This is a list of British ground forces in the Falklands War. For a list of ground forces from Argentina, see Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War Land Forces The land forces employed by the United Kingdom during the Falklands War amounted to a divisional sized formation, named as Land Forces Falkland Islands, consisting of two brigades: 3 Commando Brigade - formed primarily by the Royal Marines, 3 Commando Brigade was the primary British rapid reaction force, tasked with reinforcing the NATO northern flank in Norway in the event of war with the Soviet Union in Europe. 3 Commando Brigade was the formation with most experience of amphibious operations. In its NATO role, 3 Commando Brigade was reinforced by the Dutch Korps Mariniers. However, the situation required reinforcement by British units, with the result that 2nd & 3rd Battalions of the Parachute Regiment were reassigned from 5 Infantry Brigade. 5 Infantry Brigade - the UK's main "out of area" reaction formation, tasked with operations outside the European theatre. At the time, it would normally be formed using two battalions of the Parachute Regiment, together with the UK based Gurkha battalion. However, since both 2 PARA and 3 PARA were used to reinforce 3 Commando Brigade for the initial landings in the Falklands, 5 Brigade was reinforced with two battalions of Foot Guards then on public duties in London along with the Gurkha battalion. These were chosen owing to the fact that they were immediately available, as they were neither on internal security duties in Northern Ireland nor attached to BAOR. The brigade was further strengthened by No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment, (based at RAF Gütersloh, Germany, initially to provide additional Short Range Air Defence (SHORAD) Short range air defense of land forces landing at San Carlos Water. Land Forces HQ Commander, Land Forces, Falkland Islands (CLFFI): Major-General JJ Moore, Royal Marines Deputy commander: Brigadier CJ Waters Commander, Royal Artillery: Colonel BT Pennicott 3 Commando Brigade Commander: Brigadier JHA Thompson 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery (Lt Col MJ Holroyd Smith) 1st battery / 105 mm L118 Light Guns x 6 Land Rover 101 Forward Control x 6 Land Rover series IIA x 6 2nd battery / 105 mm L118 Light Guns x 6 Land Rover 101 Forward Control x 6 Land Rover series IIA x 6 3rd battery / 105 mm L118 Light Guns x 6 Land Rover 101 Forward