1982 Falklands War: 900 Mile Round Trip To Bomb Shipping At San Carlos | DCS Reenactment Mission 

I am from Argentina and you guys did the mission very well. I Hope British and Argentina Will play in the same side in the near future global west vs east wars. In memory of those Who Lost their lives on both sides i Hope to see more videos like this. BEST regards from Córdoba Argentina

Got to admire the Argentine pilots, they made a real impact despite heavy losses.

Thanks for this GR - very well done - I was on HMS Antrim, thankfully we didn't sink but our main weapon system was totally put out of commission by an unexploded 1000 lb'er. Ardent, which I saw burning nearby had my best mate from school on board, she was hit by about 17 bombs - he somehow survived the sinking. Rapiers took too long to effectively setup on the first day. All shipborne radars didn't have Moving Target Indication over land, this was something we had retro-fitted afterwards and being in such a small body of water is not the 'natural' place for these ships to be - after all, we were an anti-submarine asset for NATO to guard the Greenland Iceland Norway gap (Antrim was originally a Carrier Group Escort). So similar to the brave Argentine pilots who didn't know what to expect until they popped over the high hills surrounding the Sound, we couldn't see them until they appeared in the sky there. - I sometimes speak with a veteran Argentine pilot from that engagement and will pass him a link to this video. Once again BZ very well done.

Argentinian bomb fuses were not designed for low altitude attacks, just imagine if the bombs they dropped, actually exploded, the story might be entirely different.

Damn, that was some crazy, almost suicidal mission with very outdated equipment. Great video, Cap

Love the verisimilitude of this mission. So very much like what I read about. It does make you admire the balls of the Argentinian pilots. Well done. The anticipation and climax were worth the wait.

Just a little detail, but the timing of adding the dramatic music was PERFECT 👍 Great mission.

String these Falklands videos together and you could get something to send to the History Channel Well Done

A job well done by Cap and the Boys. Challenges with refueling, the unknown level of protection, culminating with trying to execute a bombing mission at high speed. I thought it felt very realistic. It was great having Cap calling the blow by blow and watching it all unfold from different views. Great Video.

Aside from the radio silence kept by the Argentinian pilots, awesome mission, and video ;)

Argie here! Today is My birthday and for me this is a gift. The start of both attacks gave me chills, from the Daggers and then the Skyhawks. Those pilots are my real life heroes since I studied the war by myself (In the school they thaught us political BS, so we feel sorry for our soldiers, and not proud). This reenactments/play is like the movie we Will never have about those pilots. Thanks a Lot and keep it up the good work!!! Respect for all the fallen, from both sides.

oh look...ANOTHER hour long video HELL YEA!!!! *grabs popcorn*

Thanks Arty and Cap for the mission. it was great fun to fly. 😎

The cloud model is a bit up the shit for 25kft as you break out. There isn't Altostratus (As) and Stratocumulus (Sc) up there because these are mid level clouds. Cirrus (Ci), Cirrostratus (Cs) and Cirrocumulous (Cc) is what you get up there and Cumulonimbus (Cb) tops when there's thunderstorms. The way it is there's cloud layers going beyond 40,000ft ffs!. Depending on latitude there isn't much cloud over about 30,000ft perhaps the occasional Ci or Cb top. I almost sicked up at this monstrous inaccuracy. For the love of god someone let the devs know before I have a brain aneurysm.

I like the subtle music you added during the combat!

I just had a great idea cap! Another skills competition! If you remember not long ago you did the Carrier Landing Challenge where it got progressively harder to land. What if you did the same sort of challenge but with mid air refueling? I foresee a lot of chaos with this challenge and it sounds like great fun for the boys (and girls) at GR. Round 1 : you could give everyone 3 passes to attempt to refuel. No wind or special conditions like weather Round 2 - 2 passes some wind but not a lot. As well as minor human interference from the tanker. Round 3 - 2 passes, wind and light weather (such as light rain), mild human interference. Round 4 - 1 pass high wind and severe weather such as storms, up to you for human interference here. Round 5 - 1 pass (highly unlikely anyone will survive this one) insane levels of wind and severe storms, maximum human interference. Feel free to modify this formula to how you see fit. Have a great day cap!

