy.

[@MrWhiteladder61]

I don't think the light weight alloy was a issue with the Type 42s, it was the Type 21's. Although the 42 were a very compromised design they were designed by RN naval architects and were mainly steel construction. The Type 21 were the first Royal Navy ships designed by commercial firms and although the Hulls was steel, the superstructure was aluminium. All the Type 21s lost, suffered severe structural failures from fire damage.

[@simonolsen9995]

@@MrWhiteladder61 I was 19 years old when it happened. I remember the horror I felt when I saw the images in the news, and instantly recognised it was burning exactly the same way as the magnesium ribbon we used to burn in science class in high school.

[@MrWhiteladder61]

@@simonolsen9995 Hi Simon but I double checked and the Type 42 were entirely constructed from steel. The only RN ship that had alloys were the Type 21 and that was only the superstructure, to save top weight, in fact every RN warship since the Falklands war have been steel because of the lessons learnt. When I did my damage control training in the Royal Navy(1989), most of the instructors at the fire school at HMS Raleigh were Falklands war vets and drummed into us the danger of fires.

[@martinjefferson3395]

Bit of a moot argument. Even if it was an ironclad battleship the exocet would have exploded with the same resultant deadly effect. Pre CWIS et al there was no effective defence against this missile at the disposal of the RN if taken by surprise.

[@MeatVision]

Great video, Cap

[@Old_Catholic]

The Super Etendard is like the Fairey Swordfish of the Cold War era.

[@arrtemfly]

wow! i love how you made it cinematic! good job!

[@alexm7743]

The Sheffield was attacked on May the 1st... not the 4th ! This is why there are so many unexplained events. The day of the attack was concealed by the Royal Navy. The Sheffield was impacted by bombs from Argentine Air Force Mirage V planes... at 15.30 hs. aprox.

[@fedepatagonia]

great video

[@brunocoleff2981]

that missile must have been some scary shit for the british seamen

[@bautista3966]

Viva La patria!!

[@thejetfighter]

Rally good video, nice editing. 😀

[@MegaWahyu96]

Super etendard with MiG-29 cockpit?

[@militarymadness8768]

That misile was so dam fast nice filming

[@yujacky8955]

Very Best ! Next time you can make Iraq Air Force Super Entedard(* Iraq hire from France) , used Exocet Missile attack cargo ship/tanker history , in Iran-Iraq war Persian Gulf .

[@pablobarboza7573]

Felicitaciones x la recreación

[@ryangeraghty8707]

Has Cap said anything if Black Buck can or cannot be recreated??

[@grimreapers]

I think we should wait until we have a more relevant mods to use for BB.

[@cooldad100]

What a lengthy sortie, loads of refueling and then missing the runway? should be fairly easy to do

[@highlands]

@@cooldad100 They did hit the runway.

[@biko331966]

Another bluff to make Uk look as heroes. This operation was absolutely unnecessary as the airport was fully operative the entire war. and UK lauched belouga type bombs that were prohibited at the time.

[@ilovesasukeandleto]

Beautiful vid

[@mrkeogh]

Since when have there been Etendards on DCS?!?

[@SuPaKidge]

Well-prepared vs unprepared

[@reventlov3969]

French missile! Built in my city!

[@grimreapers]

cool

[@michaelhearn3052]

Not strictly true. Parts were built in the UK. Financed 50:50 between France and England.

[@keithwaterhouse2845]

Interesting short video but the action I'm waiting for when the Mosquito gets released is an attack on the Japanese pearl harbour assault carriers as they withdraw. A British rocket armed Mossie squadron should make a meal of them.

[@mofaz1968]

Actually the Exocet didnt explode it went straight through the ship but started a fire within the hull..the Frigate succumbed to fire damage under tow..

[@VagabondTexan]

That is old opinion. Modern reanalysis has come to the conclusion that it most likely did based on survivor testimony as well as reexamining the construction of the actual war targets vs test targets. Also the missile did not pass through the ship but came to a stop in the hull. Here is just one example of the discussion. snr.org.uk/snr-forum/topic/hms-shheffield-and-the-exocet/

[@emmaenpapahenry7733]

HMS Sheffield was not a frigate but a Destroyer, type 42.

[@fhlostonparaphrase]

And the missile cut the water mains, which hindered firefighting.

