JAS39 Gripen Vs F-16 Viper Dogfight | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Link to new Growling Sidewinder Shorts Channel: kzbin.info/door/U7PKGbU60sV5PmkARtZw-Q Link to Gripen Discord: discord.gg/wccDtsqq Link to Download Gripen: github.com/whisky-actual/Community-JAS-39-C/releases Link to Longshot's Channel: kzbin.info/door/szke4C7G1THhlh0puHWZ1g Thank you for watching hope you guys enjoyed and looking forward to seeing you guys over on the shorts channel, just a place where I will be uploading content that doesn't always make it to this channel because its a little too short.

[@mcginleynz]

You should do a faullkands war video and fly the Skyhawks against the Seaharrier or what ever jumpjet is in dcs

[@jimmywan87]

I-R-S-T. German made

[@michaelold6695]

Have you heard any rumors of a Jas39 Gripen E mod?

[@fawadhaq6607]

Plz do jf 17 vs gripen

[@seaturtleOlympiads]

JAS39 vs. Jeff?

[@LongShotChannel]

Syrian lead turn in round 3. I messed up, learn for next time, awesome fight buddy.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thanks for helping with the video brother

[@ironchicken7240]

So wholesome. Love you guys

[@rick7424]

You two co-oping is honestly the best! :)

[@barrylovatt9978]

Swap aircraft and go again

[@Registered_Simp]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Bruh, for the 3rd fight at 8:00, if you had taken that first missile shot 3 seconds earlier, that fight would have been over in turn 1. Missile had more space and was already pre-lead

[@parrotlander]

That was a great performance. Had me gripen the edge of my seat the whole time.

[@alexanderskilberg3152]

Come on, you don't need to come barrel-ing at us with the puns

[@gh8447]

@@alexanderskilberg3152 Get out, both if you! 😂

[@Dan-379]

@@gh8447 nah go dance with the angels

[@AndreasSweden]

Funny thing is that gripen means not only griffon in Swedish, but also captivated. So your pun is a double pun.

[@SunriseLAW]

Agreed. And did you check the price on those? Now, even the poorest nation can purchase quality new warplanes. No longer need they accept previously owned equipment.

[@rbo350]

GS.......can you do it again but just change places with longshot......I want to see how much of difference the pilot makes

[@ticklingoscillators1852]

Should make all future videos where the pilots swap places. 3 rounds in one plane and then 3 rounds swapped. It’ll be more interesting and fair that way.

[@commandergeokam2868]

I Agree

[@flawleesvictoryapolok9589]

I agree too

[@arpioisme]

Totally agree

[@alkafluence]

This!!!

[@33vortex]

To correctly model the 39 you'd need tailor-made control algorithms as the aircraft uses all control surfaces available to achieve the input command from the pilot. This means for example that the airbrake on one side could be used in some situations when rudder input is given and the FCS deem it efficient to augment the rudder with it. The FCS can also point the nose in a desired direction briefly to achieve a firing solution, very useful when you need to get a quick firing solution in a fight like this, or if you want to strafe ground targets without losing altitude. None of the special capabilities of the 39 are possible to model in DCS. Only SAAB really knows how this machine behaves in the air. :-) Example: The situation @12:45 the 39 could go extremely high-alpha and achieve a firing solution. At the cost of a tremendous amount of induced drag, but it matters little if you end the fight with the maneuver.

[@jacopo952]

I undertand this is the case for all highly-unstable fighter aircraft, see Eurofighter, Rafale..

[@CruLisP]

​@@jacopo952eurofighter and rafale cant get close to gripen, gripen can go into almost every circle

[@chickenjonte_]

Gripengripengripen! Been waiting since you last linked that discord server. As a swede this is a special one.

[@tomas7158]

Amen to that.

[@alexanderwallinpuska4376]

Modet kom ut den 6 juni Sveriges nationaldag

[@EndTimeDreams]

The Swedish airforce Gripen cleaned up at Redflag Alaska. 10 confirmed kills, F-16's, Eurofighter Typhoons and F-15C's.

