In keeping with the naval theme today, here in America it's Pearl Harbor Day. 81 years ago the Japanese attacked the US and woke the sleeping giant. My great uncle (Grandad's brother) is laying in the bottom of Pearl Harbor. In honor of all those who died that day from America and her allies in the war to follow, we salute you. RIP. In that war all gave some, some gave all. PS - great video. I love where this is heading. Truly some good times ahead for us simmers!
Awesome work! My biggest gripe with your latest naval battles has been the outdated fleet defense systems that you've been forces to use. SM-3 and -6 are absolute game changers, and I'm excited to see them used.
The range for SM-6 is stated as 130 NM due to the limitations of the AN/SPY-1D radar. It has engaged land targets at over 215 NM with CEC. And the AN/SPY-6 is expected to provide weapon's quality track at 200 NM for SM-6. It can also do SRBM and MRBM intercept for Dual 1 and Dual 2 upgrades, which go on top of the Block 1 or Block 1A iirc. Dual 2 has been successfully tested against IRBM in terminal phase For SM-3, it uses a kinetic warhead since it's hit-to-kill, this kinetic kill vehicle uses IR for terminal guidance.
SM-6 is a compliment to SM-2. Its part of the layered defense. SM-6's are far too pricey to do 1:1 replacement from the SM-2s (nearly double the cost). Aegis layered defense is as follows: Outer to Inner: - SM-3 for BMD - SM-6 Long Range anti air, short range BMD, Mid range anti-ship - SM-2 Medium-Long range Anti Air/medium range anti ship - ESSM: Short-medium range anti air/CIWS - Phalanx: CIWS - Bushmater: Anti small boat/swarm/CIWS. Also, at 21:00- ESSM block 1 are Fox 1 SARH, Block 2 (coming online now) use the AMRAAM/SM-6 active seeker head for ARH/Fox 3). Awesome video! This really will ensure future fleet battles are uber realistic. The ESSM I think will be a game-changer. No other navy has that quad packable capability.
This is beautiful. I think I'm being rewarded for all the times I bugged Cap about modern USN systems. : ) I'm crying bald-eagles tears. Good luck attacking the US now DCS!
Great video gents, spent a lot of time staring at the big blue off of one of these. Nice visualization of how heavily armed these Aegis ships are. FYI the original SPY radars were tested ashore in a wheat field, the Navy thought the system was broken at first, but discovered the RADAR was powerful enough to track pollen.
Yes sir it was! Had a lot of FC friends that worked on the SPY. I learned a lot from them. The number of tracks, targets, range, and the fact that limit switches had to be installed to "hold it back" was quite enlightening!!!!
Can’t wait for US vs China battle with these ships. It will be an utter demolition, but when china gets it’s modern ships such as type 055 and type 052D that will likely close the gap and lead to a really epic battle. Good work to the developer, he’s insane.
The SM 3 is a fast missile boy. I dont think some people realized it's TRUE speed...the block IA/B IS AT MACH 8. The Block IIA MACH 13.4....makes me wonder how good the THE SM 6 is here as the missile itself only tops out at Mach 3.5......until the modified SM 6 Block IB arrives....
Do Legacy 2000s US carrier group with F-18 legacy hornets and Tomcats and old SM-2 vs a 2025 US carrier group with improved SM series, just to highlight the difference
It would be good for DCS to have more era categories for the units, currently its just WW2 and 'other'. Something like 'WW2', 'Cold War', 'Post Cold War' and 'Current/future' would be good.
I hope someday to see a 2030s uk fleet with 1 Queen Elizabeth class carrier , 2 type 45 upgraded with there extra missile's , 2 type 26 , 32/42 F35Bs , 1 Dutch frigate , 1 arleigh Burke class destroyer !!
@21:39 cool you can see what I assume is either the 25mm or the 5 inch guns firing at the incoming missiles, I didn't know that was possible for AI in DCS. I always assumed it would try either the small 50 cals if it had them or just the CIWS.
Ok, is the Grim Reapers development team getting paid? The quality and quantity of production is just incredible. The value it is bringing to the channel is significant. These peeps deserve to be compensated.
@@grimreapers I hope so! Once again, my appreciation to you, Simba the Dev team and everyone else who puts in the time to make these videos. I know there are various motivations from the passion for aviation, the friendship and community as well as financial considerations. The fact is, regardless of why you do it, a lot of us get some good wholesome (mostly lol) entertainment out of it on pretty much a daily basis. These are especially stressful times...some fun and laughs are much needed just to try to stay sane really. Thanks!
