Request:- Falklands 1982

[Ryththa]

sounds about right to me. Naval-history.net provides the following data that I consider to be very sound; http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL1982FALKLANDS.htm

Argentine forces
FALKLAND ISLANDS - commanded by Major General Menendez.

GROUND FORCES included:

3rd Mechanised Inf Brigade (Major General Omar Parada with 4th, 5th, 8th and 12th Regts),
10th Motorised Inf Brigade (Major General Oscar Joffre with 3rd, 6th and 7th Regts),
Independent 25th Regt and 5th Marine Inf Btn.
Stanley & Approaches - Commander, General Joffre, 10th Bde reinforced to c8000 men from:

3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 25th Regts, each of c1000 men. All Motorised Inf except for 4th Inf,
5th Marine Btn, c800 men,
3rd Artillery Btn with 30x105mm and 3x155mm guns,
Armoured Car Sqdn with 12 Panhards,
181st Military Police and Intelligence Coy,
601st Anti-Aircraft Btn.
Goose Green and West Falkland under command of General Parada, 3rd Bde but based in Stanley:

GOOSE GREEN - c1000 men from 12th Inf Regt, elements 601st AA Btn, FAA elements, (later - half-bty of 3x105mm guns)
PORT HOWARD - c800 men from 5th Inf Regt and elements 9th Engineer Coy,
FOX BAY - c900 men from 8th Motorised Inf Regt and elements 9th Engineer Coy.
AIRCRAFT STRENGTH (losses to 20th May in brackets):

Navy - 5 MB.339's (1 MB.339 and 4 Mentors lost)
Coast Guard - 1 Puma (2 Skyvan)
Army - 2 Chinook, 4 Puma, 3 Agusta, 9 Iroquois (1 Puma)
Air Force - 15 Pucara, 2 Bell, 2 Chinook (9 Pucara)


British forces

3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines

Infantry - 40, 42 and 45 Cdo RM (M Coy 42 Cdo to South Georgia, replaced later by newly-formed J Coy 42 Cdo)

Artillery - 29 Cdo Regt RA with Nos 7, 8 and 79 Bty's each of 6x105mm artillery and 148 Cdo Forward Observation Bty RA for naval gunfire observation

Combat engineers - 59 Independent Cdo Sqdn RE

Logistics - Commando Logistics Regt RM

Helicopters - 3 Cdo Bde Air Squadron RM with nine Gazelle AH.1's and six Scout AH.1's (two RM Gazelles and one Scout were lost)

HQ & Communications - Brigade HQ and Signal Sqdn including 1st Raiding Sqdn equipped with rigid raiders and Gemini assault craft and an Air Defence Troop with 12xBlowpipe SAM's

In medium range reconnaissance role - Mountain and Arctic Warfare (Training) Cadre

Raiding and reconnaissance - 3 Sections, Special Boat Squadron (No.2 Section to South Georgia),

Other units - included:

Tactical Air Control Parties RM for directing air strikes
Y Signals Troop RM
Commando Forces Band RM for medical duties
Two Royal Navy Surgical Support Teams
Army Reinforcements, including:

Infantry - 2nd and 3rd Battalions The Parachute Regiment each with one HQ, three rifle, one patrol and one support company

Light armour - B Sqdn, The Blues and Royals with four Scorpion and four Scimitar light tanks and one Samson recovery vehicle

Air defence - T Bty, 12 Air Defence Regt with 12xRapier SAM's

Helicopters - 656 AAC Sqdn with a flight of three Scout AH.1's

Raiding and reconnaissance - D and G Sqdns, 22nd SAS Regt (D Sqdn initially to South Georgia)

Attached to 2 Para -

29 Bty, 4 Field Regt RA with 6x105mm guns

Troop each from:
43 Air Defence Bty
32 Guided Weapons Regt RA with Blowpipe
9 Para Sqdn RE
16 Field Ambulance RAMC

Explosive ordnance disposal - from 49 EOD Sqdn RE (and EOD Team RAF)

Other units - included:

Forward Observation Officer parties from 4 Field Regt RA
Tactical Air Control parties
Units from:
Postal and Courier Regt RE
Rear Link Detachments Royal Signals
81 Ordnance Coy RAOC
Mexeflote detachment 17 Port Regt RCT


5th infantry brigade

Brigade infantry was provided by the
1st Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles

together with two Guards battalions - 1st Welsh and 2nd Scots transferred to 5th Infantry to replace 2 and 3 Para.

