Artillery and Armour
British forces were equipped with the 105 mm L118 Light Gun as their main artillery and the Scimitar and Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
The Argentine Marines used LVTP-7 and LARC-5 vehicles in their initial amphibious assault with all of them returning to the mainland short after but in the subsequent reinforcement of the islands defences, the Argentine Army deployed two artillery groups with OTO Melara Mod 56 105 mm guns and later their C-130s airlift four CITER L33 Guns 155mm in order to repel the British naval gun fire. 12 Panhard AML-90 wheel vehicles were also stationed within Stanley
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