I know I am being “That Guy”, but this is coming from a good place to help you improve the realism of your simulations. Both ships have the triple tube torpedo launchers, but they are primarily for anti submarine use. The torpedoes used are small, fast, and maneuverable for that purpose. The warheads are also light weight at just under 100 pounds. (The mk 48 torpedo used by submarines against ships pack a warhead almost 650 pounds.) The CIWS is starting to be replaced by the RIM 116 rolling airframe missile. This missile was originally based on the sidewinder missile with a 6.2 mile range. The SeaRAM launcher can fit where the 20mm cannon goes and carry 11 missiles ready to fire. Depending on the variant it uses a radio frequency/IR guidance. The SM-3 is a great addition, and is a pretty impressive missile. The “warhead” is a kinetic kill vehicle, there are no explosives used. While it does use semi active radar homing, it also has INS and GPS guidance and the kill vehicle has a passive LWIR homing seeker (two color IR on the block IIa model.) The block I is Mach 8.8, the block IIa is Mach 13.2 for velocity. The missile itself is a 4 stage rocket including the booster with the last stage being the kill vehicle that has throttleable divert attitude control to go after maneuverable hypersonic missiles. (The kill vehicle is basically an over sized coffee can with sensors and thrusters) For more information, watch “Satellite Shootdown” on UA-cam. The USS Lake Erie used a slightly modified missile and computer coding to shoot down a wonky satellite in the early 2000’s do to a hydrazine risk. It was a one shot bullseye with the kill vehicle. The SPY 6 is on the flight III destroyers, and is more powerful than the SPY 1 on the cruiser. It has EW capabilities and according to unclassified open source (like everything I am writing) can “detect a target 1/2 the size at twice the range”. So if a SPY 1 picks up a 1m target at 10 miles, a Spy 6 will pickup a 0.5m object at 20 miles. (Just using simple and not actual sizes and ranges). I think this means that it can see a stealthy or low observable target further away. Your LRASM does need the addition of swarm attack. These missiles talk to each other, and if a group of let’s say three are going to the same ship, they will do a time on target from multiple directions to further overwhelm a target’s defenses. They also do not always pop up and go diving in. They have advanced sensors that will pick a sensitive spot like the CIC and just hit it. I know with the hit point system modeling something that specific is next to impossible. Overall I am impressed with the new additions, especially the ESSM. You have no idea how many times I have wanted to scream where are the ESSM’s in your naval battles. I do hope to see some redos of those fleet on fleet fights with the more modern and better designed missiles and systems you have come up with.
Yup well spotted in various cases. We had to bend the real life facts somewhat to make them work in game. I'd say it's probably as close as we can get with the access levels we have.
@@grimreapers The constraints of the game, and what you can add in are good points. I do like the fact that you do have a cut off of 2025 for technologies. By 2030 the US will have a new frigate class becoming operational with the first one doing sea trials starting 2026. The flight III Burkes are to have modular launch cells so they can add larger missiles in the future like the hypersonic missiles in development, but again not expected ready before 2025. I can’t stress this enough though, please keep up the fun and the good work. All of you do a good job fighting simulated battles as accurately as you can within the limits that you have to abide by.
I wonder if all this missile tech means that eventually the big naval guns will make a come back....? It's hard to defeat a metric ton blob of steel coming down at you after all.
Damn, straight up shaming the DCS devs with the amount of quality work being done here. Grim Reapers: Eyy, devs, can you maybe fix the YJ-12 and a few other slight issues? Devs: zzzzzz Grim Reapers: And I took that personally..
Good job, just wanted to add that the cruisers also have torpedo tubes. They are internal and have doors that open. Loved seeing the 5" guns as I miss shooting them. They just decommissioned the Cruiser I served on this fall. Great Video.
Finally after so much waiting the ESSMs are finally here, the cringe of watching USN ships die in modern scenarios because they are without ESSMs is finally over!
Hi Cap, great work. A while back you guys posted a video of a naval battle between the Iowa and the Yamato, and the top comment was a guy that served in one of the Iowas explaining how DCS sort of failed to take certain things into consideration when modeling the ships, like the Iowas' excellent range keeper FCS, radar guided fires, different armor configurations and even the angle in which the Iowa's shells would impact an enemy ship. I understand your priority has been the 2020s but since yall are working on ships as well (and the monte cassino video got me a bit nostalgic), I was wondering if it would be possible to try to produce a historically accurate Iowa in DCS together with old school naval warfare in general. Thank you!
The torpedos are the same lightweight torps the Helos use Mk46, 50, 54. They are anti-sub weapons. Kind of an anti-sub CIWS as ranges are less than 20nm. Used if something gets close or you can race over to where a helo has something pinned down and then launch. The LAMPS gear will mean the ship has everything helo does, target info-wise.
This is such a great addition. Love to see DCS warships being developped. Most surprising thing of this video was that I had no idea DCS would actually model SM-3s shooting down those Scuds at 100,000 ft or whatever altitude they were at. Amazing stuff. I just cant wait for DCS to actually one day stop being just an aircraft simulator, but also simulate ships and first person gameplay. E.g. implementing gameplay like Arma 3, Cold Waters and Sea Power into DCS where you can control solders in FPS, vehicles in FPS and third perosn, and ships in third person but with much more advanced and player controllable features instead of just "click to attack, click to move".