[@emknight84]

The flight model on that plane is hilarious.....it accelerates like an rc plane

[@alejandrogrossi9424]

Hi cap. Again. great reenactment of the attack of HMS Sheffield. Load of the SUE -almosto - excaltly. No Marta 550. I dont know if exist in DCS, but the SUE have an small drop tank for central pylon. i ´ll send a photo of the SUE loads during the War at your FAcebook, because i dont known any mail or form to send you photos

[@grimreapers]

thxx

[@UkDave3856]

I remember watching the news when it was first reported

[@thusharikabotheju5655]

cool editing : )

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

4:56 Brix will be shat... Haven't heard the "GR OST" in a while though... :)

[@Tank50us]

same here. I'm over here wondering what the song was myself

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

@@Tank50us I only know it's originally from Ace Combat, but since I never played that (PC guy), I just call it GR soundtrack since Cap used a lot of the tracks in the early days for his videos.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

The Falklands War was such a strange war, a nation that never had any serious beef with England deciding to invade one of it territories out of the blue from the other side of the Atlantic.

[@AchtungAffen]

A military junta that was losing its grip on power decided to perform one last trick to see if they could stay afloat. Nothing better than a "national cause" against some foreign satan, they thought. They thought wrong of course.

[@andoapata2216]

England historically has been agressive towards Argentina, in 1806 they invaded Buenos Aires, later allied with the french invaded argentinian rivers to force "free " trade , and finally invaded Malvinas and deported argentine population and replaced it with britons, an act of war never forgiven by Argentina. Even after all that hostility, the junta didn't want a war, that's why great care was taken so no brit was killed during the islands liberation, but after the sinking of the Belgrano cruiser with 600+ lives lost ,there was no choice but war.

[@martinjefferson3395]

@@andoapata2216 Hi, an interesting view on history, I will research this with interest. Unfortunately the Falkland Islands were British Territory before the country of Argentina existed and the British Citizens who live there wish it to remain that way. Was it worth all the bloodshed? Argentina had a paranoid facist general dictator and we had ultra right wing Thatcher in charge of a Government in danger of collapse. A good old war offered both of them popularity boosts at the expense of all the young and brave men who died. Whatever the future and validity of claims of the Malvinas/Falklands-and I am totally open minded on the matter, I hope this conflict will serve as a reminder that civilized negotiation is the true way forward. Let us all confine our destructive nature to the virtual and not real world!

[@andoapata2216]

@@martinjefferson3395 Well, Argentina post 1810 was only a change in administration ,it's independence was more like a seccession of the viceroyalty and a change of name, there was no "colonial army " to fight as in american independence, i mean the same people that fought Beresford and and Whitelocke in 1806 /1807, were the ones expelled by the british in 1833, to say "you are not Spain " doesn't settle the issue, cheers .

[@tomigrunge]

@@martinjefferson3395 Argentina exists as a country since 1816...Since 1820 there were Argentine settlers living on the islands, and in 1829 the government of Buenos Aires had created "La Comandancia Política y Militar de las Islas Malvinas"...The UK invasion in 1833 was a clear act of piracy and imperialism.

[@actonman7291]

That was technically UK against France like the old times.The Frogs against Le roast beefs.

[@edwardbonner5131]

That was nice

[@winglessviper]

Looked more like you hit the USS Stark.

[@AV-sl9wg]

I suspect DCS doesn't have a British Type 42 guided missile destroyer in its selection of ships, so they used the USA Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate instead to represent HMS Sheffield. The USS Stark was the type that Iraq hit with Exocet missiles as well.

[@marcelogato6975]

Que experiencia ver este video. Felicitaciones.

[@kozak1789]

That refueling run was textbook

[@aotearoaactual2027]

I knew it the US Airforce were offering Air to Air refueling for the Argentinians before attacking the Sheffield.

[@harsoisworo2839]

Looks like a Perry class frigate, not Sheffield. But your vid is still amazing!

[@BcHmF]

Uhhh with dramatic music :)

[@kaiserdelta1976]

USS Stark problem?... Greetings.

[@LIBERTAD7777]

SI CARAJO QUE VIVA LA PATRIA ARGENTINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[@TheBruces56]

What about the HMS Antelope? It took a bomb that didn't detonate until they tried disarming it.

[@grimreapers]

Yup, that was crazy.

[@PabloDuro]

que cosa mas linda...

[@lorenmax2.013]

Thank you but this video is about falklands, not me

[@MrRugbylane]

The exocet that hit the Sheffield didnt explode The ship was still lost but with a MUCH lower casualty list.

[@emmaenpapahenry7733]

Very nice graphics, but HMS Sheffield has the number D80 and not 46. And was hit on the starboard side, not the port side.

[@MWSin1]

2:10 Does this remind you of anything?

[@richardmcgowan1651]

If you look up what was going on on-board the Sheffield leading up to and during this attack you will be like "What the fak?!"

