Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War
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This is a list of the ground forces from Argentina
that took part in the Falklands War
. For a list of ground forces from the United Kingdom
, see British ground forces in the Falklands War
.
Two assumptions governed the deployment of the Argentine ground forces on the islands :
These two incorrect assumptions led to inappropriate troops being sent to the islands.
In the Argentine Army the entire stock of conscripts was shifted at New Year. Soldados Clase ’63 (SC 63) were conscripts born in 1963. April 2, 1982 SC 63 had had three months of boot camp. The army tried to replace SC 63 with the newly demobilized SC 62.
Commander: Brigade General Omar Parada. Brigade home base: Mesopotamia
12th Regiment (RI 12) — Goose Green
& Darwin
(East Falkland
) (†35)
West Falkland
(†8)
8th Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade (RI 8) — Fox Bay
(†5)
Commander: Brigade General Oscar Jofre. Brigade home base: Buenos Aires Province
Army Chief of Staff Troops
The following Gendarmeria units were operational in the Falklands:
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
that took part in the Falklands War
Falklands War
The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
. For a list of ground forces from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, see British ground forces in the Falklands War
British ground forces in the Falklands War
This is a list of the ground forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War. For a list of ground forces from Argentina, see Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War- Land Forces :...
.
Operation Rosario (April 2)
- Amphibious Task Group 40.1 - Rear Admiral of the Marines Carlos Busser
- Amphibious Commandos GroupAmphibious Commandos GroupThe Amphibious Commandos Group is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps, trained to perform quick and objective amphibious reconnaissance, assault raids, and direct action operations. It was created in 1952 by the Vigilance and Security Company of Submarine Bases...
, on board the destroyer Santisima Trinidad landed at Mullet CreekMullet CreekMullet Creek is a small river in East Falkland. It is not a major watercourse, but is best known for its part in the Falklands War On April 2, 1982, Argentinian marines led by Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots, landed his squadron of special forces at Mullet Creek, and advanced on Stanley...
south of StanleyStanley, Falkland IslandsStanley is the capital and only true cityin the Falkland Islands. It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 2,115...
, in inflatable boatInflatable boatAn inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas. For smaller boats, the floor and hull beneath it is often flexible. On boats longer than , the floor often consists of three to five rigid plywood or aluminium sheets fixed...
s- 90 men (†1) dubious, more likely 50, too many for a type 42 destroyer plus crew Lieutenant-Commander Sánchez Sabarots.
- Buzos Tácticos, on board the submarine ARA Santa Fe, swam ashore.
- 15 frogmen Lieutenant-Commander Alfredo R. Cufré.
- 2nd Marine Infantry Btn. (BIM 2),
- embarked on LST ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q42)ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q42)ARA Cabo San Antonio was a tank landing ship in the Argentine Navy, built in Argentina at AFNE, Río Santiago shipyard. She was based on the US Navy's De Soto County-class tank landing ship design....
, they landed in 20 LVTP-7Amphibious Assault VehicleThe Assault Amphibious Vehicle —official designation AAV-7A1 is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems .The AAV-7A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps...
tracked amphibious armoured and five LARC-VLARC-VLARC-V , is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons. It was developed in the United States during the 1950s, and is used in a variety of auxiliary roles to this day....
s wheeled vehicles - and ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5)ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5)The ARA Almirante Irízar is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. The ship is currently out of service since 2007, when a fire broke out in the auxiliary generator compartment...
, inserted on Stanley airport by SH-3 Sea Kings helicopters- 500 men
- embarked on LST ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q42)
- A 25th Infantry Regiment Company (Argentine ArmyArgentine ArmyThe Argentine Army is the land armed force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of the country.- History :...
) airlifted by C-130
- Amphibious Commandos Group
South Georgia (April 3)
- 1st Marine Infantry Btn. (BIM 1) (†2) , embarked ARA Bahia Paraiso transport and ARA Guerrico corvette Lieutenant Guillermo J. Luna.
