Pathfinders Lead the Way - Falklands

Company Level
Normal Low Light Conditions
Hypothetical Scenario
Play as Either Side or PBEM

One of the Argentine High Command's plans included the airborne landing of the 4th Airborne Brigade to the east of San Carlos Water and another landing to the north of Goose Green. Their plan was to disrupt the British lines of communication and cut the British forces in half. The plan was unfeasible due to the British control of the air space over the Falklands. This scenario assumes that the Argentine Navy has managed to sink or damage one of the two British carriers and they can at least contest the air space over the islands.

As the Air Force Special Forces units have already been airlifted to the islands, it was decided that they would be inserted onto the landing zones by helicopter. Once the radio beacons and strobe lights were set up, C-130s would drop the paratroopers in a night landing.

However, the helicopter activity was heard by an observant Arctic and Mountain Warfare Cadre patrol and passed up the chain of command.

The 40th Royal Marine Commandos had been tasked with protecting the British beachhead at San Carlos Water and felt that they had been left behind as their comrades moved east and south to engage the Argentines. Now it was their chance. A platoon sized fighting patrol was quickly helicoptered towards the site of the Argentine activity. Their mission was to find out what was happening and disrupt it if possible. The AMWC patrols in the area were also descending from the hilltops to try and determine what their enemy was up to. As the sun sets, the British Marines approach the valley bottom the Argentines have chosen as their main landing zone.

The Cargo units in this scenario represent the beacons, strobe lights and other equipment used to establish a drop zone.