I loved playing Harpoon back when I had time - this is the full eye candy version! I love the rush of excitement when a ship gets in full defense mode trying to save itself from a swarm of vampires - it's like a sports game but with higher stakes.
Lol. That's ridiculously impressive work. The detail of the thrust vecotoring is amazing and I'm just impressed by this so much. I want to see an sm-6 used for surface attack. I love that they made it a feature of the missile.
@@Utubesuperstarwell it largely does in real life until the NSM comes into the fleet. The only reason they carry harpoons still is because they don’t use VLS cells.
@@thomasstevenhebert just about all Burke’s don’t have the harpoons I believe only flight one and I think a lot of them have had them removed which is kinda dumb imo
@@Utubesuperstar the subs and Aircraft put ships to the bottom, the surface vessels the standard will work well enough to degrade the enemy in a surface action.
You know I could see a lot of uses for the GAU-8/A if the A-10 is ever retired. One of them would be a "revisit" of the PT boat, and another is a main armament of the "AC-27 Spartan Sword".
Awesome. Purely awesome. I LOVE seeing the naval aspect of DCS being made so much more realistic. All aspects of DCS really. No wonder the devs don't like you guys much. You make them look bad with their own game. 😆
Fantastic work! I assume that DCS doesn't allow over the horizon firing with SM-6 using datalink? I have no idea how well that works IRL but it's meant to be able to do it.
Navy Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air NIFC -CA is what it is called. CEC is also a name - Cooperative Engagement Capability. It basically aims to include all ships, aircraft, and weapons in a network environment. So if there is a fire control solution available, any platform can fire any weapon in range.
Brilliant! You guys continue to create stunning mods! Keep up the incredible work!😁✌ Now you guys need some land weapons-- Avenger Air Defense System, C-Ram, IM-Shorad and or DE M-Shorad, Rheinmetal Oerlikon Millennium Gun, THAAD, and AEGIS Ashore!
Grim reapers remember the ship gun fights in Russia vs American carrier group with the f-14 as an aircraft with phoenix long range replace by f-35 and aim 260
For the realism’s sake: sm-3 actually consists of 4 stages, 1 booster stage, 2 sustainers, and 1 interceptor. And sm-3 isn’t any capable of intercepting atmospheric targets(from sea level to 70km or 44 miles).
Brilliant work, to all concerned, Cap & Crew @Grim Reapers ☺️ this is going to make Naval Engangements of the Future so much more enjoyable and challenging. 😄
18:47 all those missile contrails reminds me of C&C RA2 when using a max rank aegis cruiser against a flight of Kirov's. I'm hoping in a year to 2 year's time you'll be able to conduct a full fleet vs fleet action with aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, asw aircraft, and all the regular planes that would see such action.
Good to see you guys modernizing some outdated American equipment. I’ve always felt with DCS being a Russian designed game they ….favor….. Russian and Chinese equipment. All Putin has to do is leak a picture of some new wonder-weapon Russia will definitely build 😉 and BAM she’s in the game tomorrow but for some reason they can’t get around to adding equipment Americans used for years. Keep up the good work!
Love the work guys!!! I would like to kinda volunteer to provide some information. Prior to becoming a Master-at-Arms, I was a Sonar Tech. I specifically worked on the AN/SQS-53A active sonar system, which is the much older brother of the AN/SQS-53D that these ships have on them. The Tico's may have only had the C version, I honestly don't remember when the D actually got installed and which C/B's got upgraded or if they ever really did it. I actually served on the Tico, and transferred just prior to her being decommissioned. Anyway, as of 2005 the Mk-46 torpedo that is fired from the Mk-32 system was ASW only. I will consult with some of my TM friends and verify that. At the time I got out, the Mk-48 ADCAP was the only torpedo that we had that would work against ships. I love that the AN/SPG-62 directors actually move, that is pretty cool! That said, when you shoot a SM-2 off the rails of a Mk-26 system, watching them and watching the arms of the launcher move is really freakin cool!! Dang cool to see the improved Sea Sparrows, old salts told me that the originals were garbage. Neither of my ships carried them. Again, I love the work, and please keep it up.
I also want to point out that some Arleigh Burke Class ships will come with ASROCS and NASAMS for anti submarine warfare. There would at least be one to two ships in the fleet for the capability to hunt submarines if needed.
side note I really like that you guys are making torps semi working. I hope that you can get submarines with torps to work as well. It would really change the dynamic of fleet battles.
That was unexpected video from you guys! Iam very very happy! :D Do you still got the Type 45 Destroyers on the list for the rework? And the new Chinese destroyers? I hope so. Iam very very happy that we got this new stuffs! Very very happy!
