The Fight I Never Wanted to Do, A-10 Warthog Vs Su-25 Frogfoot Dogfight | Digital Combat Simulator |

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[@trmc7273]

1st

[@soumikmitra7963]

What can destroy tanks?A10 Warthog and SU 25 Frogfoot

[@lamalien2276]

How about a flight of SU 25s with missiles against an F22 with only guns?

[@supremegreaser2399]

Can you do a dogfight video with no limitations or rules?

[@jtrx753]

Can you do F-22 vs A-10 please

[@cniinc]

I love that you said "With authentic models and vehicle characteristics, you'll feel like a real tank commander" right when a tank is flying through the air like it's straight out of The Fast and the Fuhrer

[@nesyboi9421]

The game literally has made up tanks in it, I don't think those are authentic models

[@meandab]

Fast and the fuhrer lmao

[@johns9652]

I was thinking more Dukes of Hazzard, but I didn't have a clever pun, your idea is better.

[@xxgodskrpxx9848]

istg lol

[@regularguy8110]

You'll feel like a real Tank Commander when you're breaking track and changing a road wheel at stupid-30 in the morning in a cold rain and two inches of mud.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

soooooooooo, you guys wanted it, so here it is. Thanks for watching guys love you all.

[@spiffy1068]

🤣😭

[@yaseen157]

Thank you for indulging us ❤️❤️

[@9s346]

Do cesna 172 vs f22 next.

[@SEJay-gj2cv]

You're a legend man, thank you! Would love to see more A-10 stuff on this channel :)

[@hellcat611]

You can hear the apathy in Growly’s voice.

[@reefkeepingandeverythingelse]

We need airliner dogfights for the next vid. Either that or a fight of awacs

[@paulodetarsonr3140]

plz someone make this happen

[@uzumakilol1288]

Yes we need this

[@noggamcstogga1756]

Awacs vs awacs seems better in my opinion

[@GyroLove]

Pilots and crewman just taking pot shots with service pistols and rifles while side by side like a couple old colonial ships

[@locusgaudi]

> a fight of awacs That's RTS in a nutshell

[@traceheilman3577]

Growling sidewinder- “are you not entertained⁉️⁉️”

[@moronstimesfour]

It would've been hilarious to see gs take his own advice and just fly away

[@shinei98]

Lol

[@yaseen157]

How fitting that this video is sponsored by tanks 🤣

[@shinei98]

True lol

[@anonymous17367]

True lol

[@raffayniazi7970]

True lol

[@theaceofspades485]

You speak in regards to facts. It made me laugh loudly.

[@shinei98]

@@theaceofspades485 you ruined the chain 😒

[@bjammin187]

Ok, forget missiles and guns: how about just a headbutt fight at the merge? May the strongest (and dumbest) pig win!

[@koishily]

This is so Warhammer 40K lmao

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

I Dogfighted an A-10 in my Harrier, I literally crashed into it, exploded, and the A-10 was like "did I just hit a bird?"

[@martyadams5551]

Accidentally did that in a Mig-21 on the Cold War server. Both the F-5 and I got a bit target fixated and played an unsuccessful game of chicken.

[@BonesCapone]

@@martyadams5551 Pretty sure not losing chicken is a successful game. You didn't lose the game, you lost at life.

[@sosoa2514]

😂😂

[@ka-50withsaams36]

Here is a small tip for those Frogfoot pilots who find themselves in this undesirable situation: Deploy your maneuvering flaps, this can help you out turn an unsuspecting opponent. It makes quite the difference in my testing. Or just don't merge with an enemy if you can help it.

[@koishily]

I think also being in a climbing turn that the A-10 will eventually be unable to follow also might work. The Su-25 does have the thrust advantage for sure

[@RydalS]

@@koishily I was also thinking since the they will be useless you get jettison your wing ordinance and definitely increase your maneuverability by a large factor.

[@RydalS]

I was also thinking since the they will be useless you get jettison your wing ordinance and definitely increase your maneuverability by a large factor

[@koishily]

@@RydalS Also, removing the extra pylons would give you an advantage too bc less drag. Just keep your fox2s

[@murfdog2216]

Or just immeadiatly eject and except defeat.....

