ArmA 3 Close Air Support Guide (2021) 

left ctrl + right click - TGP left ctrl + T - lock Macers - Go into TGP, lock on target, Turn on laser Designator. Go back to cockpit, Hit R to reveal targets, press T to lock on macers, and fire.

The bane of every new arma pilot: get on the a10, press W, nothing happens, open youtube.

Thank you, I spent like 2 hours trying to do the “A-10” showcase thingy and I didn’t know u could use the targeting pod and laze targets

Timestamps: Intro | 00:00 - 01:09 CAS Basics | 01:10 - 01:45 Taking Off | 01:46 - 03:13 Weapons | 03:14 - 07:13 Landing | 07:14 - 08:18

Nice Vid man it came up on my recommended. I've been playing Arma for over a year in total now and I still enjoyed your video. Really easy to pick up when you're explaining the things as well. You just gave birth to so many more CAS pilots in ARMA!. We needed them! And Remember.... The BRRRRT Is The Sound Of Freedom And Safety xD

good video man, to the point, short and not to complex but still gave the necessary information

You explained this so well. Liked and subscribed!

I'm your 1k subscriber 😁😁😁 yaaay keep on working hard. By the way great video, very informational

👏👏👏👏👏👏 this tutorial was PHENOMENAL BRO! GREAT JOB!

I'd love to see a helicopter CAS or just flat out helicopter guide from you, this one was great!

Thanks for this. Was mid flight watching this. :D

More tutorials like this would be awesome! Great job creating it.

The thing that helps me in strafing targets with the main gun is by aiming my pod to the target, once you go back to your cockpit, you will see a small circle on your HUD pointing towards where your pod is looking at, this is why I have a hard time using the SU-25 contrary of the A-10

I'd like to see one about helicopter cas, as it's the one I'm less confident with despite being more competent at actually piloting the things.

great vid, people in the comment coming in clutch to with the tips and key binds. I would love to see a video about the F4 Phantom on SOG Prairie Fire, me and a friend have been trying to get into CAS/Jets recently but, there's not many comprehensive guides about it and it doesn't have the same luxuries as a modern A-10. so you cant lase targets, or exactly view a targeting computer, there is a targeting 'scope' with calculated points of impact, but since most the bombs and rocket/missiles aren't guided it's up to human accuracy of the rear seat operator, pilots flight skill (keeping the Jet leveled and in a smooth flight path during a run) and knowledge of each weapon to effectively hit targets

i have 800+ hours in the game and i could not figure out how to use the targeting pod correctly... thank you for the tutorial

I never knew how to use the targeting pod let alone guided bombs and guided missles this helped ALOTT

Couple notes: don't constantly leave on your laser like shown in the video. Only use it when you need to, otherwise any other aircraft flying's weapons may lock on to your laser by mistake. Second, the AGM-65G shown is not laser guided. It's IR guided, and will lock to hot vehicles.

If you have a HOTAS flight system, could you do an advanced flying tactics video? While I'm not horrible at flying tips and tricks on gunruns, surveillance and or dogfighting tactical maneuvers would be really helpful

Didn't know you made videos! Excited for more!

Congratulations for 1 k sub👍

By default, reveal targets is now set to the same keybind as target lock, which is T. R is next enemy

Hey just a little fwi the “floating crosshair” is called the velocity vector just shows where your plane is heading 😁

This was really good!

Thanks for making this! :3

it will be cool if you do a full tutorial about de laser pointer and the camera, if its possible

This is actually super useful man, thanks.

Great video, thank u!

Sure that the marcer is laser locker? Always thought it was IR guided...? But they could have changed it without me knowing. Amazing vid btw ;)

A presenter's voice we can hear over the plane noises. Short and to the point information based on a preconceived outline, not random mumbling about this and that. A vocal affect that doesn't sound like a hyper excited Monty Python character. Concepts that seem lost on many other presenters. Nice job.

This is a really damn good video. Thank you!

listen guys if your trying to know how to use the thorottle its shift not w but yo itsavyy thank you so much im new to the game

Best guide ever!

could you show us your personal fav loadouts for all the jets or your most commonly played jets

If you don't already have one, I'd love to see a video on which air to air missiles are best for different situations.

I bought the TrackIR and got back into Arma 3 again. Holy shit, it's amazing.

Thank you so much dude. I thought the same, "every tutorial is outdated and doesn't help new players which I am. I bought the game just 2 weeks ago and realy love flying but can't handle the mechanics well and this video helps a lot. 😁👍🏻

MOST HELPFUL VIDEO EVER

Thx, my guy!

