A-10C Warthog Vs Ka-50 Blackshark | Fixed Wing Vs Helo | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@longbowdt]

Have you done a Black Shark versus Apache video? What hide-and-seek environment would be best?

[@ANDREWISNTSOGOODER]

DO A VIDEO WITH MAX AFTERBURNER

[@wolfpeeing]

F-22 Raptors vs. the entire Lebanese Air Force Next? I’m talking about its Hawker Hunters, Embraer EMB 314, Cessna 208, de Havilland Vampires, and everything in between, the Lebanese Air Force isn’t very large so you can include all aircrafts if you want including helicopters and maybe Air Defense Systems on the ground.

[@babouras123]

@@longbowdt YES! Thank you, this is what I've been asking for quite some time now! The more of us ask, the more likely it is to happen!

[@frankleepower2333]

I've heard that the French Diplomate Talleyrand may have been the first to say "revenge is a dish best served cold".

[@sonofagun1037]

Those KA-50 pilots probably had a real panicky oh shit moment after seeing their missile hit the A-10 only to see the A-10 start to change focus

[@justchillin4515]

LMAOO

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

A perfect example of why atgm's, heat, or any anti tank ordinance shouldn't be used against aircraft.

[@debdulalsenapati7720]

They managed to hit an air target with an ATGM. That's some achievement already but Them having no Air to Air arms against a air attacker who has seen them and coming around is already a hopeless situation for a Attack heli.

[@bkelsey6692]

The tank of the sky

[@johnwebb7411]

That would have been a significant emotional event for sure.

[@No1Distraction]

This high threat environment is FANTASTIC! Please do more of these, it doesn't even have to be the A-10

[@muthaz1952]

But please be the A10

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Yeah, suddenly those Su 25s disappeared. The air was clear except for the few convenient targets. The helicopters don't have infra red missiles etc .... customer satisfaction is guaranteed.

[@namelesscrow9351]

I'd eject IMMEDIATELY if I saw an A-10 invalidate my missiles existence and then angrily begin to bank in behind me 💀

[@Master_champ_24]

That last KA-50 pilot is going to get the highest award given to military pilots for damaging an A-10 and forcing it to escape without loosing his helicopter. With a helicopter he almost scored an A-10 kill and displayed unusual piloting skills and talent by flying his helicopter so well that he bagged a jet. I appreciate that helo pilot. That was an extremely crazy maneuver !!!

[@LessAiredvanU]

If the hanger guys could put the least damaged bits of both A-10's together, you might have something worth repairing!

[@flyingfoxx356]

SU-25 vs AH-64 next? 👀 👀

[@gernblansten684]

Apache vs Frogfoot!!

[@cinemage1]

Press Master Mode Button Long (Over .5 Second) to activate Air to Air Mode, then Coolie Hat up-short (quickly) to make the HUD Sensor of Interest (SOI). Finally, Target Management Switch (TMS) up-short to set your sidewinders into "search" mode. The sidewinder's lock circle on the HUD will move around in a circle around the "+" reticle and allow you more area to gain a lock onto aerial targets. Once locked, it will keep that lock for a fairly decent angle off boresight - about 45 degrees in each direction. This is how you can High Off Boresight (HOBS) dogfight with an A-10.

[@cinemage1]

If you accomplish this, you won't need to keep your boresight circle on the target to fire.

[@No1sonuk]

He knows. He just doesn't do it. And you don't need to make the HUD SOI. Just TMS fwd-short in A-A will do it.

[@sockMonster241]

A-10s fly over my town every so often. There's something kind of terrifying knowing, if it was armed correctly, it could wipe the town out in like 20 minutes. It's like seeing a dragon or some shit, you're just glad it's on your side.

[@barchibald86]

we have a couple c130s that fly over from time to time still. fly low too running through the valleys. shake the whole damn house lol. dont hear em until they are already flying over you....always think to myself, glad your on our side!!....

[@rodwilliams9063]

This is just a terrific video - one of your best. The attack on the base going on while an A-10 launches to mow down some helicopters. Doesn't get much better than that for action! Thanks, GS! Love A-10 shows!

