Yom Kippur War Tanks

During the war egypt deployed more than 1 000 tanks out of a tank force totaling more than 1 700.

Yom kippur war tanks. During the battle of golan heights syrian tanks vastly outnumbered israeli tanks. On the eve of the yom kippur war the israelis fielded 540 m48a3 with the upgraded 105mm gun and m60a1 tanks. מלחמת יום הכיפורים milẖemet yom hakipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור milẖemet yom kipur. However the israelis were able to defeat the syrians largely because of the superiority of israeli tanks.

The yom kippur war ramadan war or october war hebrew. حرب أكتوبر ḥarb ʾuktōbar or حرب تشرين ḥarb tišrīn also known as the 1973 arab israeli war was fought from 6 to 25 october 1973 by a coalition of arab states led by egypt. The fleet of armored vehicles available to israel and arab coalition on the eve of the 1973 war can be compared in absolute figures 2 031 in idf against almost 4 600 in the coalition countries 2 200 from egypt 1 700. By this time the syrian army had more than 1 200 tanks and the israeli army had more than 2 300 tanks.

These tanks had modifications included replacement of the original 90 mm gun with the british 105 mm l7 lowering the command turret s profile upgraded communication suite and replacement of the flammable and weak gasoline engine with a 750 hp diesel one when the yom kippur war broke out israel had a total of 540 of the modified m48a3 with. The yom kippur war resulted in the death of 2 500 to 2 700 israelis and an estimated ten to 16 000 arab soldiers and wounded over twice that number. Original article was published in the shir on magazine imn october 2003 m tanks against t tanks in the yom kippur war. There are a total of 19 yom kippur war tanks vehicles and artillery 1973 entries in the military factory.

By the end of the fighting they only had around 200 still operational. The 1973 yom kippur war also known as the october war marked an israeli military victory against a combined arab force led by neighboring egypt. Yom kippur war also called the october war the ramadan war or the fourth arab israeli war damaging inconclusive war and the fourth of the arab israeli wars. This was because of severe vulnerability caused by the hydraulic fluid at the front of the turret which proved to be a major problem while fighting the egyptians.

The author is lieutenant colonel michael mas. The idf lost roughly a thousand tanks. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6 1973 on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan the month of fasting in islam and it continued until october 26 1973. The syrians soviet style massive frontal assault was too much to bear.