A-4 Skyhawk Vs AV-8B Harrier Falklands War Dogfight | DCS |

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In this video we explore the possibilities of the dogfights that could have gone down during the Falkland's War. We take an Argentinean A-4 Skyhawk and we are Dogfighting a British AV-8B Harrier, in an attempt to see how this kind of engagement could have gone down during those times, Both sides fought bravely and these were truly brave them strapping themselves into these machines and fighting to the bitter end often there were no chutes or ejections.

[tijmenvrijburg]

3:35
Harrier: *shoots misile*
A4: “my countermeasures are beyond your understanding”

[whalehands]

I love how you give a little history lesson before hand. I think you should do more history lessons!!

[robp.]

There actually was one instance where an A-4 had dropped its ordnance and positioned itself behind a Harrier for a gun kill, but it's 20mm cannons had jammed. The Argentines A-4's had older versions of the Colt 20mm cannons that were notorious for jamming solid if the aircraft pulled more than a few G at any time. Coming off their bomb runs often jammed their cannons solid, so they basically were totally defenseless against the Harriers without even cannon. They also had poor RWR, and often had to be told about the presence of Harriers by the GCI radar sites at Stanley. They really didn't have a chance against the Harriers. In Sharkey Ward's book on the subject his squadron chose to fly at the lower altitudes because that's where the Skyhawks flew. The other squadron on the other carrier flew at high altitudes and thus never scored many kills because one, they were told to turn off their radars by the CO who believed their radars were garbage, and two, because the A-4s were down low. It was this command of turning off the radars and flying high that allowed the Etendards to fly in under the CAP undetected and sink the Sheffield with Exocets. So half the Harriers flew up high in the Northern sector, while the Southern squadron flew at lower altitudes and racked up the majority of the kills.

[yoshiegg]

4:00 has got to be the coolest scene of 2020

[charles-olivierdenis]

So he hit the turn, shot your missile with his missile, laid down some gun fire and avoided you by a mere few feet, all within like 2 seconds?

Get this man some recognition.

[GrowlingSidewinder]

So like all conflicts its hard to find articles and accurate numbers to support what really happened the Argentinians dismiss British claims and the British dismiss Argentina's claims, Such is the nature of these conflicts but one thing is for sure, the Men who climbed into these aircraft whether they were British or Argentinian all struggled to fit their massive balls into the cockpits of these aircraft. Much Respect to all troops and pilots etc who had to be a part of this conflict. Hope you guys enjoyed the video and thank you all for watching. Take care and stay safe.

[EndTimeDreams]

The A4 Skyhawk is a formidable aircraft in the right hands. In New Zealand our A4's had the early block F-16 radar and a glass coctpit. We carried sidewinders and mavericks as well as laser guided bombs and had a modern Feranti Head Up Display. We did a simulated attack against an Australian base called RAAF Tindal back in the 90's. We put 5 skyhawks against the base and the Aussies put 4 hornets in the air. We managed to fight our way into their airspace and shoot down all 4 hornets without a skyhawk loss. With the right avionics the right training and weapons the skyhawk is lethal.

[mszlpl]

3:50 god damn that was straight outta Ace Combat!

[timsullivan]

That miraculous appearance of the Skyhawk emerging from the fireball of the 2 missiles colliding - one of my all time favorite DCS images!
Priceless!

[edutheboss]

I got chills when I saw both missiles destroy each other and the A-4 coming out of the explosion

[scollyb]

The Sea Harrier was smaller and lighter than the AV-8 and most importantly had radar

[silverlancexyz]

Absolutely love these documentary style commentaries and historic engagements, Growling's channel is so underrated

[Golden_Gamer]

At 3:20 my mouth dropped. Not only in shock but pure love for this game. Dogfights like this on DCS is what makes this game for me. You don't expect it to turn out like that.

[donciers]

I'm a sci-fi novelist, a friend asked me if DCS inspired any of the aerial dogfights in my stories or if I gamed. I told him no, . I didn't know what DCS was, though I've watched my son and grandson game other such. So I've come looking. Now, what do I see four minutes in? DAMMN!!

[gizmophoto]

I attended a lecture by a Harrier squadron commander who served in the Falkland at the Air & Space Museum in the late ‘80s. He had a very interesting response to an audience member who said something like “Bet you wish you’d had one of our big American carriers.” He replied that weather conditions were such that Harriers could land in conditions that would have precluded USN flight ops, describing how they could fly low and slow in misty conditions, find the wake of their carrier, and steer to a landing in very low visibility conditions.

[rev]

As a DCS Harrier pilot. (My first and main airframe) I find it very effective to put flaps into stol so they extend to 25 degrees to improve turn rate then retract them to auto to regain energy. Also another thing to note is when I fly on the cold war servers where the harrier is guns only and your fighting mig 21's mostly, the harrier can climb with a mig 21 for quite some time, sometimes even leading to the kill.

[CoolAnimals]

growling sidewinder be like: let's do some dog fights with the ground attack aircrafts

[starturtle]

For those who who want to know more about the Falklands War, particularly the aerial angle, the following books are recommended (sorry for the repetitive names):
"Air War: South Atlantic" by Jeffrey Ethel, a general overview of the conflict's air operations on both sides
The memoirs of the Royal Navy's two Sea Harrier squadron commanders during the war: "Hostile Skies: The Battle for the Falklands" by Cmd. David Morgan and "Sea Harriers Over the Falklands: The Black Death" by Cmd. Nigel "Sharkey" Ward
"Skyhawks over the South Atlantic: Argentine Skyhawks in the Malvinas/Falklands War" by Santiago Rivas, obviously focused on the Skyhawk pilots and their missions
"RAF Harrier Ground Attack: Falklands" by Jerry Pook, a look at the lesser known but still crucial role that Royal Air Force Harrier GR3s played in the war
"Vulcan 607" by Rowland White, a look a the role that the UK's Vulcan strategic bomber played in the war and what was at the time the longest distance bombing raid ever attempted
And for helicopter aficionados, "Down South: A Falklands War Diary" by Chris Parry, the memoirs of a Royal Navy Wessex pilot who took part in both troop transport and anti-submarine ops during the conflict

[Degsie]

As other's have mentioned it was a sea harrier in the Falklands conflict which was different to the AV-8B. The AV-8B was Harrier 2 while Sea Harrier was Harrier 1 with improved Air to Air capabilities. The US supplied the UK with AIM9L sidewinders which included stripping their operational squadrons of them. They were a difference maker and performed far better than in the videos.

[henrylevoyer]

100k!!! Congratulations man, you deserve em. You got me into DCS and I've put 60 hours into it in like a week lol. Keep it up :)