[@Master-bj8mt]

The damage model is incredible

[@twixxtro]

looks like gta v

[@551Bboy]

Yeah, I think it's a problem with ground weapon damage models not working well with aircraft damage models, same thing happened in another video except it was a hellfire hitting an mi-8

[@baomao7243]

16:07 Crew chief may want to have a few words with you based on damage 😳

[@Stinger522]

This threat environment was too hot for the Hog. You were lucky those KA-50s weren't packing air to air missiles.

[@inquisitorbacon8170]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." - Old Klingon proverb

[@starside6738]

Ka-50: what makes you so tough? A-10: I had an ATGM for breakfast. Ka-50: So? A-10: Without any milk.

[@miriamweller812]

The idea that the A-10 could take an anti tank weapon hit is ridiculous. It's simply physics that a plane can't be as resistent as a tank, not even close. The only reason to survive an ATGM is to not get hit by it. It would slize through it like through butter, there would be pretty much no resistance.

[@starside6738]

@@miriamweller812 You can see in the video that the A-10 was not hit by the ATGM, the left wing was just peppered with shrapnel

[@No1sonuk]

@@miriamweller812 That depends entirely on the angle of the hit. ATGM warheads are very focused in the axial direction to punch through armour. If the angle was slightly off, the damage to the A-10 would be from a relatively small amount of shrapnel as the missile is blown apart, and not the shaped charge itself. OTOH, A/A missiles are designed to throw large amounts of fragments all around for maximum coverage.

[@Xenomorphine]

@@No1sonuk It's still very doubtful an A-10 could actually weather it. They got chewed up by even bullets during Desert Storm, much less SAMs. That's why F-16s had to take over for their missions. I suspect that what we saw was either a typical code glitch or something else detonating a little too far away.

[@MegaEvoluzione]

Here, have some Russian 30 mil with that. Cyka Blyed.

[@scalpelsledge]

"You'll be reprimanded for this!" "Nah, I don't think so. More like chewed out. I've been chewed out before."

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

A-10: "I didn't hear no fuckin' bell."

[@A_barrel]

It'd be cool to have a fixed wing cross paths with a helicopter, like 2 factions on separate missions crossing paths then a fight to the death. Then a hunter killer style trials would be fun, helix high fixed low vice versa

[@anthonyhayes1267]

7:47 "but it can easily be reheated in the Microwave of Evil."

[@glptvxd5446]

I love these Kinds of videos where not everything goes Perfect! Thanks for the Video!

[@baomao7243]

Imagine the Ka50 pilot pucker factor going into a merge with an A-10 (and vice-versa).

[@truthseeker9454]

9:29 - "But this beautiful aircraft...." Ah, yes, the A-10. A face only a pilot could love. Grunts: "Excuuuuuse me?"

[@robbabcock_]

Not often does the A-10 lose a gunfight!

[@Xenomorphine]

It frequently loses gun fights. In fact, even back during the eighties, A-10 pilots who went 'guns first' always ended up dead in simulated outcomes.

[@constablemittens]

"Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that's correct." - GrowlingSidewinder, 2023

[@Asspiss100]

Nice zoom transition @ 9:52. Never seen that on your channel before. Reminds me of old school TV shows/ youtube edits😅

[@No1sonuk]

That first ATGM hit is exactly why I always say to people that if they hit an A-10, make sure it crashes before switching focus. NEVER assume you've killed it just because you hit it!

[@Xenomorphine]

A-10s aren't nearly as 'tanky' as most people assume. They're actually rather fragile in modern combat environment.

[@PhantomP63]

Lazerpig fan spotted

[@meteor541]

Lol ATGM rip apart Leopard, no way a hog will survive a direct ATGM hit

[@joshwinslow8397]

@@PhantomP63its a plane bro, its wont survive an anti tank missile.

[@remain_]

5:26 "This guy? How dare you!" Such indignity from our boy. 😂

[@lonl123]

Fantastic video GS. Love the dangerous, complex environments. That would have been a really difficult one to operate in to begin with. Would love to see you prosecute these kinds of environments with A-10's / F-16 / Cobra / Apache..... One of my favorite KZbinrs. Good Job.

