@@echovictordcsworld Maybe that's actually a typo? I've never heard about a Maverick variant with datalink, while the Walleye did receive a DL upgrade. Seems more likely to me, they took a modular Mav seeker and combined it with the DL of the aging Walleyes. You get a decent modern seeker and the DL remains compatible with already existing systems. It's possible somebody mixed up 62 and 65, leading to the names being swapped and sadly noone caught the error.
That must be the case, yes. I was confused as to why the Maverick was mentioned with the datalink. So hard to find data on these types of missiles without creeping towards Sensitive information. Thank you both for pointing this out, I'll put a note in the description
@@echovictordcsworld Interesting wrinkle, I checked my hard copy of "The Illustrated Directory of Modern American Weapons" (2002) and it stated the same as the FAS source. Either we are wrong about the existence of a Maverick datalink or both sources have the same error! The book also has detailed entries for both the Maverick and Walleye and does not mention a Maverick datalink in the Maverick section either.
Thanks for the comment, this point has been put in the description already. The source I used had it written as the Maverick Datalink, which is wrong. Hope you enjoyed the video
The DCS F-4 is modelled on the newer -E variant that only had Sparrows and Sidewinders. The Falcon was only ever used on the older -D variant, so isn't in DCS on our F-4. I'll hopefully be making videos for the F-4 after finishing my F-18 series, so stay tuned!