@grimreapers, when you have a particularly interesting video, please put a warning out that its best watched in the living room on the big TV. Or maybe categorise it Lvl 1 phone/mobile device, Lvl 2 Laptop/big tablet, Lvl 3 PC Mancave, Level 4 PS5 Gaming Room and the Lvl 5 Front Room big TV and all the speakers. Just a thought it would help me decide where i watch it ;)
This was a great blue ship demonstration. Now we need one for the red ships like the Chinese 055. You should also try adding in the South Korean and Japanese ships too.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but the Burkes have only had one CIWS since the flight IIs. I’m currently on board a flight IIa and have a flight III across from me.
I dont know if you did it, but have you tried to recreate the capture of USS Pueblo by the North Koreans? I even think that a us sub was monitoreing the zone and record the event.
The game needs to update the damage system for ships as they are ridiculously tough. IRL a single missile hit can sink a massive ship like the Moskava!
Carriers need ESSM and RAM added. Desperately. They've had the capability for decades (SeaSparrow before ESSM) and do not seem to have it in DCS. Makes their Layered defence kinda slim with just Phalanx.
Keep up the good work, DCS is getting better and better. I know this is off topic, but is there anyone out there that can make the brilliant Star Wars asset pack player flyable again? Who does not want to make those what if missions?
WOW! you all have done a fantastic job here. can't wait to see some wargames updates with these ships. huge change both in logic/intelligence and in capability. Really outdone yourselves here.
Im very impressed with the work! Great job to the team! Im just curious if the missiles have the capability to be fired from data link from beyond the horizon targets as they do irl using aircraft. Would be a game changer when defending against sea skimmers.
Wow! Blammo! How interesting, education, and what fun! Thanks Grim Reapers. At last I have some idea what my tax money is paying for. Looks like it's worth it.
Amazing. Seeing dozens of missile trails coming out of a ship is porn. Why can't ED make stuff like that? And even if they can't why don't they put this fan made stuff of good quality into their game? Also where is RUM-139 VL-ASROC? Did you know they're ballistic after the initial thrust vectoring to get them to land in the right area? Also ESSM and SM2 (unsure about the others) also have a surface to surface mode. While their blast frag warhead with proximity fuse doesn't really do a whole lot to big ships, they are rather effective against small gun and speedboats. In real life those ships also have a system in place that allows them to fire on the tracks of another vessel.
Did you know that the Mk54 is a retrofit of the more expensive and more advanced mk50 LWT, which had a better, more complicated engine (which also fails more often)?
is there a tutorial on how to actually use the ships and steer them?
Yes but no one ever actually watches them: ua-cam.com/play/PL3kOAM2N1YJfs5272P1a-PN_gtergxxu4.html
@@grimreapers thanks for the playlist, full day of video and gaming :) for me !!!
In keeping with the naval theme today, here in America it's Pearl Harbor Day. 81 years ago the Japanese attacked the US and woke the sleeping giant. My great uncle (Grandad's brother) is laying in the bottom of Pearl Harbor. In honor of all those who died that day from America and her allies in the war to follow, we salute you. RIP. In that war all gave some, some gave all. PS - great video. I love where this is heading. Truly some good times ahead for us simmers!
Thank you for your great uncle’s ultimate sacrifice for the US nation.
Man, you guys are only going higher and higher in your goals!!
Can't wait for more fleet battles!!
Awesome work! My biggest gripe with your latest naval battles has been the outdated fleet defense systems that you've been forces to use. SM-3 and -6 are absolute game changers, and I'm excited to see them used.
The range for SM-6 is stated as 130 NM due to the limitations of the AN/SPY-1D radar. It has engaged land targets at over 215 NM with CEC. And the AN/SPY-6 is expected to provide weapon's quality track at 200 NM for SM-6. It can also do SRBM and MRBM intercept for Dual 1 and Dual 2 upgrades, which go on top of the Block 1 or Block 1A iirc. Dual 2 has been successfully tested against IRBM in terminal phase
For SM-3, it uses a kinetic warhead since it's hit-to-kill, this kinetic kill vehicle uses IR for terminal guidance.
SM-6 is a compliment to SM-2. Its part of the layered defense. SM-6's are far too pricey to do 1:1 replacement from the SM-2s (nearly double the cost).
Aegis layered defense is as follows:
Outer to Inner:
- SM-3 for BMD
- SM-6 Long Range anti air, short range BMD, Mid range anti-ship
- SM-2 Medium-Long range Anti Air/medium range anti ship
- ESSM: Short-medium range anti air/CIWS
- Phalanx: CIWS
- Bushmater: Anti small boat/swarm/CIWS.
Also, at 21:00- ESSM block 1 are Fox 1 SARH, Block 2 (coming online now) use the AMRAAM/SM-6 active seeker head for ARH/Fox 3).
Awesome video! This really will ensure future fleet battles are uber realistic. The ESSM I think will be a game-changer. No other navy has that quad packable capability.
