Its amazing to think the time gap between the 1st zero and 1st F14 was only 31 years. The gap between this film and now is 42 years
@user-vc1oz9rv6v
7 ай бұрын
I couldn't believe your statement about the mere 31-year gap, so I looked it up. Sure enough, A6M's first flight 1st April '39 (not a very auspicious date, I guess), Tomcat's first flight 21st December 1970. Astounding progress in such a short period. Then again, we're talking about two very different countries with two very different peoples.
@rurushu8094
8 жыл бұрын
An F-14 vs a Zero is like Darth Vader vs Bambi
@CEOkiller
7 жыл бұрын
Or Chuck Norris vs. anything!
@Jack_Torrance.
7 жыл бұрын
But Darth Vader died and Bambi lived. Whose side are you on?
@shadowywarrior
7 жыл бұрын
well...Bambi lived...for a short while...
@Jack_Torrance.
7 жыл бұрын
Bambi's mom was shot when he was a fawn. But Bambi grew up to be a proud buck. The Great Prince of the Forest raises him. I do not know if I should feel sorry for myself for knowing this or not. I am 45 years old and have no children so I can not use the, "I have kids," defense.
@shadowywarrior
7 жыл бұрын
Indrid Cold hunting season comes every year, on the dinner plate bambi goes.
@SierraM363
7 жыл бұрын
The air to air missile might've been overkill. I think the missile was more expensive than the zero.
@1gallimaufry
7 жыл бұрын
You get this is a movie right?
@TheBigDanois
7 жыл бұрын
Agreed 477000$ is the advertised cost of 1 Phoenix Missile. (google). No wonder why commanding officers freak out when pilots use Hellfires on camels and jeeps!!
@davecrupel2817
7 жыл бұрын
CSM101 still more expensive. Phoenixs are WAY more expensive. Sidewinders are just more expensive
@silentwatcher1455
6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Cannata the US navy pilots were enjoying feeling great ,toying with ancient combat plane. Really fun. But it will be a nightmare if they meet same class opponent
@danielhaire6677
6 жыл бұрын
Expensive or not, if you're going up against a hostile aircraft as a pilot, would you avoid using your best weapon simply to save some money?
@Curien247
7 жыл бұрын
The Zero is going as fast as it was designed to go while the F-14 is close to stalling several times.
@22steve5150
5 жыл бұрын
the one scene where the F-14 drops very close to the water and you can hear the engines screaming....that was not intended, the aircraft actually stalled in real life from the low speed maneuvers and the pilot had to rapidly go to max power and pull out, which in early F-14A's was very dangerous because of an engine design problem that often led to a flame out of one or both engines when rapidly transitioning from low power to max power.
@331Grabber
5 жыл бұрын
@@22steve5150 I remember reading that they kept the scene where he almost ditched it in the movie. Makes more sense now when I watch that :)
@mrtom2854
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking
@casiplejeremyandrewh.2466
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah F14s is stalling
@YourMom-lb3mt
5 жыл бұрын
@@22steve5150 2:48 ? You mean that one?
@JMChladek
8 жыл бұрын
This is still the only movie that depicts the proper sound of an M-61 Vulcan cannon firing.
@JMChladek
8 жыл бұрын
+Mitja Vertot Depending on where it hit, yes. The shots would have to go right into the engine only to have a chance of keeping the plane from shredding. At least they correctly modeled what a Sidewinder would do to a Zero (i.e. not much left).
@tomthx5804
7 жыл бұрын
Would have sawn it in half
@Tonetwisters
5 жыл бұрын
Fast. And music to MY ears.
@casey19660
5 жыл бұрын
And for my next trick I will now saw a zero in half.....buuuuuuurrrrrrrp
@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab
5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there one in 'Jarhead'?
@SpanishAvenger
2 жыл бұрын
The change of tone in this scene is actually scary. At first, F-14s are toying around, playing, in an almost lighthearted way. As soon as they are given to take down the Zeros, playtime is over. At that very moment, both Zeros are already done for. Suddenly, the F-14s turn into relentless monsters…
@almirria6753
Жыл бұрын
Beware of "Tomcats" with wings retracted. You're about to be whacked...
@aspopulvera9130
Жыл бұрын
The call was already a death sentence to the zeros
@user-vc1oz9rv6v
7 ай бұрын
Kirk's favourite playtime was with Natalie.
@r6u356une56ney
7 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine being a pilot in the 1940's flying what was for the time a modern single prop plane, and seeing planes with NO props zoom by you at twice your maximum speed, and perform maneuvers you couldn't even dream of doing?
@rickobrien4025
2 жыл бұрын
Kinda like what some of our commercial airline pilots have experienced with the "Tic Tac UFO's .
@XxDevin2xX
2 жыл бұрын
The closest thing would be Atlantic front pilots seeing the ME262.
@aspopulvera9130
Жыл бұрын
I would panic internally over something I'd think as UFO
@GTSCommander
Жыл бұрын
@@aspopulvera9130 your panic would turn to terror as soon as you saw the US markings!
@MLaak86
4 жыл бұрын
You're flying the fastest, extant, model fighter in existence and suddenly these two things blow past you like you're standing still, gotta feel for the Zero Pilots
@johnbanks4761
2 жыл бұрын
after they just murdered a defenseless person in the water...heck no, shame is they died too quick
@danielhaire6677
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnbanks4761 I would like to see what those pilots' ancestors did to them in the afterlife for dishonoring their bloodlines with that murder.
@marwankthd1629
8 жыл бұрын
a Typical War Thunder match making system. Edit: wow thanks for the 2.5k likes! This is the highest I have achieved so far!