[@CuteEvie]

Not saying it would make a difference at all, but the regular SU-25 flies a lot better than the T model

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

the A was also used in this video thats the first one I killed.

[@user-yz6xx2wl5d]

@@GrowlingSidewinder do you fly with bots?) seriously, you were in a tailspin with a significant loss in speed and he did not knock you down, amazing

[@hbtm2951]

Still doesn't matter, not enough wing surface area, too much weight in the central section of the aircraft, it's doomed for this...

[@jake4194]

@@GrowlingSidewinder well the t would get wreked even worse, the t handles soo much worse!

[@ShortArmOfGod]

Regular is always better than the t's.

[@SEJay-gj2cv]

Never realized how much I wanted to see this until just now lol Thanks!

[@rikrayarcade]

A-10 pilots:- If the frogfoot is a tank..... then the warthog is a tank-killer ......

[@lornon5759]

I mean accurate lol

[@beng7844]

It’s the counter they never saw coming

[@lornon5759]

@@ritabratagoswami7724 Scale of wars was also very different and Iraq had much more in the way of Anti Air in 1991.

[@n0nac481]

@@ritabratagoswami7724 I'm pretty sure there have been more Su-25s that have been shot down. In the Soviet-Afghan war Pakistani F-16s shot down a su-25 when it entered Pakistani airspace and also mujahedeen's used stingers to hunt down su-25s

[@n0nac481]

@@ritabratagoswami7724 Overall A-10 is a much more successful aircraft whereas Su-25 in all honestly should just retire now and rely on the su-24 for ground bombing or develop a new bomber

[@titaniummechanism3214]

I think I can hear the desire to just eject right after the merge in his voice.

[@igorcosta-hh2ud]

just information , su25T has a ha IR jammer on the tail, "right shift - E " to turn on

[@Pman353]

How does an IR jammer work? I can’t think of a way besides a laser that blinds the IR sensor on the missile

[@tymoteuszkazubski2755]

@@Pman353 AFAIK older IRCM worked by pulsing a MWIR source at a specific frequency that introduced a false offset in a rotary head IR seeker. Doesn't work against imaging seekers such as those used in modern AIM-9.

[@Pman353]

@@tymoteuszkazubski2755 oh that’s cool. Thanks!

[@tmytyson]

GS's whole vibe this entire fight was "Your boos mean nothing! I've seen what makes you cheer!"

[@MegaConrad101]

Really liked the fact that you swapped planes between the rounds - it minimises the advantage of a superior plane over the other.

[@martincox9691]

Squealing alarms and a woman’s voice yelling at me in Russian. I call that “every time I load DCS”.

[@vailex_]

Lmao pretty much.

[@conroypawgmail]

Sounds like a typical day, commuting to work on I-94, here in Chicago.

[@brendongraham3821]

"I want to melt him with this gun..... " brrrrrrrrrrrt lol

[@adrianpaz472]

New video request: - PvP (preferably with Longshot) - 4 generations of aircraft (F86, F5, F14 and F22) - All available air to air weapons are valid - Each player starts with the oldest generation aircraft. Changes aircraft to the next oldest if he losses one and continues until it losses the four of them. The player that remains wins! - starting position beyond the radar range of the most advanced active aircraft. - The idea is to show the total capabilities of each generation and how to better approach each. - mountain terrain would be preferable to give a better chance to older generation aircraft.

[@1Life4Passion]

Yes, he probably saw this comment!

[@JesusFriedChrist]

I love this idea, it would make for such a great video!

[@gareththompson2708]

This is a really great idea. I hope he does this at some point. Although, why not do all five generations of jet fighters? I'd throw in the P-80 as well.

[@Kunomi334]

GS:I didn’t want to do this fight Viewers:you are doing it and you are gonna like it!

[@kcmsterpce]

7:09 "But this thing rolls like a pig". I resemble that comment. I roll out of bed every morning!

[@daniel_f4050]

On behalf of all of us I’d like to thank you for taking one for the team. Sure, it was exactly what everyone expected. But death by Brrrrrrrrt is always worth watching. 👍

[@eliyang]

Hmmm, seems to be a common theme here with the Frogfoot. "There goes my wing." - GS

[@SkyWriter25]

A-10: Most people respect the star on the wing. Everybody respects the gun.

