I know the Hunters like I know back of my hand. Dismantled and reassembled many in ten years of service in IAF. In 1965 war, I led a specialized technical team to replace entire damaged wing and replaced it with another intact one from the second damaged hunter in less than 6 hours. Loved the beautiful aircraft. We put as many as ten back into fight. Got a Bronze Star with combat medal. Served 7 & 27 Squd.
India and Pakistan both had phenomenal pilots. The capabilities of both seem very much similar. However the one place India tended to do better was Interservices co-ordination. Also fun thing is for a long time Indians believed the attack on Murid Airbase destroyed only an ammo dump, before Kaiser Tufail stated that 5 Sabres were destroyed.
YES! man I love your videos and the Indo-Pakistani conflict is such a great place to find stories of very corageous men, even if the circumstances are often tragic. The DCS looks great too, I have to content with War thunder Simulated battles, at least for now lol. Thank you for posting, cheers from Brazil.
Thank you for your feedback! Indo-Pak wars surely are full of interesting elements for the lovers of military aviation. I hope you try DCS too, thank you and keep watching!
Awesome!!! I'm scale modeler and the hunter it's one of my favorite jet fighters to model. Of course a appreciate so much your efforts to make this video, great, great work. And thanks a lot.
Would be cool to see a video covering Lebanese, Jordanian and Iraqi Hunters in the Arab-Israeli conflicts or maybe even their use in the Sino-Indian conflict.
@@showtime112 The "H-3 airfield" battle in june 1967 in Iraq is perhaps the biggest arab air victory in the XX century.......The Hunter was the "Star"!!!!!
@@alejandrocasalegno1657Pakistan pilot FLt Saif Ul Azam shot down 1 Mirage 3 and 1 vautour( both crew ejected and captu red) with Irakian Hunter F59no570 with30mm guns. Another vautour shot down by another Hunter and crew killed. But Hunter wingman killed by another mirage3
Hunter was a graceful plane and formed an early Indian aeronautics team. It played a decisive ground support role in the battle of Longewala in 1971 to help the Indian Army repulse Pakistani armour attack.
@@Snow-tm9ic indian armed and trained "local people" had been committing genocide against the non bengali population and pro Pakistan bengalis for more than a year before a handful of Pakistani soldiers showed them who the real boss was. But of course by then political and social situation had gone too far for the worse and their fate was sealed.
I like them too. There was this great advance in technology but the human factor was still incredibly important, maybe even more than with piston aircraft. My grandfathers had pretty boring jobs, unfortunately 😁
Simple. Most aviation documentaries are the products of the West. They highlight what they want to highlight. For example, the West seems to put an "unusual" amount of stress on "superb" Israeli fighter pilots shooting down Arab pilots in all of the Arab Israeli conflicts, failing to mention how poorly trained the Arabs pilots really were and, in many cases, still are. This is about the same as American pilots shooting down North Korean pilots who were sent into combat with barely 40 hours of flight time whereas the vast majority of American pilots were WW2 veterans. Once the experienced Soviet pilots began to fly the Mig-15s the odds shifted a bit. It was the same story in the first Gulf war. The Iraqis were no match for American aircraft, technology and their experienced pilots. Bluntly, the West is surreptitiously demonstrating its superiority by only highlighting conflicts where it was successful. You do not hear too much about the North Vietnamese pilots who shot down Americans during the Vietnam war. The India and Pakistan conflicts, while very short wars, saw some of the greatest dogfights of the classic jet age ever fought. Mostly low-level fights and lots of them. But as you observed, they do not get much attention. Both countries produced some excellent pilots and despite what is stated in some media reports, there was a great deal of chivalry among the Pakistani and Indian pilots. The father of a friend of mine flew 26 missions in the 1971 war. He also shot down 1 x SU7 and damaged another in a confrontation while flying the F86. His father recounted an incident where a Sikh Indian pilot (a senior Wing Commander) was shot down by a much younger Pakistani pilot in a dogfight. The Indian pilot ejected and survived and was taken a PW. The Indian pilot was taken into a bunker where they all shared some food, beer, and conversation. A few days later, he was shown the gun camera film of the pilot who shot him down and they were discussing what "errors" he had made and so forth! LOL! Per my friend's father, there was no hostility or bad blood at all. They all saw each other as professionals.
@@joydevsarkar4474 Yes. The PAF pilot was P.Q. Mehdi. Decades later, the IAF pilot who shot him down sent him a congratulatory letter upon hearing that he had become the new chief of the PAF. The new chief replied, and they had a hearty talk about the old times. This level of professionalism and chivalry is very common among Indian and Pakistani pilots.
Awesome aircrafts the Hawker Hunter, probably the most beautiful fighter ever built. India will remember the Hunters fondly. You may want to focus on the role played by Hunters at the Battle of Longewala on India's western border in December 1971.
Congratulations to IAF, Indian Navy, and Indian arm forces for playing critical role in defeating Pakistani army in 1971 war and national security threats and sovereign including Indian ocean region security. Jai Hind 🇮🇳.
india and pakistan are brothers, without the parents. that is what makes them perfect enemies. was there a fighter plane with a rearwards firing gun, and if no, then why not ?