- 60 men
Preparation for war
Argentina had seven complete infantry brigades: IV Air Mobile Brigade in Córdoba, IX Brigade in the Chubut Province close to the Falklands, the well-equipped VI and VIII Mountain Infantry Brigades along the Chilean border, XI Brigade cold adapted in the extreme south and the III and X Brigades facing the benign Urugayan border.Two assumptions governed the deployment of the Argentine ground forces on the islands :
- the juntaNational Reorganization ProcessThe National Reorganization Process was the name used by its leaders for the military government that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. In Argentina it is often known simply as la última junta militar or la última dictadura , because several of them existed throughout its history.The Argentine...
did not believe that the BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
would use military force to retake the islands, so the initial landing force had been withdrawn shortly after April 3, and was not reinforced until after the British recaptured South Georgia. The intent was to place a large number of troops onto the islands to dissuade the British from any military action. As the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
had submarines patrolling the immediate area reinforcements had to be airlifted in, which limited the heavy equipment that could be deployed. - an attack was feared from ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
due to the ongoing Beagle ConflictBeagle conflictThe Beagle Conflict was a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war in 1978....
, as Chile was marshalling troops close to its Southern Argentine border, the Argentinian High Command had to deploy their better trained forces to deter a Chilean attack. As a result neither the mountain warfareMountain warfareMountain warfare refers to warfare in the mountains or similarly rough terrain. This type of warfare is also called Alpine warfare, named after the Alps mountains...
regiments, nor a paratroop brigade were available. Furthermore, only one fifth of the cold adapted marine infantry was sent to the islands. The majority of the troops deployed were from sub-tropical areas, the Argentine MesopotamiaMesopotamia, ArgentinaLa Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos and Corrientes. The region called Litoral consists of the Mesopotamia and the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Santa Fe...
region and Buenos Aires ProvinceBuenos Aires ProvinceThe Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, and not trained for action in the terrain (they were trained to avoid snakeSnakeSnakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s and sunstroke, not frostbiteFrostbiteFrostbite is the medical condition where localized damage is caused to skin and other tissues due to extreme cold. Frostbite is most likely to happen in body parts farthest from the heart and those with large exposed areas...
).
These two incorrect assumptions led to inappropriate troops being sent to the islands.
In the Argentine Army the entire stock of conscripts was shifted at New Year. Soldados Clase ’63 (SC 63) were conscripts born in 1963. April 2, 1982 SC 63 had had three months of boot camp. The army tried to replace SC 63 with the newly demobilized SC 62.
Theatre of Operations in the Falkland Islands (April 7 - June 14)
Guarnición Militar Malvinas- Commander: Brigade General Mario Menendez (governor). RI (Infantry Regiments) were 800 men approx.
3rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade
Agrupación Litoral (Coastal Sector)Commander: Brigade General Omar Parada. Brigade home base: Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia, Argentina
La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones, Entre Ríos and Corrientes. The region called Litoral consists of the Mesopotamia and the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Santa Fe...
- 4th Regiment (RI 4) — Mount Harriet & Two SistersTwo Sisters"Two Sisters" is a song by Fiction Plane, the lead single from their 2007 album, Left Side of the Brain. The song was written by Joe Sumner. It tells of a man falling in love with two sisters, and how only guns can persuade him which one to sleep with, as well as his frustrations about being unable...
(StanleyStanley, Falkland IslandsStanley is the capital and only true cityin the Falkland Islands. It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 2,115...
)
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Diego A. Soria.
Goose Green
Goose Green is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It lies on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, south-southwest of Darwin. With a population of about 70, it is the second largest settlement of the Falkland Islands.Goose Green has a shop...
& Darwin
Darwin, Falkland Islands
Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green...
(East Falkland
East Falkland
East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of and a coastline long. Most of the population of the Falklands live in East Falkland, almost all of them living in the northern half of the island...
)
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Italo A. PiaggiItalo PiaggiLieutenant-Colonel Ítalo Ángel Piaggi, born in San Fernando on 17 March 1935, is a retired Argentine Army commander who was involved in the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War....
.
West Falkland
West Falkland is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by Falkland Sound. Its area is and its coastline is long. Including the adjacent small islands the land area is .-Population:The island has fewer than 200...
- 5th Regiment (RI 5) — Port HowardPort HowardPort Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland . it is in the east of the island, on an inlet of Falkland Sound...
- Commander: Colonel Juan R. Mabragana
Fox Bay
Fox Bay is the second largest settlement on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is located on a bay of the same name, and is on the south east coast of the island...
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Ernesto A. Repossi.