[@tassisbass]

Externaly Grippen is so gorgeous! Hope the team in development make internaly more accurate and really Hope in a full fidelity module of this bird soon!!

[@danield.7359]

The grippen is such an impressive little fighter.

[@wowfail6835]

Perfect! I had 15 minutes left of my break!

[@kennyraiden9346]

Oops, my alarm went off and I gotta get back to work. The sky is far beyond.

[@Mayhem6633]

Nice vid. I enjoy your channel. Suggestion: it might be interesting for you and your opponent to swap planes. One or two battles with you in one plane and then another one or two flights with you in the other plane. Then we'd get a better feel for the impact of the pilot skill versus the plane's abilities.

[@odinskugga7383]

Listen Hank: Ancient us hardware is no problem for the superior Gripen, just accept that Europe is miles ahead of you guys for the moment! And watch up when SAAB present the fifth gen. fighter JAS 40 ........ that blocks Every American and Russian radar , we done it before, and now we do it again... you better call Lockheed junk works hahaha.......

[@scottym.9077]

I've seen you crush others in the Viper so many times, it's crazy to see you come out dominant against it.

[@hippoace]

That is the benefit of flying every plane as much as possible. You know what it can and cannot do.

[@odinskugga7383]

Just accept that ancient us hardware, no match for the Swedish Air Force superior Gripens......

[@odinskugga7383]

My Username ....You really dont know much, do you? ... E V E R Y time a F16 turns it loses speed ... with canards you don't ...simple as that .. what's on with American engineers? Why do they not get it....?

[@odinskugga7383]

My Username .. every europeean fighter has canards the Rafale, the Eurofighter, the Gripen... Why , do you think....?

[@flashfire157]

@@odinskugga7383 man you come off like an ass. If you did some research, you'd see the F16 flight model is still under development. IRL the F16 can pull 9g and STILL be accelerating. It also has a lot more nose authority. I think the American engineers are doing fine considering countries around the world buy even their used aircraft. Also the F16 is still in service and has even been updated with modern avionics and weaponry. Lower your voice.

[@mafiosomemer3730]

In AFP Modernization Program's Horizon III, The JAS-39 is more preferred than the F-16 when it comes to logistics and costs

[@JDF_06]

GS, it would be enlightening to me if you made a video quicky going over the most common modern fighters you fly with their attributes in 1 circ / 2 circ / BVR fighting. You talk about fighters in relation to their opponent often, but it would be cool to see an overview across all your commonly used fighters.

[@ryanjonathanmartin3933]

Great idea man I'd love to see that

[@Jacky_Loke]

Wow, Gripen can really pull some tight turn!

[@steffennilsen2132]

Eurocanards have that going for them

[@CapTexamerica]

Battle of the one-engine wonders.

[@Cuccos19]

Gripen vs JF-17 also would be interesting scene.

[@mnd7381]

@@Cuccos19Each round would take less than a minute to end. JF 17 is not at the level of F 16 and Gripen bro. China developed it for mostly smaller third world air forces with limited budget, and it couldn't enter the Chinese Air Force itself. How can it compete with F 16 and Gripen? The ones that can't afford Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen, Su 35 or F 16 will go for that.

[@Cuccos19]

@@mnd7381 GS had a good opinion about that in - I don't know one or two circle fight - dogfight. But any aircraft could flew against each other in game - but even in real combat situation.

[@muyangcheng3874]

@@mnd7381 being cheap does not necessarily mean being inferior, it can easily just be an advancement in technology that allowed cost to go down. Check out the JF-17 block 3 specs and you will be surprised.

[@mnd7381]

@@muyangcheng3874 why doesn't the Chinese airforce buy it then, when it made it? Its actual name is Xiaolong right? China has lots of Chengdu J7, Shenyang J 8, and I guess Nanchang Q5 too, if JF 17 is cheap and good, why not replace the outdated fighters, especially when it is trying to get more powerful, and as it counters USA, the oldest fighter USA has is older F15 and F16, who are tons better then J7.

