PM launches website to honour gallantry award winners The Constitutional Status of Defense Forces by Veteran B B GHAIĬentre approves Army's cadre review policy : Adjt Gen of the Army Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar said the upgradation would take place over a span of 5 years.ħth Pay Commission: Minimum pay to be hiked Rs 21,000 Modi marks Deepavali with jawans near LoC SENIOR CITIZENS WILL RECEIVE BANKING SERVICE AT THEIR DOOR STEPS Lack of compassion towards disabled soldiers a cause for concern, says former Army chief VP Malik Minutes of National Anomaly Committee MeetingħTH PAY COMMISSION LATEST NEWS: PANEL FORMED TO FIX PAY STRUCTUREĭefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visits forward posts in Ladakh Because they had not performed reconnaissance, the Pakistanis were not familiar with the terrain.‘Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line of Duty’ organised to support disabled jawans: Bipin Rawat Other Pakistani tanks were abandoned after they were lured into mud and became stuck. Many Patton tanks caught fire after they were hit and were abandoned by their crews. The Indians were able to destroy almost 100 Pakistani tanks.
They did not fire until the Pakistanis were at point blank range.Īlthough the Pakistani Patton tanks would have been able to defeat the Indian Shermans if the tanks had been further apart, the Pattons did not have an advantage at such close range. The Indian tanks were arranged in a U-shape and were spaced about 550 yards (500 meters) apart. Meanwhile, three armored Indian regiments lay hidden in fields of tall sugarcane. During the advance, there was no infantry support. The Pakistanis had not performed any reconnaissance beforehand. On September 10, after days of intense fighting, Pakistani tanks of the 1st Armored Division advanced toward an Indian artillery barrage.
The Pakistanis has about 300 M47 Pattons and M24 Chaffees.
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