SM-6 Dual 1 and Dual 2 are capable of intercepting MRBMs, and have also been successfully tested against IRBMs in terminal phase
You guys are incredible
This is beautiful. I think I'm being rewarded for all the times I bugged Cap about modern USN systems. : )
I'm crying bald-eagles tears. Good luck attacking the US now DCS!
Roger J, we are listening, just takes a long time.
Great video gents, spent a lot of time staring at the big blue off of one of these. Nice visualization of how heavily armed these Aegis ships are. FYI the original SPY radars were tested ashore in a wheat field, the Navy thought the system was broken at first, but discovered the RADAR was powerful enough to track pollen.
Yes sir it was! Had a lot of FC friends that worked on the SPY. I learned a lot from them. The number of tracks, targets, range, and the fact that limit switches had to be installed to "hold it back" was quite enlightening!!!!
Can’t wait for US vs China battle with these ships. It will be an utter demolition, but when china gets it’s modern ships such as type 055 and type 052D that will likely close the gap and lead to a really epic battle. Good work to the developer, he’s insane.
WOW! Currenthill just started a revolution in modding!
The SM 3 is a fast missile boy. I dont think some people realized it's TRUE speed...the block IA/B IS AT MACH 8. The Block IIA MACH 13.4....makes me wonder how good the THE SM 6 is here as the missile itself only tops out at Mach 3.5......until the modified SM 6 Block IB arrives....
I am extremely pleased with the quality of the boom-boom.
Do Legacy 2000s US carrier group with F-18 legacy hornets and Tomcats and old SM-2 vs a 2025 US carrier group with improved SM series, just to highlight the difference
It would be good for DCS to have more era categories for the units, currently its just WW2 and 'other'. Something like 'WW2', 'Cold War', 'Post Cold War' and 'Current/future' would be good.
I hope someday to see a 2030s uk fleet with 1 Queen Elizabeth class carrier , 2 type 45 upgraded with there extra missile's , 2 type 26 , 32/42 F35Bs , 1 Dutch frigate , 1 arleigh Burke class destroyer !!
CG-65 is the USS Chosin, and the DDG-112 is the USS Michael Murphy. :)
I did not know these new missiles had thrust vectoring either. Very cool!! The amount of modeling that goes into this is unreal!!
in 2022 the FlightIII will have ship launched LRASM too
@21:39 cool you can see what I assume is either the 25mm or the 5 inch guns firing at the incoming missiles, I didn't know that was possible for AI in DCS. I always assumed it would try either the small 50 cals if it had them or just the CIWS.
Youd try everything if your life depended on it!
Cap the fire control radars do not move until the terminal phase, they're updated from SPY for flight guidance.
thx
Excited to see this new US upgrades in action!
So I'm pretty sure the SM3 does not have a warhead, it has a exo-atmospheric kill vehicle, it uses pure kinetic energy to destroy its target
Yup, some things are not possible in game so we had to bend the facts a bit to make it possible.
Ok, is the Grim Reapers development team getting paid? The quality and quantity of production is just incredible. The value it is bringing to the channel is significant. These peeps deserve to be compensated.
Nope. This is what we spend our evenings doing. One day maybe.
@@grimreapers I hope so! Once again, my appreciation to you, Simba the Dev team and everyone else who puts in the time to make these videos. I know there are various motivations from the passion for aviation, the friendship and community as well as financial considerations. The fact is, regardless of why you do it, a lot of us get some good wholesome (mostly lol) entertainment out of it on pretty much a daily basis. These are especially stressful times...some fun and laughs are much needed just to try to stay sane really. Thanks!
I know I am being “That Guy”, but this is coming from a good place to help you improve the realism of your simulations. Both ships have the triple tube torpedo launchers, but they are primarily for anti submarine use. The torpedoes used are small, fast, and maneuverable for that purpose. The warheads are also light weight at just under 100 pounds. (The mk 48 torpedo used by submarines against ships pack a warhead almost 650 pounds.)
The CIWS is starting to be replaced by the RIM 116 rolling airframe missile. This missile was originally based on the sidewinder missile with a 6.2 mile range. The SeaRAM launcher can fit where the 20mm cannon goes and carry 11 missiles ready to fire. Depending on the variant it uses a radio frequency/IR guidance.
The SM-3 is a great addition, and is a pretty impressive missile. The “warhead” is a kinetic kill vehicle, there are no explosives used. While it does use semi active radar homing, it also has INS and GPS guidance and the kill vehicle has a passive LWIR homing seeker (two color IR on the block IIa model.) The block I is Mach 8.8, the block IIa is Mach 13.2 for velocity. The missile itself is a 4 stage rocket including the booster with the last stage being the kill vehicle that has throttleable divert attitude control to go after maneuverable hypersonic missiles. (The kill vehicle is basically an over sized coffee can with sensors and thrusters) For more information, watch “Satellite Shootdown” on UA-cam. The USS Lake Erie used a slightly modified missile and computer coding to shoot down a wonky satellite in the early 2000’s do to a hydrazine risk. It was a one shot bullseye with the kill vehicle.
