John Kettler Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) By a fluke, came across this video with the stunning story of an epic active defense by Israeli tank commander LT Zvika Greengold during the Yom Kippur War. What he did was so damaging to the Syrians that he may well have saved Israel from defeat. Am posting this because it shows the true killing potential of a good tank (Centurion) handled by real tank pros and what an aggressive, motivated TC can do, using terrain and calculated daring extremely well, against even a huge combined arms force of vastly greater power and far worse training and experience. What he did is the essence of what the US planned to do to the Soviets in Europe when fighting while greatly outnumbered. Through much of some 24 hours of almost continuous combat, and never having more than a handful of tanks at most, often fighting solo, he time and time again savaged the attacking Syrians in their T-55s and mercifully fewer T-62s, with much of the action taking place at night, with the foe having active IR and the Israelis no such help. During this action, he swapped tanks three times after they were hit. He fought on, even burned, until he could do no more. By then, reinforcements had arrived. While the situation described is obviously not a typical CMx2 battle, I believe that it would be a fascinating scenario through which to explore the core situation, but while having no idea myself as to how VPs would be handled. If nothing else, it would be a real performance test in seeing how well players might fare as the defender in a similar situation. During this action, LT Greengold became a multiple tank ace and was awarded the Medal of Valor (Israel's highest military honor) for his timely incredible successful defense against overwhelming odds. Regards, John Kettler Edited September 16, 2021 by John Kettler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) The moral is to keep moving when a defender and not to try and use your tank like a pillbox. Interesting video. Thanks... Edited September 16, 2021 by Erwin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 Erwin, So true! You're most welcome. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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