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Originally Posted by simonmark6
There is evidence that an Argentinian Drummond Class Corvette was damaged in South Georgia by three hits from Royal Marine AT weapons (I don't know if they were Carl Gustavs or Milans).
The Telegraph notes that she had her main gun and exocets damaged and was holed beneath the waterline. They describe her as limping away.
Given that the boat then "limped" thousands of miles back to dock and then only spent three days in repair suggests that the damage wasn't great. It may have been that the Captain decided to get away from the mad brits who kept taking pot shots at his corvette. Given three days in port and how long it takes to make ship repairs I'd say that the hits didn't really do much damage.
Taking out critical systems is possible but sinking a ship with an ATGM? I'd doubt it.
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The ARS Guerrico was hit by one Carl Gustav round on the waterline, a second that impacted on the Exocet launcher (failed to detonate the missile), 2 M-72 LAWs that struck the turret and knocked it out of action as well as some 1,200 rounds of 7.62mm (GPMG and SLR).