Thanks this is great

Thank you so much for this I love the A-10 and hope to fly it for real one day and I’m trying to get good in arma and realistically my computer still not good enough but I hope to still get better

I have noticed this in other videos. Hud says A10T2 yet its still the A16W. Are you using a re-skin mod for the aircraft?

When press ctrl + c, it changes mode that you can deploy single flare

Please do one of the blackwasp!!

First of all, thank you for making an updated showcase, helped out a lot. Ok, so I'm having problems locking on my GBU-12 rockets, to my laser. I turn on my laser and target a spot after stabilizing with "ctrl+T" (getting the red lazer indicator on the right side) Then change to my BGU-12 and press "T" That's where the problem occurs. I only get the horizontal box, but never the tilted one. As far as I understand, this means that I have found my target, but not locked on with my chosen weapon. Somebody please help :P

dude ty !

Great video

Question, how did you get your camera movement so fluid like? I have the HOTAS X56 setup and when I move my thumb-stick it’s very janky and almost grid like

Any idea why I cannot get unto the camera when playing Antistasi A3? We have captured several aircraft, 3 A10 among them, and I cannot access the targeting camera, like I can in the fixed wing showcase.

Love this

What sound effects mod are you using? I've been searching for a mod that improves the awful vanilla GAU-8 sound but none of them sound the same.

Which Mods did u use? (Also Graphics Mods) Nice vid!

The last time something this deadly flew in the air was when dinosaurs walked the earth.

I fly the A10-CII in the DCS. Im confused why the GBU's where dropped using CCIP because it should be CCRP which the game did not put. Im still figuring out when to drop the GBU's and Laze the target.

do you use mouse and keyboard for flying or something like a hotas?

How do you zoom in and out of the gimble camera my - and+ don't work

Pretty sure Macers are IR lock on, not laser. Good vid though!

hi can i ask you why can you see the ground when you fly to an altitude of 500m? When i fly to a height of 500m to the ground i cant see anything

Do you fly with a HOTAS or do you use keyboard and mouse?

Hehe big gun go berrrt berrrt

Hey, can we shoot enemies accuratly from far away with out cannons if we use laser target? Does the same thing happen with rockets?.

The tutorial is verry helpful but i still cant lock on to laser designated targets .-.

Good shit

What button is to zoom in while looking at the camera in the plane and to mark targets while looking at the cam so that they light up on the hud when flying?

my friend the GBU's doesnt lock on laser mark anymore? anything that is changed? How to make GBU's lock on targets again?

2:58 You put 230 looks like you rotated at 130, not sure if Arma uses KPH but they most likely do.

Is it free to fly the a10s I’m thinking about getting the game but I don’t want to spend a lot of extra money.

Thank, I now so Flight Showcase.

when i press r nothing gets revealed and i have laser designated the target????? HELP

What mods should i get for buffing the gun on it

how do i use my laser marker? can only switch through my ammunition.

Nice

I’m having this issue where no matter what i do the macer air to ground missiles won’t lock to ground targets. The box appears around them but i hear no beeping whatsoever and i have no idea what else to do. Radar is on, target is even lased, it just won’t lock

How do I know which degree my flaps are in?

The macers can not be laser guided

How to get plane speed slow in order to target?

The Macer did not work for me. When I pressed T, it cancelled my target instead of locking on. OKAY. So figured it out a few minutes later. The Macer is not laser-guided, but IR. The vehicle I was targeting was spawned in very recently, so it wasn't hot yet.

Does anyone else have the problem where you can’t see ground targets until your right next to them

were you playing dcs in the su25 yesterday

How do you get the A-10D Thunderbolt i have the very standard one without the explosive bullet on the 30mm cannon

In fact you dont even need to lock on laser to drop laser guided bombs , with a reasonably altitude/speed I can bomb a targed within 10km with a drone laser on the other side of the map. ( i have a video on my chanel )

The Macer is a Radar lock missel you can lock it with r to for Radar ist’s much easeyer

Ain't the Macer missiles only IR-guided?

how can i focus the A10 its very hard to controle when i am going to make a gunrun

btw how do i zoom in the gunpod?

how do I rebind the target pod toggle ?

is there submarine mission in arma 3

dude! why did you do this tutorial at night?

whenever i press T it shows the box around the target but doesnt lock on and when i press it again it disappears

what servers should I play for doing CAS?

En how doe you ping the targate

how to raise landing gear?

how do you make your head move like that in the cockpit?

Like you spawn in with it doe you need points or something sorry if an asking to much I want to look for a game I can play with my friend he likes the gun stuff en am more of a plane person 🤣

I can mark a target but the second square doesnt appear...

How you switch weapons

Didn't know that airbrake was 'X'...

En how doe you get the plane

Sadly the Wipeout cannon is nearly useless.....

Took me like 2 years to figure out how to make a jet camera stay still on an area