How Argentinian Pilots Bravely Attacked Royal Navy's HMS Antelope
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2023
- On 23 May 1982, Argentinian attacks against the British Landing Group in San Carlos Water continued. The first to launch were four A-4 Skyhawks from Fuerza Aerea Argentina's 5th Aviation Group from Rio Gallegos, quickly followed by four more Skyhawks from the Naval Aviation. In yet another display of bravery, Argentinian pilots performed risky point-blank bombing attacks against Royal Navy ships. While some of them paid the ultimate price and their technology proved less than reliable, success didn't evade them.
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- Marcelo Larraquy - La guerra invisible: El último secreto de Malvinas
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- Pablo Camogli - Batallas de Malvinas: Todos los combates de la Guerra del Atlántico Sur
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- Edward Hampshire - The Falklands Naval Campaign 1982: War in the South Atlantic
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- Various magazines
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Not all the assets used in this reenactment are 100% accurate. The A-4 model used here is A-4E with the humpback while Argentinian airplanes were earlier models with no hump. HMS Antelope is represented by a Leander class frigate and so is HMS Broadsword. There are not mistakes and there's no need to comment on this. The locations however are authentic and exact ship positions are estimated to the best of author's knowledge based on available sources.
Its all good so dont worry about it.
@@micheldaubigne7629 Thank you for your opinion! I learned some other Romance languages so it's relatively easy 😁
Yes and Singapore 🇸🇬 Air Force had operated these A4 Skyhawk Fighter Bomber earlier Version and 2 seater Trainer types painted the Army Camoflage colours with Lion logo till 35 years and even sent a Squadron to Crazau, France 🇫🇷 for Further Training with French Air Force then.
These Old Fighters like A4 Skyhawk Fighter Bomber and Grumman A6 Intruder Can still able to sink Ememy Warships and deadly punch!!
Damn good production, well done
My father was quite senior in the RAF at the time of the Falklands based in one of their headquarters... He has a number of stories of the bravely of the Argentinian pilots, he was especially moved by the frantic radio calls as many of their planes ran out of fuel on the way back to the mainland and yet they came out hard again day after day.
Thanks for sharing. Yes, Argentine planes were always on the edge of endurance. They really should have extended that Port Stanley runway.
@@showtime112 Or learned in-flight refueling. The A4s were capable, though whether they had the equipment installed I don’t know about the Mirages and Super Etendards, though.
@@philsmith2444 Yes, they did use in air-refueling on their A4's, but they were their only planes capable of doing it.
Correct, they had 2-3 minutes max over the target.
Several Brits laugh about many planes lost but they dont know this important detail plus that they did not count with proper avionics (navigation system, warning system, etc). Just pure professionalism and balls.
These were the real Top Guns. There is more than enough material for several movies.
@@alejandro1904 true.
I was on HMS Antrim. I can attest to the bravery of their air force.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
They were doing their job
Thank you for your service Mick! I was 11 at the time and have very vivid memories of the conflict. The RN ships were placed at a distinct disadvantage in terms of the land mass reducing the effectiveness of their search radars- which were designed to be used in the open waters of the north Atlantic against the Sov's. Had it not been for the land mass degrading the performance of the radar for Sea Wolf and Sea Dart, it would have been a different story in open waters. The RN displayed it's usual unflinching courage- RESPECT. No doubting the bravery and skill of the Argentine pilots either- RESPECT.
Yes they were brave, so was the Luftwaffe. On the side of wrong.
@@thomascochrane4922 Shure thing dude, had the guys on the wrong side won the second big one your country and all of Europe wouldn't be becoming a 3rd world cesspool. Enjoy your stay at Londonistan, lol!
The Argentinians fought bravely and made a very respectable attack despite the technical issues
That's a good description of the entire conflict.
And why did they have technical issues?
Bad leadership and incompetence all-around, but everyone agrees that the pilots did their best.
@@fhlostonparaphrase Mainly due to the old age of the airframes, and specially in the navy's case lack of funds to maintain them, once the war started it also made it impossible to get any new spare parts, as a matter of fact for the Mirage aircraft Peru sent Argentina some of their own out of good will, and some of them were cannibalized for spares.
Unexploded bombs became very common due to the attempt of the aircraft technicians at extending the fuse time for the bomb to avoid premature explosions damaging the aircraft, since they were being dropped from very close range and also to maximize the damage done to the ship by allowing it to penetrate the hull before exploding, however sometimes this fuse didn't work and led to many duds.
@@therealmp40 Yes I am aware of the Peruvian support, and the fusing problems, which was a challenge, but solvable.
Lack of funds for maintenance and enough spare parts I would lay at the feet of the leadership, which seems to have bought a lot of equipment, but in the end didn't get the full potential out of it.
@@therealmp40 20% of allied bombs dropped on germany were duds its not a new problem why not delayed self destructed timer activated after bomb leaves a/c not relying only on impact fuses often unreliable
The footage of those A-4s attacking the Royal Navy at anchorage is amazing.
Thank you for the feedback!
Another outstanding video, the amount of research and work you put into them is plain to see. I don’t know how you do them so quickly without accuracy suffering.
What’s really amazing is how little air attacks and air defense had changed in the 37 years since the same thing was going on around Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Hits were still luck more than anything else.
RIP to all the Marines, pilots, sailors, and soldiers who died on both sides.
Thanks for this feedback! These days, research can be done a bit more quickly by using keyword searches in books, for example. But it takes a few days per each video. It is true that naval warfare in this conflict wasn't all that different from WWII battles. At least not including the use of Exocet.
