INDO-PAK WAR OF 1965 - Tank Battles
Tank battles The 1965 war witnessed some of the largest tank battles since World War II . At the beginning of the war, the Pakistani Army had both a numerical advantage in tanks, as well as better equipment overall. [28] Pakistani armour was largely American-made; it consisted mainly of Patton M-47 and M-48 tanks, but also included many M4 Sherman tanks, some M24 Chaffee light tanks and M36 Jackson tank destroyers , equipped with 90 mm guns. [29] The bulk of India's tank fleet were older M4 Sherman tanks; some were up-gunned with the French high velocity CN 75 50 guns and could hold their own, whilst some older models were still equipped with the inferior 75 mm M3 L/40 gun . Besides the M4 tanks, India fielded the British-made Centurion Tank Mk 7, with the 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun, and the AMX-13 , PT-76 , and M3 Stuart light tanks. P...