Falklands ORBATs

[Imshi-Yallah]

Does anyone know where or how I can find out what the platoon and section ORBATS for Infantry battalions would have been in the Falklands war?

[thebrasso]

Goose Green by Mark Adkin has a bit of an explanation, when i'm home on the 10th i'll dig it out and reply if i can.

[Eagle_Giuli]

Does anyone know where or how I can find out what the platoon and section ORBATS for Infantry battalions would have been in the Falklands war?

It's a shame I am not at home in order to post the exact platoons/battalions, but at the moment I can says this:


From the British side,

ROYAL ARMY

PARA-2
PARA-3
Welsh Guards (V Brigade Royal Army)
Scott Guards (V Brigade Royal Army)
Sections of Ghurkhas Regimeent (V Brigade Royal Army)
Sections of SAS
Sections of Royal Engineers


ROYAL NAVY

Sections of SBS
42th Commando (RM)
45th Commando (RM)



From the Argentine side,

ARGENTINE ARMY:

4th Infantry Regimeent
5th Infantry Regimeent (sections)
6th Infantry Regimeent (sections)
7th Infantry Regimeent
8th Infantry Regimeent (sections)
10th Mechanized Regimeent (sections)
12th Infantry Regimeent
25th Infantry Regimeent
3rd Artillery Regimeent
4th Airborne Artillery Regimeent
8th Army Engineers
101th Anti Aerial Artillery Regimeent
Sections of Commandos Company (Special Forces)
Sections of Millitary Police.


ARGENTINE NAVY

1st Marine Battalion (only in April, in the recovering operation)
2nd Marine Battalion (sections)
5th Marine Battalion
Sections of Anphibious Commandos (Marine Special Forces)
Sections of Tactic Divers (Navy Sea Fleet Special Forces)


ARGENTINE AIR FORCE

Air Force Commandos (named arm Special Forces)


OTHER ARGENTINE FORCES

Sections of National Gendarmery (Border Patrol forces, independant from the Armed Forces.

[spartan]

Hi, i've founded it about the argentine's forces:

(Infantry)
Brigada de Infanteria III-Curuzu cuatia
-Regimiento de Infanteria 4- Monte Caseros
-Regimiento de Infanteria 5- Paso de los Libres
-Regimiento de Infanteria 12- Mercedes

Brigada de Infanteria Mecanizada X- La Plata
-Regimiento de Infanteria Mec. 3- La Tablada
-Regimiento de Infanteria Mec. 6- Mercedes(Bs As)
-Regimiento de Infanteria Mec. 7- La Plata
-Compañia A Regimiento de Infanteria 1 "Patricios" Cap. Fed.

Brigada de Infanteria Mecanizada IX- Comodoro Rivadavia
-Regimiento de Infanteria Mec. 8- Comodoro Rivadavia
-Regimiento de Infanteria Mec. 25- Colonia Sarmiento

-Compañia de Comandos 601- Bs As
-Compañia de Comandos 602 (just for war times,it hasn't settlement)

-Batallon Logistico 3 (sections)
-Batallon Logistico 9- Comodoro Rivadavia
-Batallon Logistico 10-Villa Martelli

(Engineers)
-Batallon de Ingenieros 601
-Compañia de Ingenieros 3
-Compañia de Ingenieros 9
-Compañia de Ingenieros 10

(Mec's)
-Escuadron de exploracion de Caballeria Blindada 10 (Panhard)

(Communications)
-Batallon de Comunicaciones 181
-Compañia de Comunicaciones 9
-Compañia de Comunicaciones 10

(Artillery)
-Grupo de Artilleria 3
-Grupo de Artilleria Aerotransportada 4

(Air Defence Artillery)
-Grupo de Artilleria de Defensa Aerea 601
-Grupo de Artilleria de Defensa Aerea 602 (war times)
-Grupo de Artilleria de Defensa Aerea 101 (section)

(Army Aviation)
-Batallon de Aviacion del Ejercito 601- Bs As

I've got very much information about this theme, if you want to know about the war's actions of these units, just tell me that

bye, from argentina, spartan

PD: With the Navy and Air Force, too

[TomCat]

Hi there, The excellent 'Operation Corporate' by Martin Middlebrook has a complete Task Force ORBAT and roll of honour in the appendicies.

An indispensible book for those wanting to learn more about the war covering air, sea and land from start to finish including a full explanation of the Belgrano incident which shows the Argentinians were warned about the possibility of attack and why it was absolutely necessary.


There is a telling quote from Plato at the start of the book - "Only the dead have seen the end of war".

[Q]

42th and 45th Commando?

42 and 45 i think you mean, pronounced four two and four five NOT forty two or forty five.