Wildcat and Martlet: The deadly combination forming a ring of steel around warships

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23 күн бұрын

Ahead of a joint training exercise in Norway, the personnel from 815 Naval Air Squadron have been honing their skills with the Martlet missiles carried by their Wildcat helicopters.
The weapons system is part of the Wildcat helicopter's maritime attack role - providing a so-called ring of steel around warships.
The Martlet missile is released from the helicopter in 0.3 seconds and accelerates to one-and-a-half times the speed of sound towards its target.
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@paulsteaven 20 күн бұрын

In South Korean and Philippine service, their Wildcats were armed with longer ranged Spike NLOS.

@gunshipzeroone3546 21 күн бұрын

I didn't expect 20 missile.

@user-qh4op7cq9e 21 күн бұрын

Excellent

@SA-xf1eb 21 күн бұрын

Nice.

@petesheppard1709 21 күн бұрын

HISTORICAL FUN FACT: 'Martlet' and 'Wildcat' were both names for the Grumman F4F, an American naval fighter used by the FAA in WWII. 😎

@JohnCBobcat 20 күн бұрын

I'm so glad not to be the only one who remembered this.

@amhuman5138 20 күн бұрын

@@JohnCBobcat I know, I saw Wildcat, then Martlet and clicked in a heartbeat. Had the good fortune to see a Martlet at the museum just out of RNAS Yeovilton one time, beautiful planes.

@616CC 17 күн бұрын

Maybe it’s a nod to our American brothers 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ✊

@petesheppard1709 17 күн бұрын

@@616CC Yep, I'm a Yank and this tidbit is not widely known over here; in fact many Americans may not know that the F4F was flown by the British!

@amhuman5138 17 күн бұрын

@@petesheppard1709 honestly it seems the F4F gets forgotten compared to the ore glamorous fighters of the war, the P-51, the F4U, even the wildcats brother the F6F all get loads of attention, meanwhile the F4F is rarely depicted let alone named. Such a shame considering it was arguably the best early WW2 American Fighter and a beautiful beast. (Also I'm pretty sure on this side of the pond most Brits don't know WE flew the thing, a lot of the glory goes to the Lancasters and Spitfires, and with how forgotten the Hurricane is, in spite of its heavy usage, you can imagine that the Martlet is almost unknown to a lot of us!)

@fToo 21 күн бұрын

what sort of self defence weaponry does the Lynx have ?

@nathanielwhite8769 21 күн бұрын

Excellent news for this vital capability. Development work should now be progressed simaltanously, to develop and place an RF Seeker onto the Martlet missile, to provide an all-weather, fire and forget capability alongside the missile's current Laser Homing seeker.👍

@lukedogwalker 20 күн бұрын

That will probably make it bigger and heavier and reduce the number of rounds you can carry. Perhaps better to take the same approach as on Mica and have a selection of different seekers, then mix the 20 round loadout between laser, thermal, radar as desired. An advantage of not going fire and forget is that you keep a human in the loop so that if they observe something about the target that changes, they can choose to disengage, such as identifying a fellow blue, or if the target disengages or if civilians are endangered.

@nathanielwhite8769 19 күн бұрын

@@lukedogwalker Yes, a very good point, retaining the ability to recall the weapon if positive target identification cannot be achieved or the potential hostile threat stands down.

@phooogle 21 күн бұрын

What's the cost per shot? Looks very good.

@discipleaj 21 күн бұрын

Cost realisation is seen when it stops enemy threats that could do ten times the amount of damage to one of the navies' vessels if they hit, compared to the price of the missile. It just adds extra stand-off capability as part of the kill chain.

@boejiden5933 20 күн бұрын

@@discipleajdon’t get pretentious, what’s the cost per launch

@tat381 20 күн бұрын

1.5 mil is a lot cheaper compared to it's bigger brother the star streak at 3 mil

@boejiden5933 20 күн бұрын

@@tat381 don’t know what your on about mate, 1.5 million?? Huh?? It’s 30,000USD per missile

@maigepresents5840 19 күн бұрын

I think the cost is 2 UK citizens dead from a preventable health condition per missile...

@everTriumph 16 күн бұрын

And if the target shoots back?

@VonMed 16 күн бұрын

Maybe it’s time to make more wildcats.

@zozita. 21 күн бұрын

❤👍

@squirepraggerstope3591 14 күн бұрын

I.i.r.c. the Wildcat 'attack platform' armament fit of 20 x Martlet, 4 x Sea Venom OR 10 x Martlet plus 2 x Sea Venom is ALL supposed to be operational as of now... but naturally, is not!

@8888shooter 20 күн бұрын

😂😅..one way of sorting out the crisis in the channel!!!💥👍🤣🤣🤣

@Fester_ 21 күн бұрын

I believe they test with left right 'z' path, the snake walk.

@ptonpc 21 күн бұрын

Don't mind me, I'm just here for the people who have no understanding about reality and, of course, the russkie bots.

@user-gq5kc1ow7k 21 күн бұрын

money well spent

@alanmcmillan6969 21 күн бұрын

And the under surface protection?

@bobthebomb1596 21 күн бұрын

Stingray torpedoes.

@alanmcmillan6969 21 күн бұрын

@@bobthebomb1596 Thank you!

@jjsmallpiece9234 21 күн бұрын

Its still a Lynx

@Ianmundo 21 күн бұрын

..which is an aircraft with a proven record in the Gulf War. Wildcat is massively upgraded, with its radar it can hunt down small to medium-sized targets and attack from over the horizon

@davesimpson5702 21 күн бұрын

No its not!!

