The A-10 Warthog Is The World's #1 Air To Ground Platform | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@ArmedVeteran1987]

Day-22 asking GS to dogfight F-14 wings retracted only

[@69NOMAN69]

Please bro do a battle against the thunderbolt and the p51. I think everybody would be surprised with the results.

[@69NOMAN69]

my next would be the warthog against the thunderbolt. Great channel by the way, im also a pilot so i get great entertainment learning battle concepts from your vids. I flew hangliders for 23 years. Been 20k in mine and sucked into a thunderstorm. Weather seemed to be my enemy lol.

[@roywhiteo5]

I would love to see more me262 videos

[@derekburt2184]

WW2 Bomber mission

[@m.searay4629]

"I hope this finds you well" ....classic love note. Nice work!

[@TurboHappyCar]

9:01 😂

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

That was golden lol

[@marksby77]

“As per my previous email…”

[@davebartosh5]

That CRFACKED ME UP!!

[@whalelord9641]

You probably just killed the only T14s in existence, so congrats.

[@karabenomar]

Destroying it freed up 50 engineers to do stuff that's actually useful. Better keep those T-14s alive!

[@thatoneguywhodoesthatthing913]

And just like most T-14s this one doesn’t have a physical presence in reality either.

[@arafat2924]

they weren't moving either so kudos for the realism lol

[@claytonwhitman2611]

Yeah the T-14 Armata is basically a non-working POS ROFL. Russian engineering at its finest!! What a waste of rubles

[@DarkSoul1992]

@@mladenpredojevic241did you have a stroke lmao nice engrish

[@Im_Ratatouille]

man i remember when you had 179k subscribers hearing 511k is unreal, you deserve it though great work GS

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thank you and yes I remember those days, I remember 10k subs man lol feels like it was a month or two ago honestly. I appreciate the support though much love.

[@bankerta]

I really appreciate the engine sounds of the flyby of the a-10 that is modeled. I am stationed at a base that has a bunch of a-10s flying around and they 100% sound the same

[@madaxe606]

Props to the MiG-21 pilot for a valiant effort. I've learned that in a Mig-21 without SARH's or all-aspect R-60M's, you need to be very patient and careful against an A-10. He'll always be able to turn inside your circle, so you've gotta use the vertical and manage your energy. That said, the planform of the A-10 is HUGE, so a crossing snapshot is a lot easier.

[@1MileOut]

The aircraft on that gun never ceases to amaze me!

[@heathb4319]

HAhahaha... That why it doesn't have pilot but a Stick Man. That is not a plane... It IS a flying gun.

[@jasoncrawford4929]

I've had an awful day after a heartbreaking breakup. Your video made me smile (specifically 9:00), GSW, as I could sit down, have some coffee, and enjoy your humor and style while forgetting it all. Thank you

[@bonniecrickle7499]

Keep your chin up mate!

[@jasoncrawford4929]

@@bonniecrickle7499 thanks brother

[@manatoa1]

It's going to hurt less as you go along. Ride it out and be good to yourself in the meantime.

[@danielbeshers1689]

I think the T-14 has achieved nearly as much battlefield success as Slenderman.

[@ziepex7009]

maybe because it hasnt been deployed yet lol

[@benn454]

@@ziepex7009 The only thing the T-14 is ever getting deployed to is a parade.

[@diesirae8954]

​@@benn454Keep hating 😩😤😤😮‍💨

[@danielbeshers1689]

@@ziepex7009 I would love to hear your excuse as to why it hasn't been deployed.

[@NATUREFORTRESS]

Can you do a video where you take the A10 to its highest altitude, and then attack ground targets? I think it could be cool to see the A10 loiter way up high, and just dump its full arsenal on a heavily fortified target.

[@Xenomorphine]

That'd be JDAM, but not less impressive than a strategic bomber would do.

[@swordmonkey6635]

A-10's were designed and built around CAS (Close Air Support). They thrive when close to the ground rolling in the dirt. High altitude would make them very vulnerable in ways they can't easily counter. It's possible to get an A-10 to do a high altitude mission, but why when other aircraft are better and more suited for that role?