Regarding “luck”, yes, I get your point. But I really have to give credit to the pilots for managing to actually get bomb hits. Amazing!
@@bsd107 Especially on such small ships. On a frigate or destroyer they basically had to eyeball the release to hit within maybe a 40’ deep area while traveling what, 400-500 knots? At 400kts that works out to about 8 miles/42000 feet per minute, or 700 feet per second. So the pilot had to release the bomb in the correct 1/20 second to get a hit. There was no CCRP/CCIP on the Argentine aircraft, the reticle on the gunsight helped but obviously it was still very difficult.
It just occurred to me that the weather also was a big factor. I don’t know how often the weather is clear and sunny down there, but the A-4’s and Daggers had the benefit of clear skies.
@@bsd107 Malvinas is cloudy most of the time... like London 😅
Great video ., i was a young kid at the time the war in the Falklands broke out but i can still visualize the images on tv of these Skyhawks attacking the British vessels . Respect to both countries !
Thanks! I also remember it from the time I was a kid. The image I remember the most is that of a British ship sinking.
I don't know about respect to Argentina as a whole, that conflict was an act of unjust aggression on their part.
But the individuals flying and fighting on both sides deserve their peace in this world.
The pilots were excellent. Their equipment was not. Their leader , General Galtieri, was a fool.
Perfect abstract
Dictators usually are fools. It's their inflated egos which prevent them from being good at leading nations.
Galtieri wasn't alone, a junta means several people (alternating on being...1st dictator), Anaya and Videla played parts too.
So I'd rather say...their leadership on overall was fools.
@@fhlostonparaphrase Grl Videla did not participate in the decision to start recovery operations. Read the story. Or look for it.
@@flyertordo You know what? You have a point. I shouldn't have included Videla, and just left it with Anaya.
The story of the pilot who brought his stricken and damaged plane back home and then died as a result of a failed ejection seat was tragic
Agreed.
While it was sad to see an outmatched force defeated in the air, one of the best stories from the Falklands air war was Sharkey Ward's shootdown of Major Juan Tomba's A-4 Skyhawk. Taking cannon fire from 3 Sea Harriers and with his jet lit on fire as it disintegrated around him, the Argentinian pilot courageously stayed with his plane til the very last moment before ejecting. Sharkey sang Tomba's praises, describing him as the bravest pilot he'd ever seen.
Thank you for commenting. The story deserves a video.
Only a minor correction, he is Major Carlos Tomba and he was flying a IA58 Pucará.
@@Fl0ydI was about to comment that too, it was an IA-58. Actually I saw both Sharkey Ward and this fellow on TV in an excellent British 1987 documentary about the Falklands war; Tomba seemed to be the type of unassuming person no one can dislike. I'm glad he survived.
Funny how _every_ Argentinian pilot seemed to wear a moustache, back then... 😀
The documentary I refer is available here on YT, I just can't remember its actual title.
@@duartesimoes508 Heh, it was almost customary between officers in every Argentine armed forces to wear a proper a 'stache back in the day!
@@Fl0yd and in the Portuguese Air Force from the eighties too! Together with Rayban Aviator or American Optical _Pilot FG-58 Sunglasses._ (these were discontinued; nowadays you only have Randolph Aviator)
Excellent video. Indeed argentinian pilots were very brave going toe to toe with a more advanced country
Thank you for your feecback!
Hats off for those brave and highly skillful Argie pilots, who went far beyond the call of duty with old fighters and yet managed to sink 2 destroyers, several frigates and transport ships of the British Fleet...Remember that was 1982, in the peak of the Cold War, and the Royal Navy was supposed to be the backbone of the NATO's naval forces...!
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I think the only reason the Brits won is because the Argentinians didn’t put a couple Exocets into each carrier. 42 Harriers/Sea Harriers vs 122 Argentine jets, most operating at the very limit of their range to be sure, but when your only aircraft doesn’t even have a radar for gun ranging (Harrier) it’s pure luck if you win. When did the RN get rid of its last full-size carriers? I imagine 2 air wings of Phantoms and Buccaneers (and maybe Jaguars?) would have had the war ended within a week.
@@philsmith2444 The large carriers were withdrawn in 1979, which AFAIK was one of the considerations taken when it was decided to attack the islands.
@Phil Smith I'd say the sinking of the ARA Belgrano also played a major role in deterring the Argentine Navy, their carrier wouldn't come out of port due to the British submarine threat.
@@lyndoncmp5751 - Don't deceive yourself...The war was won by the American "wonder weapon" : the air to air Sidewinder missile ! Without it there wouldn't have been any Brit air superiority, and without this the fleet would have suffered unbearable losses. That meant : defeat.
Magnificent video!!
First of all, as an Argentine, I want to thank you enormously for the work you have taken to investigate and try to explain the facts in detail, while being respectful towards the actors on both sides.
From my personal point of view, that is the main factor when making this type of video. But unfortunately, in 80% of cases these things do not happen.
The Malvinas/Falklands issue is very, very complicated, since it has an endless number of edges: operational, military, logistical, political, social, human...
I am born in 1980, I have no direct memories of that war.
My father was a reservist, he was nowhere near showing up. my mother, pregnant with my younger brother, managed to convince him.
I had the great honor of having worked for 10 years with the Malvinas Veterans of Ensenada, in their War Museum: what I learned and was able to do is priceless.
From the vast majority of Argentine Veterans I learned first-hand the respect they have for British veterans (by most of them), to the point of almost reaching a "brotherhood of arms", to call it somehow.
Their dislike is for English political leaders, not for combatants who have conducted themselves with honor.
Again, thank you very much and congratulations for the content!
