List of weapons in the Falklands War

Aircraft and weapons

Argentina

Combat

• A-4B/C/Q Skyhawk
• Aermacchi MB-326
• Aermacchi MB-339
• Dassault Mirage III
• Dassault Super Étendard
• FMA IA 58A Pucará
• IAI Dagger ''

Bomber

• Canberra B.62 ''

Maritime Patrol

• S-2E Tracker ''
• SP-2H Neptune ''

Reconnaissance

• Cessna Citation I
• Cessna Citation II
• Hawker Siddeley HS.125
• Learjet 24
• Learjet 35
• Learjet 36
• Lockheed L-188PF Electra
• P-95 Bandeirulha
• T-34C Turbo Mentor ''
• Boeing 707-320C ''

Tanker

• KC-130H Hercules ''

Transport

• Aero Commander 500B/500S/680FL/690A/690B/690C
• BAC 1-11
• Boeing 737-200
• Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
• C-47 Skytrain
• C-130H Hercules
• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
• Douglas DC-3
• FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
• Fokker F-27-400M
• Fokker F-28-1000C/3000C
• Mitsubishi MU-2
• Piper Aerostar
• Swearingen Merlin ''

Helicopters

• Agusta A109A
• Aérospatiale Alouette III
• Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
• Bell 205
• Bell 206
• Bell 212
• CH-47C Chinook
• H-34 Choctaw
• McDonnell Douglas MD500
• Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105
• SH-3 Sea King
• Short SC.7 Skyvan
• UH-1H Iroquois ''
• Westland Lynx Mk.23 ''

Armament

• 7.62×51mm NATO FN Browning machine gun
• 20×110mm USN Hispano-Suiza HS.804 cannon
• 20×110mm USN Colt Mk 12 cannon
• 30×113mm DEFA cannon

• 127mm Zuni FFAR

• AIM-9B Sidewinder
• Rafael Shafrir 2
• R.530
• R.550 Magic

• Aérospatiale AM.39 Exocet - The Exocet is probably the most famous weapon of the war, sinking two British ships and damaging a third. Operated by both sides the missile was used by the Argentine Navy either air launched from Dassault Super Étendard jets and from an improvised land launcher.

• Mk. 82 General Purpose Bomb
• 1,000 lb General-Purpose Bomb
• 250kg Expal BR/BRP General-Purpose Bomb
• 125kg PG
• Napalm

United Kingdom

Combat

• Phantom FGR.2
• Harrier GR.3
• Sea Harrier FRS.1

Bomber

• Vulcan B.2

Maritime Patrol

• Nimrod MR.2

Reconnaissance

• Canberra PR.9 ''''

Tanker

• Victor K.2

Transport

• Hercules C.1
• VC10 C.1
• Short Belfast

Helicopters

• Gazelle AH.1
• Scout AH.1
• Wessex HAS.3/HU.5
• Lynx HAS.2/HAS.3
• Sea King HAS.2/HAS.2A/HAS.5/HAR.3
• Wasp HAS.1
• Chinook HC.1

Armament

• L44A1 GPMG
• M60 machine gun
• 30×111mm ADEN cannon
• M134 Minigun

• SNEB

• AIM-9D/G Sidewinder
• AIM-9L Sidewinder

• AGM-45 Shrike
• BAe Sea Skua - A light anti-ship missile, fired from Lynx helicopters, its warhead is only 20 kg compared with the Exocet's 165 kg. However, hits from three Sea Skua missiles badly damaged the Argentine tug ARA Alferez Sobral.
• Nord SS.11
• Nord AS.12 - A French light anti-ship missile, fired from Westland Wasp helicopters. Like the Sea Skua, its small 28 kg warhead meant that it could not destroy ships outright; however, it could disable smaller vessels. On 25 April 1982 it contributed towards damaging and disabling the Argentine Submarine the ARA Santa Fe. A total of nine missiles were fired at the submarine trapped on the surface by anti-submarine torpedoes circling just under the hull. Of the missiles fired four hit, four missed and one failed to launch. Two of the missiles that hit the target failed to detonate on impact, instead punching a hole through the slender conning tower and exploding on the far side.