The Vulcan a bomber also had great and menacing looking lines and the TSR2 so wrongly cancelled when it met all expectations was also very good looking. The best one currently is …for my money ….the SU 57.
Nice video & channel. Hawker Hunters a great British, export success story👍🙂 During the Rhodesian Bush War, through 60's to end of 70's, Rhodesian Air Force, Hunter FGA.9s, were used to great effect, as ground support bombers, pounding terrorist bases & formations. Its rugged design and range, used in attacks over Zambia, Mozambique. I don't recall them being used against other aircraft? Embarrassing for the British, as Rhodesia being a rogue colony since 1965, was using its limited resources, very effectively against terrorists, backed by the international community. I see Hunters remained in service, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe up to 2022. Those airframes must have been getting long in the tooth by then.
@@showtime112 My pleasure to be one of your followers. You always upload impressive presentations. It is really enjoyable to watch. Thanks and please keep up the good work.
When I was eight I made a flying model of the Hunter. It flew with great precision. I could throw it slightly upwards and it would loop and land at my feet. Treasure. 😎
The Rhodesians used Hunters (and Canberras) but only in ground support and bombing roles. I think they hold some kind of record for accuracy...one cannon round per dustbin. Great channel, I look forward to your posts.
The 'Green Leader' raid by Rhodesia is a legendary air operation. The full audio of the Rhodesian air crews exists on YT, and would be amazing if mixed with your video recreation.
Thanks again, Pappa! This is War Thunder. I'm experimenting a bit and I put the video in 'People and Blogs' category instead of 'Gaming'. Maybe it will reach a wider audience that way, who knows?
Thanks for demonstrating that the hunter was tough reliable and able to sustain damage in combat all the qualities trusted in the type by the Indian Air Force.
I think Hunter is a bit overlooked, probably because it's not American or Russian and it was used in combat by countries such as India, Jordan and Iraq. Their combat record is definitely not known well enough throughout the World.
Showtime 112! Another awesome video. One question where did you get that mod for the hunter? Is it a VSN aircraft? Lastly yes, more videos please! Cheers and a shout out from Colombia, South America
Thank you for your comment! Hunter is not a mod, this video was done by War Thunder where Hunter is one of regular airplanes (although it takes a lot of grinding to get to it). But now that I've got it, I intend to use it a bit more :)
Great job. Appreciate this history on the air war between India and Pakistan, especially with insight on the Hawker Hunter. Did the Hunter ever cross paths with the F-104 Starfighter?
Thank you for your comment! I can't remember there was a fight between those two. Starfighter fought MiG-21s on a few occasions and one shot down a Mystere I believe.
@@showtime112there was an encounter, a special one, flt Lt Divya an hunter pilot rammed his plane to a starfighter in Pakistan after he felt return to India was impossible in crippleed plane ,
Hi Showtime112, I have been a follower of your channel for a long time and I appreciate the high quality of your work. You ended your video asking for any more engagements involving Hunters, well there is one in particular, please show the shooting down of 5 Indian hunters by a single F86 of the Pakistani air force in the 1965 war by Pakistani pilot MM Alam. I had requested this before but you said that you had no hunters in your collection. Now that you do have them, please show this engagement. Thank you in advance.
I will definitely cover M.M. Alam and his combat record someday. I do have the Hunters now but in a different game (War Thunder). It took a lot of grinding to get to it and now it will take more grinding to get Sabre. The Sabres you saw here are AI controlled and I need them flyable. But I will unlock the Sabre one day, and then a video about this story will be possible. Thank you for your comment!
That engagement hasn't been confirmed by either side. They are all claims with no proof. Pakistan, PAF, his squadron, and even his wingmen haven't confirmed the event. Instead, Pakistani pilots have contested his claims. And conveniently enough, MM Alam was flying the only F-86 Sabre in the PAF inventory that "didn't have" a gun camera. No wreckages or bodies were found either.
@@AT-bo6ww you stated that engagement hasn’t been confirmed by “either” side. You are wrong, it was confirmed by the Pakistan Air Force and MM Alam was officially credited with shooting down 5 Indian hunters. I don’t want to have an argument with you and I think it’s best if you let showtime112 to decide himself, after all it’s his channel. So, let’s leave it there…
@@samisattar6308 Again, those are just claims. No proof was provided and some of the most significant Pakistani pilots have discredited them, but yeah, I'm not here to argue, just letting you know.
@@AT-bo6ww I’m not here to argue either but just wanted to correct your statement when you wrote to quote”that engagement hasn’t been confirmed by either side” unquote which I repeat is wrong as the Pakistan Air Force officially claimed the shoot downs. I’m just letting you know as well. Now, let’s leave it here….
Another great video, thanks. Has there ever been a more heavily armed fighter than the Hunter in terms of guns (not counting the A-10)? 4, 30mm cannon. I guess the ME-262 also had 4, 30mm cannon but they were much shorter range and less ammo. The Mig-19 had the 3, 30mm guns. Still not up the the Hunter's standard.
