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.
Contents
Land forces
- Commander: Major General Menendez
3rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade
Commander: Major General Omar Parada- 4th Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Diego A. Soria.
- 5th Regiment
- * Commander: Colonel Juan R. Mabragana
- 8th Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Ernesto A. Repossi.
- 12th Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Italo A. Piaggi.
- 4th Air mobile artillery regiment.
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Carlos A. Quevedo
- 18 105 mm guns.
Commander: Major General Oscar Joffre10th Motorised Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel David U. Comini.
- * 1000 men
- 6th Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge Halperin.
- * 1000 men
- 7th Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Ortiz N. Giménez.
- * 1000 men
- 25th Independent Regiment
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed A. Seineldin.
- * 1000 men
- 5th Marine Infantry Btn. from Argentine Navy attached to Army
- * 800 men
- 3rd Artillery Regiment.
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Martín A. Balza
- * 18 105 mm Otto Melera field guns.
- * 4 x 155 mm guns (from the 101st Artillery regiment)
- 10th armoured car squadron
- * Commander: Major Alejandro D. Carullo.
- * 12 x Panhard APC.
- 181st Military Police and Intelligence Coy.
- 9th Engineer company
- * Commander: Major Oscar M. Lima.
- 10th Engineer company
- * Commander: Major Carlos R. Matalon.
- 601st Engineer company
- * Commander: Major Jorge L. A. Etienot.
- 8th Motorised Infantry Regiment
Air defences
- 601st Air defence artillery group.
- * Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Héctor L. Arias
- * 1 Cardion TPS-44 long range radar.
- * 1 Roland SAM system.
- * 3 Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
- * 6 Skyguard fire control radars each controlling 2 Oerklikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons.
- * 3 Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
- B Battery, 101st Anti-Aircraft regiment.
- * Commander: Major Jorge Monge.
- * 8 30 mm Hispano Suiza guns.
- * 10 12.7 mm machine guns
- Airfield defence group.
- * 1 Westinghouse TPS-43F long range radar.
- * 1 Superfledermaus fire control radar.
- * 1 Elta short ranged radar
- * 3 Oerlikon twin 35 mm guns.
- * 9 Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
- * A number of SA-7 man portable short ranged SAMs.
- No. 1 Marine Air Defence Battalion:
- * 3 Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
- * 12 Hispano HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns.
- Airfield defence group.
- * 1 Westinghouse TPS-43F long range radar.
- * 1 Superfledermaus fire control radar.
- * 1 Elta short ranged radar
- * 3 Oerlikon twin 35 mm guns.
- * 9 Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
- * A number of SA-7 man portable short ranged SAMs.
- No. 1 Marine Air Defence Battalion:
- * 3 Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
- * 12 Hispano HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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| Military forces | Argentine ground forces | British ground forces | Air forces | Argentine naval forces | British naval forces | ||
| Timeline | Background | Invasion | Falklands War | ||
| Battles | Goose Green | Mount Harriet | Two Sisters | Mount Longdon | Mount Tumbledown | Wireless Ridge | ||
| Operations | Algeciras | Canbelow | Corporate | Black Buck | Keyhole | Paraquat | Purple Warrior | Rosario | Sutton | ||
References
- The Battle For The Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins, ISBN 0330352849
- Falklands Air War, Chris Hobson, ISBN 1 857801261
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