Argentine Forces on the Falkland Islands 1982 - 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)