I just discovered the channel for this video, and obviously you've gained a subscriber, even if it's not much.
Greetings from the Austral Lands!
Thank you very much for this feedback! All of those things are the priorities for the content creation on the channel!
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Nothing to be thankful for, my friend!
I am the one who thanks you.
I hope to be able to chat with you assiduously!
Greetings!
que sumiso, hablar en su lengua.
insolito
Muchas gracias, amigo. Británicos inteligentes siempre nos gusta oír las opiniones de argentinos verdaderos. Nadie odiaba a Thatcher mas que yo PERO no sé que teníamos otra opcion salvo resistir la agresion de un regimen fascista. El gobierno argentino mató mas argentinos que las fuerzas armadas británicas. La devolucion de las malvinas a Argentina sigue una posibilidad PERO el camino debe ser el de paz. Lamento todos los caídos de las dos naciones. Con mucho respeto desde Manchester.
Argentina and Greece have in common end of dictatorships with a national defeat. Argentina the Falkland war and Greece the occupation of 37% of Cyprus by Turks.
I have read argentinian aircrafts had bombs not proper from low level release so there were direct hits to 14 british ships and bombs didn't exploded. If they had proper bombs Argentina would had won the war. Not mention the 6 Exocet missiles. What if they had 26 or 36?
British were lucky. Argentina had heavy losses i think 20 Mirages and 100 aircrafts in total. British had two Harrier losses due to A/A ground fire none in the air.
If i am not wrong Argentina lost 750 troops and British 250. But since there were more suisides due to PTSD for British no record for Argentinians. May all rest in peace.
This war revealed that fleet was literally unarmed against antiship missiles like Exocet. I think later developed the CIWS Phalanx.
The only good thing came out of this war was the end of dictatorship and politicaly the sad thing is the surviving of Thatcher regime.
By the way both Exocet and Phalanx are greek words.
Good summation and parallels with Greece. I believe the two Sea Harriers were lost in an accident. None were lost to AA fire. R.I.P. to all who lost their lives. Like all wars, pointless.
455 suicide post war argentinian soldiers. Regards from Mar del Plata
4 gr3 harrier y 6 sea harrier perdieron los britanicos...653 arg y 258 brit. Muertos
@@cowboysfhestrelladelcamino8949 May all rest in peace.
Unos 650 muertos argentinos (la mitad del ARA General Belgrano). Britanicos, más de 300 muertos. Muchos argentinos con secuelas físicas y mentales.👍🇦🇷
As the Royal Navy Task Force sailed on the long journey south ,the Argentinian Air Force realized they’d have to conduct anti ship operations. A mission they hadn’t necessarily expected to complete. They asked the Argentinian Navy for assistance with sparing decommissioned ships for bombing practice, including validation of their bomb fusing. The Argentine Navy declined , which forced their Air Force to improvise the bomb fusing with a best guesstimate setting. We see the outcome in the history books. Had the Argentine brass put aside their inter service rivalries, the Royal Navy would have experienced significantly higher casualties.
That's a good point. Dictatorships often deliberately discourage effective inter-service cooperation to prevent them from uniting against them. I'm not sure to what extent that was happening here but it probably was. To my understanding, the FAA didn't practice operations over water very much before the war.
@@showtime112 had those fuses worked and the brit task force were to be stopped, and they almost were, margret thatcher was preparing to use nukes to take out the argie air bases rather than bear the polictical fall out of losing a war. that's how close that war was to seeing nukes used in order to prevent a brit loss...
fast forward to today. russian will not lose in ukraine. not before tactical nukes are used. a war with any country that possess nukes risks a nuclear conflagration. that's why the yanks attacked iraq, every body else and not north korea.
And why usa Attacked Japan with nukes x2. No concern of MAD
That's NOT TRUE!
The naval aviation CLEARLY explain to the Air Force thuey must use mk82 snakeye at 100 feet and the Air Force REFUCED to use that tactics!
Royal Navy losses were significant nevertheless.
Great video! I recall these events being on the news on a nightly basis in 1982.
Thank you! I remember this conflict from the news. Probably the first one that I remember well.
My older brother was on one of the ships then. I was only about 10.
The FAA and CANA pilots flew what were almost suicide missions. Bravery redefined.
You could probably say that. A lot of skill and luck was needed to attack and get out alive.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!, i love your work and i've been waiting for a Falkland video for so long. Thank you for treating the subject with respect, and thank you for letting the world know what our pilots were capable of. Respect to both our brave Falcons, and to the british sailors. I imagine it to be a terrifying experience for both sides. Greetings from Argentina
Thank you for the feedback! I probably should have waited less to reenact one of these battles but there will be more in the future.
Yeah war sucks
@@guaporeturns9472 Greetings from Britain. Hearing about the brave pilot who crashed on return to Argentina emphasises the losses both countries suffered. I hope that we are never at war again.
@@johnrobb5155 I agree completely
@@johnrobb5155Por desgracia su gobierno con la complicidad de los EEUU la provoca para tener al dia de hoy una plataforma de la Otan para la Antartida!
There was another mission where two A4s had actually put their bombs on a frigate, flying wave level. One of them was hit by an AAA gun and lost its gun sight, nevertheless the pilot managed to land some 20mm rounds on a helicopter while fleeing the area. Both fighters survived this mission and the ship sunk.
Very brave men. God Bless them.
God?
Especially those sons of former nazi officers. 🤡
Visited Ushuaia Argentina and saw the war memorial there. Very humbling experience seeing all those names. Interesting part of history and great video as always.
Thank you for this positive comment with a touch of personal experience.