[@xSupra]

Vid came out just as I come back from making popcorn. Nice timing right there

[@Daniel-uw6wo]

That Gripen looks promising and beautiful in your hands. Looking forward to see it in the future. Lovely work! Would also really appreciate some intro about what is it good at, what it can't do etc. Would be lovely. Thanks for the content

[@formallyknownasj.a.2074]

What up brotha, I’d like to see you guys dog fight and switch planes. Then we’ll see if its the plane or the pilot that’s superior.

[@mnd7381]

Both are good players though. But I don't know if one pilot can play better in a specific aircraft on DCS.. that may matter

[@odinskugga7383]

No, No just accept that the Gripens exterminate F16s like locus, Its just a much better airframe than the ancient F16......

[@flashfire157]

@@odinskugga7383 seems that way now. Hopefully ED will make the flight model of the viper more realistic. IRL it has a lot more nose authority and can be accelerating even through 9 g's. Still, both are super fun to fly even now

[@kalle5548]

@@flashfire157 I mean that can be said for both of them, the Gripens flight computer is more like the F22s (that will say it will use whatever surface is most efficient to make the plane do it’s thing) and it maxes out at 12G, but Swedish Gripens have outperformed Norwegian F16s in practice

[@draleigh8881]

the gripen is a pretty sweet looking plane tho I especially like the slightly larger E model. the way it flies it reminds me of surfing

[@stahlhelm5755]

YES!! I've been requesting this for ages! Thank you GR!

[@shinei98]

Bro this is so amazing! Two of my favorite 4th gen fighters going against each other, GS you don't know how much you made me happy... Gripen is my number 1 favorite 4.5 gen fighter, and the Viper is 3rd... Now, I want to see the Gripen go against my second favorite 4.5 gen fighter, which is the Rafale... I'm sure that the Rafale will provide a big challenge to the Gripen, given that Rafale is one of the most advanced 4th gen multirole fighter... Thank you GS and Longshot for always giving us amazing content!

[@shinei98]

@@ser43_OLDC Bro I know the Gripen is like the underdog in the European military aviation, but don't underestimate it, especially the E/F variant... It has one of the best electronic warfare suite of all 4th gen fighters, it also offers extreme situational awareness, and it has a better AESA radar than the Rafale... In addition to that, the Gripen has reduced RCS, and its small size makes it even harder to detect... So technically, in a BVR fight, the Gripen will be able to detect the Rafale and the Eurofighter first, before the two can detect it... Which means that it will be able to shoot first, and that is the most important in modern aerial warfare... Shoot before the enemy see you...

[@kalle5548]

@@shinei98 I don’t know about that reduced RCS on the Gripen, but I’m pretty sure the Rafale does have some features focusing on reducing RCS, the Gripen is more a “cheap” point defence fighter with excellent aero design and a 12G max loading

[@shinei98]

@@kalle5548 The gripen indeed has reduced RCS, compared to other fighters like the F-16 or MiG-29 for example... And its also stealthier than the Rafale, for one because its smaller which makes it harder to detect, and 2nd, if you look closely, the Gripen actually has less round surfaces than the Rafale, and we all know that round surfaces are the worst design to use when reducing RCS, because round surfaces reflect radar to all directions... Just take a look at the air intakes for example, the Rafale’s air intakes have a round-ish shape, whereas the Gripen’s air intakes are sharp and defined... And I know that’s not all that makes a jet stealth, there are other factors (such as the size and the amount external payloads, stealth coating, etc), but you get the idea... Besides, both Rafale and the Gripen don’t use stealth coating because they’re not really “stealth” aircraft (unlike the F-35 or F-22), so technically, they’re both detectable on radar, its just that the Gripen is harder to detect than the Rafale, or even the Eurofighter for that matter, mainly due to its small size... And yes indeed, the Gripen is a cheap point-defense fighter, which makes it a very excellent choice for small countries with small military budgets...

