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RE: Falklands Fury - 8/8/2020 2:19:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well it ended with a whimper and not a bang and a turn earlier than I thought that it would. The scenario says that the final result was a draw but, I really think its a RB victory. Relying on war crimes that numbered like the stars in the sky (and maybe better playing :)) he beat me fair and square. My main mistake was dividing my forces which had not been my intention but I was lured in by that siren song of the heliborne assault that took the port next to Goose Green I put my second wave onto East Falkland, as, as you can see, the end result was that I was stuck between two islands and not able to make any headway.

I was also overconfident that my British forces were better quality and thus more able to push the argies out of the way. The only bright spot is that I shot down a lot of the Argie airforce and did not lose any ships. Argie supply was in bad shape at the end, but that does not seem to have inhibited his operations.

I liked this scenario. It was a lot of fun! Each turn was tense and there were a number of options open to me that changed the nature of the game. The only thing I did not like was the 4-5 turns at the start where nothing happened.




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Falklands War 1982 AAR - 8/9/2020 1:03:34 AM   
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Introduction

Started 7-14-2020
1st Force, RB: Argentina
2nd Force, JohnB: Great Britain

Scenario Design Notes

Even though this is a short scenario it comes with a rather complex set of Theater Options and a few honor rules which makes the game strategically quite challenging. Strongly recommend that players read and understand the documentation before beginning. Keep the documentation handy for ready reference.

The conflict may seem to start off slowly, but it quickly becomes brutal when the professional English army comes on scene. The islands are dotted with plenty of ports, so for the Argentines it becomes a question of which ports to defend. The British will have options on where to disembark safely and which ports will support the overall objective. I see this scenario as one which can be played multiple of times without falling into the same o’ same o’ rut.

Good balance and mix of land, air, naval components, tactics and strategic decisions.

During the game I missed the opportunity to deploy Exocet anti-ship weapon systems. The scenario outcome shows that this is not necessarily a fatal mistake. In fact, it is possible that the use of Exocets would swing the balance unreasonably in favor of the Argentinians.

The British have an advantage in theater reconnaissance. From viewing JB’s AAR I can see that there was very little hidden from the British. On the islands there are plenty of high ground observation posts which the Argentines should occupy. These posts greatly increase Argentine reconnaissance capability of the surrounding areas. The map illustrates the battlefield and identifies the primary objectives.





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Turn 1 - 8/9/2020 1:05:45 AM   
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For the first turn or two the Brits are unable to respond to the Argentine aggression. They need to muster then transport their forces to the Falklands. This delay provides the Argentines time to occupy strategic locations, reinforce and fortify.

First task is the elimination of opposition at Port Stanley along with occupation of strategic locations in Fox Bay, Port Howard and Goose Green. With this accomplished units of medium lift helicopters are moved to Fox Bay. British security forces in Port Stanley are quickly assaulted and captured. Mop up of remaining British forces in progress.

Two air drops West of Port Stanley secure high points. These observation posts should help in locating any British stragglers and spotting any relief force. One air drop Southwest of Port Stanley secures a strategic objective and sets up an attack on the nearby air strip and port.

The big plan is to secure as many defensible objectives as possible and defend against the British reprisal. High value objectives are priority and ports leading to supply points are second. Everything else will be defended on a limited basis.

T1 – Great Britain

No movements observed. The Brits appear to be hastily assembling a retaliation force.





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Turn 2 - 8/9/2020 1:07:57 AM   
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British news agencies report that the Canberra has departed from Southampton. The Canberra is sure to be loaded with front line troops and undoubtedly accompanied by a combat flotilla.

Reinforcements are piped in from the mainland to secure the five major objectives and high elevation observation posts. Minor objectives are scattered throughout the islands. There are too many to defend individually, so the plan is to only defend the minor objectives which are on a direct path to a high value objective.

Attacked the last two platoons defending Port Stanley. The Western platoon was eliminated, but the Eastern one didn’t give up. They are delaying me from entrenching my troops.

The turn ended with most of my destroyers parked outside Port Stanley. Wonder if they’ll be easy targets for the incoming Brits?

T2 – Great Britain

No movements observed. Maybe the Brits are having difficulty getting Canberra out of the chute.





