Brigade infantry was
provided by the
1st Battalion, 7th
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
together with two
Guards battalions - 1st Welsh and 2nd Scots
transferred to 5th Infantry to replace 2 and 3
Para.
Before sailing, they
trained for two weeks near Sennybridge in Wales in
terrain similar to the Falklands.
Support came from a
variety of arms and units, some of which were
already represented in 3 Cdo Bde:
Artillery - HQ and 97
Bty, 4 Field Regt RA with 6x105mm guns
Air defence - one
troop of 43 Air Defence Bty, 32 Guided Weapons
Regt RA with Blowpipe SAM's
Combat engineers - 36
Engineer Regt RE and 9 Parachute Sqdn RE
Helicopters - 656 AAC
Sqdn with 3 Scout AH.1's and 6 Gazelle AH.1's (one
Gazelle
was lost)
HQ and Communications
- Brigade HQ and Signal Sqdn with Rear Link
Detachments Royal Signals
Other units included,
complete or in part -
- 407 Road
Transport Troop RCT with Snowcats
- 16 Field
Ambulance RAMC
- 81 and 91 Ordnance
Coy and 421 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Coy
RAOC
- 10 Field Workshop
REME
- 160 Provost
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