[@kenchen704]

7:39 Lol it is so easy to take this the other way after you destroyed him 2 to zero. “Big thank you to Longshot for willing handing his ass to me again in a matchup very much favoring the Gripen (like all those times he volunteered to fly against me in the F22)”

[@robertopiedimonte2078]

Your lessons made Longshoot grow a lot. He is a much better pilot now... You makes me wonder about your situational awareness indeed. It's so clear that when I look your clips I got it too. Sometime at certain points I loose myself looking other KZbin pilots not knowing anymore what they are aiming for untill I see it. Thank you

[@matsjohansson5664]

that is the older Gripen C, not the E-model with strnger motor and veapons on the ving!

[@DoradoFever]

Looks like you were able to take advantage and bait him into a more slow speed dual that the Viper struggles with. Great fighting GS! Have you checked out the Liberation DCS dynamic mission generator? Might make for some awesome content for your channel, but keep up the awesome work!

[@zergbonbon4770]

Very clear explanation. Easy to follow & understand. Well done!

[@andrewmorke]

I was impressed that the Gripen could beat the F-16 handily in most regimes, including the rate fight.

[@RaptorDad]

Awesome vid as always! About to get the Gripen now. Looks like a fun plane.

[@awoekhn7421]

This is a welcome surprise coming home from school, thanks GS

[@doncalypso]

A Gripen versus Rafale would be good and it would be nice if you and Longshot alternated between aircraft types in different rounds.

[@v1n1c1u55anto5]

I think this is the Gripen C. The E version is the capable of beating the Rafale

[@Simpleplanes2]

@@v1n1c1u55anto5 rafale still wins version E

[@Simpleplanes2]

I hate rafale but it's the truth

[@doncalypso]

Why the hate for the Rafale, @@Simpleplanes2?

[@Simpleplanes2]

@@doncalypso I do not know,, I think I just don't like this aircraft.

[@TRabbit1970]

Fabulous. Everything is moving the way it should on the Gripen.

[@ryanverplank8212]

Longshot always puts up the best fights! Agree with the same pilot swap planes idea. Love the disrespect flare drop... Keep up the great content!

[@jamezbren2]

Mod battle: Super Hornet v.s. Gripen for champion of the one-circle

[@sloppy-1-1]

IRIS-T is a all European Fox 2, with 180° off boresight capability. Yes it can theoretically hit targets behind your aircraft.

[@dl5270]

Thank you for this! Can you guys do Grippen vs MiG-29 next please?

[@lengisen9637]

It's been done

[@blkpearl4754]

@@lengisen9637 who won?

[@lengisen9637]

@@blkpearl4754 gripen won two out of three rounds

[@blkpearl4754]

@@lengisen9637 damn they call the gripen the mini f-35

[@lengisen9637]

@@blkpearl4754 the f35 isn't closely as reliable as the gripen, more of a joint strike faliure than a joint strike fighter

[@Capt-awesome]

Switch aircrafts after each round to take away home field advantage.

[@CharlesZane_]

The audio at 7:00 is amazing!

[@ChancreSaurusRex]

I think a rematch is in order, now that the Viper model has been corrected.

[@fetusdeletus5413]

I live in a city with a military airbase next to it, and i hear Gripens like every second. Every thursday some crazy guy does an airshow above the city.

[@Pablo668]

Longshot: Ok, I'll do this vid with you GS, but you'll owe me....

[@rhino269]

The Gripen is so cool. Not seen that paint scheme before, looks like the Viggen and Draken colours. Also, quality vid as always GS.

[@pendrag2k]

Wow, this looks so good on your new rig! Congrats!

[@fishfinger1699]

every dogfight video should see the pilots switch places and do the same ammount of fights in opposite aircraft so that pilot differences is set aside!

[@piplol2609]

that dogfight looked so beautiful especially in the debrief animation

[@shinei98]

Its very simple, I see the Gripen, I click, I see GS, I click...

[@yolakin8210]

A Viper is always a danger.

[@Jordan-j5x8p]

That gripen in the first fight almost got hit, and then he wouldn’t need an extended warranty

[@kallaji7383]

The Grippin Beast is ripping!

[@pereklund9172]

F16 has big problems against Gripen. That has been tested many times in training dog fights, for example in red flag. Also tested against Norway who has a lot of F16. This quote from globaldefence: "And no disrespect to any other fighters, including Norwegian pilots because they’re just as well trained, but during a combat exercise with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, 3 Swedish Gripens went up against 5 RNAF F-16’s. The Result was 5-0, 5-0, 5-1 after having flown 3 rounds."