[@NATUREFORTRESS]

@@swordmonkey6635 I generally understand the A-10's designed role. I suppose my request is in pursuit of GS's ability to put aircraft into situations they were not designed for, then challenging their capabilities.

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@vill5325 I didn't define CAS as requiring the need to fly close to the enemy. I said that the A-10's was designed for CAS and was meant to fly at lower levels to fulfill its mission. Turbine engines and straight wings to allow it to loiter low and slow over an engagement. Redundant systems and armored cockpit tub against enemy ground fire. The infamous GAU-8 to destroy armored targets (originally Soviet armor). All of these things were meant for low level CAS. Not high altitude. The A-10 can do high altitude, but it's strengths lesson and weaknesses grow in the higher altitudes.

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@vill5325 Ask a soldier or Marine what they think about an A-10 flying overhead, Brrrrt'ing the enemy as they are engaged. It's the psychological effect the Warthog has on both the friendly and enemy troops that must be factored in. Yes, it was designed to take on Soviet Armor in Eastern Europe, but it proved itself in Iraq tenfold in becoming less a tank killer and more of a enemy suppression weapon. They're cheap and effective for what they do. Can other aircraft do some of the roles better? Yes, but soldiers and Marines love the Warthog for a good reason: they can see it and they know the pilot is flying in harm's way to keep them safe.

[@Outlaw_Actual11b]

We need a “hold ALL this *insert munition* for me” compilation. I’d love to hear all the “hold all this 30 mil for me” back to back

[@heathb4319]

Before i even watch the video i wanted to say... Your video title is 100% correct. The A10 is the worlds #1 air to ground close support platform...PERIOD. And as 2 theater of operations Marine...we love our guardian angel when she is there. The AC130 Gunship/Spooky etc is our Angel of Death and it is awesome but has the advantage of height and gravity with the pylon turn and several choices of firepower on scene. But the A10, even though the AF is in charge of it, is our Guardian Angel when she is around. She is down here in the mix, taking fire, supporting us, saving us...and WE lover her. And i know there is talk of sidelining her in the AF....And i hope it happens. Because we Marines usually get the left over equipment and such cuzz it works for us and that is proven all the time. So i hope the AF drops her....in our lap!!! And then we get control of that AMAZING platform. Now...on to the video. Love what you are doing brother.

[@TurboHappyCar]

9:00 "I hope this finds you well" 😂

[@KillerKev1961]

I purchased a bunch of mods during the sale-A10, MiG21, F-5, P-47 and Mirage 2000. Sitting on them as I completely set up ac I started with. So far, my fav is the Hornet, F15 and 16. That A-10 is going to be a blast, so I want to devote all my time with it.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

a great selection you picked up there. Good taste.

[@Duckman470]

Great video as always, Absolutely love the England Air Force base skin on the A-10, I grew up watching the Flying Tigers of the 74th and 75th of the 23rd TFW fly around the house growing up. Brought back a lot of memories.

[@nicomeier8098]

Ground attacks with the A10 or combined ground / air to air with the F16 are my favourites, very enjoyable.

[@jebwatson]

That load out is absolutely ridiculous and I'm here for it. 6 agms, 2 jdams, gbus?, rockets, and sidewinders, 30mm, and endless flares on what is essentially a flying tank. Just seems unstoppable.

[@wurfyy]

Well it seems like it was stopped by some machine gun fire.

[@tu-estupidez9713]

this. @@wurfyy

[@iandhunt80]

Looks like the one our unit had that was hit by aa fire in 2003.....minus the green paint . Good to see the 75th recognized.

[@tylervandegrift6006]

Would love to see a ground support mission similar to what you’ve done with the A-10 but with the F-35

[@bigsexymanbear1950]

How can I "like" this more than once

[@shrimpsqndwich]

No good f35 for dcs

[@markbrunner7793]

I don’t know why I like your GSidewinder videos so much (🤔), they’re freakishly addictive That’s coming from someone who’s not at all a gamer nor a pilot 😶

[@CJFreeza]

They are!