• GBU-48 Enhanced Paveway II
• BL755
• 1,000 lb General-Purpose Bomb

• Mk. 46 torpedo
• Mk. 11 depth charge

Ships

Argentina

Argentine Navy

Submarines

• Balao-class submarine ''
• Type 209 submarine ''

  Aircraft carriers

• Colossus-class aircraft carrier|1942 Design Royal Navy Light Fleet Carrier ''

  Amphibious warfare ships

• ARA Cabo San Antonio

  Cruisers

• Brooklyn-class cruiser ''

  Destroyers

• Gearing-class destroyer ''
• Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
• Type 42 destroyer ''

  Corvettes

• Drummond-class corvette

  Tugboats

• Sotoyomo-class tugboat
• Abnaki-class tugboat

  Auxiliary ships

• ARA ''Punta Médanos
• ARA Almirante Irízar
• ARA Isla de los Estados
• ARA Bahía Paraíso''
• Bahía Aguirre-class
• Klickitat-class tanker

Argentine Coast Guard

Patrol vessels

• Z-28 naval patrol craft ''

Merchant vessels

• NarwalMaría AlejandraConstanzaInviernoCapitán CanepaMaría LuisaUsurbilMar Azul
• ''Río de la Plata II''

Falklands ships seized by the Argentine Navy

Falklands Government ship

• ARA Forrest

  Falkland Islands Company ships

• ARA Monsunen
• ARA Penelope

United Kingdom

Royal Navy

Submarines

• Swiftsure-class submarine
• Churchill-class submarine
• Valiant-class submarine
• Oberon''-class submarine ''

  Aircraft carriers

• Centaur-class aircraft carrier ''
• Invincible-class aircraft carrier

  Amphibious warfare ships

• Fearless-class landing platform dock ''

  Destroyers

• Type 82 destroyer ''
• Type 42 destroyer
• County-class destroyer

  Frigates

• Type 22 frigate
• Type 21 frigate
• Leander-class frigate
• Rothesay-class frigate

  Offshore patrol vessels

• Castle-class patrol vessel

  Ice patrol vessels

• HMS Endurance

  Ambulance ships

• Hecla-class survey vessel

  Mine countermeasures vessels

• HMS Cordella
• HMS Farnella
• HMS Junella
• HMS Northella
• HMS ''Pict''

  Patrol vessels

• ''HMS Tiger Bay''

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Tankers

• Rover-class replenishment tanker
• Ol-class replenishment tanker ''
• Leaf-class replenishment tanker
• Tide-class replenishment tanker ''

  Amphibious warfare ships

• Round Table-class landing ship logistics

  Supply ships

• Regent-class supply ship
• Fort-class replenishment ship
• Ness-class combat stores ship ''

  Naval aviation support ships

• RFA Engadine

Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service

Tugboats

• RMAS Typhoon
• RMAS ''Goosander''

British Merchant Navy

Ocean liners and cruise ships

• Queen Elizabeth 2
• Canberra
• Uganda
• ''Cunard Countess''

  Roll-on-roll-off ferries

  ElkBaltic Ferry
• Europic Ferry
• Nordic Ferry
• Norland
• Rangatira
• St Edmund
• ''Tor Caledonia''

  Container ships

• Astronomer
• Atlantic ConveyerAtlantic CausewayContender Bezant
• ''Myrmidon''

  Freighters

  Avelona StarGeestportLaertesLycaonSaxoniaStrathewe
• ''St Helena''

  Tankers

  AlvegaAnco ChargerBalder LondonBritish AvonBritish DartBritish EskBritish TamarBritish TayBritish TestBritish TrentBritish WyeEburnaFort TorontoG.A.Walker
• ''Scottish Eagle''

  Tugboats, repair and support ships

  British Enterprise III
• Dan LifterIrisIrishmanSalvageman
• Stena InspectorStena SeaspreadWimpey Seahorse
• ''Yorkshireman''

Royal Marines

• Landing Craft Utility Mk.9
• Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel Mk.2
• Rigid Raider

British Army

• Mexeflote
• Gemini boat

Falkland Islands Ships

• ''John Biscoe''

Anti-air

Argentina

• 40mm Bofors Automatic Gun L/60
• 35mm Oerlikon GDF
• 30mm Hispano Suiza
• 20mm Rheinmetall Mk 20 Rh-202

• Sea Dart - British naval medium-range surface-to-air missile. It proved unable to engage low-altitude targets, such as Argentine A4 Skyhawk aircraft and Exocet missiles. However, it did achieve several long-range kills.
• Sea Cat

• Roland - Argentine forces deployed a single launcher to defend Stanley airport; it succeeded in shooting down one Sea Harrier on 1 June 1982 above 10,000 feet. The presence of the launcher forced British aircraft to operate above its envelope – typically at 18,000 feet which severely reduced the accuracy of bombs dropped on the airport. The single Roland unit was later shipped back to Britain for analysis and testing.
• Tiger Cat - Argentine land forces had a total of 7 Tigercat missile launchers ; there were several near misses, and possibly one Sea Harrier had its engine damaged by shrapnel from one of the missiles'''.'''

