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			The '''Battle of Phillora''' was one of the largest tank battles fought during the ]. It was the first major engagement between the two nations in the ] sector and coincided with the ].

	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. <ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/Wars/PattonNagar/1965/</ref>		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. <ref>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/Wars/PattonNagar/1965/</ref>

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Battle of Phillora

Part of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Date	September 7 – September 11, 1965
Location	Phillora near Sialkot (Punjab, Pakistan)
Result	Indian victory

Belligerents

India

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Ardeshir Tarapore

Unknown

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

29 Centurion tanks destroyed and 41 damaged

66 tanks destroyed

Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

Prelude
Desert Hawk Biar Bet Sardar Post
Gujarat
Dwarka Rajasthan Kishangarh Fort
Kashmir Front
Gibraltar Grand Slam Haji Pir Pass
Punjab Front
Batapur Jassar Bridge Burki Ichogil Phillora Chawinda Dograi Khemkaran Asal Uttar
Other
Air War 8-Pass Charlie Pathankot Airstrike Tashkent Declaration

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Indo-Pakistani conflicts

Kashmir conflict

Other conflicts

Border skirmishes

Strikes

The Battle of Phillora was one of the largest tank battles fought during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. It was the first major engagement between the two nations in the Sialkot sector and coincided with the Battle of Asal Uttar.

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.

References

Wilson, Peter. Wars, proxy-wars and terrorism: post independent India. Mittal Publications, 2003. ISBN 8170998905, 9788170998907. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Galleries/Wars/PattonNagar/1965/

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