Thank you for the comment! I seem to remember reading somewhere that Hunter had the heaviest cannon firepower after A-10. There could be others, if some of the viewers know, they can comment.
During 1971 war with Pakistan I was in Pathankot air base as my father was working as Warrant officer in no 20 sq dn please give more combat details of Hunters and their brave pilots during the war
PAK AIR FORCE MADE AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD RECORD, PAF'S PILOT MM ALAM DESTROYED 5 INDIAN JETS IN JUST 30 SECONDS, REALLY IT'S UNBREAKABLE FOR ALL TIMES ❣️💞
@@SSR000 hhahhhhahhhhhahhhahhhhhhhaaaaahhh, I hope you will never believe, but truth can't be hide, don't accept what can I do, just hahhhhhhhhahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahhhhhaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaahhhh
@@SSR000 An Indian Air Force Pilot Surrendered " Brij Pal Singh" With "Gnat" Jet. His jet is also present in Karachi museum, come and take your jet 🤣🤣🤣🤣hahhahahahahhahahahahahahaaahhh, I hope you will not accept but open the history, either in books or google 😁😁😁😁😁😁🤣
In 1968 A RAF pilot, disgruntled the British govt were not celebrating 50th anniversary of the RAF ( formed 1st April 1918) flew his Hunter low level up and down the Thames at speed, blasting past the Houses of Parliament.. including flying through Tower Bridge! Surprisingly he wasn't court-martialed.. ..
There is something weirdly sinister about Sitars and tablas in the background accompanying lethal flying machines on a mission to kill and destroy. Never seen/heard that combination before
The Hunters were very reliable. Even after so much rounds fired by the Sabre hit the Hunter, it still was air worthy and successfully flew back to their bases.
Thanks! I'd like to cover some of that. Challenges are in the fact that we don't have a proper map of the region and probably also no proper infantry units to represent what Hunters fought against. I need to see what can be done.
salut Showtime 112!! Ca me plairait de voir d'autres vidéos concernant des Hunters. Mais vous dites qu'ils ont été utilisés pat l'Inde jusqu'en 1999. Ont-ils été équipés d'armes plus modernes (Sidewinder, AA3,...) ou sont-ils restés "full gun"? Merci pour la qualité de vos vidéos!!!👍👍
Thanks for the feedback! There will be more Hunter videos, they seem to be quite popular. As far as I can see, Indian Hunters were not modernized significantly. They were either relegated to ground attack or second-line duties such as target towing.
Yes, would be interested in learning more about Hunters in combat. To the best of my knowledge, India and Iraq are the only countries to have used the Hunter in major combat against modern opposition. Also its older sibling the Hawker Seahawk, which I believe was used only by India against a modern enemy in 1971 off of the INS Vikrant aircraft carrier. I would love to be corrected.
There will be more Hunter videos. Apart from India and Iraq, Jordan also used Hunter in combat in the 1967 War. The Sea Hawk was indeed used by India and in 1971 it sank some Pakistani vessels. It seems like it was also used by RN in the Suez War in 1956.
@@showtime112 I am trying to create a similar cinematic for my college presentation on the Indo Pak 1965 war, could you tell me how you managed to get the skins of both aircrafts showing in replay? any help would be glady appreciated :3
@@aaravtulsyan Basically, I just put Indian insignia on the British skin. Do you know how to install a custom skin? Regarding the AI aircraft, it's a pretty complicated procedure. There's a description how to do it here: wiki.warthunder.com/Custom_units_creation#Applying_custom_skins_to_existing_units
@@aaravtulsyan I sometimes recruit other people to help when scenes require it. If you are going to use other people to help and you want them to use custom skins, you need to own that airplane as well and set it to custom skin, otherwise it won't show in your replay.
I know the Hunters like I know back of my hand. Dismantled and reassembled many in ten years of service in IAF. In 1965 war, I led a specialized technical team to replace entire damaged wing and replaced it with another intact one from the second damaged hunter in less than 6 hours. Loved the beautiful aircraft. We put as many as ten back into fight. Got a Bronze Star with combat medal. Served 7 & 27 Squd.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience! It must have been an exciting job to do.
Thank you for your service Sir
- An Indian
Goa 1961 not 1962 as mentioned.
👍👍🇮🇳🇮🇳🧡💙💚👨✈️👩✈️....JAI HIND✌✌
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India and Pakistan both had phenomenal pilots. The capabilities of both seem very much similar. However the one place India tended to do better was Interservices co-ordination. Also fun thing is for a long time Indians believed the attack on Murid Airbase destroyed only an ammo dump, before Kaiser Tufail stated that 5 Sabres were destroyed.
Thank you for that insight. That's an interesting topic you mentioned 😉
Wouldn't fully agree with indian pilots but still you have some examples like Nirmal Jits you can't deny either.
@@Ghost0fPakistan Nobody cares what you agree
@بھوت Wonder why won't you agree after losing all the air wars..
or would you like to know the Keelor brothers better
Results of that war showed Indians were superior in all formats of war in 1971
Great Coverage! That's actually my grandfather Flt Lt Rahim Yousefzai, who retired as an Air Marshal in 1998 and is still doing well.