[@NewCaliforniaRepublicTrooper]

F-22/A Raptor VS P-51/D Mustang. Its what we've all been waiting for! 😁

[@metalogic1580]

Anything other than a 5th or 4th gen fighter vs the f22 is a colossal waste of time for us and GS lol Even 8 Mustangs vs 1 F22 would be pretty pointless as it would just be sa firework show, not a dogfight

[@aaronfriebel361]

Seeing that A-10C cockpit brings back some fun memories. I actually worked at Lockheed as a systems engineer intern on the PE program, so I got to to the testing for the cockpit systems and integration of the AIM-9, AGM-65, Litening and Sniper XR. Was a lot of fun! Scary thing was seeing the targeting pods in action and also the seeker heads of the Sidewinder and Maverick! We also had a weekly call with Capt "Killer Chick"!

[@supercarsnaviation6148]

Interesting

[@RiznNuke]

Next: A-10 vs P-51 or any other nice WW2 plane :)

[@jamesjarrait2231]

The Mustang didn’t have auto cannons, just rifle cartridge and 50 cal machine guns. Like bouncing bbs off a brick wall.

[@justinthomas85]

@@jamesjarrait2231 i don't think they would bounce off. The A10 is a tough plane, but not fully armored. I have no idea how the fight would turn out but i imagine a few bursts to both engines would take care of it...hypothetically speaking of the Mustang was on its 6.

[@Gripen90]

It should be the A10 the P47D Thunderbolt. The old Jug....or perhaps the good old Mossie (Mosquito) FB variant.

[@RodolfinhoGamer]

@@justinthomas85 A10 is Fully Armored.

[@RodolfinhoGamer]

@@xmeda it can Resist at 23mm rounds...

[@jzcski]

Nice work man! I’m blown away by how detailed and accurate the presentation is…HUD, up-front control, steady and chopped tones…I have caught many an unsuspecting Eagle or Viper driver by surprise by using the vertical and driving the 1circle fight post-merge. Even when defensive, a good break turn and recognizing the reversal picture is crazy effective. Your knowledge of BFM and the terms used are damn good. You should go teach a class at the USAF Fighter Weapons School!

[@robburns4176]

I got to talk to a Warthog driver years ago at the Oceana NAS airshow, who had just gotten back from Iraq. He was flying his A-10 in the show with temporary patch panels on his starboard wing, from where a SAM had punched through it without exploding. He completed his mission and flew RTB that way. A tough old bird.

[@azcoder]

I stepped outside this morning and was greeted by a pair of A-10s banking low over the rooftops right in front of me. It was spectacular. I live a few miles from their base but had never seen them so close before.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

Theyre going to target the base in a nuclear holocaust

[@clivedoe9674]

SU25 is the best plane to learn to fly on. Teaches you all the basics and how to multitask as you struggle to operate the avionics and keep that pig from killing itself. It wants to depart controlled flight in every aggressive maneuver.

[@IAm18PercentCarbon]

The Frogfoot doesn't fly. It accidentally falls upwards for a while in a confused panic.

[@SirMo]

I don't know if this was a joke, but as a newbie I am actually considering learning SU25 as my first plane. I play the goofiest classes in every game I play and su25 seems just like the kind of shit I like.

[@ScottSchapiro]

I think every aircraft deserves an opportunity to be swiss-cheesed by the A-10.

[@foolboi6332]

@Чёрный Волк the A10 is escorted by fighter jets

[@badgermcbadger1968]

@@foolboi6332 not always

[@KFLY007]

@@foolboi6332 and the Frogfoot also escorted bruh because A10s main target is the ground so the escorts is only for dogfights against other fighter jets

[@KFLY007]

@Чёрный Волк nah A10 also flies in Pairs

[@launchsquid]

If you know you can't out turn the A-10, and you know you have an energy advantage in the SU-25, why do a turn fight and not do a boom and zoom fight? Stay fast in the SU-25 and there is nothing the A-10 can do in a dogfight, you'll always be higher, always be faster, always have the initiative and always have the opening to abandon the fight if you wish.

[@Asghaad]

you extend, you eat the Sidewinder ... he covered that in the video ...

[@ThatOtherDave]

Yeah sidewinder up your backside sorta ruins that plan.

