

The Israeli forces lost 60-80 tanks while the Syrian forces lost total over 500 vehicles including 260 to 300 tanks. The Syrian forces withdrew on the Fourth day.

The Israeli Air Force also took part in action. However, Israeli forces received reinforcement within just 15 hours after the battle started. The Syrian war planners expected an Israeli reinforcement after at least 1 day. Though the Syrians gained much ground during the first offensive of the battle, they failed to move their tanks across the Israeli anti-tank ditches. Israeli forces initially managed to deploy only 176 tanks. The Syrian forces started the offensive and 100 aircraft also took part in a Syrian airstrike. 400 of the Syrian tanks were T-62s, the most modern Soviet tanks during that time. The Syrian forces were backed up by 900 more tanks and the total Syrian tank participation in the battle is estimated to be 1260. After Fright Night, there was one major tank battle left: a 40-minute slugfest at a place called Medina Ridge, involving some 3,000 vehicles, including 348 M1A1 tanks. This video shows some of the fighting that took place during the Battle of Villers-Bocage. The Germans had also killed, wounded, or captured 188 Allied troops. The Battle of Brody (1941) Until Kursk in 1943, this was the largest tank battle of the Second World War and the single largest in history up to that point. They will witness historic armoured combats through the eyes of the very men who manned the tanks and fought to the finish.
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Syria deployed 1 infantry division with around 500 tanks and vehicles while the Israel engaged 1 armored brigade with around 100 tanks. When all was said and done, Wittman’s force had destroyed 27 Allied tanks, according to . Greatest Tank Battles: Series 1-2 and 3 Filmed on battlefields across the world, and using stunning, ultra-realistic CGI animation and eyewitness accounts, this series puts viewers in the heat of the battles.
