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Roland - Argentine forces deployed a single launcher to defend Stanley airport; it succeeded in shooting down one Sea Harrier (XZ456) on 1 June 1982 above 10,000 feet (3000 m). The presence of the launcher forced British aircraft to operate above its envelope – typically at 18,000 feet (5,500 m) which severely reduced the accuracy of bombs ...
Argentina had eight complete infantry brigades: 4th Airborne Infantry Brigade in Córdoba; 5th Mountain Brigade in Tucumán; 9th Brigade in the Santa Cruz Province close to the Falklands; the well-equipped 6th and 8th Mountain Infantry Brigades along the Chilean border; 11th Brigade, (cold-adapted) in the extreme south; and 3rd (Jungle) and 7th (Jungle) Brigades facing Brazil and Uruguay.
The air units involved in the Falklands War were under the following chain of command: . Military junta – Brigadier General (Lieutenant General) Basilio Lami Dozo. Air Defence Command (Spanish: Comando Aéreo de Defensa) – Brigadier Jorge Hughes was in charge of the radar network, Mirage IIIEA interceptors and anti-aircraft defences on the mainland.
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Falklands Air War, Chris Hobson. ISBN 1-85780-126-1; Amphibious Assault Falklands, Michael Clapp and Ewen Southby – Tailyour. ISBN 0-85052-420-2; No Vencidos, Horacio Mayorga, 1998. ISBN 950-742-976-X (in Spanish) Guerra bajo la Cruz del Sur, Eduardo José Costa, 1988. ISBN 950-614-749-3 (in Spanish) Los viajes del Penélope.
Some 40 years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands - or the Malvinas as they are known in Argentina - dozens of former Argentine soldiers continue to pursue claims ...
Equipment of the Argentine Army lists weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and other materiel that either are in service or have served with the Argentine Army, since the early 1900s. Totals for each item are estimated as per sources cited. Items not yet in service but planned for future use are listed in a separate section.
Falklands War (1982) [ edit ] Just before the start of the crisis that would lead to the Falklands War , the army group was reinforced when an Argentine Air Force detachment, the Grupo 1 de Artillería Antiaérea (1st Group of Antiaircraft Artillery) was transferred from Tandil to Mar del Plata in October 1981.