A LOST ART? Dismounted Operational Mobility and Winning in the Falklands

Abstract

The Falkland Islands Campaign is the most recent near pear amphibious operation seen in recent history. The maritime and littoral defenses established by the Argentinian armed forces are the most current form of anti-access area denial capabilities employed against a modern military force to date. After navigating these defenses, the British Landing Force had to land over fifty miles from their objectives without the helicopters they planned on using for the operation. This required the British to execute the age-old method of movement by foot. The art of dismounted mobility is provided by the British Landing Force. This paper analysis the dismounted movement of these units and provide lessons learned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 2018
Accession Number
AD1177196

Entities

People

  • Partick J. Skehan

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Ascension Island
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Landing Craft
  • Landing Forces
  • Lessons Learned
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Terrain
  • United States
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies