Word: armors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even as Sadat spoke, Egyptian and Israeli armies were locked in one of the greatest tank battles in history. Some military observers estimated, in fact, that more tanks and armor were involved than in the classic World War II tank battle at El Alamein in 1942. Cairo newspapers grandly billed the conflict as "the biggest tank collision in the history...
...purpose of the dramatic assault quickly became clear. In a surprise push, the Israelis sent a spearhead of tanks and armor across the canal just north of the Bitter Lakes to the western bank. The goal of the task force was to destroy missile and artillery sites in Egypt and harass the supply lines that nourished the Egyptian divisions in the Sinai. The Israelis quickly resupplied the infiltration commando force with tanks, halftracks and artillery, first by barge and later across bridges hastily constructed north of the Great Bitter Lake. By week's end the force...
...outset, Egypt's decision to send armor and waves of infantry across the canal to be torn up by Israeli air-power seemed to be terrible tactics. The '67 war, in which Israeli airpower inflicted fateful casualties, was still strong in the minds of Israeli military planners. But the Egyptians created a deadly zone of ground-to-air missiles and artillery to safeguard their bridgeheads. Up and down the canal, Egyptian forces in assault boats suddenly put out a series of bridges, including three at El Qantara in the north-central sector of the canal, three more...
...much as the SA-6 has been the nemesis of the Israeli air force, the Soviet-built Snapper antitank missile has tormented Israeli armor. With a range of roughly one mile, the Snapper can literally be steered to its target by a gunner who guides a pair of hair-thin wires that unravel from the back of the soaring rocket. It has accounted for most of Israel's nearly 300 tank losses. More conventional but nonetheless effective has been Egypt's use of the Russian T-62 main battle tank. This is the first time that...
Considering the shortcomings of the Arab attack, it could have been. On both the Suez and Golan Heights fronts, the Arabs placed emphasis on artillery, armor and infantry troops. They made no attempt to knock out the Israeli air force, their single most deadly enemy. Nor did they bomb Israel's population centers-partly, no doubt, for fear that Israel would retaliate by bombing their cities. Once Egyptian troops were committed east of the canal, they had no way to retreat as long as Israeli jets prowled the waterway...