Syrian forces • Order of Battle: Syrian Army, October 1973 • Israeli forces • Order of Battle: Israeli Northern Command, October 1973
Syrian commanders • Israeli commanders
The Syrian offensive • The Valley of Tears • The Israeli counter-attack
A classic image of armoured warfare illustrates the principle of employing tanks en masse as a formation of Sho’t Upgraded Centurions advances on Syrian positions. It also shows the normal posture of Israeli tank commanders in battle and how exposed they were to enemy fire, be it exploding artillery shells or Syrian snipers who were deployed on the battlefield with their Dragunov rifles with the specific task of killing Israeli tank commanders.