Thank you for the feedback! I am happy to hear that your grandfather is alive and well!
😂grandson of a terrorist. Declaring his pride for the terrorism of his grandfather 😂😂 What else can be expected from pakistanis...
OMG!!, That's a great personal story there, 💯👍
DHA me konsa plot mila? corner waala?
@@docwolf1561 🤣🤣
I love how you focus on the less well known air forces, rather than the standard British/US stories we always hear about. Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback! I find all of that stuff interesting although, it is generally harder to find info on lesser known conflicts and nations.
The Hunter is a very elegant plane.
Regards from Brazil.
A true classic! Obrigado!
YES! man I love your videos and the Indo-Pakistani conflict is such a great place to find stories of very corageous men, even if the circumstances are often tragic. The DCS looks great too, I have to content with War thunder Simulated battles, at least for now lol. Thank you for posting, cheers from Brazil.
Thank you for your feedback! Indo-Pak wars surely are full of interesting elements for the lovers of military aviation. I hope you try DCS too, thank you and keep watching!
@@showtime112 Thank you, I sure will now that I got a joystick, and congrats on your work!
Awesome!!! I'm scale modeler and the hunter it's one of my favorite jet fighters to model. Of course a appreciate so much your efforts to make this video, great, great work. And thanks a lot.
Thanks for your feedback! There will definitely be more Hunter videos in the future!
How can i get one scale model of hunter. Plz reply
A great video.
Makes me proud to be British - maker of the Hawker Hunter.
Its a shame so many British aviation companies have disappeared
There's just one now, If I'm not mistaken?
How true and very sad! We hardly make anything now
It is unfortunate considering Britain was the birthplace of the Spitfire and the Mosquito! The Battle of Britain inspired so many!
Mistake trusting americane & British poloticians.
@the51project No, concorde was a lesson & feat of tech advancement, British government is at fault.
Would be cool to see a video covering Lebanese, Jordanian and Iraqi Hunters in the Arab-Israeli conflicts or maybe even their use in the Sino-Indian conflict.
There will be videos about Jordanian and Iraqi Hunters in action.
@@showtime112 The "H-3 airfield" battle in june 1967 in Iraq is perhaps the biggest arab air victory in the XX century.......The Hunter was the "Star"!!!!!
@@alejandrocasalegno1657 This is definitely in the 'to do' list.
@@showtime112 Some say H-3 was a international effort.....a iraqui base, jordan Hunters and pakistani pilots.
@@alejandrocasalegno1657Pakistan pilot FLt Saif Ul Azam shot down 1 Mirage 3 and 1 vautour( both crew ejected and captu red) with Irakian Hunter F59no570 with30mm guns.
Another vautour shot down by another Hunter and crew killed.
But Hunter wingman killed by another mirage3
Happy to hear LT Karambaya’s name being mentioned, he’s my Flight School instructor after he retired from the Indian Air Force
Thank you for sharing your personal experience. There might be another video with him soon on this channel.
@@showtime112 wow much appreciated, lookong forward to it
@@yexianglim-6811 You are Indian?
@@IconicBeastPro No I’m Chinese from Malaysia, LT Karambaya retired from the IAF then he came to Malaysia as an instructor in my Flight School.
Great
Hunter was a graceful plane and formed an early Indian aeronautics team. It played a decisive ground support role in the battle of Longewala in 1971 to help the Indian Army repulse Pakistani armour attack.
True. Thank you for commenting!
Another awesome video! Lot's of love from India! 🇮🇳❤🇭🇷
Thank you for the feedback and for being a subscriber!
@@showtime112 Yeah same. These Pakistanis were committing genocide against the local people in Bangladesh. We showed them whos boss.
@@showtime112 No problem, bdw.. We love Croatia!
@@Snow-tm9ic indian armed and trained "local people" had been committing genocide against the non bengali population and pro Pakistan bengalis for more than a year before a handful of Pakistani soldiers showed them who the real boss was. But of course by then political and social situation had gone too far for the worse and their fate was sealed.
@@amjadmuhammadiqbal4721 the Vortex gives interesting details of the 1971 war.
Just love this unique unbiased RUclips channel.Deserve millions of subscribers.
Thank you very much for this. Millions of subs are nice but I'd rather choose millions of views :)
Yes. We definitely want more Hunters videos.
In that case, there will be more!
3:04 You pronounced names very clearly, amazing
I was essentially guessing it but I appreciate your confirmation that it was good!
After 71 war, the Hunter aircraft was used mainly for training and later, 20 Sqn was converted into Formation Aerobatic Team, The Thunderbolt.
Thank you for providing that info!
Love the first generation jets. My grandfather flew a number of them: F80, F84 and F86 for the USAF.
I like them too. There was this great advance in technology but the human factor was still incredibly important, maybe even more than with piston aircraft. My grandfathers had pretty boring jobs, unfortunately 😁
When Indian Hunters met Pakistani Sabres, Sabres became the hunted. 😂
And sometimes, Sabres were sabred 😁
Great stuff! The Indo-Pakistani air war doesn't get the attention it deserves in aviation documentaries.