@anthonyvelasquez1277
8 жыл бұрын
lol
@Big_E_Soul_Fragment
8 жыл бұрын
gotta love(or hate) how broken War Thunder's match making system is.
@geoosorio1025
8 жыл бұрын
yesss
@TheAnakazel
8 жыл бұрын
my A6M5 otsu vs P80&F84 lol
@mxhayashida7626
8 жыл бұрын
Yep.. Jets facing prop planes seems legit
@pontiacGXPfan
9 жыл бұрын
The part where the Tomcat stalled and almost crashed was a real stomach-crushing moment for me
@kdrapertrucker
9 жыл бұрын
That was not scripted, the pilot really did stall out trying to fly slow enough to stay behind the zero replica flying full speed. This was at low altitude, and was almost a crash.
@captainobvious9233
9 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Draper Another thing about that part as well is that part of the sound effect is the pilots wife screaming while watching the footage.
@godholio
8 жыл бұрын
+pontiacGXPfan Yeah, you and the pilot.
@porpus99
8 жыл бұрын
+pontiacGXPfan Its kind of hard to get an aircraft that can get up to 1544 mph flying in the same scene as an aircraft that goes 330 mph max. No CGI back then, so the F-14's had to fly at stall speed.
@lucaselder8835
8 жыл бұрын
+porpus99 Fun fact about the sound effects is that they added the scream of the pilot's wife from when she was shown that scene in a pre-screening session.
@hyperiongm330
6 жыл бұрын
The most unrealistic part is that an A6M2 didn't get literally shredded by a burst of 20mm vulcan rounds.
@Elthenar
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah man, considered that they were among the most fragile aircraft in WW2.
@TheDolphinator8
5 жыл бұрын
But the thing is, is that those rounds would have gone straight through the aircraft without exploding
@Elthenar
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDolphinator8 And they still would have shred it. Zero's were brought down by .50 cal solid slugs. The 20mm cannon on an F-14 has a higher rate of fire than all of the .50's on an American WW2 fighter combined. So, even if the rounds didn't explode, it still would have sawed a Zero in half.
@DonJuan-lg8vk
4 жыл бұрын
@@Elthenar But the pilot had to live as a part of the plot
@shock_tactixextremegamer7541
4 жыл бұрын
Guess he didnt wanna over kill lol Bit his buddy did with that missile lol
@claypidgeon4807
4 жыл бұрын
3:40 When your little sister starts to actually win so suddenly you have to actually try.
@dimasrahadian
8 жыл бұрын
That sidewinder cost more than a zero. Way to go Alert One!
@lucianene7741
7 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that the Sidewinder was designed no hit jets, not piston engined aircraft with a low thermal signature.
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
They couldn't let those Zekes get anywhere near the carrier, lest they open fire on a bunch of aircraft just sitting there on the flight deck (with no time to get them down below); the collective value of those planes were worth far more than just one sidewinder missile!
@claypidgeon4807
7 жыл бұрын
+Lucian Ene Mid-generation Sidewinders like the ones used here could lock onto a truck engine. Late-model Sidewinders like the ones used today can lock onto the friction an aircraft's winds create against the air.
@Tetemovies4
7 жыл бұрын
Even when you take the inflation into account?
@jpteknoman
7 жыл бұрын
also there is the possibility to slave the aim9x to the plane's IR sensors so it can track a low thermal signature as long as the plane keeps it targeted
@MindHunger
8 жыл бұрын
Each time I see this I have to ask myself, "Why'd he waste a missile on that Zero?"
@Karuiko
8 жыл бұрын
Each time I watch the explosion I have to ask myself, "Where did the Zero's fuselage go?"
@angus57720
8 жыл бұрын
+Karuiko to answer your question, the A6M Zero was, for the most part, made out of plywood. The fuselage is now thousands of tiny splinters.
@silentwatcher1455
6 жыл бұрын
US forces always want to feel invincible. Just same as F22. Only war will be the real judge.
@romanlegionhare2262
6 жыл бұрын
Because he can.
@RuminatingKiwi927
6 жыл бұрын
Karuiko it's 1900s movies , it can't be very realistic
@2ZZGE100
2 жыл бұрын
According to one of the F-14 pilots ('Shoes' Mullin), the Zeros were going absolutely as fast as they could at only 120 - 130 knots (top speed was 150 knots, but the canopy open reduced the speed due to drag) while the F-14 Tomcats were close to their stall speed of 100 knots. In reality, the F-14s would have lit the burners and gone vertical and then came down hard from the top on them in order maintain the high energy state while keeping up with the extremely slow Zeroes.
@DrOneOneOne
2 жыл бұрын
Yep; I'd have thought that kind of battle wouldn't necessarily have been as simple as it's supposed to look. The F-14s weren't really designed to fight aircraft flying so slow without using missiles at much longer ranges. Getting in that close was potentially slightly risky when instead they could've fired Sparrows from over 25 miles away.
@ozzy7763
5 жыл бұрын
The Tomcat with the Jolly Roger emblem is the most badass looking fighter ever .
@arandomf-14tomcat77
7 жыл бұрын
In my opinion f14 tomcats are my favorite aircraft.
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
Well, when it comes to which aircraft is *your* favorite, your opinion is the only one that counts ;)
@arandomf-14tomcat77
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah lol
@startreker20
7 жыл бұрын
Tomcat The Ace, The tomcat may not be the best, but she is certainly one of the coolest planes in history.
@horstreinhardt5023
7 жыл бұрын
You leave your opinion open to debate?
@Cybermat47
7 жыл бұрын
In my opinion Messerschmitt Bf-109s are your favourite aircraft.
@cgrant26
10 жыл бұрын
The Zero's are replica A6Ms that were originally built for the movie Tora, Tora, Tora.
