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.

Army
  • 601st Air defence artillery group.
    • 1 Cardion TPS-44 long range radar.
    • 1 Roland SAM system.
    • 4 x Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
    • (6 x Skyguard fire control radars) controlling 12 x Oerklikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons .
    • 3 x Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
  • B Battery, 101st Anti-Aircraft regiment.
    • 8 x 30 mm Hispano Suiza guns.
    • 10 x 12.7 mm machine guns
Air Force
  • Airfield defence group.
    • 1 Westinghouse TPS-43F long range radar.
    • 1 Super fledermaus fire control radar.
    • 1 Elta short ranged radar
    • 3 x Oerlikon twin 35 mm guns. (3 guns later moved to Goose Green)
    • 9 x Rheinmetall twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. (6 moved to Goose Green)
    • Numbers of SA-7 and Shorts Blowpipe man portable short ranged SAMs.
Navy
  • No. 1 Marine Air Defence Battalion:
    • 3 x Tigercat SAM triple launchers.
    • 12 x Hispano HS-831 30 mm anti-aircraft guns.
Totals: (47 x AA guns and 8 x SAM systems)
  • 15 x Oerlikon GDF-002 35 mm twin cannons
  • 6 x Skyguard and 1x Super fledermaus fire control radars
  • 12 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.
  • 1 x Roland SAM system.

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