I quite agree!
Simple. Most aviation documentaries are the products of the West. They highlight what they want to highlight. For example, the West seems to put an "unusual" amount of stress on "superb" Israeli fighter pilots shooting down Arab pilots in all of the Arab Israeli conflicts, failing to mention how poorly trained the Arabs pilots really were and, in many cases, still are.
This is about the same as American pilots shooting down North Korean pilots who were sent into combat with barely 40 hours of flight time whereas the vast majority of American pilots were WW2 veterans. Once the experienced Soviet pilots began to fly the Mig-15s the odds shifted a bit. It was the same story in the first Gulf war. The Iraqis were no match for American aircraft, technology and their experienced pilots. Bluntly, the West is surreptitiously demonstrating its superiority by only highlighting conflicts where it was successful.
You do not hear too much about the North Vietnamese pilots who shot down Americans during the Vietnam war.
The India and Pakistan conflicts, while very short wars, saw some of the greatest dogfights of the classic jet age ever fought. Mostly low-level fights and lots of them. But as you observed, they do not get much attention. Both countries produced some excellent pilots and despite what is stated in some media reports, there was a great deal of chivalry among the Pakistani and Indian pilots. The father of a friend of mine flew 26 missions in the 1971 war. He also shot down 1 x SU7 and damaged another in a confrontation while flying the F86. His father recounted an incident where a Sikh Indian pilot (a senior Wing Commander) was shot down by a much younger Pakistani pilot in a dogfight. The Indian pilot ejected and survived and was taken a PW. The Indian pilot was taken into a bunker where they all shared some food, beer, and conversation. A few days later, he was shown the gun camera film of the pilot who shot him down and they were discussing what "errors" he had made and so forth! LOL! Per my friend's father, there was no hostility or bad blood at all. They all saw each other as professionals.
@@tibzig1 yes one of the shot down pilots of PAF in 1971war later became Pakistani air chief marshal.
@@joydevsarkar4474 Yes. The PAF pilot was P.Q. Mehdi. Decades later, the IAF pilot who shot him down sent him a congratulatory letter upon hearing that he had become the new chief of the PAF. The new chief replied, and they had a hearty talk about the old times. This level of professionalism and chivalry is very common among Indian and Pakistani pilots.
Awesome aircrafts the Hawker Hunter, probably the most beautiful fighter ever built. India will remember the Hunters fondly. You may want to focus on the role played by Hunters at the Battle of Longewala on India's western border in December 1971.
Thanks for the comment! The Battle of Longewala has been suggested by several people and it might indeed be a future subject.
Congratulations to IAF, Indian Navy, and Indian arm forces for playing critical role in defeating Pakistani army in 1971 war and national security threats and sovereign including Indian ocean region security. Jai Hind 🇮🇳.
Another unbiased documentary. Very well done Showtime112!
I am very glad to hear you think so, thank you!
Beautifully aircraft ever the Hawker Hunter 😍😍😍😍
Yes, it has that classical look I really like.
Great IAF. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Good Animation!
Thank you for your comment!
Love the Hunter i used to work at one of the Omani air bases that based Hunters they still have oe on gate guard .
Thank you for sharing your experience! More Hunter videos to follow.
@Robert Whitworth My old man worked groundcrew over there on hunters after he left the RAF. Around 1980-81 I think.
@@Goit_Goit I got to Oman after the Hunters had retired ,was there for the end of the Jaguars,still a few Airworkies left though :)
@@expat0149 Airwork.... Yes! That sounds familiar. He was over there for a couple of years, it set my parents up to buy a house.
@@Goit_Goit call him a Thuggy ;)
My Late Father who passed away in 2004 served in EME Indian Army saw action in Chhamb Jaurian Sector 1971 war IAF saved his life.
Thank you for sharing! I think some of those Close Air Support missions might be covered in a video someday.
Indo-Pak wars are back in style!
I needed new aircraft to do new content. Took me a while to get to the Hunter :)
india and pakistan are brothers, without the parents. that is what makes them perfect enemies.
was there a fighter plane with a rearwards firing gun, and if no, then why not ?
Hawker Hunter rivals the spitfire as the best fighter of its day. Beautiful plane spectacular all round performance.
Thanks for the comment!
The early generation Jets had such beautiful lines. The Hunter, the Mystere or the MiG 21 are some of my favorite planes.
I agree that these older jets were something special!
The Vulcan a bomber also had great and menacing looking lines and the TSR2 so wrongly cancelled when it met all expectations was also very good looking. The best one currently is …for my money ….the SU 57.
I appreciate the effort you've put in this video. Hunters were beautiful jets.
I'm am happy to hear it, thank you for your comment!
Great video, thanks!
Thank you for commenting!
Nice video & channel.
Hawker Hunters a great British, export success story👍🙂
During the Rhodesian Bush War, through 60's to end of 70's, Rhodesian Air Force, Hunter FGA.9s, were used to great effect, as ground support bombers, pounding terrorist bases & formations.
