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| Battle of Phillora | |||||||
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| Part of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 | |||||||
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 India |
 Pakistan | ||||||
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| Ardeshir Tarapore | Unknown | ||||||
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29 Centurion tanks destroyed and 41 damaged (Indian claim)> |
67 killed 170 tanks destroyed including 42 captured (Indian claims)> | ||||||
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| Kashmir conflict
Other conflicts Border skirmishes Strikes |
India had its 1st Armoured Division on the offensive in this area. Equipped with four armoured regiments, this division faced stiff opposition from the Pakistani 6th Armoured Division. Some of the fiercest tank battles were fought at Phillora and then at Chawinda. At the end of the fighting, India had claimed more than 170 tanks destroyed, of which 42 were captured in the I Corps area (11 of them intact and 31 of them in destroyed or damaged condition). India's own losses in the area were 29 tanks destroyed and another 41 damaged, that were repaired after the war. This is substantiated by a Pakistani Official History of the 6th Armoured Division "Men of Steel" that states that 35 tanks were left in Indian control (17 M48, 9 M47, 9 M36B2) but that nine of these were recovered after the war when Indian troops vacated the area held by then.