Here we remember our vets, every April 2 we remember their sacrifice for the nation and their bravery never will be forgotten.
loving the falklands stuff! please do more!
Thank you. There will be more.
Malveenas, not Fucklands. OK???
@@Mathin3D lol cry more argi, the islands have never belonged too you and no one on the islands wants to be malveenas
technology really failed these brave pilots
Very true!
The technology did what it was supposed to, it was used wrong.
@@Twirlyhead is it pilot mistake ?
@@Twirlyhead actually no, it was used beyond its capabilities.
@@shahzadaslam384 No pilot mistake, bad fuses with overextended range and jammed/broken cannons
Ohhhhh! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. EXCELLENT CONTENT! Love it! Thanks for taking the time to shoot these videos. Love the conflict. Devoured One Hundred Days, the memoir of the battle group commander. Spot on recreation as usual. Thank you
Thank you for the comment, I'm happy to hear you liked it!
Los A4 B,C y Los Mirage eran viejos para la Guerra de Malvinas,pero Nuestros pilotos son Guerreros por naturaleza volaban bajo por los Misiles tierra aire y son conocidos por eso ,pero ambos Países fueron valientes pero se podría haber evitado tanta muertes injustas 😢 y aún hay Guerras por todo el Mundo ojalá algún día se termine todo ésto por la gente inocente
Could have been avoided if the dictator wasn't fucking insane
Los dagger tenían 11 años de fabricados; la mitad de los mirage 10 años y la otra mitad 2 años ! No eran nada " viejos "
Excellent work, as always.
Thank you for your positive comment!
One more high level video. Thank you. If you may reenact the exocet attacks, I would appreciate a lot. Brilliant.
Thanks! There will be more videos about this conflict. Perhaps the exocet attacks too.
Wow the attacks' animation's awesome. It's spot-on if one compares it with the available footage. Amazing animating skills, the camera placement and pilot manoeuvres were just like in what the RN/journos on board/whoever-was-the-cameradude recorded during those days. Can't imagine the effort put in making these vids, thank you! I believe the other 732 comments written at the time of this one already mention your amazing content quality 😀👍🏼
Thank you very much for this feedback! I use a pretty good platform and in this case, I actually had the proper geographical location where the story took place. Plus, there is plenty of historical footage which is helpful.
Thanks for the video and the recognition. You honored our piolts more than our politicians. Respect for the veterans and those who fell in the South Atlantic on both sides.
I am glad you appreciate the effort!
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Battle Order recommended this channel in his Q&A, and definitely worth visiting, you make great videos!
I think he sent quite a few viewers this way and I'm grateful. Thank you for such a positive feedback!
The Argentinian bomber pilots were good too good and that’s coming from a Brit
They caused us horrific causalities
A stupid war that gave no parties anymore ground than what they started with
The Belgrano.Sir Galahad etc caused the deaths of too many young men to ever be justified
Good points!
Are you sure you are a Brit. You completely missed the point of Britain going to war. Britain was not trying to gain land, they were recovering land that Argentina stole in the invasion and freeing the Falkland islanders to live their lives as they wished to; it was not "stupid" for Britain to do that. Argentina was entirely responsible for the war and therefore all of the subsequent deaths and injuries on both sides. In your simplistic view of the world I guess you are one of those who think Russia and Ukraine are equally responsible for their "stupid" war as well.
@@Twirlyhead
I’m Glasgow ,Scotland
My neighbour in 3 para died in the Falklands
Watched HMS Glasgow sail into the Clyde with a big patch on her side we’re a unexploded bomb past right through her
I got my opinion
You got yours
So don’t start your crap reply with a insult
Am I sure I am a Brit
Jog on bell end 👋
The casualties were no greater than expected. In fact we expected to lose more but didn't.
@@matthewatherton4514
That’s alright then everyone went home happy then did they ?
My neighbour who died father was never the same …a very lovely humble man he was
who was always offering compliments too encourage me as a young man and payed me one of my biggest compliments when I first met my wife
I often think of him as he is long dead now
War causes heart ache that is unimaginable unless you suffer it first hand
What about all the Argentinian boys who never made it home mothers and fathers
The boys who froze too death after the Belgrano sinking
Sorry but not losing as much troops as we thought we would is not a victory is it
Marvelous stuff again. Some shots of the dodging and turning A-4’s between the ships look like you’re looking at actual footage.
Thanks for this positive feedback! The footage from the ground was made to mimic the rea. stuff so it worked rather well, I'd say.
Every Vid a Hit👍 thank you, greetings from Berlin, Germany,Ringo
Thank you for another comment!
Great video as usually, hope you will make some air on air combat in this conflict.
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Thank you! Yes, I intend to cover some of those as well.
Absolutely, fascinating video.
And I LOVE the graphics/videos (no matter what the source).
Thank you for this.
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@@showtime112 My pleasure.
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Really nice Spanish pronounciation!! Also nice recreation of the A-4B bombload with a single big bomb in the centerline, British 1000 lb Mk 17 from English Electric Canberra supplies. These bombs were old general purpose bombs so they didn't have the quick arming fuzes needed for anti ship role which lead to many not exploding. Another bomb that was used was the US built WW2 era 1000lb AN-M65 but modified with the more aerodynamic tail section from the Mk 17, in a single centerline pylon in the A-4B and A-4Cs.
If you want to recreate more episodes of this conflict, a single triple rack with three smaller 250Kg Spanish built BRP-250 parachute retarded bombs was also used, the Mirage F1 module has the SAMP-250 parachute bombs which look very similar to the BRP-250s but I dont know if they can be modded into the A-4 mod.