[@Lolski_924]

Su-25 *"I am (sorta) speed"* Sidewinder: *"so am I"*

[@TonymanCS]

@@ritabratagoswami7724 It IS the most successful short range AA missile ever, denying its effectivity is about the same as saying Kalashnikov is trash.

[@TonymanCS]

@@ritabratagoswami7724 Wow, 1 failed launch. Recently a Russian destroyer just failed to launch a missile, Should I also call that missile trash?

[@SerjLevonyuk]

You didn't even try to win for su-25. Invite someone who can fly this thing.

[@alexfreeman4069]

Very true!

[@smeghead765]

Just because two aircraft fulfill similar roles in their respective air forces doesn't mean they are necessarily a good counter for one another.

[@smeghead765]

Okay, how would you have defeated the A-10 if you were flying the SU-25?

[@smeghead765]

Nice try but you're changing the scenario. A-10s don't fly solo either. So let's use the set up that was actually used in the video we just watched. One on one, head on merge. How do you plan on forcing the A-10 to bleed off speed? He can turn tighter and if I'm not mistaken, his stall speed is lower anyway. Turning with him is suicide so I think you're right about extending. But then the question becomes how effective is your IR jammer? If you can count on it then can you outrun him or out climb him by enough of a margin to be able to set up another head on pass? Or is your ceiling high enough to stall him out then dive on him while he's recovering? I don't know enough about the performance characteristics to say but my guess is no to all of these. You're not going to get in behind him so your only chance is a lucky shot head on.

[@smeghead765]

Your criticism of GS was that he wasn't trying to win. So my question is how COULD he have won in THIS scenario. Not, would you do this or that. Not, is this realistic. Not, what advantages can we give the Frogfoot. So we have 1v1, 12 o'clock merge. No wingman. No intercept angle. Just a straight up dogfight like the one in the video. What more should he have done? It's okay to admit that it is an unwinnable fight. And A-10s do fly with wingmen always. You've probably seen videos of them doing gun runs where the camera follows the shooter because that is the interesting part. The wingman is usually flying in a higher up cover position looking for threats like SAMs.

[@lordsqueak]

Thank you for showing both sides of the fight. Interesting to see how you handle both sides of a dog fight, especially when you know the strenghts and weaknesses of both.

[@jamesytgaming5237]

I just discovered this channel two weeks ago. And I cannot stop binging on his videos. It's so amazing to watch dogfights that are so realistic. Gives you the feeling that you're witnessing a real fight up close ❤️

[@Seth90]

"Because it's the fight this channel deserves, but not the one it needs right now."

[@theserpent4495]

Hang on this is the su-25t, what about the regular su25

[@mantisushi]

The first one he killed was an A

[@KFLY007]

A10 would still dominate

[@SovereignVis]

You should have shown the Tacview to show just how much of a turning advantage the A-10 has over the Su-25.

[@hunormagyar1843]

Yeah but I mean you saw that already, din' ya? lol

[@benwatso]

Yea the a-10 turn time is basically unfair

[@SovereignVis]

​@@benwatso Not really, it's a lot easier to turn sharply when you are going a lot slower.

[@TheDickieP]

Respect to you for keeping your fans happy. It was a cool video. I know you’ve already addressed it but the new weather and cloud system is going to open up a whole new aspect to your videos. Keep up the good work

[@jatpack3]

"Doesn't matter what I do I'm gonna die anyway" I felt that

[@g.k.1669]

Strangely enough...those were my wedding vows.

[@stormman641]

The a10 gunning the 25 in half is exactly what i expected with my experience from flying in hoggit GAW and PGAW. Even with out of missiles I’d go back for the froggy before running back to base.

[@uberbosst]

i just want to know what the Russian voice is saying. Everytime a Sukhoi makes a hard turn plane says something like "Priyene o attakke, Priyene priapus" lol

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

I would imagine thats an angle of attack indicator but any Russian speaking viewers want to correct me on that, that would be great.

