Outstanding. Enjoy. Btw, I enjoy your channel, and at least some of this content either came from or was confirmed by watching your stuff. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Great video, as always Iain. I was amused by the brief but clear reference to unguided musicians! Nothing a good conductor couldn’t sort out to give you the precision guided version 😂
Excellent. Thanks for the feedback. There are actually a few other podcasts on my channel - on a space theme though. Try searching on "Terranauts" if you are interested.
Great video, Iain. It shows that the simulators we have available today, with all their technical details, can be used as great educational tools as well.
_Love_ this series! Great work! Thank you for making it! The evolution of airframes and doctrines over time is exactly what draws me to games like DCS (and War Thunder...). I just never had enough context to piece it together like this =). Cheers! Keep it up!
Thanks so much for your feedback. The response has been positive so I'm sure there will be more. Just have to do the research and figure out what to say next...
Excellent video. You've set a high bar with your previous videos but this exceeds that quite handily. Really looking forward to the next entry in this series.
Can’t wait for the part where you cover dropping “unguided musicians”!! 😂 Really, though, this is great Iain, a great idea and very interesting. Thanks!
Thanks! The list of places I would like to see in DCS is long! Let's start with anything from the PTO in WWII especially the ones thay did ground attack. The A1 is obvious as the only true iron bomber in the US arsenal for almost 15 years after the war. I'm definitely looking forward to the A6, A7, and the Tornado as well s the F4E! I could go on. If it moved mud. I'd like to see it.
@@Sidekick65 The A-6 is a dream if it's come true. :) I wait for it since the Flight of the Intruder book. The Digital Integration Tornado was really really top notch in '93 especially the mission planning. I hope the DCS version can live up to the original. As a person from an ex-commie country, I still miss the Soviet types. The 50's and 60's strategic bombing not your cup of tea? B-47, B-52? Vulcan?
The strategic bombers would be interesting to see, but I don't think I would fly them much. The issue for Soviet planes is that the soviets more or less gave up on ground attack for a couple of decades, preferring to invest in ground based artillery and rockets to generate the same effects...
Yeah, they basically want every problem solved with tactical nukes on Su-7s. Even SEAD. But the Su-17, MiG-27, and Su-24 has the means. In the 80s i basically see the MiGs every day practicing their rocket, and bombing runs. My only hope is in some Indian team made it to the DCS.
@@tamasratkai1130 Those will hopefully be some interesting rabbit holes to go down eventually. If you know if any even semi "unbiased" sources about soviet CAS doctrine, point in that direction. The hardest part of doing anything about the soviet union is finding any source of useful information that remotely resembles the truth (from either side of the iron curtain...)
Minor nitpick: You say that the Luftwaffe was "pretty much the only air force that had developed" the tactic of using air power to assist troops in contact. However, after the first World War, the United States Marine Corps started using their aviation assets to make air-to-ground attacks in support of Marines on the ground in the portion of the "Banana Wars" that took place during this timeframe. And USMC began using dive bombing in Haiti and Nicaragua in this timeframe. And in 1939, the US Navy's General Board published that the mission of "Marine Aviation is to be equipped, organized and trained primarily for the support of the Fleet Marine Force in landing operations and in support of troop activities in the field; and secondarily as replacement for carrier based naval aircraft." I'm not saying that the US Marine Corps invented close air support. But it sure sounds like that's the case.
Hey, they used to drop bombs from WW1 airplanes lol. Let's get a Gotha G.I in DCS! Then we can continue down the line II III IV V and so on and so on ...(thinking about it this is more a War Thunder thing..)
Did the Nazis use small aircraft in cooperation with ground forces out of preference, or just because they utterly lacked the resources to manufacture heavy bombers in any numbers? They kept making Stukas because they couldn't organise the large-scale production of anything better.
@1:13 Unguided musicians 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That was quite good. I plan to watch it again when the full HD is done processing.
Outstanding. Enjoy. Btw, I enjoy your channel, and at least some of this content either came from or was confirmed by watching your stuff. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Great video, as always Iain. I was amused by the brief but clear reference to unguided musicians! Nothing a good conductor couldn’t sort out to give you the precision guided version 😂
Thanks. Let's assume those apparent mispronounciations are just there to make sure everyone is actually paying attention. Right? ;-)
The concept of podcast with graphics works amazingly well, I sure hope to see more of this :D
Well done
Excellent. Thanks for the feedback. There are actually a few other podcasts on my channel - on a space theme though. Try searching on "Terranauts" if you are interested.
I think your narration and analysis is top notch. Looking forward to more.
So pleased you liked it. Thanks for letting me know.
@@Sidekick65 you have such a natural narration voice that is calming and keeps interest. Ever heard of Peter Coyote? Top notch
Thanks. High praise indeed.
Great video, Iain. It shows that the simulators we have available today, with all their technical details, can be used as great educational tools as well.
I think you're right. In some ways that's how they appeal to me.
I love the angle you took with this. You are painting an excellent background for our DCS experience.
Thank you, sir!
Loved the video Sidekick, looking forward to more. I would be interested to hear how iron bombing in the pacific was different from Normandy.
That is definitely something I will need to talk about. Working on the research for that now...