The A-4Cs had the five pylons from E model retroffited into them when they were bought from the US, sometimes they had single BRP-250s the centerline and wingtip pylons for a total of three.
The Navy A-4Qs had three pylons and used a multiple rack with four US built modern Mk 82 Snakeyes in the centerline, these were the most optimal ones for anti ship role iirc they didnt have as many duds.
Thank you for the feedback and info about bombloads. This was one of the most difficult things to find in the sources. The FAA Skyhawks used the British Mk17 for this attack which is here represented by a somewhat smaller M117. The exact configurations were a bit of a guesswork from me. I will reenact more episodes and this info is very useful.
Gracias desde Argentina por el vídeo y el reconocimiento a nuestros pilotos,soldados y marinos. Estaría bueno si pudieran subtitularlo al español. Saludos.
Thanks a lot for the feedback! Unfortunately, I don't really speak Spanish but you can always try the automatic translation. It's not perfect but it's not as bad as it used to be :)
On the last days of the conflict, the crew of a C130 Hercules wanted to be more useful and then with the help of a Pucará scope and armed with bombs managed to attack some ships. One of them sank. It was a supply ship called ironically also Hercules. So an Hercules fought and sank an Hercules. That was the 8th and last british ship sunk on the conflict. It would be an interesting and original story to be recreated on video.
Thanks for the suggestion! It might be an interesting topic. We have a C-130 mod and I think it can carry bombs. I'd have to do some testing.
The Hercules wasn't anything to do with the British task force, it was a civilian ship transiting between the Caribbean and Alaska. Bad intelligence on the part of the FAA, I'm afraid.
Great video!
Thank you for the positive comment!
Yes and this Naval Battle of Falklands 🇫🇰 Islands was one of decisions that Convinved Singapore 🇸🇬 Air Force to buy the A4 Skyhawk Fighter Bomber and operated the Skyhawk Fighter Bomber fir nearly 40 years and was Replaced by the Advanced F16 Fighting Falcons.
I knew Singapore operated A-4s but didn't know that the plane's performance in this conflict was a factor. Thanks for contributing info!
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Yes definitely and The Republic of Singapore 🇸🇬 Air Force pilots flew them Must had Complaints about its Speed performance led to Upgrades of Avionics and Powerful modifications of General Electric Engines to Super Skyhawk that was Featured in Then Singapore 🇸🇬 Airshow as part of Then Aerobatics Team ,Black Knights formation with F16 Fighting Falcons together.
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Yes and that year 1982, Singapore 🇸🇬 Government and Air Force were Undecided to buy Either British made "Upgraded" Hawker Hunter Attack Fighter or American Second hand A4 used Skyhawk Fighter Bomber then.
Letsss gooooo i remember back when i asked for a video like this, thanks showtime🔥🙌
You're welcome! There will be more of them in the future.
The Sea Cat point defence missile on HMS Antelope dated from 1962 and was a subsonic Mach 0.8 missile developed from an anti-tank missile. It scored zero confirmed kills in the Falklands War.
I'll remember that next time I fire up Harpoon 1/2. Don't count on those. ; )
I'm not sure how accurately they are simulated in DCS but I can tell you that while doing these scenes (and repeating them several times), plenty of them were launched and very few hit.
Sea cat was notoriously a piece of absolute 💩
I had seen that SeaCat missile first hand on a Pakistani navy type 21 frigate (as all the remaining sisters of HMS Ardent and Antelope sunk were later sold to Pakistan) and you have to believe me that just from the look of that missile, I could confirm that the SeaCat cant even shoot a paper airplane . .
@@iftikharfaridy2974 : It would probably have been OK against bombers like the Canberra or Tu-95.
I found your channel today and really apreciated it, good job. Hope you have success on youtube.
I'm glad we found each other 😁 Thank you for the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the content!
When you hear the respect both sides had for each other, the professionalism and courage it’s kind of weird they were fighting at all
This video was great ,since you have the map and aircraft a potential video could be that On 21 May an MB-339A flown by Lieutenant Owen Crippa on a routine reconnaissance flight attacked the Royal Navy amphibious force. The Aermacchi hit the frigate HMS Argonaut with Rockets
Thanks for the feedback and suggestion. You might see that story quite soon 😉
Owen Grippa ..He pass alone trough the entire fleet, with a tranining plane dodged, wrote positions and attack at the same time.........very brave
@@fasfas8999 rëcce a/c carrying rockets. ? They travel light and fast ok
@@Eric-kn4yn see the other video about Owen Grippa please!
SUPERB VIDEO VERY ACURATTE
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Thanks for the great video
Those brave Argentine pilots!
Thank you for watching and appreciating it!
Thanks for the video, graphics are great !! thanks.
Thank you for appreciating it!
Politics aside, you have to applaud the bravery of both sides servicemen during this.
Thank you for sharing your opinion! This channel really doesn't focus on the politics.
@@showtime112 you didn't, sorry if that read wrong. Well done video.
Honor y Gloria a nuestros valientes pilotos dieron sus vidas por la Patria 🇦🇷.
Gracias por el video.
Thanks for the feedback!
Viva la patria!!
You did good with these videos
Glad you think so, thanks!
Ovo je super i uzivam u gledanju ovih simulacija
Puno hvala na komentaru!
Good video
I like it 👌
Pl make a video how hms shiefeld was sunk in this war
Thank you! There might be a video about Exocet attacks. I probably like the Skyhawk and Mirage action better though.
Fantastic video, a lot of the scenes look straight out of the footage we have from the war. It's true that it's a great summary of how most attacks went, A-4s flying at low altitude hit a few ships with bombs, in many cases the bomb fails to explode and a couple of aircraft are lost to ship defences.
