The Battle of Asal Uttar - 1965

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Found this while looking for something about Centurion tanks and thought it may be of interest to some here.
It's a very brief report of an India vs. Pakistan tank battle in 1965 that was, at that time, the largest tank on tank fight since WW2.
http://modern-war.suite101.com/article.cfm/battle_of_asal_uttar_1965
The wiki article mentions Indian recoilless guns also being used
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Asal_Uttar
There's even some videos with an analysis of the fight to be found on Google video search

[Abbott Shaull]

Wow and here I would of thought it would of happen in one of the several Isreali-Arab conflicts....Or possibly during the the two conflicts in Iraq.

[HorseSoldier]

It loses the "biggest" distinction as soon as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War kicks off.

[Abbott Shaull]

That is what I would of thought.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Yeah, as is mentioned in the article, as of 1965 this battle was the largest tank on tank fight since world war 2. What I found really interesting though was the mix of tanks the Indians had compared to the Pakistanis (and the fact that they were older designs) and how the Indians used every advantage they had to reduce the technical and numerical superiority of their foe (flooding the area from an irrigation channel, hiding their tanks in the vegetation of the field, finding the right terrain to set up the U shaped ambush, the integration of recoilless rifles and so on)

[Webstral]

Talk about a cautionary tale...

Webstral

[Dog 6]

"The battle also witnessed the personal bravery of an Indian soldier Abdul Hamid being honored with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, for having knocked out seven enemy tanks with a recoilless gun."



WOOT

[Targan]

"The battle also witnessed the personal bravery of an Indian soldier Abdul Hamid being honored with the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award, for having knocked out seven enemy tanks with a recoilless gun."

Munchkin? LOL.