@AllThingsFlightSim
8 жыл бұрын
+cgrant26 They are T-6s that are painted in Japanese colors
@cgrant26
8 жыл бұрын
+AllThingsFlightSim They are indeed, thanks. They had fairly extensive vismods done to them beyond just the paint job though. More info here: www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_fighters_zero-jackson.asp
@twinstu50
7 жыл бұрын
The easiest way to spot if a T-6 has been modified to look like something else is to look at the wing leading edges. The T-6 has its main wheels tucked into two bulges that protrude slightly from the wing leading edges, close to the fuselage, below the cockpit.
@mikemac2888
7 жыл бұрын
cgrant26 - saw a replica Zero at EAA a few years back. Pretty neat bird close up!
@skyofstorms
7 жыл бұрын
Also, deez idiots flying with their canopies open XD
@22steve5150
5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, in the story, this aircraft carrier was sent back 39 years into the past (1980-1941), and it's been 39 years since this movie was made, so right now in 2019 we are just as far in the future compared to the ship and crew in the movie as the Pearl Harbor attack was in the past to them.
@andreww.8262
Жыл бұрын
The sad thing is the tech hasn't changed significantly.
@aj4909
Жыл бұрын
@@andreww.8262 lmao maybe some look but they’re a lot faster, agile, and need a lot less speed to take off, a lot of modern crafts can hover. Whether we see them or not is up to the government
@tamadelrey26
7 жыл бұрын
i love how they used real vulcan sound effect instead 50 cal mG when f-14 firing...
@tamadelrey26
7 жыл бұрын
+Nigel Nathan did you even understand my comment?
@tamadelrey26
7 жыл бұрын
it seems everybody did not understand my comment either 😂
@apelikemenace
7 жыл бұрын
I heard it and was going to make an A-10 comment
@bcaffrey98
7 жыл бұрын
Agreed. However, having known a couple of USN pilots from the Pacific theater when growing up, just a couple of hits from the 20mm Vulcan would have ripped the motor off the Zeke, if it didn't shred the whole aircraft. We had a P-38 pilot a few doors down from us who said just two good hits with the P-38's 20mm cannon would "dismount the motor" on the Zero but it took five or six hits to blow one off a Betty Bomber.
@micheltangy2725
7 жыл бұрын
Brrrt
@AndyCigars
7 жыл бұрын
"I can't swim!"...says the nimrod who went out on a boat in the ocean.
@Fsone174
7 жыл бұрын
"I can't fly!" ... says the nimrod who went in an aircraft in the sky.
@whityford5311
7 жыл бұрын
i think a plane back in WWI or WWII was called the nimrod
@cgrant26
7 жыл бұрын
The MR.2 Nimrod was a sub hunter aircraft built in the late 60's off the DeHaviland Comet airframe and flown by the RAF. The RAF retired them from service in 2011.
@danielhaire6677
6 жыл бұрын
In the Bible, Nimrod was also the great-grandson of Noah and listed as a "mighty hunter before the Lord".
@combativeThinker
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Haire The words translated as "mighty hunter" can also be translated as "tyrant." Nimrod was a despot, the first king, and the first to combine religion and the state together. Watch the Fuel Project's videos about him and his dysfunctional family. It's pretty interesting.
@drucifer67
13 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite film sequences. Love this whole scene.
@boogyman489
7 жыл бұрын
LOL this is so unfair, shows how far technology has gotten in just 70 years.
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
39 years. 1980 - 1941 = 39.
@bhuraqe
7 жыл бұрын
boogyman489 cold war truths bitch
@tenacious645
6 жыл бұрын
jpowell180 Even less when you consider the F14 was a 70s plane.
@22steve5150
5 жыл бұрын
actually, it was 39 years for that ship (1980 going back to 1941). And it's been another 39 years since that movie came out. It seems like outside of computers, we haven't advanced all that much in the last 39 years, not like they advanced in the previous 39 years.
@johniandy2108
5 жыл бұрын
F-14 Tomcat defeats A6M5 ZERO because all World War 2 aircraft including A6M5 ZERO do not carry Air-to-Air Missiles. F-14 is a Cold War-era Aircraft while A6M5 ZERO is World War 2-era Aircraft.
@BonesTheCat
7 жыл бұрын
It was this movie, not Top Gun, that gave me a hard on for F-14's. I saw this on release with my brother when I was seven. It blew my mind.
@AvengerBB1
5 жыл бұрын
A fricken men!!! I hate necromancy, but I had to say it!
@a.e.w.384
7 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I use to hum this theme song when I was in the carrier pattern in my F18 :) There is just something so poetic about seeing these tech marvels of different ages flying around with each other.
@davidcastro5516
2 жыл бұрын
Name of the movie please
@Huntsman118
Жыл бұрын
@@davidcastro5516 final countdown
@ComandanteJ
11 жыл бұрын
"Splash the Zeros, i say again splash the Zeros". I love that line. What a beautiful and powerfull plane, the F14. Hornets and F35 are cool and all that... but a real man flies an F14.
@zackboone15
7 жыл бұрын
The guys in the Zero's probably thought the gods have come to punish them.
@jaysonxxx2306
5 жыл бұрын
F14: *omae wa mou shindeiru* ZERO: *NANI!!*
@EmilioJVC
10 жыл бұрын
Is this War Thunder BR system?
@Destrado_
10 жыл бұрын
Fucking undertiered american planes. nerf when?
@JoutsenHH
10 жыл бұрын
Soon...
@undertakernumberone1
9 жыл бұрын
Ashot Games to be fair: in War Thunder the US guy would've gotten shot down by the Zero
@hoarsuh8173
8 жыл бұрын
+Emilio Vega (SteelRonin) OMFG,I laughed too hard.
