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Argentine Air Defenses
found at surrender in and around Port Stanley and Goose Green

Our thanks to Nicholas Wood for providing the information for this page.

  • 601st GADA Air Defense Artillery Group:
    • 1 Cardion TPS-44 long range radar.
    • 1 Roland SAM system from 602nd GADA.
    • 4 x Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
    • (6 x Contraves Skyguard fire control radars) controlling 12 x Oerklikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons.
      (3 guns of "B" section later moved to Goose Green with one Contraves Skyguard FC radar.)
    • 3 x Oerlikon single barrel 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
  • B Battery, 101st Anti-Aircraft regiment:
    • 8 x 30 mm Hispano Suiza HS-831 guns.
    • 10 x 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Airfield defence group.
    • Air Force Grupo 1 de Artillería Antiaérea:
    • 1 Westinghouse TPS-43F long range radar.
    • 1 Contraves Super Fledermaus fire control radar.
    • 1 Elta short ranged radar
    • 3 x Oerlikon GDF-002 twin 35 mm guns.
    • 15 x Rheinmetall Rh-202 twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. (9 x guns placed close-in to Stanley Airfield, 6 guns located around Goose Green airfield)
    • Numbers of SA-7 and Shorts Blowpipe man portable short ranged SAMs.
  • No. 1 Marine Air Defense Battalion:
    • 3 x Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
    • 12 x Hispano-Suiza HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns.

Totals: (Approx: 53 x AA guns (20, 30 and 35mm) and 8 x SAM systems)

  • 15 x Oerlikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons
  • 6 x Skyguard and 1 x Super Fledermaus fire control radars
  • 15 x Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
  • 20 x Hispano Suiza HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 7 x Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
  • 3 x Oerlikon 20 mm single barrel anti-aircraft guns.
  • 1 x Roland SAM system.

Argentine Army Artillery

  • 3rd Artillery Group (GA3), 3rd Infantry Brigade
    • 18 x 105 mm OTO Melara Mod 56 field guns (Stanley) Section of 3 guns moved to Goose Green).
    • 4 x CITEFA 155 mm guns airlifted from May 15th (from the 101st Artillery Group) (Stanley).
    • 4th Airborne Artillery Group (GA4), 4th Airborne Brigade (Stanley).
    • 18 x 105 mm guns (Stanley).

10th Exploration cavalry armoured car squadron (Esc. Expl. C. Bl. 10) (Stanley).

  • 12 x Panhard APC 90 mm.

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