[@eggy_breath1235]

They are!

[@dapanda2068]

If you ask me it's cuz he's such an amazing pilot and an amazing teacher as he explains his moves and manuvers

[@SomebodyElse-43197]

People really enjoy competency.

[@cylindricalfire]

its hard to imagine that they created the perfect ground attack plane in the 70's, but they damn well got close if they didnt

[@imperialinquisition6006]

They didn’t, not even close.

[@yono367]

the A-10A did not have any of these weapons capabilities

[@wurfyy]

Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. It was slow even by the standards of the day, and today it's completely and utterly obsolete precisely because of that.

[@tangolima6462]

@@wurfyy It’s more capable than than the attack helicopters designed in the decades after it.

[@ModernBachelor-gj9tn]

your reaction at 13:39 gave me a great laugh. The "ok" reaction lol love your videos. watching from the Philippines.

[@erichunter6984]

Impressive stuff! I'd love to see some WW2 ground pounding again, maybe some Normandy missions with P38 or P47. Or eastern front with the IL2 or Me410 or HS129. Back to where air support started finding its niche in combined arms warfare! Whatever is next I'm thoroughly enjoying the content! All the best to you!

[@mpelzer24]

T14 is the tank equivalent of the SU57, I believe. Yes it exists and yes its been fielded but in so few numbers does it even count?

[@config2543]

@3:33 “That’ll do, 🐖(warthog). That’ll do.” Only old nerds will get that reference.

[@jamieaulbach5120]

I worked munitions and the chaff flares come in "buckets" the F-16 takes 4 buckets the A-10 takes 16 buckets. I hated when we had to do the initial loadout of the A-10 for combat. So many chaff and flares for days. In early days of Iraq we put Jdam kits on our concrete practice 2000lb bombs and dropped them on tanks next to hospitals and churches. The shear kanetic energy would knock the turret flying off with no explosion.

[@CastleGraphics]

That's why you let the bugwipers do it... 😛😁

[@heathb4319]

@@CastleGraphics ...ouch.

[@CJ-sx7lt]

😂3:06 in a New Jersey accent “ HEY I’m flying HEERREE!” 😂😂👍🏼

[@recreant17psn47]

I'm catching up on all his videos rn and i must saw one of new favorite moments is that Hind getting turned into swiss cheese

[@John-un9wb]

Good to see you making more A10 videos .. its an awesome plane

[@usauk3605]

Love the air-to-ground stuff, keep it up!!

[@devendoffing7004]

“You see those X’s in the distance? Those are friendlies” FINALLY!!! An A-10 that can determine friendlies and targets

[@heathb4319]

OUCH!! :))

[@Levexter69]

that "i hope this finds you well" felt personnal. I m in danger of getting A-10nd?

[@benfoster5426]

The A-10 is the largest distributor of Mi-24 parts in the region.

[@madmax2069]

3:02 he just about did the mario maneuver on you

[@WhiskeyHunterVAT69]

another fun mission, thank you for the VOD. 🥃🥃

[@theunknowngamer9405]

Imagine if the A 10's gun and the SU 25's truck load were put into one plane. It would either be the best CAS ever or usless.

[@thomaslore730]

I think you gonna owe the guys who are doing the repairs a couple cases of Beer.

[@pawel22ppw]

Love the A/G stuff. Keep it up!

[@markscott4881]

More A10 please! More CAS in general too.

[@aceblaneescabusa5371]

"I hope this finds you well" too, GS. It's a complex and precise flight you did on this. I dare you for the 45th time to fly a MiG-29 against an Su-57 Felon to put up a possible boss fight.