[@grimreapers]

cool

[@paulraymond3622]

Sad day.

[@Frank_2023]

that's a oliver haz perry class frigate not the Sheffield?

[@grimreapers]

Closest we have in game :(

[@philiphall4805]

can you do reenactment of Margaret Thatcher collapsing at the news

[@grimreapers]

will try

[@Joeayresphotography]

Hey cap! Have you guys ever done a video to see if an ejecting pilot can damage a plane above it?

[@grimreapers]

Did it in here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZKkqpaMnaaqodE

[@Joeayresphotography]

@@grimreapers thank you!

[@tombmaster972]

french strike fighter with sovjet metric instruments?

[@grimreapers]

yeh bit weird.

[@tombmaster972]

@@grimreapers would you reenact black buck missions, when finally someone drops a fs2020 worthy avro vulcan?

[@yjwrangler7819]

I miss you putting music in

[@grimreapers]

great but Sooo time consuming, and Sooo many viewer requests.

[@yjwrangler7819]

@@grimreapers Oh I know. It was easier early on. Not faulting you. I just miss it. Adds a ton, to me anyway.

[@martinjefferson3395]

@@grimreapers Keep the music out or save for special events only that would warrant it eg airshows or renactments of war films. Otherwise dodgy metal music cheapens the experience for me.

Are rear aspect and all aspects Sidewinder simulated in DCS?

[@grimreapers]

correct. B through to X

[@montys420-]

Why didn't the phalanx react and try shoot that exocet down??

[@grimreapers]

British ships did not have CWIS

[@AV-sl9wg]

Love the humour in that the class of ship represent in this reenactment is a USA Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigate which would have had a phalanx. However, as rightly stated the British Type 42 guided missile destroyer would not have such a weapon. So it would have been a suprise if the Exocet had been shot down as it approached the ship.

[@stanleygarland1666]

are these SAABS or HAWKERS

[@actonman7291]

Super Etendard

[@trikovich]

Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard

[@Pedro-hq5pt]

Love this videos, i live in río grande, again please watch the documentary that i send you in the a4 video, it will help you to understand the tactics they used, greetings

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@gastonborraccetti7318]

Por que niegan el ataque al potaviones invencible ?

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

"British merc pilot flying for the Argentine AF was behind the sinking of HMS Sheffield, Breaking News!"

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@zenonlopezwallace568]

Not a chance!

[@fasfas8999]

I was 14 years old , my country fought super Task force british...too much honor air force Agentine , anyway both sides

[@evo_crow3216]

What Plane was it?

[@grimreapers]

Super E

[@TinchxMusic]

Dassault Super Étendard

[@frank26080115]

CWIS didn't react?

[@grimreapers]

Type 42 destroyer did not have CWIS.

[@B61Mod12]

who flies in front of a guy when they are firing a missile?

[@grimreapers]

Heroic Argentines!?

[@DiskTuna]

Oliver Hazard Perry class seems totally stupid in this game.

[@dannyray3853]

Did someone kill RC?

[@grimreapers]

He's alive.

[@herrlogan17]

Excuse my stupidity, but what is this airplane? Is this a mod? ....oh, I see F1ce :)

[@grimreapers]

It's a mod for the Super E

[@TinchxMusic]

Dassault Super Étendard

[@herrlogan17]

Thanks 😀👍

[@Lyzzzander]

Really ? No countermeasures from ship ?

[@danielmedina-sg2eh]

cuando llegara el dia que Inglaterra regrese todos lo territorios que ocupa ilegalmente en el mundo?

[@loverofnaturalbeauty]

Please get it right. It was NOT a war, it was a conflict...

[@amilcarcajadas2019]

you are crazy, right ??

[@loverofnaturalbeauty]

@@amilcarcajadas2019 The U.K. did not declare war on Argentina and a 'State of War' did not exist between the two nations. Within the U.K. Government, the legal status was that of an 'Armed Conflict'. If war had officially been declared then the Argentinian mainland would have been a target. It may sound like semantics, but legally and militarily it made a huge difference as to how action was taken.

[@favio9454]

@@loverofnaturalbeauty there were 2 missions on land what are you talking about?

[@loverofnaturalbeauty]

@@favio9454 So what were the two operations carried out on the mainland of Argentina?

[@MrDaniel-West1970]

Mith and lies from argis....

[@francogigli5251]

Malvinas 🇦🇷

[@Daniel-hq6uu]

No is falklands . Is malvinas

[@emilioamado3646]

Islas Malvinas, no falkland