There's an additional layer you could add to these attacks, which would be the working in tandem with Mirages that acted as feints and bait for the Harrier CAPs and relieve pressure off the A-4s. Without them, the Skyhawks would be left extremely vulnerable on their way to the target and as they RTB, since whenever the Skyhawks were spotted by Harriers they weren't always able to evade them.
Thank you for the feedback! There will be some more videos about the conflict and they should include Harriers and Mirages too.
@@showtime112
I'll be looking forward to that video!!
If you are interested, I have a lot of data on Argentine Malvinas pilots, experiences and so on.
In addition, I can give you access to the experiences of an Argentine pilot from the generation just after these, trained by them, who had the opportunity to test the Spanish Mirage III in simulated combat against the Spanish ¨Matador¨ (Harrier).
It's pure gold!!!
I hope to be useful to you.
@@Markos681 Thank you, such information is very useful. You can contact me on email (showtime112b@gmail.com) so I have your address when I do more videos from this conflict.
Very well done...thank you.
Thank you very much for the positive feedback!
According to the channel's description, Showtime is croatian.
Respect for his pronunciation of the Spanish language!
He obviously takes even those details into account!
Excelente trabajo, Caballero! 🎩👍
Thanks for the comment! I haven't studied Spanish but I have studied some other romance languages, so the Spanish pronunciation isn't very hard for me.
Gracias, es obvio que la historia es conocida pero se agradece el trabajo realizado.
Gracias de nuevo
Thank you very much for this feedback!
es conocida en Argentina, pero no en paises de hable inglesa... 🙂
Para muchos no tanto ..
nice video!! and that´s totally true! Captain Carballo was one of my teachers in the Military Air School. We were cadets and he told us the story of that day. When the missile exploded below his plane, Gomez saw a big blue cloud surroundig Carballo´s plane. so he lost the control for few seconds.
Thank you very much for providing this additional info. Glad you liked the video!
Thanks for the video! I was in the U.S. Navy at the time and my ship embarked on a 6-month UNITAS deployment to South America just after the war ended.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Great recreation of the Falklands War. The landscape looks authentic. Argentine A-4 Skyhawks causes sunk quite a number of RN ships such HMS Sheffield, Atlantic Conveyor etc. as well as many ships were damaged.
Most of the deaths amongst British servicemen were as a results of actions by Argentine Air Force.
Hope you could create some of these events. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Actually HMS Sheffield was set on fire and eventually sunk by a malfunctioning Excocet Missile not bombs, and fired by a Super Etendard, not an A4
WRONG. Super Etendards firing Exocets sank the two ships you mentioned.
Thanks! This is a rare of my reenactments which takes place on the proper map and the geographic location is real.
As for those ships, they were actually sank by Super Etendards which launched Exocet missiles.
Minor correction, the Atlantic Conveyor was not an RN ship, she was a merchant ship. Term was I believe STUFT, Ship Taken Up From Trade. So basically a merchant ship required and so commandeered for service.
No no. El Sheffield y el Atlantic Convertir fueron hundidos con misiles antibuque Excocet, lanzados por cazas navales Súper Etendard, sistemas de armas franceses totalmente nuevos y lo más moderno que teníamos. También dañaron con este misil al portaaviones Invincible. 👍🇦🇷
It would be good if you could do the Argentine attack at Fitzroy sound and the interception by the sea Harrier. Also the Pucará attack on the wasp helicopter. Great video with high accuracy and really good pronunciation. Love your work.😊
Thank you for the feedback! I want to do more of this conflict in the future. Pucara might be a topic. Fitzroy attack too.
Argentinian boys staff Made it, but I don't remember your names. Please for my bad english of high school.👍🇦🇷
@@arielgarciadema2731 que quiere decir? Te lo puedo traducir al inglés si tienes una pregunta.
That's Skyhawk. Sold as 2nd hand item massively, from the desert where it lied to die. Feel bad for countries purchased the Skyhawk. Many accidents and mishaps.
They were quite old by that time. And not exactly properly maintained, many items should have been replaced on them
Actually Argentina was the first foreigner operator of the Skyhawk. They werent that old when bought.
Ironically, Argentina also has the most modernized version of the Skyhawk, the A-4AR Fighting Hawk, which used avionics from the F-16.
Yes. This was very well done.
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Thank you for your positive comment!
You have the best damn channel for this type of content.
I am grateful for your feedback, don't miss the new release today!
What a bad luck for such skills and bravery
You could say so. Although, here they succeeded (rather by chance)
You make your own "luck".
Such as knowing the capabilities of your weapons before you use them.
@@fhlostonparaphrase actually in this case both sides suffered from luck... it is interesting that if luck tilted to Argentina's either side, england would have lost... believe it or not it was a very close call for the english... you can be prepared all you want, but luck f u up.
@@el_Contra Yes, that's the common trope, which has some merit.
Argentina underestimated the British willpower to take back what was theirs, and in the end a numerically superior army surrendered to a smaller force, whilst the Argentine navy was hiding in ports back home(except their pilots).
And what is this "England" and "English"?
Quite a few Scots and Welsh in the thick of it.
@@fhlostonparaphrase you have to take into consideration what was happening at the time... it was the midst of the cold war, Argentina's junta took power with the help and support of the US. Argentina the US's main ally in the fight against communism in central America... so the retaking of the island was done with the idea of pursuing the english to negotiate with the US as mediator, to that purpose the primary objective when retaking the islands was not to cause any casualties so as not to provoke an automatic armed response and it was achieved. but they did not take into consideration that at that time, margaret tatcher, was in disfavor in england, and she took advantage of the situation to further her political goals by pursuing an armed response which did not solve anything, cost the lives of many of her countryman, lost an important economic ally as well as a potential member of NATO in the south Atlantic, so it rather made a messi situation worse.