@RUSHBFer
6 жыл бұрын
Emilio Vega xD
@okrajoe
8 жыл бұрын
Fascinating special effects for the time.
@cgrant26
8 жыл бұрын
The only special effects were the open cockpit close-ups of the Japanese pilots and RC models for the shoot down scenes. Everything else was 100% real aerial photography.
@scottmarquiss7941
7 жыл бұрын
A small point to what you commented. . . the last "Zero" destroyed (sidewinder missile) was a model. A number of year ago at the Nation Air and Space Museum they had a lecture on the FC movie and this scene was the highlight of the event. Think about it the premier Naval Fighter of their era DOGFIGHTING, so very cool!
@JBLaOHeI
7 жыл бұрын
the one that hit the water is clearly a model too... look at the size of that wave
@MatHelm
6 жыл бұрын
According to a "Making of The Final Countdown", There were serious questions asked by brass about "how close was that" (to hitting the water), referring to the F-14 pull out at about 2:50 of this video. Also that Katharine Ross (Girl in the water) was a anti military bitch who refused to meet the actual Navy pilots doing the flying. So they sent her a nasty note via a sign on the daily's (raw video from the shoot sent for viewing by the studio and actors on a "daily" bases)...
@kdrapertrucker
6 жыл бұрын
okrajoe yeah but that Vulcan cannon at the F-14 has it with her with a ripped at 0 to shreds in mid-air. There wouldn't have been any Survivor what about her airplane the Glide down to the ocean
@Sameoldfitup
3 жыл бұрын
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
@TheCrackedFirebird
5 жыл бұрын
When you advance faster up the tech tree than others in a Civ game.
@tfp0052
2 жыл бұрын
God I miss the F-14 Tomcat! One of the most beautiful aircraft of all time!
@dmikulec
8 жыл бұрын
First, to maneuver with a A6M, the F-14s would be just above stall speed. Second, does the exhaust from the Zero engine have enough of a heat signature for an AIM-9?
@Jamesbrown-xi5ih
7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@twinstu50
7 жыл бұрын
No.
@Jamesbrown-xi5ih
7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@dmikulec
7 жыл бұрын
We have a Yes and a No.When the early Sidewinder was developed, the seeker could track a cigarette, but I have no idea how far cigarette was from the seeker.
@danielhaire6677
6 жыл бұрын
The original IR sensor did. However, this would not be the original 1953 variant but the AIM-9L all-aspect developed in 1977. It still had the sensitivity but didn't get easily get spoofed by other IR/heat sources. Also, as they never encountered the Sidewinder, the Zero pilots would never have known about the sun trick.
@1stPCFerret
7 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes from one of my all-time favorite movies. The real star(s) of the movie were the _USS Nimitz_ & crew.
@leviseo9536
4 жыл бұрын
Zero pilot: Waaaait how they flyin without propellers they ailen?
@pedrosabino8751
3 жыл бұрын
I think would be hard to see the propeller of the enemy plane. 0s probably didn't see the propellers of hellcats.
@k.a.p.x3642
3 жыл бұрын
Me 262 was a german jet aircraft in ww2 so I think they already have some knowledge.
@LtCWest
3 жыл бұрын
@@k.a.p.x3642 Yeah but this is late 1941, jets were mostly conceptual at that time.
@blackjac5000
12 жыл бұрын
"Uh, Eagle One, bandits' airspeed insufficient for intercept. Requesting permission to get out and walk, over."
@bryanjacla1068
4 жыл бұрын
A similar battle between modern jet fighters and WW2-era fighter planes also happened in a Japanese light novel and its web novel version. In Nihonkoku Shoukan (Summoning Japan), 12 F-15J Kais and 15 Mitsubishi F-2s of the JASDF destroyed 85 Antares fighter planes (isekai Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero) of the Gra Valkas Empire. EDIT: The battle between the Antares fighters and the Japanese Eagles is not included in Vol. 5 of Nihonkoku Shoukan (but included in Vol. 6 which will be out in Nov. or Dec. 2019) but it is already in the web novel version.
@ewyattgd5411
2 жыл бұрын
get them to fight a raptor or a felon with a biplane
@joskethegreat4154
6 ай бұрын
You know shit's real when you bring a f15j to a ww2, biplane, ufo, dragon and wyvern fight
@potatopilottv
7 жыл бұрын
This should be in War Thunder xD
@50shadesofcerakote
7 жыл бұрын
finally fuck them Mig-15's up haha
@antoniobrignoni3722
7 жыл бұрын
Besides an f14 it would be a mig29 against some ad2s
@sandrobindelli5607
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Tan It's actually nonsense, the F-14 could have just wide-circled the area from 6-7000 feet without any chance for the Zeros to even see them let alone get close to them...and then they would just have to fire to AIM-9 missiles to knock them down. Operative dogfight area of a WW2 Zero is ridiculous compared to today's 30-35 mile diameter...would be like 2 flys moving around a tiny area while being circled by big eagles from far away able to strike them easily in any moment.
@a.e.w.384
7 жыл бұрын
Actually since the F14 is retired I can comment on it as a retired F18 pilot. The interesting thing about this fantasy scenario is that a zero could win a guns dogfight with an F14 if and only if the zero pilot was smart enough to stay slow and above the F14 at all times. Even with it's huge wingspan the F14 was not a good dogfighter up close and slow (too heavy, it was designed as an interceptor after all, i.e. missles). It simply would never have a turn rate to match a much lighter craft like a zero. Now of course the tomcat could just light the burners and zoom on out and up but that's the point he couldn't win in a guns fight unless he zoomed in at a higher alt. But as you saw from that clip the tomcat did take a dive when he tried to follow the zero down, again too heavy to maintain alt and match the speed of the zero. No comment on the F18 :)
@pontiacGXPfan
7 жыл бұрын
A.E. W. so you're saying the hornet could take a tomcat in a guns only fight?
