{"id":26163,"date":"2025-01-03T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/qa-the-falklands-war-of-1982-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:00:54","slug":"qa-the-falklands-war-of-1982-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/qa-the-falklands-war-of-1982-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: The Falklands War of 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hKjRWvHqT2Q?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Want a patch or t-shirt with our adorably heavily armed rockhopper penguin? Both are available from Varusteleka:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.varusteleka.com\/en\/search?q=penguin<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.varusteleka.com\/en\/search?q=penguin<br<\/a> \/><br \/>Since I spent a couple weeks hiking across the Falklands and then visiting battlefields (and penguins), it seems reasonable to do a Q&#038;A video about the place and the 1982 war there between Argentina and the UK. All the questions were provided by Forgotten Weapons Patrons:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>01:38 &#8211; How did the FAL perform, seeing as both sides used it?<br \/>03:43 &#8211; Effectiveness of light and heavy weapons in the war<\/p>\n<p>Pegasus Tests video on how to get to the Falklands:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KHIe-puWyKI<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KHIe-puWyKI<br<\/a> \/><br \/>08:49 &#8211; Would the British have been better off Yomping with AR15s, like the SAS used?<br \/>10:09 &#8211; Is there much local animosity to Argentina today?<br \/>12:21 &#8211; Local food and adult beverages<br \/>15:31 &#8211; What do people do for fun on the Falklands?<br \/>17:52 &#8211; Oldest small arm in service during the war?<br \/>20:18 &#8211; Military equipment wreckage on the islands<br \/>22:06 &#8211; Value of full powered rifle round in the FI terrain?<br \/>24:31 &#8211; Minefields<br \/>25:44 &#8211; Interaction of weapons with different effective ranges <br \/>28:46 &#8211; Did Exocet spur development of CIWS?<br \/>31:00 &#8211; What has been done to defend the islands against another invasion?<br \/>33:51 &#8211; Issues with an army designed to fight the USSR in Europe deploying to the South Atlantic?<br \/>35:30 &#8211; Weirdest weapon used in the conflict?<br \/>36:29 &#8211; Field modifications of small arms and unique kit<br \/>38:20 &#8211; Were British vehicle at risk of damage there?<br \/>39:40 &#8211; Engagement ranges<br \/>40:23 &#8211; Relevancy of bayonet fighting<br \/>41:28 &#8211; Unique equipment used by the Falkland Islands Defense Force<br \/>43:27 &#8211; American view of the Falklands War today<br \/>44:41 &#8211; Which Yomp route did we take?<br \/>45:01 &#8211; Did we visit Ajax Bay or the cemetery?<br \/>46:00 &#8211; Reality vs my expectations of the islands<br \/>46:57 &#8211; How would the war go if it happened today instead of in 1982?<br \/>48:25 &#8211; Did British soldiers use Argentine FALs?<\/p>\n<p>All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:<br \/>weaponsandwar.tv<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><br \/>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a patch or t-shirt with our adorably heavily armed rockhopper penguin? Both are available from Varusteleka: https:\/\/www.varusteleka.com\/en\/search?q=penguinSince I spent a couple weeks hiking across the Falklands and then visiting battlefields (and penguins), it seems reasonable to do a Q&#038;A video about the place and the 1982 war there between Argentina and the UK. All&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/qa-the-falklands-war-of-1982-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q&#038;A: The Falklands War of 1982<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":26164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}