Regarding the Scots and Welsh, I can not speak for them, if they like to remain colonized by england and be used to protect england's other colonies around the world then that is their business...
Excellent video! You should make another about the Bluff Cove air attacks or the 1st of May attacks. Some of my friends were witnesses from the hills of the Vulcan bombing in the night, the Harriers on the sunrise and the ships being attacked by Daggers in the afternoon
Thank you! There will be more wars about this conflict. One of them very soon.
It's amazing what a man can do when guided by a sense of duty.
By 1980 the 3rd Naval Fighter and Attack Squadron (EA 33) was at a breaking point, flying in the ancient A4-Q of the Navy, as you mention in the video. By that time, the 2nd naval fighter and attack squadron began its activity, armed with the feared Super Étendart and French Exocets.
It took the Argentine Air Force some time to adjust their air-naval combat tactics, but in the long run both components knew how to fight in inferior conditions, heavily wearing down the enemy.
Thanks for the comment! Argentine naval aviation was quite effective under the circumstances.
good job man
Thanks for the comment!
Another bang on story, how about Sharky Ward in the falklands a great pilot.
Thank you! I will cover some of those stories too. Perhaps Ward and also Dave Morgan whose book I've read.
Excellent clip despite some anomalies. A brave attack but also a brave defence by the Royal Navy and the Rapiers. The higher altitude attack would allow a longer descent for the munitions and so the air movement controlled primers could screw sufficiently allowing detonation. However, it exposes the attacker to missile and anti aircraft attack far more.
The British frigates were well protected against high(er) altitude bombing; IIRC they dated back to the 60s doctrine, when everybody came in as high as possible. But already by the 70s everybody flew as low as possible to avoid sophisticated radar and missiles (That's the cause for so many deadly F-104 accidents, btw.). The British hadn't closed the air defence gap yet. They were also vulnerable against the formidable Exocet, but that's another attack.
By all means, the Argentines cleverly exploited a British weakness.
Thank you! Those are some good points. Navy A-4s in this mission attacked from higher altitudes but they missed.
@@Lercher-ph7ok I challenge anybody to take a seat in an A-4 and attack a fleet. Although the missiles were not 100% up to the task, the ordinary AA guns were.
You go in second. 🙂
IMHO, the Royal Navy made a few mistakes here and there. They should have known from WW2 that a landing works best with air supremacy, a fact they foolishly ignored.
VIVA LA PATRIA ! what so wonderful pilots , Argies are like crazy Polo rider player : Great attack, thanks for sharing !
Thanks for commenting!
@@showtime112 U're welcome, mirage V dagger is also an amazing chapter of Argies pilots fighter during Las malvinas war....take care : )
There were mistakes made on both sides.
I was an electronics tech in the RAN shortly after this and they told us that one of the biggest problems for the British is that their radars were operating on the same frequency, and were wiping each other's signals.
Also, the uppers of the British ships were aluminium which meant that they burnt ferociously, and sailors were simply falling through molten decks whilst fie fighting.
Yes, some of these ships were built 'economically' and these savings really didn't pay in the long run.
Sorry, the Aluminium bit is a myth. The Amazons (Type 21s) had some aluminium on the topside - but the other ships were all more traditional designs.
RIP steward mark R. Stephens and staff sergeant james prescott. The Falklanders have freedom because of your ultimate sacrifices. 🇫🇰🇬🇧
Los colonizadores piratas de malvinas .esa gente no es originaria de ese territorio.
Los imperios con el tiempo caen .quizá en 200 años ...ya los echamos 2 veces de BS as ...faltan un par más
Great vodeo
Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate it!
Hello I love your work and I am a big fan of your channel.
I like your videos about the Falklands War but until now you have not done a video about a dogfight.
I would like to see a video about the 21st of May dogfight of Mike Blisset and Neil Thomas or Rod Fredricksen just for example.
If this could be done I would enjoy it in immensely.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Something like that is coming up soon.
Nice respectful chat, Subbed.
Thank you very much!
Remember 1993 when DogFight was sold for Atari ST, I wouldn't stop playing the Malouines campaign with Argentina's Mirage III.
Greeting from france.
More videos for this war please !!
Are you leftist?
I played that on my Amiga 500. Thank you for reminding me of it. There will be more videos about this conflict, one quite soon!
I m from Argentina and just thinking the bravery of our pilots in that era was just incredible, even with the equipment just being useless (pretty much everything in all the three military branches). Gotta pay respect for all of them and the young ones being forced to fight for Videla, that dictator bitch. Hope we dont get someone like him in the future and also hope we can have better relations with the brits!
Thank you for the feedback! I don't think the equipment was useless. With different bomb fusing or tactics, Royal Navy could have had huge losses. Not to mention what would have happened if all the attacks had focused on supply ships. The attack on Sir Galahad clearly shows it.
@@showtime112 here we get in our education a lot of exagerarion about the war, but the equipment was pretty old and unreliable to be honest, but i get the help thanks
Your spanish is pretty accurate, I really liked the video. I'll subscribe!
Thank you for the comment and subscription!
Another grand slam grom you. The Falklands War has a lot of aerial warfare stories. Congratulations
I am very happy to hear this positive feedback!
One wonders if Capitan Carballo could have pressed home his attack, but even if he had done so, the result may have been more unexploded ordnance, or another Argentine pilot KIA.