@terryrussel523
7 жыл бұрын
My squadron used to provide some pretty darn expensive target drones for training fighter crews as well as ground and air radar tracking personnel in the 1970's. What a show. I loved watching the fighters go threw their drills and real time simulations.
@georgeroylston2475
7 жыл бұрын
Terry Russel
@1903A3shooter
8 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful jet fighter ever built.
@Juliancatalan
8 жыл бұрын
war thunder BR 3.7 x.......BR 25? great movie!!!
@marcox4358
7 жыл бұрын
maybe and me262 would be more accurate, those 4 30mm and the 24 unguided missiles, can rip appart anything
@sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750
5 жыл бұрын
marcox43 you mean unguided Rockets
@Dogflight1477
5 жыл бұрын
Still dunno how the fuck is zero 3.7
@seanham4040
5 жыл бұрын
@@Dogflight1477 because of it's maneuvering capabilities. It more than holds it's own vs most airframes at 4.3BR much less 3.3/4.0. True,it catches fire if You look at it too long in anything w/a .50c or better,but it's a hard plane to hit when flown by a capable pilot.
@Dogflight1477
5 жыл бұрын
@@seanham4040 Still, a lit if planes even on lower B. R have lower turn times I haven't even got an idea if thise stats are real anymore
@chrisalfaro667
7 жыл бұрын
In my own opinion the F14 Tomcat is my favorite aircraft to ever fly in the United States Navy
@callumsmodellingcentre6902
5 жыл бұрын
Nah, f4u corsair
@combativeThinker
4 жыл бұрын
_ Meg678 _ The F7F though.
@williamayer2928
5 жыл бұрын
You know, I say this every time I find a copy of this scene, but kudos to the Zero pilots. They obviously knew what they were doing and had no interest in trying to run. The fact that they were hilariously outmatched tech wise doesn't negate the fact that they were quite clearly very good pilots. Which is obvious, since the attack on Pearl Harbor wouldn't have been the greenest noobs the IJN had available
@Beowulf-eg2li
7 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the times where I got seal clubbed in War Thunder
@Orca19904
5 жыл бұрын
Zero pilots: "Tomcats OP, plz nerf!" US DOD: "Perfectly balanced, working as intended."
@danielmartens7639
7 жыл бұрын
A typical War Thunder match making system XD Next there should be a nimrod (biplane) vs. An F-22 Raptor
@jcfailgamer7157
7 жыл бұрын
swordfish v. f-35
@KILLERMEXICAN210
7 жыл бұрын
I 15 shaika vs F15 Eagle
@jcfailgamer7157
7 жыл бұрын
1 15 Chaika you mean
@yukhimli1807
7 жыл бұрын
Wright flyer versus falcon 9
@yukhimli1807
7 жыл бұрын
Leonardo's helicopter versus the millennium falcon
@thooke222
7 жыл бұрын
I think that F14 seriously almost crashed into the water in that low maneuver.
@Nightdare
7 жыл бұрын
It actually almost did when they showed the movie to navy brass for approval, *they left that bit out*
@CruelestChris
6 жыл бұрын
No they didn't. You really think the blackbox wouldn't record a stall warning? They check these things.
@fly4tips
6 жыл бұрын
thooke222 He did almost put himself in the water! He had a long "heart-to-heart" with his CO over that one!!
@CruelestChris
5 жыл бұрын
@Eric Actually they do have them, though that might be due to recent advances in encryption that means you couldn't brute-force decode them before the heat death of the universe. Still, it's not true that the aircraft almost hit the water, the zoom-in is used to make it look a lot closer to the water than it actually is. Pilot was in complete control the whole time.
@CruelestChris
5 жыл бұрын
@Eric Absolutely not, if the Tomcat had suffered a compressor stall with the engines they had back then it would have been irrecoverable and he'd have been dead. That rumour originated in an ancient and long-gone blog post, and has no merit to it.
@matthewxd5063
7 жыл бұрын
lol when the first zero went down you could tell it was a toy crashing into the water
@sparrowlt
7 жыл бұрын
you didnt expected they to crash a real AT-6 into the water did you
@matthewxd5063
7 жыл бұрын
sparrowlt yeah haha I thought they would
@Carolinacaveman
8 жыл бұрын
I wouldnt be able to fly an F-14 against those zeros. Id be laughing to hard!
@darthroden
8 жыл бұрын
+Davidson1873 Yeah I know what you mean. Almost like putting a Apache Helicopter against a Fokker DR-I.
@spydude38
7 жыл бұрын
In reality, U.S. Navy aviators felt the same way about Japanese Zeros prior to it's entry into WWII. This was to prove unfortunate until a brilliant aviator, John S. Tach who actually read and believed the reports of the Zero's superior manueverability, developed the "Thach weave" which when employed by two fighters, would help to defeat the Zero. Then shortly afterward, the U.S. captured a fully intact Zero and learned its full capabilities, which led to the development of the F6F Hellcat and the rest is as they say, "history".