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T3 – Argentina - 8/10/2020 12:15:46 PM   
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Selected Theater Option to return all ships to port. This eliminates the Argentine navy from the war but also prevents the British from sinking Argentine ships and scoring the associated VPs. Theater Option is as follows:

On Turn 3, the Argentinian Player receives an option to recall its navy to port. Selecting this option will prevent the English from getting VP for sinking Argentinian ships directly or indirectly. Historically, General Belgrano was sunk as the English Task Force reached the Exclusion Zone and the Argentinian Navy was called back to port. The Theater Option may be played any turn after it becomes available. Each Argentinian ship has a chance of being sunk (even in port), if the Theater Option is not played, by English submarines and/or other aircraft or naval vessels not represented in this scenario. This ranges from 5% for destroyers to 21% for General Belgrano. This % is only rolled once with a variable turn range of 11.

Moved all but a few straggler units from the mainland to the islands. Positioning units to protect high value objective while consolidating other units into a rapid reaction force. With the high value objectives occupied, unit move to secondary objectives circled on the map.

May have made a fatal mistake on this turn. At the opening of turn 3 four options are offered for use of Exocet missiles. One of the options should be selected and activated by disbanding the appropriate unit counter. I missed that nuance and failed to exercise an Exocet option; may not have Exocets available for the remainder of the conflict. I’ll just keep this secret from the Brits.





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T3 – Great Britain - 8/10/2020 12:17:32 PM   
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Once again, no movement of British units into the exclusion zone. However, significant events have occurred.

As the Argentine fleet returned to port the Brits took the opportunity to attack and succeeded in sinking four destroyers.

A news flash states that as of May 3rd British aircraft will be limited to air superiority missions. This is bad news for the Argentine air force since they have no air superiority (except the A-4 Skyhawk unit on the carrier 25 de Mayo which is now in port). Air units attacking British shipping will probably pay the price. British carriers are also removed from the battle and along with them possible destruction by the Argentines. (Note: this turns out to be a false statement based on an Argentine misunderstanding of the situation)

It also renders Argentine air defense units useless. On the positive side, since there will be no British air-to-ground combat Argentine ground units have no reason to fear British air support.





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T4 – Argentina - 8/10/2020 12:19:31 PM   
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Land units are moved into defensive positions, primarily around the major objectives. A few small units continue to occupy British held minor objectives and clear the roads (roads are actually muddy sheep tracks).

T4 – Great Britain

Once again, no movement of British units into the exclusion zone.





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T5 – Argentina - 8/10/2020 12:21:18 PM   
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Word is that the British task force has reached the outer limit of the Argentine exclusion zone. A couple of air units have been placed on sea interdiction with all the rest held in reserve. Need to find out just how superior the British air superiority is before I commit more aircraft. Calling up a reserve air brigade to strengthen the defense.

Entrenchment is a problem in the rocky terrain. The Argentines brought along a few engineer units to speed up the process. One of these units is in Port Stanley digging-in an infantry regiment. The other engineers are digging-in other high value targets.

T5 – Great Britain

The Brits pull off a long-range bomber mission and put a few dents in a runway. Not much military value but the public loves it. They even found a fellow named James Harold Doolittle to fly the thing. In London town the crowd goes crazy!

Queen Elizabeth II departs Southampton for the war zone.

Sea interdiction intercepts four destroyers/frigates. No hits; lost two aircraft. No
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T6 – Argentina - 8/12/2020 12:15:30 PM   
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Little to report concerning land unit movements. Troops are in place and continue to dig into the rocky terrain.

Conducted several air attacks on British DDs and FFGs with no effect. Lost several aircraft in the process. No amphibious or troop ships spotted.

DDs and FFGs are seen as mobile anti-aircraft platforms, probably best used as escorts for the amphibious units. They may also have some value as support artillery but are obviously unable to occupy objectives. Argentine tactics will not waste air assets on them unless they are the only targets available. Naval units will be targeted mostly to draw in the Sea Harriers.





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T6 – Great Britain - 8/12/2020 12:17:05 PM   
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The Brits add two carriers to the destroyer escorts and park off the Falklands North coast. Argentine aircraft on sea interdiction mission attack the HMS Hermes. Argentines score one Harrier but cause minimal damage to the Hermes.

No indication yet that amphibious forces have been dispatched.





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T7 – Argentina - 8/12/2020 12:18:53 PM   
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Argentine A-4s conduct two attacks on the carrier task force. They achieve one kill and no discernable damage to the ships. All A-4s are either destroyed or disabled. Hopefully, the disabled aircraft will be available as replacements for the next A-4 squadron.





