Battlefront Releases New Miniatures for WWIII Team Yankee

105mm Anti-Tank Section

  • The 105mm Model 1968 recoilless rifle was an indigenous Argentine anti-tank weapon used extensively by the Argentine Army
  • Developed by Fabricaciones Militares (FM) in the late 1960s, it served as a primary heavy infantry support weapon
  • Contains 3x 105mm M68 recoilless guns

105mm Artillery Battery

105mm Artillery Battery

  • During the Falklands War the Argentine 3rd and 4th Artillery Groups fought on the islands with the Italian OTO-Melara Model 56 105mm pack howitzer
  • The 105mm Mod. 56 howitzer fires standard US type M1 105mm ammunition
  • As a pack howitzer, the Mod. 56 allows its crew to manhandle the gun easily due to its light weight
  • It is designed to be broken down into 12 parts for ease of transport
  • Contains 3x 105mm Mod. 56 Howitzers

120mm Mortar Battery

120mm Mortar Battery

  • The FM-120 mortar is a 120mm mortar manufactured by Argentina’s own arsenal
  • It is a conventional design based on the French Brandt 120mm MO-12-AM50 mortar designed in the late 1940s
  • Contains 3x 120mm FM-120 Mortar Teams

30mm HS-661 Gun

30mm HS-661 Gun

  • 1st Marine Anti-aircraft Battalion (Batallón de Artillería Antiaérea) was equipped with 12 Hispano-Suiza HS-661 30mm anti-aircraft guns
  • Contains 2x 30mm HS-661 guns

81mm Mortar Platoon

81mm Mortar Platoon

  • The Argentine Army used license-built French 81mm mortars (similar to Brandt designs), which were standard in infantry support companies
  • These mortars were capable of sustaining a rate of fire of 12-15 rounds per minute with a range of up to 4000 meters
  • Contains 6x 81mm FM-81 Mortar Teams

AML-90 Armoured Car

AML-90 Armoured Car

  • The Argentine command decided that the soft boggy conditions of the Falkland’s countryside was ill suited to their AMX-13 light tanks, so it was decided to utilise their Panhard AML-90 armoured car which would be faster and more effective at patrolling on the roads
  • The Panhard AML-90 is lightly armoured on a 4×4 chassis and is armed with a low velocity DEFA 90mm rifled cannon firing conventional high explosive and high explosive anti-tank rounds
  • Contains 2x AML-90 Armoured Cars

Argentinian Marine Army Deal - Falklands Limited Edition

Argentinian Marine Army Deal – Falklands Limited Edition

  • Starter Forces provide an excellent way to get in to the World War III hobby and include an entire army, ready to build, paint and play with
  • The Marine Rifle Company is the best starting point for any Argentine army
  • Contains 20x Infantry Teams, 11x Artillery and Support Weapon Teams, 4x Armoured Cars, 2x Limited Edition Objective Markers and a Code to unlock Argentine Forces and Unit Cards in Forces Of War

British Commando Army Deal - Falklands Limited Edition

British Commando Army Deal – Falklands Limited Edition

  • Starter Forces provide an excellent way to get in to the World War III hobby and include an entire army, ready to build, paint and play with
  • The British Commando Troop is the best starting point for any British army
  • Contains 19x Infantry Teams, 12x Support Weapon and Gun Teams, 4x Scorpion Light Tanks,  2x Limited Edition Objective Markers and a Code to unlock the Commando Formation and Unit Cards in Forces Of War

LVTP-7 Transports

LVTP-7 Transports

  • The LVTP-7 Armoured Personnel carrier was introduced to service in 1972
  • It is armed with an M85 12.7 mm (.50cal) machine gun
  • Contains 2x LVTP-7 Armoured Personnel Carriers

Pucará Strike Flight

Pucará Strike Flight

  • The FMA IA 58 Pucará, designed by Argentina’s Fábrica Militar de Aviones, is a rugged, twin-tur-boprop counter-insurgency and ground-attack aircraft specialized in close air support (CAS) from rough, unpaved strips
  • It saw significant combat use during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War and was designed to counter guerrilla movements
  • 2x IA 58 Pucará Aircraft and Flight Stands

Rifle Platoon

Rifle Platoon

  • The Argentine Rifle Platoon, or Sección de Tiradores, consisted of a small platoon headquarters, three Rifle Squads (Grupo de Tiradores), and a Support Squad that had two FN MAG machine-guns and two M20 89mm Super Bazooka anti-tank weapons
  • The Rifle Squads consisted of 10 men split into two teams. Each team had a team leader, a FAP Gunner and two to three riflemen (tiradores)
  • The FAP gunner is armed with Fusil Automático Pesado (FAP, heavy automatic rifle, the heavy barrel automatic version of the battle rifle)
  • The remainder of the squad was armed with the FM FAL (Fabricaciones Militares, or FM, Argentine licensed produced FN FALs)
  • Contains 11x Infantry Teams
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