[VIDEO] AGM-65F shot

Here is a video of a P-3C Orion launching the AGM-65F. At around 2:15 into the video we can see what happens to the seeker symbology as the missile uncages. Very cool :)

Nice find!

Wow, what a hugh detonation

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Couldnt quite make out the target impact time, was looking for the time of flight for the given range at 5000ft.

Nice clear lock for 7nm though and the rest of the numbers gave good supporting information.

That's got to be just off the coast of NAS Jax in the Jacksonville Fleet Concentration Area. I did a couple of months carrier quals on the Forrestal many years ago. That was back when the VP squadrons were all trying to go to the new (at the time) Charlies (P-3C). I never knew they could carry Mav's. Harpoons, yes.

Nice video. Opposed to DCS, the Mav in the video was not locked with a flashing cursor but WAS locked with a solid cursor. (Not that it matters. Just a bit odd to see it.) It seems to me that the Mav's trajectory looks like it was curving left. I believe this is because the chase plane was bracketing left for tracking angle. What was all that yellow? Marker powder?

That inspired me to make this little video this morning before work... Thanks!

https://youtu.be/w5kD4_W-b4w

Maybe not as interesting as the first video, but here is another

view of the P-3C Orion AGM-65F shot.

@Pikey - I counted to approx 20sec flight time from launch to impact. Launch at 0:50 and impact at 1:11.

That's got to be just off the coast of NAS Jax in the Jacksonville Fleet Concentration Area. I did a couple of months carrier quals on the Forrestal many years ago. That was back when the VP squadrons were all trying to go to the new (at the time) Charlies (P-3C). I never knew they could carry Mav's. Harpoons, yes.

Torpedos, Harpoons, Mavericks, Sidewinders ... the Orion does it all :D

Nice one. Orion module anyone?

The anti submarine stuff would be fascinating.

Wow, what a hugh detonation

 

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This Maverick has an almost twice as large warhead than a MK82.

That was interesting to see. I like the song, but music on videos like this ruin it.

That was interesting to see. I like the song, but music on videos like this ruin it.

:thumbup:

Nice one. Orion module anyone?

 

The anti submarine stuff would be fascinating.

True...if we would just have submersible submarines in DCS...:music_whistling:

Side by side comparison versus DCS AGM 65D @250kts and 5000ft (same as video)

AI firing 2 shots at 4.55nm, the DCS missile took:

32 seconds. Peaked at 800kts at end of burn phase (1481.6kmh) which is an average speed of:

511.9kts

In the video with an AGM-65F in 2018 with whatever differences this might have, including possible air density:

20-21 seconds over 4.5 - 5.0nm gives an average speed of between:

771.5kts - 900 kts

Burn times looked similar, difficult to tell, but I'd say our DCS Maverick was considerably slower than that real life video, in the acceleration phase at least, given that the DCS maverick at it's fastest point, was plum in the middle of the possible average speeds of it's real life counterpart.

Lots of variables there not considered, but quite a difference.

The weight difference is almost 200 lb between D and F model.

AGM-65E would be a better comparison. AGM-65F is a D seeker combined with the E body and warhead. The AGM-65E version is around 30 lb lighter than the AGM-65F. Otherwise same body, warhead and propulsion.

I’m on mobile so it’s difficult to replicate your calculation, interesting though. 900kts seems high launched from a p-3 cruising at 300 kts. Are you going by a time stamp or video length/assuming no editing? Makes me wonder about trajectory

Also, someone above said the F has twice the explosive of a mk-82- you’re mixing up payload and warhead, the terminology in bombs vs middles are different. There’s a lot of variants now but standard mk-82 has a payload of 200lb, the remainder fragmenting iron casing. The F has a 300lb warhead (which isn’t 2x), but more importantly that’s the total warhead weight, not payload. I don’t remember the Explosive weight but it’s like 80lbs or something, less than half. Misses reference warhead weight bc of propulsion and guidance systems, in that sense unguided bomb weight is all warhead

Per Harrier TACMANs, a ~20-21s TOF fired from 5,000' HAT at Mach 0.5 (~325 knots) equates to a horizontal launch distance of ~3.3 NM and an impact velocity of roughly 975 fps (577 knots).

EDIT: He actually fired at 205 KTAS, closer to M0.3.

Harrier charts compute a ~20-21s TOF from 5,000' HAT at M 0.3 (195 knots) equates to a horizontal launch distance of 2.6 NM and impact velocity of 900 fps (533 knots).

Here is a video of a P-3C Orion launching the AGM-65F. At around 2:15 into the video we can see what happens to the seeker symbology as the missile uncages. Very cool :)

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Wow! Nice video! Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

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Yeah, that was a VERY hard hit.