[@rick7424]

Last time I was this early, we were still flying biplanes.

[@orionprime2543]

Good video to end my day in East Africa

[@whalehands]

I have a feeling that this wouldn't be such a one sided fight in real life.

[@mphomphiri4523]

Gripen is better than the F16 even in real life.

[@whalehands]

@@mphomphiri4523 how do you know? Avionics yeah sure but, I doubt better than the V/Block 70/72

[@vberl9573]

@@whalehands The turn rate of the gripen is better than the F16. The only thing that the F16 really has that is better is thrust to weight. Though the gripen makes up for this a bit by having less drag than the F16.

[@ajaxmaintenance5104]

Growling Sidewinder splashes F-16 : “ Nice” Steve1989 finds USAF Pilot Ration pack on the ground while hiking: “Nice.” 😄

[@alangarnto873]

Winder that gripen is tough .way to fight bud.keep kicking butt bud god bless stay safe.

[@aztec0112]

Why did Longshot lead turn so early in fight 2 and 3? He practically crossed your nose at 90 deg deflection in #2 and gave you the full twerk in #3! Oooff!

[@Highice007]

Damn! There 's no fighter more maneuverable than the F-16 in that class, in North America, including the CF-18. The Grippion is danger nasty.

[@mattiiiww]

Nice Video!

[@marcoafonso7084]

Loved the video but I was cheering for Longshot to kick your ass. LOL

[@falconcool11]

It brings the problem of modern missiles,,even latest aim9x lack of throttle control,,still full powered once it launched.The relative speed is too high that turning rate of missile can't catch up.Think that if one day missile can adjust throttle to match up it's optimized turning rate profile automatically.

[@ramtek2702]

Several missiles passed within feet of the opponent without exploding. WHY???? What good are they if they don't explode when that close to the opponent?

[@Poitiers732AD]

3 Gripen went up against 5 F16 at Red flag. Gripen was the aggressor and F16 had the home field advantage with ground to air defence. After 3 rounds the kill-score was 5-0 5-0 5-1 in favour of Gripen.

[@no-kf8yy]

Longshot seems to always give you a hard fight no matter what he's in lmao

[@madhvendrasingh1131]

The kind of dogfight that keeps you on your toes..... Still would like to see you fight a gripen in the f-16 though. Keep up the good work.

[@marlonvillapando1449]

You can even beat him on an A-10 🤣. You're awesome pilot GS. 👍👍

[@bravedirtyhawk5912]

The Gripen is basically a Delta wing F-20 Tigershark with a sweet Swed touch and tech package = great fighter

[@nikolabosevski1435]

Im not a huge follower of DCS but i really like watching your dogfight videos, so i was wondering if you could do a dogfight video against RalfiDude, who i know is also a long time DCS player and also watch some of his videos. I think it would be an awesome fight

[@thatbeetus1912]

I wonder if anyone has made a mod for the Draken

[@simonlarsen6472]

The Draken is in the game i think

[@FatOnAxis]

@@simonlarsen6472 No that's the viggen

[@simko8665]

The days of dog fights are over. Today you cannot see your opponent . What matters in the pilot who uses the best Technology.

[@ItsMe-p2q]

I think if you alternated aircraft for each video it would better show how much is aircraft performance and how much is pilot skill; is the Gripen really a better dogfighter than the F-16, or are you just a better skilled pilot?

[@SergioFerreira-lt2gr]

I’m a simple man. I see Gripen, I click like.

[@jimsaintamour2]

Great vid as always!!!!

[@MrFarnanonical]

Gripen vs Super hornet!!!! you fly the super hornet =P

[@ycplum7062]

The F-16 is an old platform. It has had a lot of upgrades, but mostly in regards to sensors, fire control and engine. All good for BVR. It is tough to significantly improve agility since that is dependent on the the plane form.