[@robertcssados751]

i love that think callsign hog 19 provided danger close for me and my buddies in Panjwai in 2010 its so loud and you feel every round hit

[@BigDaddyG1738]

I remember watching the A10 fly directly over my house as a teenager i lived 2 Miles from a National Guard base and they used to be stationed there We would also have a Field of Flight show every 4th of July that had hot air balloons and the Thunderbirds ⚡ or Blue Angels one year we had both plus the Canadian snowbirds. Now then where the days when you could walk around the festival in actually get a look at the cockpit of the aircraft❤

[@JacoBotes-zg9yc]

Ausome video as usual. Love the A10.

[@anemazoso]

Hey a thanks needs to be said to you sir for being such a prolific content creator! Keep up the good work.

[@COUNTERCOM]

>the A-10 Warthog is the worlds #1 Air to Ground platform. Hmm that's a strange way to spell F-15E.

[@AmaraTheTransFemboy]

The T-14 Armata is a good light tank but they have little to no armor at all

[@jacktreacy4383]

More missions like this but with F-18 / F-16! Love these videos

[@dreaminknight]

Should have been the friendliy troops killing the T-14s. Might have saved some grunts life.

[@espressocookie8965]

I'd love to see you run one of these missions back in an F-35 to see if it really would be able to replace the A-10

[@wurfyy]

He uploads the A-10 missions so you're free to try with any aircraft you like. I've done them with the F-16 and it works just fine. Usually also work with the Apache. I'm sure someone who knows how to ground pound in the Hornet wouldn't struggle, either.

[@Chuck_Hooks]

A-10 vs. Rocket Man's armored train next, please.

[@alexanderleach3365]

You must respect the A-10 'Hog. Respect it!

[@heathb4319]

That will do pig. that'll do.

[@SherloqX]

Ok. If the title has A10, F22, P51..... unless I'm driving somewhere, I click immediately. Brrrrrt. Nice!

[@EskimoActual]

Your weapons crews would love for you to come back Winchester. You can dump all the buckets of chaff and flare too.

[@ronjohnson5070]

This was fun, thanks

[@akarhu]

I was more concerned during that approach than when under enemy fire.

[@ethangraham5670]

Could you possibly to another WW2 dog fight. Those are my favorite.

[@resurgam_b7]

Everyone on the flight deck of that airfield must have been sweating bullets watching you approach will a belly still bristling with munitions 😆

[@dougharper7785]

Also loving the A10c II, although I tend to get shot down by ground fire a lot!

[@chrisc8156]

I don't know how the T-14 will do in combat but it is a great parade float.

[@vexingrabbit1824]

it also broke down during the parade :D

[@upstategearheads]

Is there any way to fly the A10 in manual reversion on DCS? That small arms fire and subsequent landing made me think a bit about Kim Campbell's experience and the loss of hydraulic pressure. Granted, hers was much more than small arms fire and very badly damaged

[@root6302]

GGzz LOVE to see you fly a P-38 Lightning 👊😎

[@ludvigkhan8087]

Nice work buddy 👍🏻🎖🎖🎖🫡

[@RealMusicHype]

Great stuff!

[@demetrioshristovski4518]

l think he meant to say, No: 1 most vulnerable ground attack plane in the world.

[@Iginihechanska]

I love A-10 stuff.

[@rolling_marbles]

Hahahaha, you said Bradley’s are armor. That makes me chuckle

[@Cuccos19]

Same scenario with a fully loaded P-47 Thunderbolt could be a great "what if" video IMHO. I'm really curious what it could do in this environment, and could it survive? Or an F-35, for compare with the A-10's destructive capacity.

[@leatherneckprepper4477]

That’s a negative on the disassembly, it’s scheduled maintenance. The moment they became a competitor with US all of their equipment was immediately set to scheduled maintenance.

[@phillip_lawrence]

The A-10 never disappoints.

[@jeanyonsei2318]

Just bought the A10 + F-18 on summer promotion.

[@jollyharris1857]

Awesome 👍!

[@sheila9358]

Love the unexpected mig21 dogfight

[@A2upv]

The A-10 is pretty good

[@pupinator98]

for a second thought you were gonna get a guns kill on the mig in the beginning

[@Strykenine]

Every JDAM should have a little note on the nose... '...to whom it may concern.'

