![]() ![]() This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pakistan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Pakistan on Wikipedia. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. India Wikipedia:WikiProject India Template:WikiProject India India articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page. This article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. Because they had not performed reconnaissance, the Pakistanis were not familiar with the terrain.This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects: 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 1 st Armored Division advanced toward an Indian artillery barrage. The Pakistanis has about 300 M47 Pattons and M24 Chaffees. Indian forces had, in total, about 140 M4 Sherman, A41 Centurions and AMX-13 tanks. Nevertheless, the Pakistanis were defeated soundly by the Indians, who had better-trained tank crews and used superior tactics. The Pakistanis had more tanks than the Indians had the Pakistani tanks were newer models and had heavier armament than the Indian tanks. ![]() The Battle of Asal Uttar demonstrated the importance of strategy and crew competence in tank combat. It took place near the city of Asal Uttar in the state of Punjab, India from September 8 to September 10, 1965. The Battle of Asal Uttar, between India and Pakistan, was one of the largest tank battles since World War II. Last updated on February 17th, 2019 at 09:42 pm ![]()
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