[@ThePitonec1723]

That's a warning for maximum aoa and maximum overload

[@MrFrztsan]

Translation: "limiting angle of attack. limiting overload"

[@user-ed3bp7mb9r]

Anything with "predelniy" means "critical". "Oogol" - "angle", "Ataki" - take 3 guesses 😉

[@oo.8330]

Предельный угол атаки

[@koishily]

I really like how you flew both planes in this video, it's nice to see from both cockpits' perspective

[@blackrat1228]

I'm feeling the Maximus "are you not entertained?!" vibes going on here

[@feliscorax]

Did someone say Matsimus?

[@zacharydrumm2614]

Do the B-52 vs tu-95 next

[@Snuckster2]

THIS!

[@stealth42blade]

This battle has been a topic and we thank you for giving us a show out it I’m sure there are still hundreds ways to do or scenarios to play out but it still give us a solid ground to set

[@sweetroscoeful]

When I was a kid growing up, I do remember applying a sort of logic to planes fighting....ie, an f-15 would battle only battle a Mig-25, an F-14 would battle Mig-23's type...but then took it further to say that A-10's would battle Su-25's, or Apache's helicopters would duel with Mi-24's....types would always fight types. It's fun that DCS makes this a little more "real." Thanks!

[@preppen78]

The worst possible combination in any dogfight - being a chimpanzee that lost visuals :(

[@Anarchy_420]

Lmao the fight you never wanted to do but the fight everyone wanted to see! ;)

[@Anarchy_420]

Lol anyone can hop in a MIG and down a Mustang, I kno your not afraid of a challenge Growling Sidewinder ;)

[@BringTheRain]

Hey well I mean if we're fielding suggestions; I've always wanted to see a very large scale dogfight, like 30v30, some sort of caucasus showdown of the red FC3 birds and the F-15, F-16 and F-18 all working together. Would be cool to see how much datalink, an AWACS, GCI, etc would help

[@aryanjaiswal3110]

Nothing special learned here from the perspective of Aviation But this video was wholesome by the way you didn't hesitate to Jump in the Frogfoot and expressing your Love towards your Audience ❤️ It's the best form of appreciation one can ever have Thank you so much Growling Sidewinder for teaching me being Humble and Sarcastic and Congratulations for gaining sponsor and wish you more Wholesome Future Endeavours ❤️ Lots of love from India

[@Mike_Romeo]

You crazy son of a.... You finial did it :D

[@MrDino1953]

Well, at least it was a change from freakin’ Vipers, Hornets and Tomcats.

[@dadteaches]

Howabout making a 30 minute Frogfoot v Frogfoot, guns only. the nice, relaxing 40 second merges, the graceful and slow turns to see all the scenery...

[@billybobjackson9906]

Great video as always GS, keep up the good work. Also it would be awesome if we could see some more ww2 dogfights.

[@bigblue6917]

I did read that when they were first looking at the A-10 there was a rival aircraft up against it. The soviets did get satellite photographs of the other aircraft but not the A-10. Thinking the other aircraft would be the winner they copied its design from the photographs. That is the SU-25

[@huntermurphy2148]

It does kinda look like the YA-9 😂

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

That sounds ludicrous even by Soviet standards.

[@americanpatriot4227]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD - Well ridiculous, is defined by Soviet Standards :) I could tell, but wont, some insanely funny stories of basically exactly the scenario discussed and better - " Stolen" Tech that was trap-doored all to heck, and built in LARGE Numbers by the Soviets........ In one instance - STILL In use - unbeknown to Russia Today. No Kidding.

[@Meteorslinger7.1]

Gotta admit, for decades I always wondered what would happen if these jets met!

[@SootHead]

THANK YOU! I seriously enjoyed this and promise to leave you alone about it from here on! Though I wouldn't mind the A-10 against a superior opponent and see if you or another good digipilot can stay alive or thrive.

[@allenarneson4349]

I applaud your love and concern for your viewers. If it were me, I stay in the F-22 Raptor for every dogfight...

[@shanerowland3715]

I was always led to believe that these two plane’s were more evenly matched wow

[@felicidadnalitan1786]

"This thing rolls like a pig" lmao he's right though..

[@hanovergreen4091]

Cool. Don't even fly sims but this was interesting/fun/informative to watch. Thanks and Best Regards!

[@darylcoleman1045]

I know this one was no thrill for you, but I've been enjoying your videos recently, particularly because your in battle chatter sounds all business and kept to the necessary. In some of your others, your work with your spectacular wingman is just top notch. Again, very professional sounding comms, as opposed to some other video producers who just plain talk way too much (like grim reapers). Please do more scenario work. This may convince me to buy into DCS.