[@mac2857]

lmao what are you talking about nothing can beat it in a dogfight except maybe the F-22 and some flankers

[@metatechnologist]

This is not the case. The latest block series F16 is essentially being completely overhauled. They've changed it structurally and it's getting completely new avionics. So much so I don't think it's being accurately represented atm in this simulator. Do your research for F16 service life extension program.

[@ycplum7062]

@@metatechnologist DCS is never 100% accurate. They have to use open source and the data will never be accurate unless the aircraft is old. As ageneral rule, militaries do not like to give away the exact spects of their equipment, especially new equipment. LOL Often DCS do not even have the newest equipment, or at least official DCS mods. However, I stand by what I say. It is difficult to significantly improve on agility without changing the plane form.

[@metatechnologist]

@@ycplum7062 I understand that. The F16 can't really do thrust vectoring. But at the same time it makes you wonder how the Pentagon could place an order for new F15s without some equalizing tech. Also the Israelis have heavily modified their F16. The only thing that F15s/F16s don't have (that the F22/F35 do) is thrust vectoring. Which might mean they can make kills without it. Enhanced radar and long standoff weapons could be one way. Not to mention everything is highly networked now too. So generals woke up and said one day, "you know what we really don't need thrust vectoring". Think about it. Maybe two planes working together tandem can provide missile target acquisition data for one or the other. Which would solve the problem of having to win a dogfight without thrust vectoring. Which the DCS (dogfighting) is primarily about. My somewhat educated guess.

[@metatechnologist]

@@ycplum7062 Also see the interesting video which underscores my earlier post "F-16 Fighter: Thanks to F-22 and F-35"

[@majornomad5952]

Love your video's & was hoping you could let me know what is the best equipment for new players for DCS, like VR headsets & joystick & other stuff, I would love to see your fancy pilot shit lol in a British Raf Tornado vs F-4 Phantom & to see what was the best during the time in the Raf era. Also would love to see the F3 Tornado at some point because that was the Air-to-air combat version the Raf used, but the GR1 would of beating the F-4 according to most RAF Pilots with be better acceleration at Low altitude and turn rate, other video we all want to see is how can fat Amy do in a Stealth fight long range & anything goes, would it get the drop on bandits with its stealth or world she get blown away lol hope you can put something together Captain & looking forward to more videos ✌

[@SchützenGewehr]

My country🇵🇭 is still deciding which fighter jet to choose between these 2

[@vidright]

I wonder why the IRIS-T didn’t hit during the first round. She has a better seeker-head than the 9X.

[@gunnntha]

the IRIS-T (InfraRed ImagingSystem Thrustvectored) is a german / european missile, very high-tech, they even claim it to be better than a 9X.

[@VisibilityFoggy]

They're both thrust-vectored, and from what I understand their seekers are almost identical. I don't think there's any measurable difference between a 9X and an IRIS-T. Now, the Meteor is a different story. The U.S. will likely have to field the AIM-260 (a few years away) before it can claim to be on the same or better level with a BVR missile.

[@gunnntha]

@@VisibilityFoggy they are very close, i've been to Diehl Defence, details are classified. the 9X uses a 128x128 infrared sensor and the IRIS-T has just 2x128 but it uses some sort of mirror array which supposedly reduces active laser jamming. and the datalink in the IRIS-T is newer, so also better? other than that i don't know any more specifics.

[@avramnovorra]

I only now realized how the sound of any single-barreled cannon has a growl to match a rotary's BRRRRRRRT.. I wanna see the Gripen fight a JF-17 or maybe even a Raptor lols

[@stuartholden2772]

Growling Sidewinder: So the F-16 & JAS-39 Gripen is a Even Dogfight then...?