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T7 – Great Britain - 8/12/2020 12:20:14 PM   
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HMS Glasgow tosses a few shells at an Argentine position located on the North coast of East Falkland. It makes some noise but little else, the Argentines are not impressed.

Three ground units make landfall on West Falkland Island while a few more are still afloat somewhere to the West. There are plenty of soft spots to land at, so they’ll certainly have no trouble getting ashore.





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T8 – Argentina - 8/12/2020 12:21:31 PM   
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Argentina makes a couple of nuisance air to ground attacks just to see what the Harriers will do. Sure enough, they show up and take out two of my prop driven Pucaras. These are the only aircraft Argentina has which can operate out of the primitive airfields on the islands.

Not much land movement. Units are in their defensive positions and movement would negate what little entrenchment they have accomplished. The troops will stay put until a tactical situation develops which gives them a need to move.

The plan forward is to reduce the Harrier force as much as possible before activating anti-shipping squadrons less capable of defending themselves air to air. The 6th Air Brigade (30 Mirage Vs) and 8th Air Brigade (15 Mirage IIIs) are being activated. The intention is to draw in the Brits and overwhelmed them with numbers. The Mirage is a bit superior to the Harrier in the air-to-air mode. Average Mirage anti air is 34, average Harrier is 20.





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T8 – Great Britain - 8/12/2020 12:23:02 PM   
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The Brits move a few more units ashore and appear headed toward Chartres and Fox Bay. An eventual move against Port Howard would also be expected. Destroyers toss a few shells toward the Port Howard defenders and a heliborne attack is made against the Chartres force. No material damage is inflicted.

Harries fly CAP over the Chartres strike but there are no Argentine intercepts to oppose them.

Among the newly deployed units is a recon/attack helicopter unit on Saunders Island and a helicopter transport unit at Dunnose Head. Both are considered to be priority targets.

Ship movements are still being detected to the West, and possibly South, of the islands. Unknown whether these troops are meant to reinforce West Falkland or conduct assaults against Goose Green and Port Stanley. Either way, the Argentines feel they are ready to repulse invaders.





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T9 – Argentina - 8/14/2020 12:51:20 PM   
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Argentines conduct air strikes against Saunders Island and artillery bombardments on land forces approaching Chartres. Air strikes succeed in crippling the recon/attack helicopter squadron on Saunders Island and draw out the Harriers. A few Harriers are knocked down along with a few more Argentine aircraft. Even more aircraft are temporarily disabled due to battle damage. Hopefully some of the damaged Mirages will be back in service before their squadron departs. Results of air combat are disappointing as high command had expected to down more Harriers. The Mirage squadrons will be deployed for a few more days, so the opportunity to take out more Harriers still exists.

Airmobile artillery located on the high points West of Port Howard are able to attack British commando units at the limit of their artillery range. After several rounds of fire they manage to create a lot of noise and make the commandos duck. No casualties but it does give the gunners a nice warm feeling. Chances are that before too long the gunners will get to meet the commandos face to face.





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T9 – Great Britain - 8/14/2020 12:52:58 PM   
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Brits make an assault on the Chartres position and are repulsed. Reinforcements are landed North of Chartres and in the South Brits land at two ports without opposition. Expect these units will be moving North to form a perimeter around the Fox Bay defenders.

Meanwhile on East Falkland a mountain infantry platoon, with engineer support, lands at Port King. Suspect that their immediate objective will be Goose Green.





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T10 – Argentina - 8/14/2020 12:54:19 PM   
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Argentine aircraft conduct more operations against the recon/attack helicopter unit on Saunders Island and are intercepted by Harriers. Argentine efforts are ineffective and cost the attackers a couple of aircraft.

An infantry regiment is moved into the Chartres position as reinforcements.

Map shows location and disposition of forces. Stack compositions are displayed for clarity of relative unit strengths.





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T10 – Great Britain - 8/14/2020 12:55:59 PM   
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Mirage III interdicts carrier/assault convoy North of East Falkland. Ineffective and loss of one Mirage.

Airmobile engineers from Port King area assaults the Argentine company outside of Goose Green and forces it to retreat into Goose Green. The Gurkha brigade lands and follows the engineers toward Goose Green. The combined British force attacks Goose Green and is repulsed with moderate casualties.

