While the Indians, by their account, lost only 24 tanks during this counter offensive. Over 100 Pakistani tanks (mostly Pattons, and a few Shermans and Chaffees) were destroyed, with 40+ captured The swampy ground slowed the advance of the Pakistani tanks and many of them could not move because of the muddy slush. In the night, the Indian troops flooded the sugar cane field, and the next morning, the Pakistani tanks of the 1st Armoured Division, consisting mainly of M47 and M48 Patton tanks, were lured inside the horse-shoe trap. The battle strategy was the brainchild of Brigadier Thomas K. Gurbaksh Singh) immediately ordered the division to fall back and assume a horseshoe shaped defensive position with Asal Uttar as its focal point. Considering the situation, GOC Indian 4th Mountain Division (Maj. Pakistan's invading force, consisting of the 1st Armoured Division and 11th Infantry Division, crossed the International Border and captured the Indian town of Khem Karan. The battle is described as one of the largest tank battles in history since the Battle of Kursk in World War II. Factors that contributed to this were the fierce fight put up by the Indian Army, conditions of the plains, better Indian tactics, and a successful Indian strategy. The Indian troops retaliated, and after three days of bitter fighting, the battle ended with the Pakistani forces being repulsed near Asal Uttar. It was fought from 8 to 10 September 1965, when the Pakistan Army thrust its tanks and infantry into Indian territory, capturing the Indian town of Khemkaran 5 km from the International Border. The Battle of Asal Uttar ( Hindi : आसल उत्ताड़, Punjabi: ਅਸਲ ਉੱਤਰ ) was one of the largest tank battles fought during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. 1999 Pakistan Breguet 1150 Atlantic shootdown.

History's largest tank battle