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    British Artillery During Operation Corporate
    British Artillery During Operation Corporate
    British Artillery During Operation Corporate
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    British Artillery During Operation Corporate

    By Major Chris D Landry USMC

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    British artillery played a major role in the land campaign to retake the Falklands from the Argentineans. The study of the Falklands Campaign provides an outstanding opportunity to analyze modern artillery in limited warfare.
    Faced with numerous challenges, both operationally and logistically, the professionalism and dedication of the British artillerymen proved extremely important to the success of the overall operation. Leaders employed the 105mm light guns in manners that utilized its strengths to deliver effects on the enemy and offer freedom of movement for friendly maneuver units. Specifically, during the assault towards Stanley, the British were able mass its artillery in a manner that overwhelmed the enemy. To accomplish this, the British overcame many operational and logistical challenges to ensure that artillery was positioned to support the fight and that it had on hand sufficient ammunition to complete the mission. More importantly, when called to fire, the artillery batteries were ready, willing, and able. Their fires proved critical in allowing the infantry units to close on the enemy...In the end, the final lesson, as spoken by the Commander of 3 Commando Brigade, Brigadier Thompson, was that artillery was the most important battle-winning factor.
    In the conduct of the campaign, British artillery usage provides three main lessons important to the U.S. Marine Corps Artillery community. First, it validated the need to have a lightweight gun in the inventory in order to support operations in areas of limited mobility. Second, the British practice of positioning the most senior artillerymen with the maneuver units proved to be an effective method of providing advice to the commander, conducting fire support planning, and making hasty adjusting to execution of plans. Finally, the campaign revealed the need to train artillerymen in realistic conditions in order to prepare them for the impact of combat operations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782896692
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      British Artillery During Operation Corporate - Major Chris D Landry USMC

       This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 2001 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2014, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      British Artillery During Operation CORPORATE

      By

      Major Chris D Landry, USMC

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5

      CHAPTER 1 — INTRODUCTION 6

      CHAPTER 2 — THE CAMPAIGN 7

      Landing Force Organization 7

      Artillery Support 8

      Ascension Island 9

      Landing Preparation 11

      San Carlos Landing 12

      Assault on Darwin and Goose Green 14

      Movement East 18

      Assault on Port Stanley 19

      3 Commando Brigade’s Assault. 21

      5 Infantry Brigade’s Assault. 22

      CHAPTER 3 — IMPLICATIONS FOR US MARINE CORPS ARTILLERY 26

      Value of Light Artillery 26

      Command Relationships 27

      Realistic Training 28

      CHAPTER 4 — CONCLUSION 30

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 32

      Bibliography 33

      EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

      Thesis: British artillery played a major role in the land campaign to retake the Falklands from the Argentineans. The study of the Falklands Campaign provides an outstanding opportunity to analyze modern artillery in limited warfare.

      Discussion: Faced with numerous challenges, both operationally and logistically, the professionalism and dedication of the British artillerymen proved extremely important to the success of the overall operation. Leaders employed the 105mm light guns in manners that utilized its strengths to deliver effects on the enemy and offer freedom of movement for friendly maneuver units. During the campaign, the British fired a tremendous amount of artillery shells on the Argentineans. These rounds, coordinated with a sound maneuver plan, had a devastating effect and contributed greatly to the ultimate outcome of the war. Specifically, during the assault towards Stanley, the British were able mass its artillery in a manner that overwhelmed the enemy. To accomplish this, the British overcame many operational and logistical challenges to ensure that artillery was positioned to support the fight and that it had on hand sufficient ammunition to complete the mission. More importantly, when called to fire, the artillery batteries were ready, willing, and able. Their fires proved critical in allowing the infantry units to close on the enemy. Much like other previous conflicts, the field units overcame numerous obstacles before gaining success. Artillery operations in the Falklands were no different. However, the British artillerymen met the challenge and provided support when required. In the end, the final lesson, as spoken by the Commander of 3 Commando Brigade, Brigadier Thompson, was that artillery was the most important battle-winning factor.

      Conclusion(s) or Recommendation(s): In the conduct of the campaign, British artillery usage provides three main lessons important to the United States Marine Corps Artillery community. First, it validated the need to have a lightweight gun in the inventory in order to support operations in areas of limited mobility. Second, the British practice

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