Its rugged design and range, used in attacks over Zambia, Mozambique.
I don't recall them being used against other aircraft?
Embarrassing for the British, as Rhodesia being a rogue colony since 1965, was using its limited resources, very effectively against terrorists, backed by the international community.
I see Hunters remained in service, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe up to 2022.
Those airframes must have been getting long in the tooth by then.
I'm glad you liked the video! Thanks for this elaborate comment. I'd like to cover some of the Rhodesian Hunter action too someday.
@@showtime112 Please do
Good work as always!
Thanks! I'm pleased to hear it.
I’m shocked hunters! another great video with impressive history can’t wait for more
Thank you for your continuous support!
Great vid bud, love the use of wt ❤️❤️🙏
Thank you! WT was the logical next step since DCS doesn't offer so many possibilities.
Hunters are my favourite fighter...please post more combat videos of Hawker Hunters...thank you
Thank you for the feedback! I think viewers are clearly showing they would like to see more of the Hunter. So be it :)
Great work Showtime, you are the best.
Thanks for this very positive feedback! And for being around for a while.
@@showtime112 My pleasure to be one of your followers. You always upload impressive presentations. It is really enjoyable to watch. Thanks and please keep up the good work.
India proved in the war that it is not the machine but the man behind the machine is more important
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I'd say, a lot of it was in the general strategic situation. Plus, Indian Air Force outnumbered Pakistani.
Yes, more Hawker Hunter stories & movie clips please
There seems to be a consensus on that :) Thank you for the feedback!
good stuff mate, keep doing it
Thanks, I sure will!
When I was eight I made a flying model of the Hunter. It flew with great precision. I could throw it slightly upwards and it would loop and land at my feet. Treasure. 😎
Thanks for sharing!
Top Quality content as always my friend! Keep it up!!
Warm regards from India
Thanks! I'm glad you appreciate it.
The Rhodesians used Hunters (and Canberras) but only in ground support and bombing roles. I think they hold some kind of record for accuracy...one cannon round per dustbin. Great channel, I look forward to your posts.
Thank you for your feedback! In the future, I might cover some of the Rhodesian Air Force action, both with Hunters and Canberras.
The 'Green Leader' raid by Rhodesia is a legendary air operation. The full audio of the Rhodesian air crews exists on YT, and would be amazing if mixed with your video recreation.
Excellent animation and narration bro ,love you from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
This is very well-done recreation, but not a surprise - coming from you. 😉👍🏻
Is this WT game? I didn't catch it in the description...
Thanks again, Pappa! This is War Thunder. I'm experimenting a bit and I put the video in 'People and Blogs' category instead of 'Gaming'. Maybe it will reach a wider audience that way, who knows?
Thanks for demonstrating that the hunter was tough reliable and able to sustain damage in combat all the qualities trusted in the type by the Indian Air Force.
I think Hunter is a bit overlooked, probably because it's not American or Russian and it was used in combat by countries such as India, Jordan and Iraq. Their combat record is definitely not known well enough throughout the World.
Showtime 112! Another awesome video. One question where did you get that mod for the hunter? Is it a VSN aircraft? Lastly yes, more videos please! Cheers and a shout out from Colombia, South America
Thank you for your comment! Hunter is not a mod, this video was done by War Thunder where Hunter is one of regular airplanes (although it takes a lot of grinding to get to it). But now that I've got it, I intend to use it a bit more :)
Hunters fought all over the world. Please do a comprehensive playlist of all hunter actions world wide where and when they were involved.
I've so far covered the victories of Saiful Azam in the 1967 Arab=Israeli War but I will cover other Hunter battles too.
Thank you for sharing this excellent video. 👍👌
Thank you for commenting!
Great job. Appreciate this history on the air war between India and Pakistan, especially with insight on the Hawker Hunter. Did the Hunter ever cross paths with the F-104 Starfighter?
Thank you for your comment! I can't remember there was a fight between those two. Starfighter fought MiG-21s on a few occasions and one shot down a Mystere I believe.
@@showtime112there was an encounter, a special one, flt Lt Divya an hunter pilot rammed his plane to a starfighter in Pakistan after he felt return to India was impossible in crippleed plane ,
Sweet music! Sweet info! Thanks…
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
mas sobre la guerra indo pakistani, poco conocida, quiero ver al mig 21 indio
There will be more videos covering that topic. Thank you for your comment!
Stand with India! 🇳🇪 from Canada European.🇨🇦
Great story. Nice re-enactment. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your feedback! Feel free to check out other videos.
Hey ! A fellow war thunder sufferer. Greetings and nice vid !
Suffering is sometimes a good description 😁 Thanks for the comment!
Bravo.... Top!!! Svaka čast !!!! Pozdrav iz Niša
Hvala, drago mi je da ti se sviđa video!
Very good fighter jet in Indian Air force ❤
Man I want to see Gnats in action.
That would certainly be interesting. Sadly, no simulation or game features it as far as I know. Maybe WT will introduce it someday.
Great video man
I am grateful for your comment!
Great video !