Before sailing, they trained for two weeks near Sennybridge in Wales in terrain similar to the Falklands.

Support came from a variety of arms and units, some of which were already represented in 3 Cdo Bde:

Artillery - HQ and 97 Bty, 4 Field Regt RA with 6x105mm guns

Air defence - one troop of 43 Air Defence Bty, 32 Guided Weapons Regt RA with Blowpipe SAM's

Combat engineers - 36 Engineer Regt RE and 9 Parachute Sqdn RE

Helicopters - 656 AAC Sqdn with 3 Scout AH.1's and 6 Gazelle AH.1's (one Gazelle was lost)

HQ and Communications - Brigade HQ and Signal Sqdn with Rear Link Detachments Royal Signals

Other units included, complete or in part -

407 Road Transport Troop RCT with Snowcats
16 Field Ambulance RAMC
81 and 91 Ordnance Coy and 421 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Coy RAOC
10 Field Workshop REME
160 Provost

[nikharwood]

Good man - don't forget to tell him that I'd likely do this in 1:1 & therefore buy a boatload  

Helos - you're looking at:

Brit: Westland Scout, Gazelle, Wessex, Sea King, Chinook
Argie: Agusta A109, Huey, Puma, Chinook

Aircraft:
Brit: Harrier GR3
Argie: Skyhawk, Pucara

[nikharwood]

Ah yes -missed the Argie A/C: Panhard AML-90!

[Ryththa]

Good god sir, what have we started?!  Damned exciting stuff this, all I need to do know is sell of a few body parts that I am sure I can do without and by the time the stitches heal the range will be ready!!!

[Jim Ando]

not forgetting

Argie special forces or marines in wooly hats with a mixture of SLRs and silenced sterlings.

Jim

[Leon]

Right then, I've printed off the lists of everything.  Like I said before, all our designers are tied up at the moment, but it does seem like there would be some interest in this range, so leave it with us and we'll see what we can do.

[Ryththa]

Fantatic!!! Many thanks for all the support for this request, I shall watch the forum and website for further updates should the project progress.     

[huascar]

For what it is worth I will add another vote of support for the range. If you make I will buy - I am going through something of a South American phase.

Peter W

[Leon]

For what it is worth I will add another vote of support for the range. If you make I will buy - I am going through something of a South American phase.

Peter W

You've already tempted Dave with the Chaco War! 

[huascar]

For what it is worth I will add another vote of support for the range. If you make I will buy - I am going through something of a South American phase.

Peter W

You've already tempted Dave with the Chaco War! 

The America's is something of an untapped goldmine for 20th Century wargaming so the more the merrier!

Peter W

[slinky]

Id also be interested in gaming the falklands conflict in 10mm

[ziparoo]

Although I have a passing interest in the Falklands/Malvinas War, I do have a bigger interest in African Bush Wars - pop me down for another vote because I can always paint little dudes with berets, US helmets and FNs to represent other conflict zones...! 

[Smee]

I'd be very interested in a Falklands range. Dont forget to add engineers (Hurrah for the CRE. lots of mine fields down there) to the list of codes, also at that time Brits had the furry hats (look a bit like russian hats) and all the lids would of been scrimed. They used .50 cal brownings for air def as well. The marines M&AW cadre used M16's, and the LMG was still in use by some army units (still had some of them in 87 ! not bad for a converted bren gun).

Although I have a passing interest in the Falklands/Malvinas War, I do have a bigger interest in African Bush Wars - pop me down for another vote because I can always paint little dudes with berets, US helmets and FNs to represent other conflict zones...!  

The lids were the old metal soup bowls for that with a nice pointy spike in the top. Lots of SLR's and 58 pattern webbing tho

[julesav]

Can I put in a vote for a Falklands war range too?

Cheers

Jules

[Andy T]

First post and begging!

Falklands please, and lots of them!

Andy