Sinai Front: East of El-Qantara

After the initial Egyptian successes fell into holding actions and the Israeli counterattack essentially failed, the front fell into a period of probing and spoiling attacks. The Israeli intelligence indicated that the respite would only be temporary; the Egyptians were …

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After the initial Egyptian successes fell into holding actions and the Israeli counterattack essentially failed, the front fell into a period of probing and spoiling attacks. The Israeli intelligence indicated that the respite would only be temporary; the Egyptians were regrouping for another assault. Egyptian armored reserves were moving across the canal, and this could mean only one thing, attack was imminent. At 0630 hours six Egyptian armored attacks simultaneously pushed off along the entire front. The most northern arm was spearheaded by the crack 15th Armored Brigade. Equipped with the most modern tank in the Egyptian arsenal, the T-62A, the 15th's ultimate goal was the Tassa road junction. The only Israeli Brigade in this sector, the 14th Armored, had been in the line for the entire war. Despíte its losses, the brigade had been restored to three battalions with a mixture of Super Pattons, Sherman MSOs and TI-67s tanks (TI-67s were converted T-55s captured during the 1967 Six Day War). The Egyptians were able to make some initial gains, but by 1700 hours the Israelis were able to retake the lost ground.

El-Qanttara, Egypt

The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan, occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai.

Wikipedia: Yom Kipper War

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