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The Battle of Two Sisters was a military encounter that took place during the 1982 Falklands War. It was fought between the 45 Commando Royal Marines, under Lt Col Andrew Whitehead, and the Argentine Army’s 4th Infantry Regiment, led by Major Ricardo Cordon, from June 11 to June 12, 1982, on Two Sisters hills, about [...]
The Battle of Goose Green was a fought between British paratroopers, commanded by Lt Colonel Herbert Jones, and the Argentine Army’s 12th Infantry Regiment, under Lt Colonel Italo Piaggi, on May 28, 1982, on east Falkland, during the Falklands War. Although they were outnumbered, the British forces managed to capture the Argentinean forward positions on [...]
The AAV-7 (or LVTP-7) is an amphibious assault armored vehicle designed and manufactured by United Defense Industries for the US Marine Corps. It has been in service in different versions since its introduction in 1972. Other countries, such as Spain and Italy also acquired this amphibious vehicle for their marine corps. The AAV-7 is powered [...]
The Argentine Invasion of the Falkland islands took place during the early hours of April 2, 1982, triggering the Falklands War. Code-named Operation Rosario (Rosary), it was carried out by an Argentinean task force composed of marines elements, totaling 650 troops, under the command of Counter-Admiral Carlos Büsser. Transported by ARA Santa Fe submarine and [...]
The APR is a Swiss, 7.62mm, bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Brügger & Thomet. Developed from the French PGM, the APR, which stands for "Advanced Precision Rifle", shoots either 7.62x51mm NATO or .308 APR cartridges. Although it has classical iron sights, the APR is equipped with a MIL-STD-1913 rail to mount a telescopic sight, such [...]
The Reagan Administration comprises the two presidential terms of Ronald W Reagan, Republican, from 1981 to 1989. From the beginning, the new president had to deal with Jimmy Carter’s botched jobs: stagflation (recession plus a high inflation rate), high unemployment, energy crisis, the American hostages in the US embassy in Teheran, new communist governments in [...]
