Talk:Falkands War order of battle: British ground forces
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M16A1 ???
editDid the British really use the M16, I thought they were using the Armalite AR-18 at that time or something, ok probably not the AR-18 but I thought it was an Armalite, anyone know where we can source this? Ryan4314 17:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- Update: M16s were used by the SAS, SBS and the Mountain & Artic Warfare Cadre. All very sneaky-beaky types. Ryan4314 (talk) 19:05, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
"Infantry weapons" section altered to a boring list for a minority.
editUser:King nothing removed the explaining text in the British ground forces in the Falklands War#Infantry weapons with an "unneeded explanations" [1].
Unless you're an expert in British Army weaponry around 1982 the section is like this "L1A1 SLR - L42A1 - L2-A2 - M16A1 - ABC49 - QWERTY45 - FIMBLIM92..." not very useful. You might argue that all of them are wikilinks so readers can find out themselves what it is by clicking. But it's not very user-friendly to force readers to click through 19 pages instead of reading the so-called "unneeded explanations" at a glance. I admit that if the text inside the box brackets weren't shortened like e.g. [[M79 grenade launcher|M79]] some of the additional text would be superfluous. But the rest is nice to have:
- MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Missile - "I see they knocked out many Argentine Main Battle Tanks?".
- M16 and Lee-Enfield rifles - "Yankee rifles and World War Two (One) vintage - standard issue?"
Is this article intended for the average reader seeking information or for a closed society? --Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 19:31, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed, reverting. --Ryan4314 (talk) 21:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
63SQN RAF REGIMENT
editTHE RAPIER SYSTEM USED BY THE RAF REGIMENT DURING THE CONFLICT WAS NOT OF THE B2 TYPE, THE REGT NEVER USED B2. IT WAS B1 STANDARD , POSSIBLY WITH THE MID LIFE UPDATE. 90.200.226.162 (talk) 22:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Argentine OOB
editAre there pages (English Wiki) covering Argentine land, air and sea elements similar to this (and the corresponding air and sea pages)? Farawayman (talk) 00:35, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, see the Falklands War box at the bottom of the article for that information. Gavbadger (talk) 18:16, 18 December 2020 (UTC)