The SPY 6 is on the flight III destroyers, and is more powerful than the SPY 1 on the cruiser. It has EW capabilities and according to unclassified open source (like everything I am writing) can “detect a target 1/2 the size at twice the range”. So if a SPY 1 picks up a 1m target at 10 miles, a Spy 6 will pickup a 0.5m object at 20 miles. (Just using simple and not actual sizes and ranges). I think this means that it can see a stealthy or low observable target further away.
Your LRASM does need the addition of swarm attack. These missiles talk to each other, and if a group of let’s say three are going to the same ship, they will do a time on target from multiple directions to further overwhelm a target’s defenses. They also do not always pop up and go diving in. They have advanced sensors that will pick a sensitive spot like the CIC and just hit it. I know with the hit point system modeling something that specific is next to impossible.
Overall I am impressed with the new additions, especially the ESSM. You have no idea how many times I have wanted to scream where are the ESSM’s in your naval battles. I do hope to see some redos of those fleet on fleet fights with the more modern and better designed missiles and systems you have come up with.
Yup well spotted in various cases. We had to bend the real life facts somewhat to make them work in game. I'd say it's probably as close as we can get with the access levels we have.
@@grimreapers The constraints of the game, and what you can add in are good points. I do like the fact that you do have a cut off of 2025 for technologies. By 2030 the US will have a new frigate class becoming operational with the first one doing sea trials starting 2026. The flight III Burkes are to have modular launch cells so they can add larger missiles in the future like the hypersonic missiles in development, but again not expected ready before 2025.
I can’t stress this enough though, please keep up the fun and the good work. All of you do a good job fighting simulated battles as accurately as you can within the limits that you have to abide by.
I wonder if all this missile tech means that eventually the big naval guns will make a come back....? It's hard to defeat a metric ton blob of steel coming down at you after all.
Damn, straight up shaming the DCS devs with the amount of quality work being done here.
Grim Reapers: Eyy, devs, can you maybe fix the YJ-12 and a few other slight issues?
Devs: zzzzzz
Grim Reapers: And I took that personally..
yyyyyup
That's way cool! Cao. Well done to the creator /modeler!
This channel has improved quite a bit. Well done.
Good job, just wanted to add that the cruisers also have torpedo tubes. They are internal and have doors that open.
Loved seeing the 5" guns as I miss shooting them. They just decommissioned the Cruiser I served on this fall.
Great Video.
Hue City?
@@mjcandy9153 Port Royal
@redexpman Never served on her but I've been aboard her twice for Fleet Week shenanigans.
tremendous upgrades!
awesome job!!!
Cap: "that's a really tough tug!"
Me: Sniggers. 😅
erm...
Finally after so much waiting the ESSMs are finally here, the cringe of watching USN ships die in modern scenarios because they are without ESSMs is finally over!
This is fantastic. Just what we need to spice up fleet combat.
Bruh 2023 Arleigh Burke is now added and we still don’t have mod for 2012 Type 052D and 2020 Type 055
I'm sure they will arrive with time but GR have to start somewhere and chinese vessels in game are 2010 tech not the 1990 USA tech
Hi Cap, great work.
A while back you guys posted a video of a naval battle between the Iowa and the Yamato, and the top comment was a guy that served in one of the Iowas explaining how DCS sort of failed to take certain things into consideration when modeling the ships, like the Iowas' excellent range keeper FCS, radar guided fires, different armor configurations and even the angle in which the Iowa's shells would impact an enemy ship.
I understand your priority has been the 2020s but since yall are working on ships as well (and the monte cassino video got me a bit nostalgic), I was wondering if it would be possible to try to produce a historically accurate Iowa in DCS together with old school naval warfare in general.
Thank you!
We do now have the capabilities to make these old BBs much more realistic. What we need now is time to do it...
The torpedos are the same lightweight torps the Helos use Mk46, 50, 54. They are anti-sub weapons. Kind of an anti-sub CIWS as ranges are less than 20nm. Used if something gets close or you can race over to where a helo has something pinned down and then launch. The LAMPS gear will mean the ship has everything helo does, target info-wise.
Very cool! Maybe get the next generation frigates from 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 next 🤔
I even enjoy these updates. Well done GR
This is such a great addition. Love to see DCS warships being developped. Most surprising thing of this video was that I had no idea DCS would actually model SM-3s shooting down those Scuds at 100,000 ft or whatever altitude they were at. Amazing stuff. I just cant wait for DCS to actually one day stop being just an aircraft simulator, but also simulate ships and first person gameplay. E.g. implementing gameplay like Arma 3, Cold Waters and Sea Power into DCS where you can control solders in FPS, vehicles in FPS and third perosn, and ships in third person but with much more advanced and player controllable features instead of just "click to attack, click to move".
