Golan Heights: Israel's Legendary Tank Defence Against Syria | Greatest Tank Battles | War Stories

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  @WarStoriesChannel · 5 years ago · pinned

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  @hellride8544 · 2 years ago

  imagine catching your opponent completely flatfooted and still getting bodied.

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  @curtisblanco4029 · 5 years ago

  If you attack an other country and lose land as a result, you lose land as a result.

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  @LizardFrosty · 5 years ago (edited)

  All politics aside, you can&apos;t deny the military prowess and capability of the Israelis, even against all odds.

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  @kn4cc755 · 3 years ago

  A friend who was a tank commander in the 6 Day War told me that the attack on Yom Kippur was really a blessing for Israel. &nbsp;Why? &nbsp;Everybody was in Shul (Synagogue) so the mobilization began with many reservists already concentrated at a group pickup point. &nbsp;The civilian buses immediately became troop transports, according to plan. &nbsp;Mobilization was accomplished in less than 12 hours. &nbsp;If it had not been such a important holy day, the reservists would have been scattered all over the country, scrambling to find transport.

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  @jameswells554 · 5 years ago

  What is most impressive is how harshly the IDF criticized itself for its response; despite the incredible performance of their reserve components. True professionals.

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  @gone547 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The Centurion. <br>On of the best tanks ever made.<br>Crewed by some of the best trained tank crews ever.

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  @mcedd54 · 4 years ago

  As an armored tactics instructor in the early 1980&apos;s at Ft Knox we would often have students from friendly foreign countries enrolled. One semester we had a senior Israeli NCO/tank commander who had been involved in the Yom Kippur fight. He was a wealth of information and spoke to us of his part in the battle in the northern sector, tactics used plus logistics and fire support. His stories were fascinating and for a good part of one day, he was the instructor and I was the student.<br>Several years later I was fortunate enough to be TDY to Israel and worked directly with the IDF. The respect for the nation of Israel I gained in those months has lasted a lifetime. The United States must never turn its back on this great nation and its people. They alone are our &apos;only&apos; true allies in the Middle East.

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  @goldrumble5736 · 3 years ago

  I remember that in high school, the school took us the the valley of tears memorial and we heard the story directly from Avigdor Kahalani and I have to say, it was the first time I have ever seen a truly great man, and the first time I saw a what seamed to me like a war hearo. I remember him telling us that he comes to the memorial every year to honour his soldiers and friends. when he finished the telling us the story of the battle we all stood for a moment of silence to honour the dead, but as we stood in silence Kahalani shed tears for his dead friends. as much of a victory as the war was it was a greater loss.

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  @andrewmcgillivray1881 · 4 years ago

  my neighbour in munich worked for telemit, a manufacturer of military communication systems. he told me that the syrian tankers had a unique communication system. only the unit commanders could send and recieve messages, all others could only recieve. this meant that the unit commander‘s tanks had 2 antennae (with pennants no less) and all others had only one. it was therefore relatively easy to indentify the commanders‘ tanks and attack them first, leading the rest leaderless.

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  @shaunc07 · 5 years ago

  Sad how the syrian soldier at the end had completely failed to learn any lesson from it.

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  @ybhopi · 4 years ago

  Just amazed as how all Israeli officers stood their ground and fought despite being not prepared for war

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