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Not just Goose Green but the 1982 Falklands Campaign in general. The Argentines had mostly conscript infantry in place. The British forces were mostly elite infantry (RM, Paras, Gurkhas). Just a handful (something like 10 or 20) of very light armored vehicles (Scimitars?). There wasn't much in the way of roads and the ground was boggy, and they'd lost most of the heavy lift helos they were counting on when the Atlantic Conveyor was sunk - so they "yomped" (foot marched) for the most part. IIRC arty was limited to a small number of 105mm Light Guns, and air support was a handful of Harriers - that were mostly very busy with air defense mission. The initial landing, Goose Green, and the final assault on the capital were all infantry intensive actions.