Concentrated attack on the Chartres position forces the Argentine regiment to retreat with heavy losses. The regiment dissolves into a depleted reorganizing unit unable to dig in or escape.





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T11 – Argentina - 8/16/2020 9:05:28 AM   
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Activated 5th Air Brigade (35 A-4s).
Moved the 3rd Air Brigade (Pucaras) to continue ground support from the mainland.

Conducted air strikes against the attack/recon helicopter unit. Argentine Mirages did a little better than on previous air strikes. Two Harriers killed and one damaged at a cost of four Mirages damaged. The helicopter unit is down to a couple of flyable aircraft, but unfortunately no further damage was done.

British ground interdiction was quite active. Multiple units were harassed as they moved into defensive positions. Both Goose Green and Chartres were reinforced and dug in, however, the British forces attacking them appear to be both professional and formidable when compared to the Argentine conscriptions. Some units in the Port Stanley area move towards Goose Green and deploy in blocking positions. Argentines expect that the Brits will make quick work of Goose Green and then march quickly toward Port Stanley.

On the South end of West Falkland an infantry battalion moved off its hilltop position and occupied one of the ports supplying the Brits. The company will probably get blocked in by a sea unit, but until they are eliminated, they should be able to disrupt the English logistics trail.





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T11 – Great Britain - 8/16/2020 9:06:56 AM   
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Gurkhas assault and easily take Goose Green. Argentina suffers moderate casualties and personnel loses for the Brits a little lighter.

In Chartres the Brits first attack is repulsed with heavy British loses and light Argentine losses. This doesn’t deter the Brits from regrouping and attacking a second time. The defending Argentine regiment is decimated and falls back. At the same time the Argentine company defending just to the North East is attacked and pushed back toward Fox Bay.

The Argentine Mirage units perform interdiction attacks. Losses are 4 Mirages and enemy killed are 3 Harriers, 1 Ganzel.





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T12 – Argentina - 8/16/2020 9:08:51 AM   
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The 5th Air Brigade activates with 34 A-4 attack aircraft. The decision is made to conduct an all-out attack against the British carrier group with the intent of reducing support to the land force. Three sorties, accompanied by the remaining Mirage units, are aimed at the carrier group. Results are very disappointing as half the A-4s are either damaged or lost, few Harriers are killed and ship damage is minimal. The Argentines rush to make the damaged aircraft air worthy for follow on attacks.

On the ground, blocking positions are taken to protect Fox Bay and the approach to Port Stanley. These units will be able to delay the Brits but have little expectation of defeating them head to head. Around Goose Green the British are in the mop up mode.







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T12 – Great Britain - 8/16/2020 9:14:40 AM   
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The Mirage unit makes a futile sea interdiction on the carrier group. All 5 Mirages are lost while causing no discernible damage.

Brits assault and take the Fox Bay airfield. Personnel losses are light on both sides.

Brits assault and take the airfield leading to Port Stanley. Argentines suffer heavy casualties. Most of the remaining air transportation assets escape the attack by evacuation to the mainland.

British DDs scout all along the shoreline and shell targets of opportunity. Casualties are minimal but hiding from the incoming does expended some supply and entrenchment.





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T13 – Argentina - 8/16/2020 9:16:08 AM   
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2nd Air Brigade activated. These aircraft are only serviceable for air-to-ground support.

A-4 squadrons attacked the British carrier group. 1st sortie lost 1 A-4 and several damaged, killed 1 Harrier and slightly damaged a carrier. 2nd sortie lost 7 A-4s damaged and killed with no damage to the Brits.

Argentines rallied and retook Goose Green. Most of the Brits have moved off towards Port Stanley so hopefully they will have to delay assaulting Port Stanley while Goose Green is secured.

Argentines launched a spoiling attack against Fox Bay airfield. The British didn’t budge, and casualties were heavier on the English side. Land attacks were much more successful than expected, caused more Brit casualties than received.





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T13 – Great Britain - 8/16/2020 9:18:14 AM   
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Brits make two attacks against Mt. Pleasant and force the Argentines off the mountain top observation post. In the first attack Argentine casualties are light while British casualties are moderate. Both sides suffer moderate casualties in the second attack.

After two assaults the Brits take Fox Bay port. Argentine casualties are initially light then became heavier in the second attack wave.

British destroyers roam the shoreline looking for targets of opportunity, finally concentrating for a shelling on Goose Green. The bombard has little impact.