10th Mechanised Infantry Brigade
Agrupación Puerto Argentino (Stanley Sector)Commander: Brigade General Oscar Jofre. Brigade home base: Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
- 3rd Regiment (RI 3) — Stanley - aborted urban warfare (†5)
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel David U. Comini.
- 6th Regiment (RI 6) — Stanley Common (†12)
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge Halperin.
- 7th Regiment7th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)The 7th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the Argentine Army based at Arana , Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The unit's full official name is 7th "Coronel Conde" Mechanized Infantry Regiment, and it is part of the 1st Armored Brigade.The regiment fought in the Falklands War during the Battle of...
(RI 7) — Mount LongdonMount LongdonMount Longdon is a mountain in the east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is best known as the site of the Battle of Mount Longdon, and overlooks Stanley, the islands' capital....
& Wireless Ridge (Stanley) (†36)- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Omar Giménez.
- 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)The 25th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the Argentine Army based at Sarmiento, Chubut, Argentina. This regiment fought during the Falklands War. The commander of the regiment during the Malvinas War was Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed Alí Seineldín, considered by many Argentines to be the 'father' of...
(RI 25), 9th Infantry Brigade (attach to 10th Brigade) — Stanley AirportStanley AirportStanley Airport is located in Stanley, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, approximately northeast of Windsor.-History:Stanley was built as RCAF Station Stanley in March 1941 to train pilots as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport was the base for the Royal Canadian Air...
, Goose Green & San CarlosSan Carlos, Falkland IslandsSan Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is sometimes nicknamed "JB" after a former owner, Jack Bonner.-History:...
(†13)- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed A. Seineldin.
- Panhard Armoured Cars Squadron (Esc Panhard/Destacamento de Exploración de Caballería Blindada 181), 9th Infantry Brigade (attach to 10th Infantry Brigade) - Moody BrookMoody BrookMoody Brook is a small watercourse that flows into Stanley Harbour on East Falkland, Falkland Islands. It is near Stanley, just to the north west, and was formerly the location of the town barracks, which were attacked in Operation Azul, the 1982 Argentine Invasion of the Falkland Islands.It is...
(†6)- Commander: Major Alejandro D. Carullo.
- 12×Panhard Armoured CarPanhard AML-Former Operators:: unknown number of AML-60s and AML-90s in service between 1960-1975.: 34 Eland 90s and Eland 60s in service with the Rhodesian Security Forces in 1979, passed on to successor state.-Trivia:...
90 mm.
Artillery
- 3rd Artillery Group (GA3), 3rd Infantry Brigade (†2)
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Martín A. Balza
- 18 105 mm OTO Melara Mod 56OTO Melara Mod 56The OTO-Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO-Melara. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition.-History:...
field guns (Stanley & Goose GreenGoose GreenGoose Green is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It lies on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, south-southwest of Darwin. With a population of about 70, it is the second largest settlement of the Falkland Islands.Goose Green has a shop...
). - 4 x CITER 155mm L33 GunCITER 155mm L33 GunThe 155mm L33 Argentine Model Gun is an Argentinian artillery field gun in service with the Argentine Army.-Development:...
s airlifted from May 15 (from the 101st Artillery Group) (Stanley).
- 4th Airmobile Artillery Group (GA4), 4th Airmobile Brigade (†3) (Stanley).
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Carlos A. Quevedo
- 18 105 mm guns.
Miscellaneous Army Troops
I Corps- 181st Military Police and Intelligence Coy (Stanley).
Army Chief of Staff Troops
- 601st Engineer battalionBattalionA battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
(BI-601) (†2) (Fitz Roy bridge demolition)- Commander: Major Jorge L. A. Etienot.
- 9th Engineer company
- Commander: Major Oscar M. Lima.
- 10th Engineer company (†1)
- Commander: Major Carlos R. Matalon.
- 601st Commando601 Commando CompanyThe 601 Commando Company is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army, created January 5, 1982. It was based on the original "Equipo Especial Halcón 8" created by Lt. Colonel Mohamed Alí Seineldín in 1978....
Port HowardPort HowardPort Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland . it is in the east of the island, on an inlet of Falkland Sound...
and Murrell RiverMurrell RiverThe Murrell River is a fishing river, on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It has a large estuary which joins with Hearnden Water and Port William, and which is not far from Stanley....