What I’ve understood from comments made by pilots that flewn the Gripen. The Gripen has a noticably more effective turn, bleeding less airspeed through high alfa, giving it a much better sustained turn rate. Pilots say the Gripen ’cuts through the air’ in a way other aircraft dont. I don’t know how much the canard configuration has to do with it. Even though the Viper is 20 years older than the Gripen, the Viper have a more powerful engine and better power to weight ratio. The Viper pilots should be able to find a way…

[@Dramigbaklanges]

Its the canards, they inducing a vortex that is flowing over the main wings that will make the wing more efficient at high alpha. It is basically a big leading edge extension that is also a control surface, thus making it quite effective. And the thrust to weight ratio should be thrust to weight and drag ratio, the drag will also play a big role when pulling high g maneuvers, so the gripen can still outmaneuver a more powerful t/w fighter like the F-16. I think it will struggle in the vertical climbing, but that don’t seems to happen to often. A gripen pilot told me, if I recall it correctly, that the gripen have only 25% of the drag compared to a F-16 when doing a 9g turn.

[@xxdeserthunterxx2819]

No actaully in real life, three gripen kicked the shit out of five norwegian f16 during a red flag competition

[@IIICruentusIII]

Gripen has much lower drag, offsetting the lower thrust-to-weight.

[@xxdeserthunterxx2819]

@@IIICruentusIII Exactly

[@hawkeye2816]

Could you redo this one now that the F-16 has a new flight model? Curious to see if it would have any effect.

[@khristianasaro6264]

Can you do a WW2 dog fight. P-47 and BF-109 or something.

[@numbersletters3886]

Watching these really show that fighters need a gun.

[@benoregan9016]

What does jamming the wes mean. What is a weapons employment zone and also how are the flares so effective against aim9x and iris t.

[@RallyRallyRally]

The WEZ is the weapons employment zone, essentially the minimum to maximum range of the missiles. Jamming the WEZ essentially means staying so close to the enemy that their missile physically cannot hit you, think of it like how boxers will get really close to each other so that they can’t get hit. Flares are very effective against the missiles because they both are IR missiles, they track based on the heat of the enemy aircraft. A flare is designed to get really hot as it’s ejected out the back of the plane to make the missile track that and not the plane

[@svenschwingel8632]

@@RallyRallyRally truth is, most modern seekers have no problem separating the aircraft from the flare since flares, as opposed to the exhaust, also emit a visible light signature. Seekers that can distinguish between those have been in operation since the 80s, also with MANPADS like the Stinger. It's one of the fields where DCS isn't that accurate. Because some of the seeker stuff is still classified.

[@benoregan9016]

@@RallyRallyRally thank you for the reply. but are modern missiles not able to ignore flares. Or are they special flares or is it a combination of being so close, heavily manoeuvering and the flares altogether because from the little i have read it talks of almost 90 degrees of boresight with trust vectoring for the aim 9x

[@RallyRallyRally]

@@benoregan9016 it’s a combination of all of those factors, flares have obviously developed and gotten better so modern ones are hotter than ones from say the 60s but these are run of the mill flares

[@hippoace]

Imagine someone attacking you with a sword or a long weapon. you get close enough that you block the swing of their arms so they cannot attack you.

[@Zwerchhau]

Isn't WEZ -Weapon Engagement Zone, rather than "employment zone"?

[@jonathanfarrell14]

can you do more on the f35 mod

[@mnd7381]

Was waiting for this!! Can we get more videos on Gripen, Typhoon and Rafale against US and Russian jets?

[@jtrx753]

I want to see the A-10 vs F-22 vid

[@945045able]

That was awesome!

[@clockworkorange3628]

The cockpit looks awesome

[@Alexkeys141]

Poor longshot deals with so much shit from GS

[@GvF11]

GS how about a fight where you're both on voice chat? Would love to hear some banter during these duels every once in a while

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

lol there really isn't any banter, I've tried that before, everyones just kind of focusing on doing everything right not much time to talk shit lol.

[@rpm1796]

Brilliant...can we check your 39 vs F-35?

[@S1baar]

that gripen is a monster

[@halfrican69]

I know I can't be the only one who opens DCS immediately after watching a GS video lol. Another great one!

[@kindasupersonic7114]

Dang! Kinda hurts the soul to see the viper get shit on.

The finer points of Gripens manuverability isn’t simulated… ;)

[@axeljonsson8199]

the gripen never had a camo paintjob btw

[@Morfeusz1895]

Hey mate, Could you consider doing something with Viggen? :D