I loved playing Harpoon back when I had time - this is the full eye candy version! I love the rush of excitement when a ship gets in full defense mode trying to save itself from a swarm of vampires - it's like a sports game but with higher stakes.
Lol. That's ridiculously impressive work. The detail of the thrust vecotoring is amazing and I'm just impressed by this so much.
I want to see an sm-6 used for surface attack. I love that they made it a feature of the missile.
Yeah it sucks the way Ed short sidedly designed the ships cause sm2 and sm6 make up the majority of an arleigh Burke’s anti ship capabilities
@@Utubesuperstarwell it largely does in real life until the NSM comes into the fleet. The only reason they carry harpoons still is because they don’t use VLS cells.
@@thomasstevenhebert don't worry they will use ship launched LRASM from Now On IRL
@@thomasstevenhebert just about all Burke’s don’t have the harpoons I believe only flight one and I think a lot of them have had them removed which is kinda dumb imo
@@Utubesuperstar the subs and Aircraft put ships to the bottom, the surface vessels the standard will work well enough to degrade the enemy in a surface action.
I LOVED that video! I really dig the new weapon/equipment videos.
You know I could see a lot of uses for the GAU-8/A if the A-10 is ever retired. One of them would be a "revisit" of the PT boat, and another is a main armament of the "AC-27 Spartan Sword".
This is awesome! can't wait to see the modern US carrier group vs. Chinese group again!
Nice to see The new American's new missiles...good job guys!
That looks amazing! Can't wait to see navel battles with the new updates.
I can't wait for the next batch of surface battles!
Lovely as always Cap and GR!!!! Love you all!!
Awesome. Purely awesome. I LOVE seeing the naval aspect of DCS being made so much more realistic. All aspects of DCS really. No wonder the devs don't like you guys much. You make them look bad with their own game. 😆
Fantastic work! I assume that DCS doesn't allow over the horizon firing with SM-6 using datalink? I have no idea how well that works IRL but it's meant to be able to do it.
Navy Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air NIFC -CA is what it is called. CEC is also a name - Cooperative Engagement Capability. It basically aims to include all ships, aircraft, and weapons in a network environment. So if there is a fire control solution available, any platform can fire any weapon in range.
Navy has done it a bunch of times so I wouldn’t doubt the capability
I'm pretty sure this works with our SM-6, I look forward to showing it off.
the cruisers do have torpedo tubes in rooms under the deck that open up when they want to fire
Wow! Can't wait to see the next sea battles now!
Brilliant! You guys continue to create stunning mods! Keep up the incredible work!😁✌
Now you guys need some land weapons-- Avenger Air Defense System, C-Ram, IM-Shorad and or DE M-Shorad, Rheinmetal Oerlikon Millennium Gun, THAAD, and AEGIS Ashore!
Grim reapers remember the ship gun fights in Russia vs American carrier group with the f-14 as an aircraft with phoenix long range replace by f-35 and aim 260
For the realism’s sake: sm-3 actually consists of 4 stages, 1 booster stage, 2 sustainers, and 1 interceptor. And sm-3 isn’t any capable of intercepting atmospheric targets(from sea level to 70km or 44 miles).
Current hill has done a fantastic job with these. Can't wait to see them in the war games
Brilliant work, to all concerned, Cap & Crew @Grim Reapers ☺️ this is going to make Naval Engangements of the Future so much more enjoyable and challenging. 😄
DOPEEEE!!!!!!!! Cannot wait for these!!! Naval and sam systems is why I play!
Plank owner on Uss Normandy CG-60 GO!!!!!! CG!!
18:47 all those missile contrails reminds me of C&C RA2 when using a max rank aegis cruiser against a flight of Kirov's.
I'm hoping in a year to 2 year's time you'll be able to conduct a full fleet vs fleet action with aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, asw aircraft, and all the regular planes that would see such action.
Essm block II ! Been waiting to see them babies in action. Game changing ..
Nice work!
Good to see you guys modernizing some outdated American equipment. I’ve always felt with DCS being a Russian designed game they ….favor….. Russian and Chinese equipment. All Putin has to do is leak a picture of some new wonder-weapon Russia will definitely build 😉 and BAM she’s in the game tomorrow but for some reason they can’t get around to adding equipment Americans used for years. Keep up the good work!
excited to see what's to come!