- Commander: Major Mario Castagneto
- 602nd Commando Mount KentMount KentMount Kent is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, It is north of Mount Challenger and saw action in the Falklands War during the Battle of Mount Harriet - some of the area still being mined....
(†5)- Commander: Major Aldo Rico.
- 601 Combat Aviation Battalion (Batallón de Aviación de Combate 601) See 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion601 Assault Helicopter BattalionThe 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion is a helicopter unit of the Argentine Army.This battalion is the main helicopter unit of the Argentine Army Aviation and is based on Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires. The unit is composed by Bell UH-1H and Aerospatiale Puma helicopters. It is organised in two...
Marines
- 5th Marine Infantry Btn.Batallón de Infantería de Marina 5The 5th Marine Infantry Battalion is a battalion of the Argentine Marine Corps.- Current :...
(BIM 5) attached to Army — Mount Tumbledown, Mount WilliamMount WilliamMount William is a prominent snow-covered mountain, 1,600 m, standing 4 miles north-northeast of Cape Lancaster, the south extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered on February 21, 1832, by John Biscoe who believed it to be part of the mainland of Antarctic...
& Sapper HillSapper HillSapper Hill is on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, . It is just to the south of Stanley, and is heavily mined from the Falklands War. It is named after a company of sappers who were based at Moody Brook barracks.-Falklands War:...
(Stanley) (†17)- Commander: Capitan de fragata (commanderCommanderCommander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
) Carlos Hugo Robacio.
- Commander: Capitan de fragata (commander
- Heavy Machine-Gun Company; twenty-seven 12,7 mm
- Commander: teniente de navio Sergio Dachary. Stanley CommonStanley CommonStanley Common is a village in the south-east of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England.It is situated on the A609 main road between Ilkeston and Derby and is in the Erewash Borough, although in the new UK parliamentary constituency of Mid Derbyshire.Stanley Common is part of the same Civil...
(†7)
- Commander: teniente de navio Sergio Dachary. Stanley Common
- Amphibious Engineer Company Stanley Common (†4)
- Commander: capitan de corbeta Luis A. Menghini
- 1st Marine Field Artillery Battalion Stanley Common (†2)
- Commander: teniente de navio Mario R. Abadal
- 1800 men
Gendarmería (Border Guards)
Compañía de Fuerzas Especiales 601 de Gendarmería NacionalThe following Gendarmeria units were operational in the Falklands:
- Special Forces Units: (†7) 6 died in the same Puma crash, May 30
- Squadron Atucha - Mount KentMount KentMount Kent is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, It is north of Mount Challenger and saw action in the Falklands War during the Battle of Mount Harriet - some of the area still being mined....
(East Falkland). - Squadron Bariloche.
- Squadron Calafate.
- Squadron Esquel - Smoko MountSmoko MountSmoko Mount is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands. "Smoko" is Falkland Islands English for a smoking break....
(East Falkland).
- Squadron Atucha - Mount Kent
Army
- 601st Air defence artillery groupGADA 601The 601st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group , historically known as GADA 601 is the main anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Argentine Army. Its headquarters are based just north of Mar del Plata. Its name was changed to GAA 601 Teniente General Pablo Ricchieri in 1999...
(GADA-601). (†6) 4 by Shrike 3rd June- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Héctor L. Arias.
- 1 Cardion TPS-44 long range radar.
- 1 RolandRoland (air defence)The Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system. The Roland was also purchased by the U.S. Army as one of very few foreign SAM systems....
SAMSurface-to-air missileA surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
system. - 3 Tigercat SAMSurface-to-air missileA surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
triple launchers. - 6 Skyguard fire control radars each controlling 2 OerlikonOerlikon ContravesRheinmetall Air Defence AG is a division of German armament manufacturer Rheinmetall, created when the company's Oerlikon Contraves unit was renamed on 1 January 2009 and integrated with Rheinmetall's other air-defence products...
GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons.1 Skyguard radar and 3 GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons deployed to BAM Cóndor/Goose Green) - Total of 12 x GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons for Argentine Army. 3 x GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons for the (FAA) Air Force. The (FAA) Air Force Oerlikon GDF-002 guns were sited on the South West side of Port Stanley Airport.
