The Falklands

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This serie of photo belongs to the recce mission of an argentine Boeing 707 (TC-91) from the First Air Brigade. The day was the 21th april 1982 and the Boeing was watching the progress of the Royal Navy in route to the islands. The argentine aircraft was detected ( obviusly) and a Sea harrie climbed to his side. One of the 707 crew take the pictures.







the Boeing itself.

 
Indeed, the argentine crew was not sure if the Sea Harrier was autorized to shoot...ot not. In the following days the Royal Navy decided to bring down any spying aircraft but the Boeings were smart enough to stay out the Sea harrier range.
 
One of the best (if not the best) picture of that war, this image taken by a british seamen shows the two Grupo 5s A-4C of Lt. Rinke ( left) and Capt. Carballo in the final approach to attack the HMS Broasword. the date in "5th may 1982.


 
Please... CB your political position is showing through. I would have hoped that you could have risen beyond that. Your previous posts were nonpartisan. That last one was simply beneath you.
 
And the passing comment overheard by the Brit reporter.

A company of Guardsmen 6 foot plus being passed by Gurhkas (Low slung tyoes) carrying more weight and hauling A$$ past.

The Guards Officer exclaimed to the Gurhka Officer. "Aren't you worried about them going so fast."

The response.

"Christ NO. My biggest worry is getting the buggers to stop when they see the enemy."

No politics in that. Just what was reported.
 
Matt308 said:
Please... CB your political position is showing through. I would have hoped that you could have risen beyond that. Your previous posts were nonpartisan. That last one was simply beneath you.
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I have no intention to be "partisan" I simply gave an opinion, as emotive it might be for the british that pic with Union Jack waving is not as spectacular as a real combat foto of 2 aircraft entering his target with the sky around full of explosions....simply that.

 


There is little doubt that the nepalese mercenaries were a powerful psicological weapon in hands of the british. Before the war some british newspapers published histories of how the Gurkhas like better to use their knives than their rifles, and never take prisoners...things that surely affected more than one argentine soldier. But in fact is not sure if the Gurkhas actually killed somebody in the war, they attacked Mt Willians and taken some casualties mostly due the mines and 155mm howitzers.


Nepalese soldiers with captured Rheinmetall Rh-202.

 

Or a bunch of Argentine airmen standing at ease in front of aircraft whose ability to sortie cannot be determined? Don't BS the BSer.
 
CB hope that your not around a Gurkha if you call them a mercenary, they are are very touchy about things like that. Also we have a number of Fijians who serve in the army, including the SAS so go carefully. They are also exellent shots and often win various competitions within the armed forces.

My cousin was attached to a Gurkha unit for a while and they are a very impressive bunch. One thing that makes them unique in the British Army is that they have the final say on any officer that joins them. After three months the Gurkha NCO's say if the officer is good enough to stay and around 20-30% are rejected.

They didn't kill anyone in the Falklands as far as I can tell. They were assigned to attack one of the hills in the final few days but when they launched the atttack, it had been evacuated by the Argentine Forces.
 
CB hope that your not around a Gurkha if you call them a mercenary
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I hope that too, fortunately the life spectancy of a Gurkha in this country seems not very promising. , ( joke )

They didn't kill anyone in the Falklands as far as I can tell. They were assigned to attack one of the hills in the final few days but when they launched the atttack, it had been evacuated by the Argentine Forces
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Thanks for the confirmation.
 
Attack against the HMS Broadsword HMS Coventry. 25-5-1982:


May 25, 1982, - 15:20 hours:
Argentine Air Force Escuadron III Grupo 5 Skyhawks piloted by Captain P. Carballo and Lieutenant C. Rinke attacked HMS Broadsword. The Argentine pilots dropped their Mark 17, 1000-pound bombs on Broadsword, but the bomb(s) failed to explode when they struck the ships stern. Nevertheless the bombs holed the Broadsword, critically damaged a Lynx helicopter and forced Broadsword to come to a stop.

Guncamera of A-4C attacking HMS Broadsword.


May 25, 1982, - 15:24 hours

During the Argentine Air Force Escuadron III Grupo 5 attack on HMS Broadsword, north of Borbon Island, the accompanying type 42 class destroyer, HMS Coventry crossed in front of Broadsword's firing line.

As Escuadron III Grupo 5 pilots Captain M. Velazco and Captain Alférez J. Barrionuevo engaged the HMS Broadsword´s Sea Wolf missile system, the Broadsword fired a missile at the Skyhawk deuce - and by a contested account missing the Skyhawks but hitting HMS Coventry with the missile.


From left to right, Barrionuevo, Carlos Rinke and Ctp Velazco: ( the mustache was a hit in those days)




Then Captain Velazco's flight attacked by dropped their 1000-pound bombs on Coventry getting a hit that breached the hull near the water line. This caused uncontrollable fires and in 20 minutes Coventry sank.

Computer generated video about the attack ( from National Geographic Channel):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIQHNPCRWM
 
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