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T14 – Argentina - 8/18/2020 12:35:13 PM   
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Supply to the island diminished to the order of about 18 supply units.

Argentine infantry attack and regain the Fox Bay airfield, British withdraw and are seen to subdivide. Hopefully, they will need to reorganize before returning to the fight.

Infantry deployed in Goose Green attack the Gurkha battalion stationed to the East. Surprisingly, the Gurkhas offer little resistance and retreat after sustaining moderate casualties. Argentine casualties are light.

Other than digging-in and a bit of re-positioning there is little activity in the Port Stanley area. The Brits seem to be taking a pause before the final assault on Port Stanley.





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T14 – Great Britain - 8/18/2020 12:36:38 PM   
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The fight for the Fox Bay air strip continues with the Brits assaulting and capturing the field. This time the Argentine casualties are heavier than the British. Land troops are supported by naval gun fire.

British warships shell the Goose Green defenders with little effect. Maybe this is cover fire since the Gurkhas seemed to have moved away from the battle zone.

There is no discernable movement by the Brits to approach Port Stanley from the Mt. Pleasant area. Maybe they are resupplying or repositioning for attack from a different angle. Their lack of aggressiveness is a bit of a mystery.

The supply point at Salvador has turned from Argentine to British. The Argentine unit that was stationed there was recently moved closer to Port Stanley. Evidently the Brits saw this and hope to occupy the empty port/supply point. No enemy is visible, but it can be surmised that Brits have landed a task force that will march from Salvador toward Port Stanley.





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T15 – Argentina - 8/18/2020 12:39:07 PM   
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In the next round for control of the Fox Bay airfield Argentines succeeds in driving out the Brits but are unable to advance onto the strip. To clear they path to the strip they try to drive the Brits out of the Fox Bay port but are unsuccessful. After these attacks the British casualties are moderate and the Argentines’ a little bit heavier.

The infantry moving out of the Goose Green port make contact with the Gurkhas and immediately attack. Again, the Gurkhas withdraw while suffering moderate casualties. After combat, the Argentines move back to defend the Goose Green port. An empty port would surely offer the Brits an opportunity to recapture Goose Green.

Repositioned defense to the West of Port Stanley. Some units occupied high ground observation posts and others moved to block any advance from Salvador. Observations from the high points exposed more of the British troop disposition.

At the moment neither side has a clear military advantage on the ground. The Argentine high command knows that time is running short before the United Nations steps in and forces a negotiated settlement. They also know that the British want to prove that they have the dominate position and for that reason all out assaults against Port Howard, Goose Green and Port Stanley are expected. The Brits do not appear to be in a position to capture all three objectives.


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At the end of British Turn 15 the battle for the Falkland Islands comes to a conclusion. British escort ships make a series of shore bombardments but otherwise the Argentinians have scraped out a pyrrhic marginal victory. The Argentinians lost more in men and material but won a measure of respect for holding off against the professional British forces.

It would seem the Brits were negligent in building a logistics tail robust enough to support land operations.





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T16 – Argentina - 8/18/2020 12:40:32 PM   
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Summary of Argentine and British casualties and material losses. Totals are the sum of “Assigned” and “Lost”. Some of the “On Hand” units may have been deployed at one time but are not included in the total count. Note the large number of Argentine aircraft losses.

Troop count includes all infantry types except for engineers:
Brits: 400 Troops Deployed, 143 Lost, 36%
Argentine: 523 Troops Deployed, 164 Lost, 31%

Aircraft count includes all rotary and fixed wing types:
Brits: 48 Deployed, 16 Lost, 33%
Argentine: 94 Deployed, 62 Lost, 66%

Most Argentine F/A fixed wing were deployed for a few days and then rotated out. All 94 were never in theater at the same time. Nevertheless, Argentina will need a new air force to replace their losses.

It is surmised that Argentine failure to properly deploy Exocet missiles had a negative, but not fatal, impact on the outcome. Their deployment would probably have cost the British a few war ships, but not changed the final result.

The UN will debate the situation and eventually rule that the Falkland Islands remain governed by the United Kingdom. The Argentine attempt to claim the islands has come to an end.

Regards, RhinoBones

Edit:

While searching the TOAW III AAR list I happened on this AAR from July 2014. It was written by Choowee during the development of the Falklands 1982 scenario.

[link=http:// https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3663542][/link]






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