@theborg5981
5 жыл бұрын
I'd hate to have to destroy such a historic aircraft
@baconatoromg6062
4 жыл бұрын
@@theborg5981 you wouldn't be able to because the zero would out turn and destroy an f-14
@gaijinmq-9when951
2 жыл бұрын
@@baconatoromg6062 you’re joking right? Man do you have any idea how fast the tomcat is? Before the zero even finishes its turn, the tomcat would be 2-3 kilometers away from it. Also, take note of the fact, that even tho AIM-9’s are IR, or to put it simply a heat seeker, the tomcat carried radar guided missiles, which doesn’t need a heat source, only a radar lock, and the tomcat’s radar will lock onto that zero and guide the SARH/ARH homing missiles to that zero and destroy it. gg tomcat vs zero is fair and balanced i see nothing wrong
@danschneider3077
7 жыл бұрын
Tyrannosaurus in F14s! Calvin and Hobbes
@thudthud5423
5 жыл бұрын
This scene is just as awesome as the last 50 times I've watched it over the years.
@davidthomas9190
7 жыл бұрын
as a kid I loved this film very much. I think I still do.
@edgardeloera2874
7 жыл бұрын
whats the ñame of this film
@battleoid2411
7 жыл бұрын
Final countdown
@davidthomas9190
7 жыл бұрын
JnCmanufacturing that's kinda random. Who and for what ?
@VistaAiken
7 жыл бұрын
Here, here, great film! This is still one of my favorite scenes in movies period. It makes you ponder what if? And watching this terribly lopsided dog fight is fun!
@battleoid2411
7 жыл бұрын
David Aiken It's a shame they didnt actually intervene in the war, it would have been way more awesome to see a nimitz leading a U.S. fleet against Japan, but oh well.
@Shimabuku
8 жыл бұрын
I wish they would make a new film like this movie.
@Packhuffer
7 жыл бұрын
Or they could do what TFA did and make it all using old-er effects.
@gregpavitt6867
7 жыл бұрын
unfortunately it would be ruined buy CGI... Fly the real aircraft or don't make the movie at all
@jestertester69gaming54
4 жыл бұрын
Top Gun will have a sequel and I knew this from an aviation magazine
@glocklover8986
8 жыл бұрын
F14 vs Zeros? damn fix the goddamm match making #related to War Thunder the next WoT and WoWP
@zephanish
7 жыл бұрын
sekrit dokumeints cmrade
@imrcreeper1714
7 жыл бұрын
Glock Lover its all about that sekrit dokumints
@nathanielgrim7388
7 жыл бұрын
Anthony Smith YOU HAVE LEAKED THE SKRIT DOKUMIENTS, to GULAG WITH YOU
@timweaver9955
5 жыл бұрын
It's an old movie asshole
@Orca19904
5 жыл бұрын
Zero pilots: "Tomcats OP, plz nerf!" US DOD: "Perfectly balanced, working as intended."
@josephastier7421
3 жыл бұрын
"F-14s against Zeros" sounds like it was thought up in history class by a daydreaming twelve year old boy.
@fooman2108
6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite parts of any movie is the music change and the fangs come out as the wings go back on the Tomcats! You also have to love the respect the Tomcat guys are NOT showing the Zero's both aircraft at one time or another turn off and show their bellies to the Zero's. I would also think a nice mach 1.2 pass past the Zero's would have damn near blown them apart without even firing a shot.
@thewarroom1944
2 жыл бұрын
Considering all Japanese naval aircraft at the time were made of wood to reduce weight, this seems plausible.
@1tnrebel
7 жыл бұрын
in truth, the zeros would be nothing but target, unless the f-14 showed down and got into a turning dogfight contest with them.
@infinitecanadian
7 жыл бұрын
+NWTactical Yeah; one burp of the Vulcan would vape the Zero in less than a second.
@1tnrebel
7 жыл бұрын
that is what the P-38's did. They had around 100 MPH advantage over the zero. They would fly in shoot them up and zoom away for another pass.
@infinitecanadian
7 жыл бұрын
art carney Not to mention that the .50 calibre machine guns would rip the A6M to shreds.
@1tnrebel
7 жыл бұрын
and a single 20mm cannon the P-38 had 4 50 and a single 20 mm
@infinitecanadian
7 жыл бұрын
art carney Oh, right, excuse me. I mistook what you were talking about as a P-51.
@cgrant26
11 жыл бұрын
The production manager in charge of arial photography commented that the scene was indeed a near crash. The Tomcat stalled after completing a rolling dive and the pilot managed the recovery only 100' above the waves. There was a rumor that the Navy confiscated all the footage from the cameras mounted on Navy aircraft but the studio leased B25 camera plane and Bell 206 Jet Ranger were able to keep the footage that ended up in the movie.
@CruelestChris
6 жыл бұрын
Rumour would be incorrect since the shot of the Vulcan firing is clearly from a camera mounted on the plane, and the pilot said he was in complete control the whole time.
@ethanhiggins4887
6 жыл бұрын
Actually it was a near crash, buddy of mine flew for this movie and the pilot of the f14 was in big trouble since they weren’t supposed to risk the aircraft.
@CruelestChris
6 жыл бұрын
No it wasn't. That's a rumour that started long after production, if an F-14A were to stall out at that low an altitude the pilot would be dead because one or both engines would have suffered compressor stalls and flamed out. It's just that the zoom-in makes the plane look closer to the water than it actually was, simple camera tricks.
@johnf.kennedy7339
6 жыл бұрын
I saw this film in the movies when it was released in 1980. Yes, the pilot nearly hitting the water was talked about, but in the actual commentary (many years later) the actual pilot said that was not the case and said he was never in any danger of hitting the water.