Hi cap. Absolutly amazing. I love it. Thanks

Great job and great video

Great mission - really brings home the challenge for the Argentinian Airforce - and actually quite realstic, when they flew high they did get shot down. The Falklands map is really impressive! Just to point out that as was mentioned in the debrief the targets that were the most valuable were the landing ships. However the RN knew this and deliberately positioned the escort vessels (warships) in the most vulnerable positions so that any attacking Argentinian aircraft would have to fly over them to get to the landing ships - that combined with getting hold of absolutely everything they could (strapping machineguns to the ships rails) made them by far the most likely to get hit. The job of the escorting warships was to get the ships and their cargos safely ashore so whilst the loss of Ardent and Antelope was a definite blow they did their job protecting the landing (like bodyguards jumping infront of a bullet).

That's so cool keep it up

incredible amazing video

Just gotta say, though I really enjoy your reenactments, it wouldn't be the Falklands without the infamous Vulcan bombing raid on Port Stanley. 🙂

My friends dad was a Sergent in the Marines and actually shot down an A4 during the landings. Shares the credit with one of the frigates I believe! Crazy to think he saw this for real.

Excellent!

Nice work

Great video! Really shows how much it took to get those bombs there and how well the Argentinians did considering. Cap, I’m sorry about your internet.

Me : Eject! Eject! Eject! Wife : You know they can't hear you, right?

" Geezuz Qwiest" --- That was Frekin awesome, from brief- take-off- AAR great COMS - IPA Mirage daggers and serious "the Shiittz" ( no pun intented ) bombing from the Skyhawks combat guys - best fun ever -- gotta Love Cap Live ( did ya hit anything? )- congrats on Mission complete

Hi Cap. greetings from Argentina The 2 FFG sunk on Bomb Alley, as If I not wrong is what the British knows the San Carlos straits battle, was the HMS ARDENT and the HMS ANTELOPE. The HMS ARGONAUT was heavily damage.

very good video that would very hard trying to avoid missiles and aa

"We are all dead. I hope you enjoyed that!" :)

really impressive takeoff.......no one crashed!!

Fun content.

I don't agree with why Argentina were in the Falklands but those Argentinian pilots were some very courageous pilots. More than likely they probably knew these were suicide missions but they went anyway.

well some sidenotes as for realism: Most important thing is that it was a gret mission, really close to the real thing, main limitation is the game itself... 1) Lack of Daggers/Mirage5 only left you guys with the option of using Mirage 2000, a way more advanced aircraft with a much more powerfull engine 2) Game does not mod malfuctions. In real life on that scale of operations malfuctions in both aircraft and air defense systems does play a role 3) ingame Rapiers and Sea Darth are way more lethal than 1982 version of the system. I think those systems are modded after later versions, versions that were indeed upgraded after the 1982 conflict due to the mediocre results protecting airspace against semi-obsolete strike aircrafts 4) a bomb hit does not equal a bomb exploding, a lot of Argentinean bombs were duds due to the low altitude drop problem. i'd say 1/2 bombs were duds in the attack, so you get a somehow historical outcome of 2 ships sunks out of 4 hits 5) i was expecting a 25% to 40% aircraft downed... 100% down its not realistic but what can you do except reducing air defenses (only 1 rapier, no stinger sq) and live with getting 75% aircraft downed

Well, Cap, that blew goat ass. Oh, not the _mission_ , that was fine. But man, come _on_ , you been waiting for ...what? 4 years?.....to do this mission? So you finally bust loose in all your glory...and your internet crashes? Dude, you need a new internet carrier. That must have been the most frustrating shit, like, ever. But even so, I watched the whole thing.

Great Mission. So sad your internet crashed and you couldn't participate in the attack, and we were left with no cockpit view

That A-4E needs to be added to the main game, or somehow easier to add to servers, that is such a great mod.

It’s a great day!

im surprised, i totally enjoyed watching that is very nice to see this, it makes me smile also 7:12 is it just me or you said "Viva Argentina"?

yes yes yes...ohh coffee

Scooter, scooting!

I hope your ‘bigging up’ of the aggressors doesn’t backfire on you.

My mate was on the Antrim, radio operator. Antrim wasn't sunk but it was hit by a 1,000 lb'er that failed to detonate, I believe.

I bet they will do this again when the kfir gets launched. Cap just loves the 1982 Falklands war too much. Was fun seeing it from the argentine side.

Fan stuck up my danbridge chuffer watching this.

The planes from Argentina dont have rwr , chaff or flares in the war, except for the Super Etendard. Not even the Mirage III interceptors.

Our A4 Skyhawks did not have Radar warning of any kind as far as i know

Can't stop wondering what planet this was done on, where mid-level clouds are so dense at 30,000' + ....