Hunters were one of the best British fighter jets
Thanks, I appreciate your feedback!
Thanks very much a good video. When Britain was a little Great and manufactured things.
Thanks for the feedback! British jets are a bit overlooked but I'll try to correct that a bit :)
How cool! Such an interesting video!!!
I am glad you liked it, thanks!
Hi Showtime112, I have been a follower of your channel for a long time and I appreciate the high quality of your work. You ended your video asking for any more engagements involving Hunters, well there is one in particular, please show the shooting down of 5 Indian hunters by a single F86 of the Pakistani air force in the 1965 war by Pakistani pilot MM Alam.
I had requested this before but you said that you had no hunters in your collection. Now that you do have them, please show this engagement. Thank you in advance.
I will definitely cover M.M. Alam and his combat record someday. I do have the Hunters now but in a different game (War Thunder). It took a lot of grinding to get to it and now it will take more grinding to get Sabre. The Sabres you saw here are AI controlled and I need them flyable. But I will unlock the Sabre one day, and then a video about this story will be possible. Thank you for your comment!
That engagement hasn't been confirmed by either side. They are all claims with no proof. Pakistan, PAF, his squadron, and even his wingmen haven't confirmed the event. Instead, Pakistani pilots have contested his claims. And conveniently enough, MM Alam was flying the only F-86 Sabre in the PAF inventory that "didn't have" a gun camera. No wreckages or bodies were found either.
@@AT-bo6ww you stated that engagement hasn’t been confirmed by “either” side. You are wrong, it was confirmed by the Pakistan Air Force and MM Alam was officially credited with shooting down 5 Indian hunters. I don’t want to have an argument with you and I think it’s best if you let showtime112 to decide himself, after all it’s his channel. So, let’s leave it there…
@@samisattar6308 Again, those are just claims. No proof was provided and some of the most significant Pakistani pilots have discredited them, but yeah, I'm not here to argue, just letting you know.
@@AT-bo6ww I’m not here to argue either but just wanted to correct your statement when you wrote to quote”that engagement hasn’t been confirmed by either side” unquote which I repeat is wrong as the Pakistan Air Force officially claimed the shoot downs. I’m just letting you know as well. Now, let’s leave it here….
In the 70s I was fortunate enough to work on these beautiful aircraft. Tough is indeed an understatement.
Those machines deserve more attention I believe.
Cool video thanks
I appreciate your comment!
Once again, great job 👏 👍
Thank you for the comment!
Another great video, thanks. Has there ever been a more heavily armed fighter than the Hunter in terms of guns (not counting the A-10)? 4, 30mm cannon. I guess the ME-262 also had 4, 30mm cannon but they were much shorter range and less ammo. The Mig-19 had the 3, 30mm guns. Still not up the the Hunter's standard.
Thank you for the comment! I seem to remember reading somewhere that Hunter had the heaviest cannon firepower after A-10. There could be others, if some of the viewers know, they can comment.
Four very fast firing guns as well.
The guns on the Hunter were contained together in what was called a quick change tray,or pack.That was for fast turnaround and or maintenance.
@@eugeneoreilly9356 , I’ve swapped out a few gun packs on Hunters
@@pauldavidson6321 , yup, ADEN guns. 800 - 1200 RPM
During 1971 war with Pakistan I was in Pathankot air base as my father was working as Warrant officer in no 20 sq dn please give more combat details of Hunters and their brave pilots during the war
Thanks for sharing your personal experience. I intend to cover some more of Hunter operations in the 1971 war and also in the previous one.
PAK AIR FORCE MADE AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD RECORD, PAF'S PILOT MM ALAM DESTROYED 5 INDIAN JETS IN JUST 30 SECONDS, REALLY IT'S UNBREAKABLE FOR ALL TIMES ❣️💞
This is another lie...fed to people anyway world record surrender by porkis 😂
@@SSR000 hhahhhhahhhhhahhhahhhhhhhaaaaahhh, I hope you will never believe, but truth can't be hide, don't accept what can I do, just hahhhhhhhhahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahhhhhaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaahhhh
@@SSR000 An Indian Air Force Pilot Surrendered " Brij Pal Singh" With "Gnat" Jet. His jet is also present in Karachi museum, come and take your jet 🤣🤣🤣🤣hahhahahahahhahahahahahahaaahhh, I hope you will not accept but open the history, either in books or google 😁😁😁😁😁😁🤣
@@commandoyt894 Feeling proud of capturing a trainer aircraft?
In 1968 A RAF pilot, disgruntled the British govt were not celebrating 50th anniversary of the RAF ( formed 1st April 1918) flew his Hunter low level up and down the Thames at speed, blasting past the Houses of Parliament.. including flying through Tower Bridge! Surprisingly he wasn't court-martialed.. ..
If we had a map with London in it, it could make a good topic for a video.
Hunter was flown by very elderly friend Wg Cdr Bambot .His narration on 1971 conflicts is bone chilling
Please provide more Hunter and Canberra aircrafts combat by Indian Air Force. Thank you
More on the way, stick around!
