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- Land Forces Land Forces HQ 3 Commando Brigade 5 Infantry Brigade
- Infantry weapons
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
{{Citation style|date=December 2014}}This is a list of British ground forces in the Falklands War. For a list of ground forces from Argentina, see Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War Land Forces The land forces employed by the United Kingdom during the Falklands War amounted to a divisional sized formation, named as Land Forces Falkland Islands, consisting of two brigades: - 3 Commando Brigade - formed primarily by the Royal Marines, 3 Commando Brigade was the primary British rapid reaction force, tasked with reinforcing the NATO northern flank in Norway in the event of war with the Soviet Union in Europe. 3 Commando Brigade was the formation with most experience of amphibious operations. In its NATO role, 3 Commando Brigade was reinforced by the Dutch Korps Mariniers. However, the situation required reinforcement by British units, with the result that 2nd & 3rd Battalions of the Parachute Regiment were reassigned from 5 Infantry Brigade.
- 5 Infantry Brigade - the UK's main "out of area" reaction formation, tasked with operations outside the European theatre. At the time, it would normally be formed using two battalions of the Parachute Regiment, together with the UK based Gurkha battalion. However, since both 2 PARA and 3 PARA were used to reinforce 3 Commando Brigade for the initial landings in the Falklands, 5 Brigade was reinforced with two battalions of Foot Guards then on public duties in London along with the Gurkha battalion. These were chosen as they were immediately available, as they were neither on internal security duties in Northern Ireland nor attached to BAOR.
Land Forces HQ - Commander, Land Forces, Falkland Islands (CLFFI): Major-General JJ Moore, Royal Marines
- Deputy commander: Brigadier CJ Waters
- Commander, Royal Artillery: Colonel BT Pennicott
3 Commando Brigade Commander: Brigadier JHA Thompson - 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery (Lt Col MJ Holroyd Smith)
- 18 x 105 mm L118 Light Guns (3 x 6 gun batteries)
Special recommendation to Roy Lewis for gallantry - 148 (Meiktila) Battery (Primary role is as a Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation (NGSFO) battery.)
- 40 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col MPJ Hunt) — Blue Beach 1 - Sapper Hill. (†1)
- 42 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col NF Vaux) — Mount Kent - Mount Harriet. (†2)
- 45 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col AF Whitehead) — Red Beach - Douglas Settlement - Two Sisters. (†12)
- 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col H Jones VC){{note|Jones|1}} — Blue Beach 2 - Goose Green & Darwin - Wireless Ridge. (†18)
- 29 Field Battery RA
- Blowpipe Troop of 43 Air Defence Battery
- Field Troop, 9 Parachute Engineer Squadron (†4)
- Troop, 16 Field Ambulance
- Department 81 Ordnance Company
- 613 TACP
- 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col HWR Pike) — Green Beach - Teal Inlet - Mount Longdon. (†21)
- 1 x Section Field Ambulance
- 1 x Ordnance Coy Detachment
- Commando Logistics Regiment, Royal Marines (Lt Col I Helberg) (†1)
- 3 Commando Brigade HQ and Signals Squadron (Major R Dixon) (†1)
- 3 Commando Brigade Aviation Squadron (Major CP Cameron)
- 9 x Gazelle AH.1 helicopters (†3)
- 6 x Scout helicopters (†1)
- Reconnaissance Troops (Lt. M Coreth)
B Squadron, Blues and Royals
- 4 x FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked))
- 4 x FV107 Scimitar CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked))
- 1 x FV106 Samson CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked))
- T Battery 12 Air Defence Regiment
- 12 x Rapier Missile FS.B2 Launcher
- Air Defence Troop
- 12 x Blowpipe Missile launchers
- Raiding Squadron, Royal Marines (Captain Chris Baxter)
- Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre, Royal Marines (Captain Rod Boswell)
- 2, 3 and 6 Sections, Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Royal Marines, (Major Jonathan Thomson) (†1)
- D and G Squadrons, 22nd SAS Regiment (Lt Col HM Rose) (†19)
- 3 x Tactical air control parties
- Air maintenance group
- Rear link detachment, 30 Signal Regiment (†3)
- Elements of 17 Port Regiment Royal Corps of Transport.
- 3 x Mexeflote detachments.
- 5 x Landing ship logistics detachments.
- 3 x Surgical support teams
- Postal courier communications unit detachment of 1 PC regiment
- Detachment 47 Air Despatch Squadron RCT.
- 59 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers (Major R MacDonald). (†3)
- Detachment 49 EOD Squadron, 33 Engineer Regiment (†1)
- Y Troop detachment communications
- Commando forces Band (stretcher-bearers)
{{note|Jones|1}} - Replaced by Lt Col David Chaundler 5 Infantry Brigade Commander: Brigadier MJA Wilson - 2nd Bn, Scots Guards (Lt Col MIE Scott) — Mount Tumbledown. (†8)
- 1st Bn, Welsh Guards (Lt Col JF Rickett) — Sapper Hill. (†33)
- 1st Bn, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles (Lt Col D Morgan) — Mount William. (†1)
- 97 Battery Royal Artillery
- 6 x 105 mm L118 Light Guns
- HQ 4 Field Regiment, RA
- 36 Engineer Regiment RE Lt Col G Field OBE (CRE)
- 9 Parachute Squadron RE Maj CM Davis
- 11 Field Squadron RE Maj B Hawkins
- 61 Field Support Squadron RE Maj Taffy Morgan
- 1 x Field Troop, 20 Field Squadron RE (att 9 Para Sqn RE) Captain D Foxley
- STRE
- Postal section
- 656 Squadron Army Air Corps (†2)
- 10 Field Workshop REME (†3)
- 16 Field Ambulance (†3)
- 81 Ordnance Company
- Forward Air Control Party
- Army Catering Corps (†4)
- 407 Troop, Royal Corps of Transport, 2nd Lt Ash
- 63 Squadron RAF Regiment
- 8 x Rapier Missile FS.A Launchers and DN181 Radar Trackers
- 518 Company, Royal Pioneer Corps
Infantry weapons - L9A1 Browning[1][2]
- L1A1 SLR (main infantry weapon)
- L42A1 (Sniper rifle)[2]
- L2-A2 (Hand grenade)
- M79 (infantry grenade launcher)
- L4 Bren
- L7A2 GPMG
- L14A1 Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle
- Rocket 66mm HEAT L1A1
- MILAN ATGM (used against Argentine bunkers)
- L9A1 51 mm Mortar
- L16A1 81 mm Mortar
- Blowpipe MANPADS (infantry use)
- FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS (special forces use)
- M16A1 & M203 (special forces weapon)
- CAR-15 (special forces weapon)
- L2A3 Sterling (support services weapon i.e. for tank crewmen, engineers and artillerymen)[2]
See also- British air services in the Falklands War
- British naval forces in the Falklands War
References 1. ^Britain's Small Wars
2. ^1 2 "Guns of the Falklands War"
Sources- The Battle For The Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins, 1983, Michael Joseph Ltd., {{ISBN|0-330-35284-9}}
- The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Sir Lawrence Freedman, 2005, Routledge, {{ISBN|0-7146-5207-5}}
External links - 3 Commando Bde RM - 5 Infantry Bde
- Website showing all weapons, tanks and artillery used by the British
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