article titled “FV101 Scorpion — Britain’s Cold War Light Tank”: “The British employed the Scorpion during the 1974 Turkish ...
The FV107 Scimitar is considered a light tank by some and an armored tracked reconnaissance vehicle by others. Among other things, the 1982 Falklands War (aka, “La Guerra de Las Malvinas ...
Dark Docs The Tank that Shot Down a Fighter Jet Posted: March 17, 2025 | Last updated: March 17, 2025 March 28, 1982. The Falklands War raged on. British and Argentine forces fought in the air ...
A total of forty-three Royal Navy warships, supported by twenty-two Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and sixty-two merchant vessels, were deployed during the 1982 Falklands War. It was the largest ...
As the assault started worried Islanders called in relaying what they could see - tanks ... on the irony that it was the war which shaped a more successful Falklands. Prior to 1982 the UK Foreign ...
A new constitution guaranteeing self-government was passed in 1985. 5) The Falklands made war seem simple and just In the shadow of Iraq and Afghanistan, it is difficult to remember that for a while, ...