[@Elthenar]

As a general rule, I hate watching other people play video games. This is something else though. I can't help but watch lol

[@swaghauler8334]

"There's the A10 v SU 25 fight you all wanted to see..." NO SON.... that wasn't a fight. It was an ass-whooping. But at least you didn't get shot in the face...

[@dariozanze4929]

F-22 vs Mig-21's BUT whenever F-22 scores a kill he has to chug a glass of moonshine.

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

Now this was one fight I was ESPECIALLY excited to see

[@Capt_JD]

There is a reason why Su 25 is *free*

[@fubaralakbar6800]

Okay, so I tried my standard parallel of this fight in Fighters Anthology...and it turned out exactly the same way. Straight up win in the A-10, straight up loss in the Su-25 : )

[@haijin7484]

What do you expect, A-10 is just next level engineering.

[@ericgrumbles447]

Wait... How are you still playing FA? Is there a way to play it now without creating a virtual machine running Windows 98SE?

[@fubaralakbar6800]

@@ericgrumbles447 Linux. Wine. : )

[@severian_matachin]

That was way more entertaining than I thought it would be. Hope you had at least a little bit of fun GS!

[@liangfeifung6880]

You never wanted to do it. But WE wanted you to do it. Thx so much GS, keep up with the good work.

[@michaelkaylor6770]

“Who am I to deny the people what they want?” Awfully Roman Governor of you!

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Pilate in the cockpit?

[@nwbklr]

The sheer contempt in his voice while flying the SU25 is palpable. “I guess I could go vertical, cause I do have a slight thrust advantage. But it doesn’t really matter what I do.” 😂 🤦‍♂️

[@panan7777]

"No matter what I do I die" I'd say this goes for all RU airplanes as well. Ru builds ballet dancers, US builds most effective killers. Why slug it out up close in a fistfight, when you can stab him with a 10' lance ?

[@Stinger522]

The fight I never expected to see, but glad i got to watch.

[@theheartland1861]

nothing better than seeing a mean, nasty and beautiful warthog when it's feeding time

[@trevortaylor5501]

You have to love a guy who gave up before it began, because that's how it will end.

[@ianmoravec5745]

I don't see you pulling hard on the Su-25. Doesn't change the fact the A-10 can turn sharper, but with speed advantage you can win in a Su-25

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

u can't if the a10 is carrying sidewinders, because as you get faster you make larger circles which allows the a10 to just fox2 you in the ass, guns only fight is different tho but thats not really going to happen in todays environment anyway.

[@man-o-war1685]

25 can only pull 4g

[@reboundrides8132]

Ya but not when the a10 has fox 2s

[@benwelch4076]

Is that a barrel roll or you just happy to see me? Had me laughing, epic, dude.

[@xSupra]

Damn I wish we got faraway camera shots from that first round. The faraway camera shots in that recent F-5E and MiG-23 vid were amazing.

[@danield.7359]

This video answers also an other question: the superiority of highly maneuverable air planes vs. a less maneuverable ones relying on distance shots, if in a close combat scenario. E.g. F-35 vs SU-57

[@wuzz111]

Thing is in the real world dogfights don’t happen anymore. Dogfights are cool and fun, and they worked in 1942, but the modern day is a different beast. In reality a F-35 would blast the SU-57 from over the horizon (called BVR or beyond visual range), modern combat is a fight of who sees who first and who has the better AWACS and long range radars. But also who is the stealthier plane. This is why you can see the US is investing in planes that may seem less manoeuvrable and therefore worse but are actually better since they have better stealth, radars and missiles. The 3 main attributes of a plane are no longer speed - manoeuvrability - guns but radars - stealth - missiles

[@greggstrasser5791]

I feel like GS defeats himself when he’s not in an F-22.

[@okflyer777]

When you're flying a POS like this and have an A10 tight on your six, maybe rip it to idle, put the boards up and throw the gear down. Maybe - just maybe - that would cause an overshoot and give you one shot. Desperation, I know but maybe...