@corsomagenta
4 жыл бұрын
such a crime this film didn't get the oscar for best picture
@okedoke1234
6 жыл бұрын
"Hey Fox, that woke 'em up..."......god I loved this scene when I saw this in the theater as a kid......the good old days when they could paint up the fighters, not like today with everything subdued.....those Jolly Rogers tails are awesome
@artiedonovan1433
5 жыл бұрын
When the Tomcat pulled up in front of the Zero like that, the jetwash ripped off the Zero pilot's radio in his helmet. They could not communicate with the pilot
@Chickenworm9394
7 жыл бұрын
The US pilots had been toying with the Zeros all the time Like what the cats would do to their prey rats
@junglistmassiv
7 жыл бұрын
Flop Flip I guess we can say they have... Zero chance of survival.
@arandomf-14tomcat77
7 жыл бұрын
bud um chum
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
6 жыл бұрын
Even when we had the Tomcat's grandfather the F6F hellcat, those Zeros got toyed with ease.
@spirz4557
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine this scene in Top Gun. Maverick : Greetings ! *flips the bird* Goose : Watch the Birdie ! *FLASH* A6M Pilot : What. The. Hell ?!
@GeneralPadron
7 жыл бұрын
I love this movie! My Dad had this, we would watch it all the time.
@reclaimingfire7903
7 жыл бұрын
Same :) best memories are of me and my dad watching this :)
@lucianosr71
7 жыл бұрын
you are part of my childhood!!!!thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@joegriego3091
7 жыл бұрын
I still think, next to the F15, the Tomcat was the sexiest thing to grace the skys.
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
Sad that the only country in the world that flies the F-14 these days is *Iran*.
@Pinheadlou666
7 жыл бұрын
jpowell180 Israel flys some too
@lucbuydens6191
7 жыл бұрын
Concorde
@epicaxeguy3323
7 жыл бұрын
The Tomcat and Spitfire's IMO are the two sexist aircraft ever
@Youda00008
7 жыл бұрын
F-15 is ugly, F-16 is way nicer
@user-vx4xc4sq2u
4 жыл бұрын
無抵抗な人に機銃掃射するのって、米兵が日本人によくやっていたことじゃん
@user-xz9ho1wj9o
4 жыл бұрын
そうそう、逃げまどう民間人相手にね
@GeorgiaNFA
7 жыл бұрын
Great movie. One of my favorites as a kid 😁👍🏻
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
My Mom took me to see this film when I was 13, in the summer of 1980...it's always been such an entertaining bit of cheesey sci-fi!
@jsmasters77
7 жыл бұрын
OK Hollywood remake this it would be awesome with F22's and a modern carrier.
@Cybermat47
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think F-22s are used on carriers. Do you mean the F-35 or F/A-18?
@jpowell180
7 жыл бұрын
What would a remake really add to it? Hip Hop and smartphones? I think this film is perfect the way it is and needs no remake.
@joshlopez5196
7 жыл бұрын
No f22s are land based fighters. f35s have vtol capabilities and are multi role fighters
@c431inf
7 жыл бұрын
hollywood would never , it promotes patriotism and thats against the lefts agenda for global agenda
@Cybermat47
7 жыл бұрын
c431inf 11b have you seen any films recently? 'Unbreakable', where the hero is a USAAF bomber crewman. 'Saving Private Ryan', where every main character is a US Army Soldier. The 'Transformers' series, where the military kills a bunch of evil robots. 'American Sniper', which is about a US Navy SEAL in the Iraq War. 'Flags of our Fathers' and 'Letters From Iwo Jima', which both show American Marines exhibiting great bravery. 'Fortress' and 'Red Tails', which are both about the USAAF in WWII. 'Fury', which is about a US Army tank crew in WWII. And 'U-517', which actually gives America credit for what Britons and Australians did!
@artmoss6889
5 жыл бұрын
The Zero had 20mm cannon located in its wing roots, not machine guns. The 20 mm had a slower rate of fire and a different firing sound than depicted in the film. When straffing the survivors, the pilot would have undoubtedly used his twin 7.7 machine guns firing through the propellor.
@ogrelaca
Жыл бұрын
It is because these planes are NOT Mitsubishi A6Ms - they've used Texans. For a civilian movie fan it makes no too much difference
@Intrepid74656
7 жыл бұрын
This feels like a custom battle on war thunder when I got a rank 1 plane and the guy on my tail got a rank 5
@masterskrain
7 жыл бұрын
I remember the audience cheering at the first pass of the Tomcats past the Zeros, and it didn't stop until they were splashed!
@Flexe1001
6 жыл бұрын
F14: trying to shot me bro Zero: umm yes because I'm powerful F14: sure about that Boom
@woolery2631
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice how this was posted almost 15 years ago, just wow
@seanpeacock5595
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite scenes ever!
@Canadian_Ale
4 жыл бұрын
"what is this a crossover episode?"
@user-wp5kd4fm4u
6 жыл бұрын
Просто праздник американского военного духа, столкнуться в бою с противником из позапрошлого столетия.
@Big_E_Soul_Fragment
8 жыл бұрын
War Thunder's battle-rating system be like
@cloroxbleach8472
5 жыл бұрын
The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind new war thunder missile be like
@ikethefrontliner5899
4 жыл бұрын
Typical
@kcountrycorvettes
5 жыл бұрын
This was a really good movie for its time. I remember seeing this in a theatre.
@LIGHTSANDLEDZ4LESS
6 жыл бұрын
I saw that movie awhile back , brought back some memories , so I'm watching the movie right now as I am typing on epix channel 👍👍👍👍👍
@joshuatumambo5674
7 жыл бұрын
Why are F-14 Tomcats, modern jet fighters, fighting Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes, a WW2 era fighter, in this movie?
@cgrant26
7 жыл бұрын
Because they just strafed the hell outta that yacht.
@TheAdkFlyer10
7 жыл бұрын
Not to give the movie away but it kinda involves time travel...