- 3 Oerlikon 20 mm single barrel Anti-Aircraft CannonOerlikon 20 mm cannonThe Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...
s.
- B Battery, 101st Anti-Aircraft group (GADA 101), I Corps.(†3)
- Commander: Major Jorge Monge.
- eight 30 mm Hispano Suiza guns.
- ten 12.7 mm machine guns.
- Some Infantry units
- BlowpipeBlowpipe missileThe Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile which was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975. It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.-Description:...
shoulder fired SAMs.
- Blowpipe
Air Force
- Stanley Airfield defence group.
- Goose Green Airfield defence group. (BAM Cóndor).
- Special Operations Group.
- 1 Westinghouse TPS-43F long range radar.
- 3x Oerlikon twin 35 mm gunsOerlikon 35 mm twin cannonThe Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves . The system was originally designated as 2 ZLA/353 ML but this was later changed to GDF-001...
. - 1 Super Fledermaus fire control radar.
- 1 Elta short ranged radar.
- 15 Rheinmetall Rh-202 twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. (9x deployed close-in to the Port Stanley Airport runway. 6x deployed to Goose Green Airfield).
- A number of SA-7 man portable short ranged SAMs.
Navy
- 1st Marine Anti-Aircraft Battalion Stanley Common (†2).
- Commander: capitan de corbeta Hector E. Silva .
- 3 Tigercat SAMSurface-to-air missileA surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
triple launchers. - 12 Hispano HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns.
Infantry weapons
- Personal Weapons
- Browning Hi-PowerBrowning Hi-PowerThe Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized...
- FM PA3-DM
- M3A1 "Grease Gun"M3 submachine gunThe M3 was an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted for U.S. Army service on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. The M3 was designed as a more cost-effective alternative to the Thompson, optimized for mass production...
- L34A1 SterlingSterling submachine gunThe Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1944 until 1994, when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 assault rifle.-History:...
- FM FAL 50.61
- FM FAL 50.41
- Mauser M1909Gewehr 98The Gewehr 98 is a German bolt action Mauser rifle firing the 8x57mm cartridge from a 5 round internal clip-loaded magazine that was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k. It was hence the main rifle of the German infantry during World War I...
, not used
- Browning Hi-Power
- Support Weapons
- FM FAP
- FM MAG
- Browning M2HB
- 90 mm Recoilless RifleRecoilless rifleA recoilless rifle or recoilless gun is a lightweight weapon that fires a heavier projectile than would be practical to fire from a recoiling weapon of comparable size. Technically, only devices that use a rifled barrel are recoilless rifles. Smoothbore variants are recoilless guns...
- FM 60 mm Mortar
- FM 81 mm Mortar
- FM 120 mm Mortar
- BlowpipeBlowpipe missileThe Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable surface-to-air missile which was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975. It was superseded by an interim design, Javelin, and later the greatly improved Starstreak missile.-Description:...
MANPADS (Man Portable Air-Defence System)Man-portable air-defence systemMan-portable air-defense systems are shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles . They are typically guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters.-Overview:...
- Anti-personnel mineAnti-personnel mineAnti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...
s- FMK1 (mine)
- No. 4
- P4B
- SB33
- Anti-tank mineAnti-tank mineAn anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....
s- C3B
- FMK3
- M1M1 mineThe M1,M1A1 and M4 are circular steel cased U.S. anti-tank blast mines with a distinctive cross shaped pressure spider. The mine was used during the Second World War and a copy produced in Argentina was used during the Falklands War. Another copy is produced in China. designated the No.4 mine...
- No. 6No 6 mineThe No 6 mine is an Israeli metal cased anti-tank blast mine. It is a direct copy of the Russian TM-46 mine, the only notable difference being the filling cap, which is domed on the TM-46 and flat on the No 6. It can be fitted with the No 61 pressure fuze or a No 62A tilt rod fuze...
- SB81
Casualties
- Argentine ArmyArgentine ArmyThe Argentine Army is the land armed force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of the country.- History :...
: 194 (16 officers, 35 NCOs & 143 conscripts) - Argentine NavyArgentine NavyThe Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force....
: 34 Marines (1 officer, 3 NCOs & 30 conscripts) - Gendarmería Nacional Argentina: 7 commandos (2 officers, 4 NCOs & 1 gendarmeGendarmerieA gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...
)