Love the work guys!!! I would like to kinda volunteer to provide some information. Prior to becoming a Master-at-Arms, I was a Sonar Tech. I specifically worked on the AN/SQS-53A active sonar system, which is the much older brother of the AN/SQS-53D that these ships have on them. The Tico's may have only had the C version, I honestly don't remember when the D actually got installed and which C/B's got upgraded or if they ever really did it. I actually served on the Tico, and transferred just prior to her being decommissioned. Anyway, as of 2005 the Mk-46 torpedo that is fired from the Mk-32 system was ASW only. I will consult with some of my TM friends and verify that. At the time I got out, the Mk-48 ADCAP was the only torpedo that we had that would work against ships. I love that the AN/SPG-62 directors actually move, that is pretty cool! That said, when you shoot a SM-2 off the rails of a Mk-26 system, watching them and watching the arms of the launcher move is really freakin cool!! Dang cool to see the improved Sea Sparrows, old salts told me that the originals were garbage. Neither of my ships carried them. Again, I love the work, and please keep it up.
OMG....SO looking forward to this in a Pacific battle.
Awesome!
I also want to point out that some Arleigh Burke Class ships will come with ASROCS and NASAMS for anti submarine warfare. There would at least be one to two ships in the fleet for the capability to hunt submarines if needed.
side note I really like that you guys are making torps semi working. I hope that you can get submarines with torps to work as well. It would really change the dynamic of fleet battles.
That was unexpected video from you guys! Iam very very happy! :D Do you still got the Type 45 Destroyers on the list for the rework? And the new Chinese destroyers? I hope so. Iam very very happy that we got this new stuffs! Very very happy!
Yup doing all of this.
@grimreapers, when you have a particularly interesting video, please put a warning out that its best watched in the living room on the big TV. Or maybe categorise it Lvl 1 phone/mobile device, Lvl 2 Laptop/big tablet, Lvl 3 PC Mancave, Level 4 PS5 Gaming Room and the Lvl 5 Front Room big TV and all the speakers. Just a thought it would help me decide where i watch it ;)
SM-3 is just an overkill for everything, both in game and irl
I hope from now on you use SM6 in any naval battle video since SM6's have been in service with zee sexy US Navy for years, ja?
Cap! You’re amazing in everything you do!!!
SM3‘s terminal guidance is IR but mid course has sarh. But not sure multi-guidance can be modelled in DCS.
6:25 iirc it’s in service right now
This was a great blue ship demonstration. Now we need one for the red ships like the Chinese 055.
You should also try adding in the South Korean and Japanese ships too.
Thanks again CH!
Modern naval ships are incredibly impressive
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this but the Burkes have only had one CIWS since the flight IIs. I’m currently on board a flight IIa and have a flight III across from me.
thx
I dont know if you did it, but have you tried to recreate the capture of USS Pueblo by the North Koreans? I even think that a us sub was monitoreing the zone and record the event.
The game needs to update the damage system for ships as they are ridiculously tough. IRL a single missile hit can sink a massive ship like the Moskava!
yes!!! Finally!! Cap can you also ask him to add in SeaRAM RIM-116?
Carriers need ESSM and RAM added. Desperately. They've had the capability for decades (SeaSparrow before ESSM) and do not seem to have it in DCS. Makes their Layered defence kinda slim with just Phalanx.
Yup
Keep up the good work, DCS is getting better and better. I know this is off topic, but is there anyone out there that can make the brilliant Star Wars asset pack player flyable again? Who does not want to make those what if missions?
Cap loves a really tough Tug.
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WOW! you all have done a fantastic job here. can't wait to see some wargames updates with these ships. huge change both in logic/intelligence and in capability.
Really outdone yourselves here.
hell yeah!
Might need to do some of the "Final Countdown" missions over again...
Im very impressed with the work! Great job to the team! Im just curious if the missiles have the capability to be fired from data link from beyond the horizon targets as they do irl using aircraft. Would be a game changer when defending against sea skimmers.
Wow! Blammo! How interesting, education, and what fun! Thanks Grim Reapers. At last I have some idea what my tax money is paying for. Looks like it's worth it.
that one you did with the iranian all out assault , would be interesting to see the difference now
agree. ESSM smashing those boats.
Amazing. Seeing dozens of missile trails coming out of a ship is porn. Why can't ED make stuff like that? And even if they can't why don't they put this fan made stuff of good quality into their game?
Also where is RUM-139 VL-ASROC? Did you know they're ballistic after the initial thrust vectoring to get them to land in the right area?
Also ESSM and SM2 (unsure about the others) also have a surface to surface mode. While their blast frag warhead with proximity fuse doesn't really do a whole lot to big ships, they are rather effective against small gun and speedboats.
In real life those ships also have a system in place that allows them to fire on the tracks of another vessel.
Cannot wait to see them in larger games.
Great now I'm just gonna be waiting on all the naval battles to be redone lmao
Looking good Capt - king prawns again.
get cold water developers to join in the fun
Did you know that the Mk54 is a retrofit of the more expensive and more advanced mk50 LWT, which had a better, more complicated engine (which also fails more often)?
now you just need to give the carriers their ESSM's and you have a modernized battlegroup.
The new 7th fleet fight v China is going to be amazing.
Haha, you can play as the SCAT team. (Note: Cruisers have Torpedoes also)