October 14, 1973 · Sinai Theater
October 14, 1973
Under Soviet and Syrian pressure to take the initiative, Sadat ordered his army to advance beyond the SAM missile umbrella — into the open Sinai where Israeli air power and armor could engage freely. Egyptian tank columns advanced across the entire front. In the largest single-day tank battle since Kursk, Israeli armor and air strikes destroyed over 260 Egyptian tanks and 200 other vehicles while losing around 40 tanks. The Egyptian offensive was crushed in a single day.
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