There is something weirdly sinister about Sitars and tablas in the background accompanying lethal flying machines on a mission to kill and destroy. Never seen/heard that combination before
It served its purpose extremely well 😁
Well made! Elegant airplane, good to see pilots hand , as many videos do not
The Hunters were very reliable. Even after so much rounds fired by the Sabre hit the Hunter, it still was air worthy and successfully flew back to their bases.
So it seems!
Su 7 were even more sturdy and robust. The stars were the Gnats and HF Marut
Nice keep it up
I sure will, thank you!
পাকিস্তান,ভারত উভয়ই আমাদের থেকে দূরে থাক !❤💚❤
Pakistanio, Indiano humsey dur rehna. shukria
Hum indian to dur rehna chate hai , tum log lekin humse dur nai rehte
Terrific work well done ...... how about some Rhodesian Air Force Hunter's..... close air support mission
🥃😎
Thanks! I'd like to cover some of that. Challenges are in the fact that we don't have a proper map of the region and probably also no proper infantry units to represent what Hunters fought against. I need to see what can be done.
@@showtime112 in 1979 Hunters attacked Mapai Garrison which was Battalion strength.
Awesome work by you as always! love your accent! What a beautiful aircraft! Sure by all means... feel free to tell us more about the Hunter!
Thanks for the feedback! I intend to do some more stories about the Hunter.
salut Showtime 112!! Ca me plairait de voir d'autres vidéos concernant des Hunters. Mais vous dites qu'ils ont été utilisés pat l'Inde jusqu'en 1999. Ont-ils été équipés d'armes plus modernes (Sidewinder, AA3,...) ou sont-ils restés "full gun"? Merci pour la qualité de vos vidéos!!!👍👍
Thanks for the feedback! There will be more Hunter videos, they seem to be quite popular. As far as I can see, Indian Hunters were not modernized significantly. They were either relegated to ground attack or second-line duties such as target towing.
Thanks for your answer!
NICE WORK!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
@@showtime112 I made a couple myself..
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Lmfao why the indian spiritual music 😭
Sounds more dramatic than spiritual to me :)
@@showtime112 it's spiritual
Très beau témoignage de cette terrible guerre peu connue en Europe entre ces 2 géants que sont l'Inde et le Pakistan.
Thank you for the feedback!
Yes we want more.. In 1965 war Devnegi Dogfight Is one the close to Aces
Thank you for commenting! There will be more Hunter videos.
Jai Hind,Jai Bharat.
🇮🇳❤️
sometimes the recreations are made in DCS other in warthunder and i love it
Sometimes, they are even in Il-2 😁 Thanks for the positive feedback!
Yes, would be interested in learning more about Hunters in combat. To the best of my knowledge, India and Iraq are the only countries to have used the Hunter in major combat against modern opposition. Also its older sibling the Hawker Seahawk, which I believe was used only by India against a modern enemy in 1971 off of the INS Vikrant aircraft carrier. I would love to be corrected.
There will be more Hunter videos. Apart from India and Iraq, Jordan also used Hunter in combat in the 1967 War. The Sea Hawk was indeed used by India and in 1971 it sank some Pakistani vessels. It seems like it was also used by RN in the Suez War in 1956.
Please make a video on The Battle of Boyra 1971 Gnats vs F 86
I can't really do that sadly, as there are no Gnats in any simulations. Maybe someday.
Wait, this videos is done using War Thunder, and it’s April 1st...
Is this true or just a prank??!
Nope, not a prank :)
Beautiful video story!
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
can you please show mm alam world record combat in 1965 war?
Not yet but it will be possible in the future.
Hey what skin are you using for the IAF Hunter? Did you get it on WT Live or made it yourself?
That's something I improvised on my own. Not 100% accurate.
@@showtime112 I am trying to create a similar cinematic for my college presentation on the Indo Pak 1965 war, could you tell me how you managed to get the skins of both aircrafts showing in replay? any help would be glady appreciated :3
@@aaravtulsyan Basically, I just put Indian insignia on the British skin. Do you know how to install a custom skin?
Regarding the AI aircraft, it's a pretty complicated procedure. There's a description how to do it here: wiki.warthunder.com/Custom_units_creation#Applying_custom_skins_to_existing_units
@@showtime112 thanks a lot, I didn't know the Sabre was AI, I thought it was your friend or someone in a player aircraft
@@aaravtulsyan I sometimes recruit other people to help when scenes require it. If you are going to use other people to help and you want them to use custom skins, you need to own that airplane as well and set it to custom skin, otherwise it won't show in your replay.
Nice video representation 👍👍👍👌
Thanks for the comment!
Odličan video👍
Hvala Medo! Bit će toga još :)
Fair comment, and you are right. Everyone has a right to live in the past if they so choose.
Awesome!
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the feedback!
Hello, very interesting 👍, wich game to you use for make your videos please ? (Sorry for my bad english).
Hi! This video is made in War Thunder but most others on the channel are made in DCS World.
Thank you for your response 👍
wonderfully animated...
Thanks for the feedback!
Great video.
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback!
The animation is insane
Not sure if that's a compliment or criticism 😁