@RJM1011 21 күн бұрын

It's nothing like what the Lynx was !

@Leon-lt5gv 15 күн бұрын

Do look like the lynx ' but upgraded in my eyes ' but still a smart helicoter at the end of the day 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@user-di1rj2be7w 21 күн бұрын

That scares me 3:04 when they only just switched to worrying about drones ? Did they not know years ago abkut remote controlled llanes and helicoptors?

@mrp4754 21 күн бұрын

RAF Best in the world. Oh he looks and sounds like prince William.

@jongulliver984 21 күн бұрын

Except he’s RN.

@boejiden5933 20 күн бұрын

Wait until this guy finds out what the Fleet Air Arm is

@1chish 20 күн бұрын

Never ever confuse Jacks with crab Air mate ..... Although they rub along quite well at Marham in F-35s.

@maigepresents5840 19 күн бұрын

Laughs in Houthi... 😂

@amhuman5138 17 күн бұрын

The group thats been getting bombed into oblivion? What's your point? They sank a single ship after months of firing at anything and everything off their coast?

@hoilst265 21 күн бұрын

"To extend the maritime understanding?" Was he reading from a script that you put through Google translate?

@modelrailwaynoob 21 күн бұрын

Not everyone gets it. Don't be too hard on yourself

@hoilst265 20 күн бұрын

@@modelrailwaynoob I'm not. I will happily mock the anoraks and neckbeards who feel proud that they do, but.

@jeanclaudejunior 21 күн бұрын

@EnglishVeteran needs to confess his betrayal against the UK

@edking5125 21 күн бұрын

relying on a blokes eye to thumb coordination to hit a small fast drone while flying a helicopter seems like theres a high margine of error

@kizzyp2735 21 күн бұрын

I doubt hes the one flying the helicopter, i would imagine they have a co pilot/weapons operator

@ptonpc 21 күн бұрын

It's how many small missiles are guided to their targets.

@mastermariner490 21 күн бұрын

Its an automatic tracking system,i doubt it

@modelrailwaynoob 21 күн бұрын

Wrong. There isn't

@leeprince9283 21 күн бұрын

It has auto hover and 2 man crew easy.

@cemalali660 21 күн бұрын

Well scripted

@davidspence5567 21 күн бұрын

Should have gone with the 'Naval version 'of Hellfire if at all possible.

@bobthebomb1596 21 күн бұрын

Why? If they were going with a naval version of a land missile they would have chosen Brimstone.

@davesimpson5702 21 күн бұрын

Thanks Admiral

@davidbevan3688 21 күн бұрын

Ring of steel? Perhaps too much hyperbole for a lightweight helicopter launched missile. Pretty sure most warships would smack the helicopter down with SAMs long before it got into range to launch. Martlet is fine it's just nowehere near a wonder weapon.

@ptonpc 21 күн бұрын

Did you actually watch the video and listen? They literally tell you what it is intended to be used on.

@davidbevan3688 21 күн бұрын

@@ptonpc My complaint was of the description “ring of steel”. A Lynx operating Martlet can only defend against quite a small subset of adversaries. Mainly the ones that can’t shoot back. So it’s fine unless you actually you want to get into a contested fight. The amusing thing was that the government was going to fail to replace Harpoon and leave Lynx and Martlet as the primary anti ship weapon for the surface fleet until the 2030s when a replacement is being developed. Luckily the Ukraine nonsense has forced the government to buy NSM as an interim. Although we’re still awaiting trials.

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse 19 күн бұрын

And in five years time it'll be an African immigrant flying them, or a Pakistani second generation pilot. Concentrate on hiring BRITISH lads.

@skeebatv 21 күн бұрын

Hopefully we can keep these helis instead of giving everything away to Ukraine money pit..

@modelrailwaynoob 21 күн бұрын

failed bot

@Bob10009 21 күн бұрын

Ukraine has been given absolutely zero helicopters and no new weapons 🤦🏻‍♂️

@BIBIWCICC 21 күн бұрын

Love a good bit of propaganda, an outdated limited availability missile system that costs 200,000 a pop fired from an ageing 40 year old helicopter. I think. Forces news should stop making videos displaying to the world how poorly unprepared we are for literally anything, including a boat full of immigrants.

@Bob10009 21 күн бұрын

It’s a new missile (that costs nothing like 200,000) fired from brand new helicopters. You should stop commenting on things you nothing about.

@paulsteaven 20 күн бұрын

Wildcat is different from the old Lynx you're talking about.

@fritzstudios8571 21 күн бұрын

Why not fire and forget?

@timmurphy5541 20 күн бұрын

Because then electronic warfare, flares and directed infrared countermeasures can save the enemy. Laser guided weapons are hard to defeat. There are obviously trade offs.

@peterstubbs5934 21 күн бұрын

Its a bit "old hat" having to guide the missile using a thumb control.

@kizzyp2735 21 күн бұрын

Has proved effective in Ukraine as its immune to any countermeasures . The only way to shake it off is to target the launching platform . This is relatively difficult if you have less than 2 seconds to find a single soldier hiding in a bush somewhere ...... probably less difficult to locate a helicopter over the sea I fear .

@ptonpc 21 күн бұрын

How to say you have no idea what you are talking about without actually saying those words.

@frankrenda2519 20 күн бұрын

@@kizzyp2735 its a peice of junk