[@wolfpeeing]

1 F-22 Raptors vs. the entire Lebanese Air Force Next? I’m talking about its Hawker Hunters, Embraer EMB 314, Cessna 208, de Havilland Vampires, and everything else if you want to do more research about it.

[@aitor47]

Hi there. I've been binging your videos for the last couple of weeks and I'm learning a lot mate, thanks for the content. One simple and maybe silly question. Are pedals necessary to play DCS? I suppose the answer is "depends" but can a joystick or a HOTAS cover that functionality?

[@CaptainBiggles.]

You can get hotas with a twist on the stick, that works well for a rudder but it is not quite so precise. But precision is not needed for jets

[@simenbo797]

This might just be your best and most entertaining video yet, but waaaaay too short!! Love to see more like this!!

[@Luka_71337]

What did you have for breakfast? The A-10: An ATGM with some 30 mm.

[@Peter_Morris]

“Are we sure Gandhi said that?” - LEGO Robin “Yes! Haven’t you ever seen Gandhi II?!?” - Weird Al

[@Kitfoo77]

The origin of the expression, “revenge is a dish best served cold,” comes from French author Eugène Sue and his novel, “Memoirs of Matilda. “The English translation of the work by D. G. Osbourne, published in 1846, has the phrase appear as follows. “And then revenge is very good eaten cold, as the vulgar say.”

[@drewmagnet]

Pretty sure the saying is actually: "Revenge is a dish best served BRRRRRRT!"

[@veteranironoutdoors8320]

PLEASE recreate the US military’s tests of rotary vs fixed wing air to air combat!

[@user-qb4ex8mh5h]

Quality as always GS. Look forward to these every day, keep it up brother!

[@x-rayscott3409]

Could you repeat this exact scenario, but with an F-35? I want to see if really will be the upgrade for the A-10 that the military claims it is. Does the stealth really make up for the lack of armor?

[@TyinAlaska]

These mission scenarios are great! Please keep them coming.

[@DJ-PH03N1XX]

"Uhh, so I don't know how to say this... um... I fought another Ka-50, and uh... you see... it did not end well... I would... like....... another......... A-10."

[@Texsoroban]

I've a question. When engaged in long range missle combat. You fire then dive and notch to make the missle maneuver and fly into denser air making it lose energy. If you knew how long the rocket burned on the missle wouldn't it be better to gain altitude after you have brought the vampire into the denser air? Then it would be fighting gravity and lose more energy as it tried to gain altitude. A missle with no motor has no way to accelerate.

[@lordhickory3322]

I think why you survived that ATGM is beacause - as you said - ATGM's are designed to penetrate and destroy tanks. Therefore they don't pack as much of an explosive punch as AAM's of a similar weight class do, as ATGM's use a chemical HEAT-style warhead to penetrate armour. Those HEAT-warheads utilise explosions to create a supersonic, molten jet of copper that can pierce through armour like butter. But of course, because of this specialization, they don't have the explosive mass of an AAM, and they also don't explode as violently or with much shrapnel (other than the body and components of the missile).

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

In other words, it punched a neat hole through the A-10. Because it didn't take out the A-10, it was presumably a hole through a less critical part of the A-10.

[@stefanogalliano5634]

Bro that shit has 4kg of TNT in it, doesn't matter it's not proper HE frag

[@roijoi6963]

Well, an ATGM took out a C-130 on approach to Ballad Airbase in Iraq, so I think the A-10 did more than its fair share there.

[@WallOfScience]

Someone in a previous video suggested using laser guided rockets to shoot down the helicopters. Have you tried that?

[@roijoi6963]

APKWS? I 2nd this idea. I think it likely would work, especially since the KA would be foolish to try and run, so likely it will hover or turn into an A-10 (standard tactic for slow-vs-fast mover). This would make holding a laser on target manually for for a Sniper Targeting Pod much easier. The USAF is considering upgrading the Sniper Pod to lock multiple targets at the same time for volley firing the APKWS. THAT would be a game-changer and would make the Warthog the #1 parts distributor of the KA-52.