United Kingdom

• Sea Dart - British naval medium-range surface-to-air missile. It proved unable to engage low-altitude targets, such as Argentine A4 Skyhawk aircraft and Exocet missiles. However, it did achieve several long-range kills.
• Sea Wolf - British naval short-range low-altitude surface-to-air missile, used to complement the longer-range Sea Dart. It proved capable of engaging low-flying aircraft.
• Sea Cat
• Sea Slug - Long range, high altitude anti-aircraft missile system of the 1950s, was not used against aircraft but for bombardment of positions near Port Stanley by the Royal Navy ships equipped with it.

• Rapier - British surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns. Its presence acted as a deterrent, especially after the deployment of Blind Fire systems around Port San Carlos.
• Tiger Cat

Anti-ship

Argentina

• Aérospatiale AM.39 Exocet

Electronic warfare and communications

Argentina

• AN/TPS-43
• AN/TPS-44
• Skyguard
• Super Fledermaus
• RASIT

United Kingdom

• Blindfire
• Clansman

Artillery and mortars

Argentina

• CITER 155 mm L33 gun
• OTO Melara Mod 56

• 60 mm Mortar
• 81 mm Mortar
• 120mm Mortar

United Kingdom

• L118 light gun

• L16 81mm mortar

Vehicles

Argentina

• LVTP-7
• LARC-V
• Panhard AML-90
• KrAZ-256
• Mercedes-Benz MB 1112/13/14
• Mercedes-Benz G-Class
• Unimog

United Kingdom

• FV101 Scorpion
• FV106 Samson
• FV107 Scimitar
• Centurion BARV
• Bandvagn 202
• Land Rover 101 Forward Control
• Land Rover 101 Forward Control Ambulance
• Land Rover Series IIA
• Land Rover Series III ((88 and 109 inch)
• Land Rover Series III Ambulance
• Bedford MK
• Eager Beaver Air Portable Fork Lift Truck
• Can-Am Bombardier Motorcycle
• Muir-Hill Loader
• Leyland 4-tonne truck
• Alvis Stalwart

Infantry weapons

Argentina

Pistols

• Browning Hi-Power
• Colt M1911A1
• Colt Argentine Model 1927
• Ballester–Molina

Submachine guns

• PAM-1
• PAM-2
• FMK-3
• Halcón ML-63
• Uzi
• L34A1 Sterling (Suppressed)

Rifles

• FN FAL 50.61
• HK G3
• Beretta BM-59E
• M1 Garand
• Springfield M14
• Colt M16A1
• Colt CAR-15 Commando
• FN-49
• Steyr SSG 69
• Mauser Modelo Argentino 1909
• Baatan 71

Machine guns

• FN FAL 50.41
• BAR M1918A2
• FN 60-20 MAG
• M2HB Browning
• FM Modelo 52
• M1919A4 Browning

Anti-tank

• Model 1968 recoilless gun
• M67 recoilless rifle
• Instalaza M65

Anti-air

• 9K32 Strela-2
• Blowpipe

Grenades

• FMK-2
• M67 grenade
• EA-M5 grenade
• PAF 62 FMK-2 rifle grenade
• PDEF 40 FMK-3 rifle grenade
• Instalaza Model 63 rifle grenade
• LM-2 underwater grenade

Anti-personnel mines

• FMK-1
• SB-33
• No. 4
• P4B

Anti-tank mines

• C3B
• FMK-3
• M1
• No. 6
• SB-81

United Kingdom

Pistols

• L9A1 Browning
• L47A1 Walther

Submachine guns

• L34A1 Sterling (Suppressed)
• L2A3 Sterling
• L92A1 HK

Rifles

• L1A1 SLR
• M16A1 rifle
• Colt CAR-15 Commando
• L42A1 sniper rifle
• Parker-Hale M82
• L74A1 Remington

Machine guns

• L7A2 GPMG
• Enfield L4A4 Bren
• L2A1 HMG

Grenade launchers

• M203 grenade launcher
• M79 grenade launcher

Anti-tank

• MILAN anti-tank guided missile
• L1A1 Rocket 66 mm HEAT
• L6 WOMBAT
• L14A1 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle

Anti-air

• FIM-92 Stinger
• Blowpipe