Battle of Mount Kent

Battle of Mount Kent
	Part of Falklands War
Date	29 May–11 June 1982
Location	Mount Kent, East Falkland, Falkland Islands51.673°S 58.113°W
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Col. Mike Rose; Maj. Cedric Delves; Cap. Gavin Hamilton; Cap. Peter Babbington	Cap. Eduardo Villarruel; Cap. Tomás Fernández; Cap. Andrés Ferrero
Units involved
22 Special Air Service G Squadron; 3 Commando Brigade 42 Commando; 29th Commando Regiment; Blues and Royals; Royal Navy; Royal Air Force	601 Commando Company; 602 Commando Company; 601st Helicopter Battalion; Special Operations Group; 601st National Gendarmerie Special Forces Company; 6th Infantry Regiment
Strength
1 destroyer HMS Glamorgan; 1 Scorpion light tank; 4 helicopters; 1 Chinook; 3 Sea king	7 helicopters; 1 Puma, 4 Hueys; 2 Chinooks
Casualties and losses
5 killed (4 from friendly fire); 11 wounded ; 3 Royal Marines, 4 Gurkhas, and 4 SAS ; 1 Harrier shot down	9 killed ; 18 wounded; 5 captured; 1 Puma helicopter shot down
	Location within Falkland Islands

The Battle of Mount Kent was a series of engagements during the Falklands War, primarily between British and Argentine special forces.

Mount Kent and the surrounding hills is an area of high ground on East Falkland, five miles West of the capital Stanley. At 1,093 ft (333 m) it dominated the British axis of advance from San Carlos to Stanley and its proximity to the capital, made it of strategic interest to both British and Argentinian Forces.

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