Battle for the South Atlantic - The Road to Stanley - Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank

Battle for the South Atlantic Date: 4th April 1982 Battle Location: Stanley - East Falkland - Falkland Islands Battle Type: British Delay - Argentine Assault Description: Operation Rosario The Argentine amphibious operation began in the late evening of Thursday 1 April 1982, when 20 Argentine LVTP-7A1 tracked amphibious armoured personnel carriers from the 1st Amphibious Vehicles Battalion, carrying D and E Companies of the 2nd Marine Infantry Battalion, landed from the tank landing ship Cabo San Antonio at Yorke Bay, and were being watched by a section of Royal Marines under the command of Lieutenant Bill Trollope. The armoured column trundled along the Airport Road into Stanley, with 6 Amtracs in the vanguard, and, near the Ionospheric Research Station, at exactly 7:15 am, these were engaged by a section of Royal Marines with anti-tank rockets and machine guns. Sources: Wikipedia - 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands Designer: Wigam - aka Marcus DOMINEY Blitzkrieg Wargaming Club