[@Krecikdwamiljony]

That awkward feeling when the air looks like a Christmas tree with all the tracers flying around

[@patferrell6295]

Sorry if already noted: The oft-quoted phrase, "Revenge is a dish best served cold," is widely attributed to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the French author who included it in his 1782 epistolary novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" (Dangerous Liaisons).

[@wadehodges8108]

This reminds me of the J-CATCH program where fighter pilots found out that helicopters were very dangerous when in close range fights.

[@section9809]

Lands on runway, A10 be like, "Aight, I'm out!".

[@leighjones5551]

I believe it was french man . Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1741- 1803 who coined the phase Revenge etc😊

[@descentmvm]

a10 taking a goddamn tandem warhead like a vikhr is kinda ridiculous the warheads on the vikhr are massive they really should update it ive hit a10s before even harriers and they fly off like it was a igla. They should have a massive hole inside the middle and the plane in 3 pieces lol.

[@Redeemer44]

Those MANPADS show no mercy! Consequent 4 missile hits on 1 hostile, in case just 1 hit wasn't enough to turn it into a fireball 🤣

[@Anti-First-army]

I personally enjoy videos just like these plz do more

[@muslihabdillah_2514]

There's so much chaos in this video. I'm addicted.

[@zevermoon]

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert L. Shaw does Cover Fixed Wing vs. Rotory Wing tactics. Very interesting section of the book. 👍👍👍

[@allenarneson4349]

A real pucker factor video. So much going on. It is also when you wish there was an afterburner on the A-10 for an extra speed burst when required. Commander to GS - "You damaged 2 A-10's, What were you thinking?" "You need to sit your butt down and think about what you did" "Then go talk to the Crew Chief and explain to him what happened." "Get out of my office"

[@standtallvets5386]

I have the A10 DCS and there is a whole lot of pre flight just on starting the A10. Although you can bypass it, the program does go through all the steps and switches that need to be done in sequences.

[@clockworkorange3628]

Man you got laced and still made it, good job.

[@mattdavis8899]

you know.. it's dangerous to hang around with you. People are always shooting in your direction.

[@Chio_OB]

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos is credited with the first "Revenge is a dish best served cold" in 1782, or as we all know it is best heard in it's original Klingon form...

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Hats off to the damage model on the A-10. Left side got absolutely shredded by that KA-50's gun.

[@pcwarehouse8606]

That hit deffo should have cooked your missiles. A miracle the aircraft survived that.

[@luciustitius]

First it ignored you, then it laughed at you, then it fought you, then you won - it was still a dangerous liaison.

[@samghost13]

I heard from a Woman that landed a Warthog with only 1 Wing left and she got that baby down the runway save! I think you can watch that also on youtube. True Story!

[@tarn1135]

“Kirk, my old friend have you ever heard the Klingon proverb revenge is a dish best served cold. It is very cold…..in space.” - Kahn Noonien Singh

[@Blade4952]

Great video! A-10 is such a legend.

[@roadkillvp4life]

Your Crew Chief is REALLY pissed off at you today!

[@Outlaw_Actual11b]

Ka-50: *launches an absolute piss middle of a shot, confident he’s gonna kill this enemy plane* A-10: “I ain’t hear nothin, y’all hear somethin? Light work, no reaction” GS: “and I took that shit *VERY* personally”

[@babouras123]

Heh, I once got killed by an A-10 in my Ka-50 when first I played DCS.

[@avo291]

(Shoots A-10) “So you have chosen death”

[@TheTmieBandit]

I got oddly emotional when the A-10 gave out on the runway, rest in peace little sparrow

[@macgyver186]

You get schmucked by one little missle in the A-10 and you chicken out back to base? You gotta risk it to get the biscuit, GS.

[@Neverforget343]

Could you do the ME-109 K4 vs the F15C Eagle

[@PilotWannabe]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn. Also, old Klingon proverb.

