Confiscated Argentine equipment Argentine surrender in the Falklands War



a pile of discarded argentine weapons in port stanley.


quantities approximates:



100 mercedes-benz mb 1112/13/14 trucks
20 unimogs
50 mercedes-benz g-class 4x4s
12 panhard aml 90mm vehicles
1 sam roland launcher
7 sam tigercats launchers
1 improvised exocet launcher
3 citer 155mm l33 guns
>10 oto melara 105mm cannons
>15 oerlikon twins 35 mm , 15 rheinmetall twin 20 mm air defence cannons , 20 hispano suiza 30 mm single barrel guns.
1 an/tps-43 3d mobile air search radar
1 an/tps-44 mobile air search radar
>5 skyguard fc radars plus (1 damaged in missile strike), 1 super fledermaus fc radar , several rasit fire control radars
blowpipes manpads
sam-7 manpads (bought in late may gaddafi s libya)
14 flyable helicopters (2 agusta a109, 2 bell 212, 8 uh-1h, 1 chinook , 1 puma)
>10 fma ia 58 pucará
1 aermacchi mb-339
argentine coast guard patrol boat gc82 islas malvinas - renamed hms tiger bay
>11,000 personal weapons
>4 million 7.62 munition rounds (10,500 goose green)
>11,000 105mm ammunition rounds

some of equipment rendered useless argentine personnel before surrender.


the argentine rattenbach commission (spanish: informe rattenbach) assembled after war investigate causes of defeat. recommended serious penalties of officers in charge, influence on later trial practically nil.








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