Falklands/Malvinas war pictorial. Post yours ¡¡¡.

Yes, 120 pounds including the rest of his kit. However, soldiers soon learn the difference between that which is is worth keeping and that which is better ditched - be it equipment or rations. The mortar and anti-tank teams, as with signallers drew the short straw.

I wasn’t questioning the man-packable capability of the Milan, nor the fact that they used them. In fact, as I’m sure you know, they were recommended to Jones at Darwin Ridge, but he wouldn’t hear of it - probably because he was focussed on momentum, and he was caught up at the front (nature of the beast, and leading from the font). If he had remained a little further back, perhaps he would have considered the proposal and thought it a better option for maintaining momentum - who knows?

Unfortunately, the enemy took away our hoverable toys. :smiley:

Everything had to be manpacked.

All right thanks, initially I tough it was a flametrower but I knew none was used in those days.

I think the Milan was used to destroy MGs nest since there was no tanks in the islands, at list no Argentine ones.

Milan, 66mm and Charlie Gees were all used on bunkers and trenches in lieu of tanks to shoot at.

The Charlie Gee was used (possibley the first time in anger) against the Corvette attacking the lads on South Georgia causing damage and the boat stayed clear after that.

The first in action firing of a Milan is reportedly against a low flying aircraft.

120lbs soon mounts up. 1 liter of water weighs in at a hefty 1 Kg (2.2lbs) figure you would require anything up to 10lbs worth of water alone for a day or two. Food, sleeping bag, rifle, grenades, ammunition and I would say you are pretty close to 120lbs already.

There is nothing to do at the planning stage to reduce this burden, it is required to maintain efficiency. Whether or not it can be carried by vehicles or helis is another matter.

Today you can also factor in body armour to the overall weight.

The lads don’t fight carrying this weight, the bergans are cached to the rear.

Depends on climate, geography and water discipline.

A litre on good water discipline will easily do for a day in the tropics if you start out hydrated, for life but not comfort, but you wouldn’t want to keep it up for days or you’ll lose vital salts and dehydrate and become ineffective.

What you need to carry depends upon what’s available for refilling canteens.

As an aside, a mate of mine in Vietnam was with another bloke refilling their platoon’s canteens (about fifteen extra canteens each) from a water hole in enemy country when a stuff up throwing wrong coloured smoke resulted in their unit calling in an airstrike on itself. He and the other bloke saw what happened and saw the jets swinging to fire on the smoke near them. He started running. It was all in slow motion. Took him a while to realise he was dragging about fifteen full canteens on a lanyard. His speed improved dramatically when he slipped the lanyard.

Food, sleeping bag, rifle, grenades, ammunition and I would say you are pretty close to 120lbs already.

My recollection is that 60 lb for Aussies in WWII was their weapons; ?50 to 60 rounds .303; their webbing; and what they could fit in their '37 pattern basic pouches and back pack, which was a pretty small back pack (still got one - about a quarter the size of the giant packs my kids wear to school which I reckon are sufficient to conquer Mt Everest!)

The lads don’t fight carrying this weight, the bergans are cached to the rear.

On planned attacks.

Ambushed, you fight with what you have on or try to ditch it, sometimes both at the same time.

Some aircraft pictures.

A-4 flight refuelling.

Mirage V

Dassault Super Etendar:

Dawn in San julian.

250 kg bomb below M V.

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Panzer, excellent pics. In order to add some info to the photos:

  1. An A-4C Skyhawk making a refuel from a KC-130H Hercules, during a real combat mission in 1982 (is not an exercise or maneuver in peace time)

  2. Two Mirage V Dagger being guided by a Learjet 35A agaist the Royal Navy fleet. If my memory doesn’t fail, that was on June the 8th, when those Daggers attacked the frigate HMS Plymouth.

  3. Dassault Super Etendards with the anti-ship missile AM-39 Exocet. This photo wasn’t taken during the war, but some month later in an exercise in the South of Argentina.

  4. Nothing to say… Excellent pic from a noble Mirage V Dagger, nowadays Finger

  5. Note the spanish exploding mechanism “Kappa E”.


April 2nd. The Rosario Operation was succeeded. An Argentine Special Forces member (from the Amphibious Commandos, Argentine Navy), is guiding to surrended Royal Marines in Stanley, town which was renamed the same day as Argentine Port. It was one of the most known and recognized photographs from the war.


The Argentine cargo ship “Río Carcarañá” is burning after being attacked by British Harriers, on May 16th. The vessel was abandoned and after the Argentine surrender in June, was moved to Argentine Port coasts in order to be sunk by more aerial attacks.


The Argentine submarine “Santa Fe” is sinking near South Georgia, while a tug boat tries to move it to the UK. The Santa Fe was attacked by British helicopters on April 25th.


A British Sea Harrier intercepts a Boeing 707 from the Argentine Air Force, before the hostilities begining, on April 21st.


An Argentine Canberra, an ironically British-Build bomber, and a Hawker Siddeley HS-125 from the former oil state-enterprise YPF. This aircraft joint to the Volunteers Phoenix Squadron, formed by civilian aircrafts and pilots who decided to being part of the war. The Phoenix Squadron


A Harrier engine, after it was shoot down by Argentine forces.


The Red Arrows saluting the HMS Arrow, which had been hit during the conflict by Argentine aerial attacks, during its return to Britain.

Off-Topic!

MY GOD the man lives. Where have you been? Nice to have you back! :smiley:

His excellency Gral Sandworm,

It’s nice to read that I am welcome again to the forum. I comment there wasn’t only one point about my ausency, there were a lot, for instance studies, which takes a lot of my time -I am studying two universitary carreers, Commercial Aviation and International Relationships-, work, and really I’ve decided to use my little time on the internet to post in spanish-language forums, because of the time that reading and writing in english takes to me (of course always more than a post in my own language, that’s logic).

But after a chat with Marcelo or Panzercknacker, I’ve decided to return in order to see how is all and how are you all here. I’ve returned after 13 months of ausency in order to keep a continue and permanent stay here, or at least I’ll try it.

Some things had changed from the last time I’ve participated in the forum. I was a high school boy with 17 years. Now I’m a pilot, and after the unforgetable traditional trip to Bariloche, a little more serious student (now at the University as I’ve said before) :D, but with the same willingly of discussing and share information.

Regards from Arg.

Nice to have you back.

For info, the British chose to sink Sante Fe in deep water away from the harbour. They didn’t think it was worth anything as a war prize after the helos had finished with it.

hola y recepción detrás

By the way my Spanish is crap but I do make the effort.

That’s Plymouth Breakwater in the background, with Drakes island coming into view on the right of picture.

30 mm Mirage cannon hits in the HMS Arrow.

Some big holes there.

SAS in Malvinas.

Representation of the night attack on Pebble island 14th may 1982.

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From the film “Pebble Island”.

Real back to traditional valuse for teh SAS this raid.

It is what the SAS did in the desert against Rommel and co.

Interesting fact. The bombs used in the desert were bags of explosive (usually a loose powder/granules) so that when they were thrown on to the wing, they didn’t roll of.

On Pebble Island they used small arms and satchel charges.

Casualties of the attack of the Argentine Air Force on HMS Sir Tristam and Sir Galahand

“Red and Green Life Machine: Diary of the Falklands Field Hospital” ( Rick Jolly )

Commando Battalion 601 Blow pipe section in action, 21th may 1982.

Flt Lt William Glover of the RAF picked up off the water . His aircraft was hit by the british made missile.

The wreck of the Harrier GR 3.