[@CivisMilitarum]

Loaded up the A10 looks like a flying cigar box of death

[@knndyskful]

Awesome

[@ExiledPiasa]

Would love to see a flight of A10 take on the AT-ATs from Hoth… ok, ok my nerd is showing, but still

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

Would probably end as well as Jedi vs slugthrower.

[@Jst4vdeos]

They need to add the Sky Warden (Air tractor) to this game.

[@dirtylaundry00.]

i agree

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Funny thing is those bombs probably cost more than the engine.

[@Keldor314]

The idea that they're only now deploying T-14s when their air force is down to flying Mig-21s out of very deep storage says everything about the expected battlefield successfulness of the Main Parade Tank.

[@davidguest3506]

The T-14 seems to be designed around modern combat with an empty turret and secluded crew compartment and three person crew. It can remain hull down and protected from kinetic shells doing damage to anything apart from the turret compartment as well as plenty of reactive spaced armor with atgm defense systems to protect from chemical threats. That being said it seems Nato is moving towards larger tanks that can act as independent command platforms with better defenses and better guns for the entirety of the tank at the cost of the hull down virtual invincibility. The superior mobility of the T-14 due to its light weight could prove very important in modern combat however it seems that roll is best suited for lightly armored vehicles that are faster yet and significantly cheaper. Conceptually seems a good idea but perhaps not as a MBT.

[@arcticshogunb]

Amazing video ❤

[@willlokeer5469]

Always a good day when GS sits in the A10

[@ilikecereal156]

When you go back to BVR fights the F15E vs the F35 would be interesting

[@somedaypilot]

"we've been trying to reach you about your T14's extended warranty..."

[@Jack102498]

What was the jet that flew by at 3:45?

[@mrthingy9072]

Hey GS, fly this same mission with an F-35 instead, see how well it does. The flags in the AF want to replace the A-10 with the F-35 so let's see how effective it will be in contested airspace with ground fire and so forth. Take the exact same steps, using the cannon and various ordnance on targets. Would be interesting to see the differences in how effective an F-35 will be in similar situations since it's the replacement aircraft.

[@noah._.powell]

You're so close to understanding why the F-35 is the upgrade.

[@ajaemedia8925]

Shout out to GS for not dropping the taxpayer's bombs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@babachloe7140]

That mig should not have gotten greedy and stayed with the gun solution.

[@thomasmadden7580]

A10’s have been busy at Nellis the last few weeks

[@cmurphy3748]

8:48 What indication or symbology on the HUD prompted you to release the JDAM? I heard you say it was GPS coordinate based, but how is this depicted on the HUD?

[@stephane0622]

It's the range carret moving down on the left side of the HUD, there is also a countdown with an R letter at the beginning, when in range it changes to MAN REL and you can drop the JDAM

[@cmurphy3748]

@@stephane0622 Gotcha, thank you!!

[@RDC2003]

Say it with me “BRRRRTTT”

[@robertalan4717]

VTOL-VR Twice the fun, a fraction of the cost and you don't have to spend hours- if not days remapping controllers after an upgrade.

[@firebald2915]

GS... What jet was that at your two o'clock as you flew over the Mig crash site ? A friendly ?

[@nonyanks2510]

Jdam vs T14, oops, there goes the neighborhood !

[@nathaniellazo5912]

A-10 vs MiG-21? Oh this will be fun!! Happy hunting!! Day 35: Ukrainian F-35 vs Russian units like your Ukranian F-16 video, "what if" they get the F-35 instead of the planned F-16. Idea from Binkov's Battlegrounds.

[@roadkillvp4life]

Crew chief gonna be pissed.

[@StudSupreme]

Despite its rather limited performance profile, I kind of dig the MiG-21. LUV the warthog. God's very own mechanical version of the angel of death.

[@tonyennis1787]

All thee T-14 "Armata" seems to be able to do is to be rare and drive with its turret spinning continuously.