_Love_ this series! Great work! Thank you for making it! The evolution of airframes and doctrines over time is exactly what draws me to games like DCS (and War Thunder...). I just never had enough context to piece it together like this =). Cheers! Keep it up!
Thanks. More on the way soon.
@@Sidekick65 Very glad to hear that - I have shared the series with my life-minded friends =)
You're my hero!
I always enjoy your content. This was another fine piece. I look forward to additional installments in this series. Thank you.
Thanks so much for your feedback. The response has been positive so I'm sure there will be more. Just have to do the research and figure out what to say next...
I really liked this format. Very calm and informative. I would love to see more like this
Thanks! More on the way.
Awesome documentory! Thanks a lot Iain! Can't wait for episode two!
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for the feedback
It's a podcast. It's a flight sim video. It's Super Sidekick! 👍
Thanks. I appreciate the support!
Excellent video. You've set a high bar with your previous videos but this exceeds that quite handily. Really looking forward to the next entry in this series.
Thanks very much. I really appreciate the feedback.
@@Sidekick65 Hey, if Greg likes it, you KNOW it's legit :)
That is superb analysis of moving mud thank you Ian.
So glad you enjoyed it. I have to admit I am a bit worried that its different than the usual content
What an outstanding history review, thank you and its provides better perspective on how i should employ my mosquito
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lots of great background! Thanks for all your research into this. Great series!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Analysis! Great work. that stinger at the end.. Um.. :) the next video should start at that point like you never stopped your train of thought 😁
Outstanding! Now all I have to do is figure out where that train has been going while I've been in the bar car ;-)
Great vid - looking forward to the next one(s).
More to come!
Can’t wait for the part where you cover dropping “unguided musicians”!! 😂 Really, though, this is great Iain, a great idea and very interesting. Thanks!
Nice! I'll try not to disappoint. Btw - with respect to musicians - one wonders if there are any other kind...
Fascinating story!
Thanks
Great video so far, thanks to the OPS centre for pointing me to it
My thanks to Solly as well! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great as always. My only regret is the missing il-2. Love the concept! Looking forward to the next episode. Is there a plane you miss from DCS?
Thanks! The list of places I would like to see in DCS is long! Let's start with anything from the PTO in WWII especially the ones thay did ground attack. The A1 is obvious as the only true iron bomber in the US arsenal for almost 15 years after the war. I'm definitely looking forward to the A6, A7, and the Tornado as well s the F4E! I could go on. If it moved mud. I'd like to see it.
@@Sidekick65 The A-6 is a dream if it's come true. :) I wait for it since the Flight of the Intruder book. The Digital Integration Tornado was really really top notch in '93 especially the mission planning. I hope the DCS version can live up to the original. As a person from an ex-commie country, I still miss the Soviet types. The 50's and 60's strategic bombing not your cup of tea? B-47, B-52? Vulcan?
The strategic bombers would be interesting to see, but I don't think I would fly them much. The issue for Soviet planes is that the soviets more or less gave up on ground attack for a couple of decades, preferring to invest in ground based artillery and rockets to generate the same effects...
Yeah, they basically want every problem solved with tactical nukes on Su-7s. Even SEAD. But the Su-17, MiG-27, and Su-24 has the means. In the 80s i basically see the MiGs every day practicing their rocket, and bombing runs. My only hope is in some Indian team made it to the DCS.
@@tamasratkai1130 Those will hopefully be some interesting rabbit holes to go down eventually. If you know if any even semi "unbiased" sources about soviet CAS doctrine, point in that direction. The hardest part of doing anything about the soviet union is finding any source of useful information that remotely resembles the truth (from either side of the iron curtain...)
Minor nitpick: You say that the Luftwaffe was "pretty much the only air force that had developed" the tactic of using air power to assist troops in contact.
However, after the first World War, the United States Marine Corps started using their aviation assets to make air-to-ground attacks in support of Marines on the ground in the portion of the "Banana Wars" that took place during this timeframe. And USMC began using dive bombing in Haiti and Nicaragua in this timeframe.
And in 1939, the US Navy's General Board published that the mission of "Marine Aviation is to be equipped, organized and trained primarily for the support of the Fleet Marine Force in landing operations and in support of troop activities in the field; and secondarily as replacement for carrier based naval aircraft."
I'm not saying that the US Marine Corps invented close air support. But it sure sounds like that's the case.
You need to watch the next video in the series. Leave a comment there and let me know what you think ;-)
this was really good!
Thanks. Really glad you enjoyed it
Hey, they used to drop bombs from WW1 airplanes lol. Let's get a Gotha G.I in DCS!
Then we can continue down the line II III IV V and so on and so on ...(thinking about it this is more a War Thunder thing..)
Did the Nazis use small aircraft in cooperation with ground forces out of preference, or just because they utterly lacked the resources to manufacture heavy bombers in any numbers? They kept making Stukas because they couldn't organise the large-scale production of anything better.
Cheerio. Making my way through the video... Am I just too early on the upload, it's only 360p? Your content is usually in glorious 4K.
Yup. Sometimes the YT gods take a while to favour us with HD! Sorry about that.
@@Sidekick65 No worries - look forward to watching