The reenactment might not give the full experience of the damage his Skyhawk received. Here, I managed to get a Rapier missile explode just under the wing but it caused no damage. But in the end, Antelope sank nevertheless.
I'm suprised how your not at half a million subscribers
Thanks! This is not exactly a wide appeal topic, it's more of a niche market. When some of my videos reach a big audience, comments indicate that many of them are not aviation enthusiasts but they are in it for politics.
Thank's, 👍
Thanks for the comment!
Excellent
Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate it!
Great video review. There are so many great battles on both sides. Attack on HMS shefield with excoset, long range bombing with the vulcan bomber. Dog fights with daggers & harrier. Can't wait for more.
The war was not a game you know.
@@Twirlyhead never said it was just fascinating on the history the aerial combat that was being shown. Much respect to men who fought in the Falklands conflict
Thanks! There will be more videos about this conflict.
Brave Argentina pilots.
No one can say they lacked courage.
@@showtime112 Courage or stupidity... they are very close.
Héroes de mi patria! Siempre serán recordados! Son nuestro orgullo! Muchas gracias por el video!
They still lost and were trying to invade other peoples land so I meeeaaannn
G R E A T ¡¡¡¡¡¡ T H A N K S ¡¡¡¡¡ Another EXCELLENT video. Paying tribute to the ones who fought there regardless of the side or nationality. (You speak spanish very well).
Thank you, I really appreciate your frequent feedback! I don't really speak Spanish but apparently, I can understand a lot in written form :)
Good job.
Thank you, glad you think so!
Geoffrey of 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' and Nailes of 'The Nanny' fought at Falklands.
Didn't know that 😁
Thanks
Thank you once again for making this tangible support!
Great video. Malvinas Argentinas !
Thank you for commenting!
As a US Navy veteran in 1982, I must say that PMS is important in warfare.
what's PMS?
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Post-war I served in the Falklands, 1993 to be exact. I walked some of the battlefields and served alongside veterans of the war. Port Stanley is a strange place it reminded me of the towns and villages of the north of Scotland. We were right to fight for the islands and we should defend them as long as the people of the Falkland Islands need our protection and want it. The Argentine war dead are in a beautiful cemetery may they rest in peace. One can not doubt their courage if for a cause I stand against.
Must defend the sheep. 🐑🐑🐑🐑
The problem with the Malvinas is that the Kelpers (inhabitants of the islands with British ancestry) are not an indigenous people. They arrived to the islands after the British occupation of the islands on 2 January 1833 and the expulsion of the Argentinean settlers. If the Kelpers would be indigenous people, I would support the British point of view. BUT THEY ARE NOT INDIGENOUS. The Spanish name Malvinas is the direct transliteration of the French name Malouines, because the French sailors who settled there in 1766 were from Saint Malo. Furthermore, in 1774, when the French transfered the control of the islands to Spain, United Kingdom recognized the Spanish sovereignty on the islands. And such sovereignty fell to Argentina after our declaration of independence in 1816.
And thousands of human beings…like my family in the Falklands.
@@Elrusoargentino Hard to be indigenous, when there were no indigenous people in the Falkland islands... unlike those that were massacred in Argentina
@@andrewgrant7517 Great point.
Odličan vodeo! Puno detalja koje nisam znao, bravo! Nego ... Jel se to meni čini ili je od 7:17 u kokpitu dole desno slika neke devojke? :) Jel u pitanju istorijska činjenica ili tvoj kreativni momenat? :)
He he, dobro ti se čini 😁 Nije doduše moj osobni detalj već ekipe koja je napravila A-4 mod. Čak i skinovi različitih zemalja imaju različite fotografije žena. Ovo je valjda kao neka latina. Hvala na komentaru.
As usual.excellent videos !! Are you able to make a video about the war of cenepa? Beetwen peru and ecuador ? Thanks
Thank you very much! I covered one episode from that war previously. I might do some others in the future.
@@showtime112 send me the link please...I can't find it
@@martinalva1030 Here's the link but you might not like it; ua-cam.com/video/vX1EtvaHB9k/v-deo.html
I was almost eleven when the war broker up. At that time Poland was country ruled by do called communists, but we were rather supporting UK. Anyway thank you cery much for this movie. In fact I am really interested in Falkland War.
For the sake of Poland and the whole world, I'M GLAD that the war was won by the British!
Thank you for the comment and for personal experience!
let me educate you on a few facts... the government in Argentina at the time was very much anti-communist. another fact, my Polish grandfather who fought in WWII (Monte Cassino etc), could not come back to his beloved Poland (a town near Lviv) so he chose Argentina as many of his comrades, they were not welcome in England or even permitted to go there after the war. My neighborhood in Buenos Aires was full of poles from the war.
@@SagatBordyev nothing to do with Poland, it had no effect whatsoever, just an empire wanting to keep its colony.
@@el_Contra Ok, I am aware of the history of Poland, and Argentina. A few people from my family also migrated to South America, probably Argentina. Now I know, that you were anti-communist. But in 82 I and my friends (11 years old) were rather supporting the UK. As far as I remeber also older people were supporting the UK. It is strange, it is true, and hard to hard to explain.
Great to see it from the Argentinian perspective
It is an overlooked one for sure.
@@showtime112 if they just held out for another 2 weeks
I have heard both Major General Jeremy Moore and Brigader General Julian Thompson,BOTH of the Royal Marine Commados ,state that if Argentina held out for another 2 weeks they would have won.....how true that is i dont know but when 2 high ranking british officers who fought in the war say what they did it makes you think.
cool video
Glad you liked it, thank you!
History teach us Bravely never won single battle except war tactics and new technology