Argentine Army strategy in Team Yankee starts from a surprisingly complete Marine Rifle Company box.
However, reaching 100 points requires some creative force building. Fortunately, Argentina can supplement its limited support choices with unusual allied formations. That opens everything from defensive Marine armies to Soviet tanks and French armoured cavalry. Better still, each route produces a genuinely different tabletop experience. This is a summary of a community post found here.
Argentine Army Strategy Offers Four Very Different Paths to 100 Points
The Limited Edition Marine Rifle Company provides two Marine platoons, mortars, anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft weapons, artillery, and AML-90s. It also includes an Observation Post and two Falklands objective markers. Unlike many modern starter sets, the force mixes resin and metal models rather than relying entirely on plastic. The obvious Argentine Army strategy is building around the Marine Rifle Company itself.
Using two army deals and additional units creates a 100-point force for roughly $494.
More importantly, the resulting army contains three formations, making it exceptionally difficult to break through Formation Last Stand. Two Marine platoons can defend separate objectives alongside mortars, artillery, recoilless rifles, and anti-aircraft guns. Meanwhile, two more infantry platoons remain available for offensive work behind screening AML-90s. Four artillery templates provide plenty of smoke and pinning, with IA-58 Pucarás adding another possible template from the air.
Consequently, this build can absorb an attack before shifting into a counterattack with fresh infantry and mobile support.
The cheaper alternative keeps one Marine formation but adds a US Marine M60 Tank Company. At $327 beyond the starter, this combination brings ten M60 tanks into the fight alongside HMMWVs.
Meanwhile, Argentine Marines can hold objectives while another platoon rides forward in LVTP-7 transports. The M60s provide Anti-tank 20 guns and strong assault protection through ERA. HMMWV TOW teams then add longer-ranged Anti-tank 23 missile coverage.
Additionally, two Spearhead units can push the assault force farther forward in suitable missions.
For players wanting Marines supported by proper armour, this is probably the most straightforward combined-arms option. Argentine Army troops instead pair neatly with a Soviet T-64BV Tank Battalion.
This version costs around $456 and uses the starter’s contents alongside several Soviet kits. Two Argentine Rifle Platoons form the defensive base with artillery, anti-tank weapons, and air defence. However, AML-90s can Spearhead the Soviet armour toward better attacking positions. T-64BVs then provide ERA-protected heavy armour for the main assault while bringing their own Soviet air-defence umbrella. Aircraft can support that advance against particularly stubborn targets. This is very much a Cold War what-if army, but it takes full advantage of Argentina’s unusual alliance rules.
Finally, players can lean completely into mobility with an AML-90 Armoured Car Squadron and French AMX-10RC cavalry. This is the most expensive option at around $656, although it also produces an enormous number of manoeuvre units.
Argentine scouts and French infantry handle defensive duties while artillery and anti-aircraft weapons support them. Meanwhile, VBLs use Spearhead to push AML-90s and AMX-10RCs toward favourable firing positions. The AML-90 brings Anti-tank 16, while AMX-10RC guns reach Anti-tank 19. VBL teams armed with APILAS add Anti-tank 21 for dealing with harder targets. A Marine Rifle Platoon then provides infantry capable of actually assaulting objectives once the armoured cars have created an opening. This force lacks the brute toughness of the M60 or T-64 build. However, it compensates with speed, deployment tricks, and an impressive number of independent threats.
Final Thoughts
Overall, Argentine Army strategy is far broader than simply digging Marines into Falklands hillsides. The all-Argentine force offers resilience, artillery, and excellent formation depth. Meanwhile, American M60s provide the easiest route toward a conventional armoured assault. Soviet T-64BVs create a tougher alternate-history hammer, while French cavalry embraces speed and reconnaissance. Most importantly, the starter remains useful in every build rather than becoming something players immediately replace.