[@dustysniper9724]

Now think if you increased the maneuverability of the Su-25, that would be a force to reckon with

[@CuteEvie]

Dumb fights are fun fights! Now let’s see warbirds vs 4th and 5th gen!

[@kimfosnight4593]

WWII warbirds when gen 4 and 5 have free reign to go vertical and run out 10 to 15 miles. At a less than 5,000 feet in a small area the warbird wins every time but at a high aspect sht from a dive and the me109 goes down.....

[@CuteEvie]

@@kimfosnight4593 I said it was dumb didn’t I?

[@ludicrousspeed6422]

If you have 20+ warbirds and the jet only has guns then they might have a chance.

[@Jose_737]

What about the F-104 mod vs the mig-21? That could be interesting.

[@peterweller8583]

Ha ha ha blind fleeing the blind really a lake stake vs a no radar no rear visibility hot rod guns and fox 2's and awacs vectors

[@benn454]

So, you want to watch the MiG get maneuver kills over and over as the Starfighter constantly lawn darts into the ground?

[@Jose_737]

@@benn454 yes, and I want gs to fly the starfighter.

[@magnang]

Would be great to see you try the Mig-23 ! BVR, dogfights or trying some boom and zoom tactics.

[@baomao7243]

Might also be an interesting corner case to see how the A-10 fares in this fight if it has only a single working engine.

[@NOTAnother_Kyle]

Before I watch it I'm going to make my prediction and say A10 fingers crossed

[@Tstahl962]

Yeh, flown the Frogfoot plenty, it's so slow and heavy, my bets on the A10 too

[@allmight1612]

Now that I think of it, GS piloting a SU-25T is the most cursed thing ever

[@Ocastia]

Ohh, now i want to see even more of the A10, such a beautiful (?) Plane.

[@beavis0615]

Thank you for settling that. Keep up the good work!

[@floppa1-166]

Actually I noticed the Su-25 performs better in a dogfight or smth with the combat flaps down, F and Shift+F

[@jevgenijjankovskij8537]

You mean he didn't even use them?

[@floppa1-166]

@@jevgenijjankovskij8537 Nah he didn’t use it. But dogfighting in a su25 isn’t a popular thing after all haha

[@georgiaoni6101]

@@floppa1-166 When turning on flaps for turning is like the main thing you do in every prop It was only natural for me to slap em on whenever im in a turnfight

[@pmvitale]

Considering the Frogfoot was based off of the A-9A, technically they've already had a fly-off.

[@atreus7839]

Now that bois is dedication to your channel. Give that man a medal.

[@dyrtymike5589]

Great video!! Fight I always wondered about. U gained my subscribing.

[@koekiejam18]

The SU-25 is like a hind, come in fast expend all your ordnance in one pass and then fly off immediately. The A-10 is more like an apache, flying slow stalking its prey

[@thewhite8uard]

Yeh, just a very slow fighter-bomber.

[@denisl2760]

"Come in fast, expend all your ordinance, and fly off immediately"... Me and the Hind have alot in common.

[@thesweatleaf]

Why did you use the Su-25T, and then trash the whole Su-25 family? The T is shit. The A is faster, climbs better and is more agile. Just use the net (8) to correct your shots.

[@Fullerite_]

First of all, Su-25A doesn't exist. Basic model is just called Su-25 Secondly, Su-25T is shit ONLY in dogfight. It's a nightmare for infantry, tanks and also ships

[@fubarace1027]

He used both. He said he used the A in the first fight.

[@fubarace1027]

"Growling Sidewinder 2 hours ago the A was also used in this video thats the first one I killed."

[@thesweatleaf]

@@Fullerite_ Before you "first of all" anyone, you have to remember this is DCS World we're talking about: Su-25A is commonly used to describe the FC Frogfoot in DCS World

[@thesweatleaf]

@@fubarace1027 I saw what appeared to be an A in the first fight, but the opponent flew it. My point was he should have flown the A against the A-10 because it has a massive speed and climb advantage.

[@craiglewis7186]

"I kinda want to see the gun on the A-10 just melt this thing though." And it did.

[@bsb1975]

There's a Stephen Coontz book from the 90's where a Frogfoot dogfights, and eventually shoots down, a Flanker. Seemed pretty unbelievable at the time. Even more so now. Good book, though.