@kelly806
7 жыл бұрын
From a movie..."The Final Countdown". An aircraft carrier went back in time to before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
@10kanojias
7 жыл бұрын
Well, the ship will last only a few weeks, cant refuel
@TheAdkFlyer10
7 жыл бұрын
Actually, she's nuclear powered. She can operate for over 20 years without refueling.
@nolifemerc3824
7 жыл бұрын
I saw this move 3 times just or this scene and the flying.
@TheophilusPWildbeest
7 жыл бұрын
If you like this then look up Les Chevaliers du ciel, it's in french but the flying in fantastic and the photography is astonishing, it's so good you forget that it's in a foreign language.
@SpandanChatterjee2904
7 жыл бұрын
Les Chevaliers du Ciel... that 2005 movie correct? Yeah fantastic flying scenes there.
@Eyeofthemourning
7 жыл бұрын
This was a great underrated movie.
@landfair123
7 жыл бұрын
Always loved that scene. Makes me wish the carrier had stayed in the past. That would have been a cool sequel.
@securitytechnician
5 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to see them go up against the entire Japanese fleet. Stop Pearl from happening.
@artiedonovan1433
5 жыл бұрын
If you got the DVD of this movie, they have a one hour interview with the Jolly Rogers who did the flying. That was one of the last things in the interview brought up, when the moment came of the storm re-appearing when Nimitz Strike Force was 4 minutes away from intercept. Brown said they could have gone in with 2 Tomcats and wipe out the whole fleet.
@matthewcaughey5273
10 жыл бұрын
So just a question could an AIM-9 actually get a lock on a Mitsubishi A6M zero? The thing was designed for attacking jets I mean could there be enough heat to pick up? And the other thing is the M-61 aircraft cannon would have made Swiss cheese out of that Zeke with 20mm explosive tipped rounds and the zeros lack of armour would have turned it into splinters literary
@MechaG2
10 жыл бұрын
Good question about the AIM-9. I doubt it'd be able to acquire a lock, but that burst from the M61 should've disintegrated the A6M2.
@TheRealSuperhavoc
9 жыл бұрын
Well, the AIM-9 would have a very small chance of getting a lock on the exhaust of a piston powered aircraft, but the Zeros would have been on patrol for awhile if they were that far away from their carrier fleet, so the engines would have been running the whole time (obviously) so the cowling and the surrounding area might have enough of an IR signature for the missile to be able to lock on. And yes, the M-61 should have ripped the A6M apart, but remember, it IS a movie after all...
@blackjac5000
9 жыл бұрын
The Real Superhavoc Don't forget that with all that daylight flight they would've been baking in the sun and throwing off that much more IR.
@TheRealSuperhavoc
9 жыл бұрын
blackjac5000 Good point, I completely forgot about that factor.
@1LEgGOdt
9 жыл бұрын
Yes an AIM-9 Sidewinder could get a good tone from a Mitsubishi ZERO. But there's another way to shout down a WWII Fighter plane with an AIM-9 and it called..."FIRING LINE OF SIGHT" P-51's were fitted to carry rockets under it wings.
@jeffburnham6611
3 жыл бұрын
Japanese pilot: I'll just hide in this soup, they won't find me in here. F-14: Tag! Your it!
@LtCWest
3 жыл бұрын
F-14: Radar says no ^^
@rong2596
6 жыл бұрын
I waited 2 weeks for this movie to come on TV and then the day it came on I was grounded bummer... In the 80's.
@Ettoredipugnar
7 жыл бұрын
In reality , there would have been nothing left of the first zero .
@zahidhussain-vr1gz
7 жыл бұрын
This vid was uploaded 10 years ago!
@donkeyjote0104
7 жыл бұрын
And I'm checking this video in the year of 3016, believe it or not.
@cameraman655
7 жыл бұрын
Thats nice.....
@ilikecatsandoggos4462
7 жыл бұрын
And im a dog who shits rainbows
@ziskador
7 жыл бұрын
and I'm a rainbow who shits dogs
@kg4boj
7 жыл бұрын
3017 here.
@hipwave
4 жыл бұрын
all this is so stupid yet so sweet. our inner child is loving it
@Paleorunner2
7 жыл бұрын
I love that movie! As a kid I wore out the VHS of it that I had. Lol
@alexandrossotiropoulos5621
8 жыл бұрын
An AIM9 sidewinder for the ZERO! give me a break!
@22steve5150
5 жыл бұрын
It's really NOT one of my favorite fighters, but I've gotta admit there is nothing quite as striking as an F-14 with the VF-84 Jolly Rogers markings.
@EnderMalcolm
4 жыл бұрын
The camera work for the guys sitting in the cockpits of those F-14s was great. A proper amount of unsteadiness and such, making it look like a pilot with a gopro recording the thing. At a much lower quality, of course.
@simondavid811
6 жыл бұрын
That was a great movie for its time. My dad was in HAWAII during WW2. HE was on the opposite side on the big island., manning a FLACK GUN.HEreally ENJOYED this movie.
@marvelgoh5648
5 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, the matchmaking will be patched on the next update
@pjayx7320
5 жыл бұрын
Seriously!? Cuz I'm tired of those symmetrical bs
@tkkmss5713
5 жыл бұрын
F-14 VS zero Me: hah F-14 is gonna win easy *f-14 gets shot down by Zero* Me:* grabs bleach* *pours over eyes*
@baconatoromg6062
4 жыл бұрын
Zeros are quite dominate at dogfights
@UncleFester84
6 жыл бұрын
I love how the music changes after he says "splash the zeros". It's like it's saying: "Enough games, now you die"
@pedrowesley2350
4 жыл бұрын
Damn good movie! Need a remake! Favorite scene was when the tomcat creeped up on the zero from the clouds...
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