[@chefboyarb]

that AAA fire is lighting that sky up

[@chrisihg2253]

i love it when you make A-10 stuff ;) What is your fav plane and heli in DCS? I mean after F-14

[@the215sean]

"Hope this maverick finds you well"

[@bitslammer]

Great video. Love the sense of chaos.

[@ehrenmurdick]

Was that another ka-50 creeping up behind you on the tarmac in the final shot? Did you check under your bed for another ka-50 when you got back?

[@cmurphy3748]

*pops front tire* “Butter.”

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

looool in my defence the front tire was popped from the ATGM that was not my doing

[@beng7844]

I saw a video recently that showed a hind with 2 F-15 simulated kill marks with the gun, maybe we could get a video like that where the helicopter ambushes a known flight path and try to replicate it?

[@mihalybozoki8133]

It is very immersive to see combined arms battlefield scenario, with lots of things going on.

[@heiditiso4995]

It was Pierre Choderlos de Laclos who said “revenge is a dish best served cold”.

[@MarcusJWvideo]

I just started reading about Killer Chick. You're F14 incident was really awesome and it might be cool to have a recreation of that over Bagdhad in the A10! Especially cause you just did something similar twice :P

[@blshouse]

KA-50: Here, hold this Anti-Tank Guided Missile for me. A-10: I take that personally!

[@rocketpunchgo1]

This is why I keep asking for A-10 and/or KA-50 battles over the Dubai map!

[@Spec-FiveCarr]

With all that damage on the second A-10, they'll probably just jack up the data plate and slide a new aircraft under it.

[@Yehochanan72]

That was kind of a fun little intro transition.

[@SSGMinotaur]

Out here quoting “Ghandi” whilst murdering helicopters

[@baziwan9407]

First thing I thought while you were taxiing. "This is a target rich environment."

[@jameswilliams1085]

Great video!!! LOVE The A10!!!!

[@ThelmaBenitez-g2h]

Is there OV 10 Bronco in DCS?have you tried flying it?

[@debdulalsenapati7720]

Just after landing the A10 shut down. It's like she really used her last breath to land her pilot safely. Caring lady with the biggest ass gun 😊 GS would go into the hanger and go "Okey This one got busted too boys. Let's just prepare another one for me until I go take a washroom break" 😛

[@Xenomorphine]

Yeah, that's... That's not how it would happen. They were getting relentlessly trashed in Desert Storm and were effectively getting 'mission-killed', if not outright killed. That's why the Air Boss of the time was looking down on several wrecked airframes and literally said, "I've had enough of this..." Then retasked F-16s, instead.

[@ramonsturzenegger9938]

GS should be a mission designer for fighterjet sims!

[@ojile13]

You can't actually think it was Ghandi who said "revenge is a dish that is best served cold"?! Right?? 😂

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

looool no I was joking, but thats why I said Ghandi because it was so obvs not Ghandi, that was the joke, but in the comments it seems like a lot of people thought I was serious lol, just another day on the internet I guess lol

[@ojile13]

@GrowlingSidewinder that's actually what I thought (hoped?) you were doing. I think you just pulled it off too well, and had us fooled

[@Andy_XT]

Actually it was a french author of the 18th century who said that revenge is a dish best served cold. (I had to check it, coz I thought Gandhi said "Forgiveness is the best revenge", but he didn't say that either 😂) But the video is great anyway!

[@cleemccarthy1022]

Thought is was the Klingons

[@willshoham]

“I think that’s a hostile aircraft in the air…” literally 2 seconds later…. 💥… 💥 💥.

[@AlexPerkins252]

SU57 vs J20. Also that A10 took that to the face.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

This is evidently a favourable scenario for the player

[@bitmanagent67]

That is not how I I expected the mission to go!!!

[@timsullivan4566]

🤔 Somehow doubt that Gandhi, famed for preaching non-violent opposition, would be the author of a quote about revenge - especially when you consider that, as he lay dying, Gandhi forgave his own assassin! (I think it was actually a french novelist).

[@icaleinns6233]

Hey GS, how about a re-creation of Operation Preying Mantis from 1988? It'd be a HOOT!