Argentine Air Forces in The Falklands War - Armament

Armament

• Machineguns and cannons:
  • 7.62 mm FM M2-20: Pucaras
  • 20 mm Colt Mk.12 Cannon: A-4s
  • 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.804 Cannon: Pucaras
  • 30 mm DEFA cannon: IAI Daggers and Mirage IIIEA
• Unguided rockets:
  • 70 mm: MB339s
  • 105 mm: Pucaras
• Missiles:
  • Air-to-Air:
    • AIM-9B Sidewinder short-range IR: only Navy A-4Q Skyhawks up to May 1
    • Rafael Shafrir 2 short-range IR: only IAI Daggers on May 1
    • Matra R550 Magic short-range IR: received April 15 for Mirage IIIEA
    • Matra R530 short-range semi-active radar: Mirage IIIEA
  • Air-to-Surface:
    • Aérospatiale AM.39 Exocet Anti-Ship Missile: 5 units on Super Etendards
    • AS 30 air-surface missiles. Supplied by the Peruvian Air Force and arriving at the Tandil AFB (home base of the FAA Dagger) at the end of May, the war ended before they could be used.
• Unguided retarded Gravity bomb: Thirteen bombs hit British ships without detonating as they were dropped from very low altitude and there was insufficient time in the air for them to arm themselves. The problem was solved by June with new fuzes (Kappa) bought in Spain.
  • US built Mark 82 (500 lb / 227 kg) : A-4s and IAI Daggers
  • British built "1000 lb" (450 kg) : A-4s, IAI Daggers and Canberras
  • Napalm: Pucaras