I had mixed feelings about this war game because I was pro-British during the war. Though, in the end, it is best to honor the fallen on both sides.

49:21 SAM Jumpscare

"Right in the face!" 😂

Having just finished reading Rowland White's "Harrier 809" this hits the spot nicely! Not a bad effort, but thankfully, it was less of a disaster IRL (for both sides), I hate to think what the body-count would be for today's effort. If the rapiers were taken from the equation (as they were) and sea-dart (in-)effectiveness was more realistic the Argy attrition probably wouldn't be too far off. and the fact that the bombs actually fused correctly probably explains the greater nember of ship kills. would have been nice to have seen a harrier or two appear to sort things out a bit, a nice excuse to scream "La Muerta negro!" for effect!

Hey cap! Try a sort of plane gun game. Every kill gets you an upgrade to a newer plane. So basically a free for all guns only where everyone starts at warbirds and eventually gets to a 5th gen fighter. Might be better for the second channel

Could you stick a cheeky backup respawn location near the action for disconnects on long flights? Seems a shame to miss out after all that work due to internet problems.

I am assuming they were Stinger teams because DCS does not have the Blowpipe modeled in game?

its same as Top gear rules....no stopping for breakdowns or Capt slow

You suggested Sea Dart over-achieved - if the sea conditions matched the calm of those of the game, Sea Dart would have performed better.

Did you account for the fact that the Argentines released their bombs below minimum arming height that meant the bombs had no time to arm before impact ?

Brass effing balls on those Argie pilots, period, full stop.

From a total DCS novice, a technical question to anyone doing DCS: What is the typical framerate in these kinds of sims? Back in the days, when QuakeWorld was all the rave, we up'ed the framerate from the default 72, then to 100, 140 and even 200 fps. We had old fashion CRT monitors that supported that (CRTs had no lag whatsoever). There was a significant difference between 72, 100 and 140 fps, and then very slightly at 200 fps. This might be trivia, DCS is a very different game, but I am curious because in the heat of a fast moving game, you'd want to emulate the capabilities of the eye-brain as much as possible. Again, I'm asking as a complete novice.

From what I understand, IRL, the planes don't fly in that tight of a formation?

Any idea when there might be a mod for rapid dragon? That will be very interesting.

I guess using the Mirage F1 might have been closer to the Mirage III or Dagger instead of using the Mirage 2000?

Is the drunk pilot flying this mission?

I'd imagine if you weren't physically fit to sit that long you'd be really paralyzed after the flight

What, no Argentenian version of the 99 Bottles song?

How do you guys think you would go doing something historical like the Dambusters mission (Operation Chastise) using Lancasters (If you have them) Or even the Battle of Britain (using real people as well as AI on both sides) Either way, nightshift is going easier by watching these. Cheers

it was Ardent and Argonaut that got sunk, not Antrim

What about a low level to pop up dive bomb attack??? More time to spot and target best ships to hit? (Anything by the combattant ships... anything ship carrying men/supplies.

Would love to sea a combined 1990s Russian assault su 27s and su 25s against NATO defences

could u do the vickers vulcan bombing raid on stanley airport and do the refueling as well

Can you please do a battle with your lads flying the 4 Eurofighters stationed on Falkland against a modern Argentine invasion force??

Obviously better to attack en masse than one or two at a time. Computers, missile systems, gunners ALL have much easier time with just one or two to spot assess target. Better to orbit on far side of island, form up, go in as a group... one long line 5 seconds apart??

MAybe round trip is a somewhat optimistic title...

i think putting on rockets wouldve been better for sinking ships

Honor the dead, and move on, maybe?

Where’s Cortana? Haven’t heard her in a while…

I'm just wondering if the c word was chicken or cornflakes.

Damn you guys got obliterated

traitors all

they are flying too high

That cockpit is tiny

so they know you are coming , shit strategy . Harriers would launch and kill the heavy Skyhawks who still have bombs.

GUY YEG OSE

I wonder how effective Mistral equipped Gazelle helicopters would have been at defending the initial landings from air attack, before the Rapier batteries were fully operational? My understanding is that the missile system wasn't available until the late-'80s and wasn't acquired by the British anyway. So 0/10 for historical accuracy. But multiple Gazelles defending against a full wave of low level attack aircraft might be an interesting scenario to explore?

It seems that every time you guys use drag bombs you drop to late. GR needs more practice. That is all! Lol

Why did you call the Royal Navy ships, “…the enemy ships…”?

Bless it is the nation, who's God is the lord. And all those little countries that don't have a God too.

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