10/20/2023 0 Comments Israeli tank battles computer gameOn the other side, the best tank gun available for the Egyptians was the 100 mm cannon used by the 22 SU-100 tank destroyers (a late-WWII artillery piece overmatched by Centurion's frontal armor, although it posed a threat to AMX-13s). The guns used by the Centurions here were the 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 tank guns, specifically designed to defeat the Soviet T-54 (much more modern than both types of tanks used by the Egyptians in this battle). More importantly, the Israelis had significant advantage in armour: Against 66 Egyptian World War II-era Soviet T34/85 with 85 mm guns and 22 SU-100 with 100 mm guns, the Israeli forces fielded a total of 150 modern tanks: light AMX-13s with 75 mm guns, as well as a hundred British Centurion and both M-50 and M-51 Sherman tanks, considerably upgraded from their WWII vintage and armed with French 75 mm and 105 mm tank guns. Egyptian troop strengths have been estimated at 8,000. The defences were an important part of the overall defence plan, called Qahir, in the preparations for the expected war, later known as the Six-Day War. Egyptian defences had focused on the Um-Katef (or Umm-Qatef) plateau to the east of Abu-Ageila, roughly 25 kilometers (16 mi) from the Israeli border. The Egyptians had taken considerable preparations to prevent a breach there. Sharon was tasked with the capture of the road junction at Abu-Ageila, in order to gain access to the central route into the Sinai Desert. Southern Command's offensive consisted of three divisions: Israel Tal's 84th Division, Avraham Yoffe's 31st Division, and Ariel Sharon's 38th Division. The Israeli attack at Abu-Ageila was part of the Israeli offensive into the Sinai Desert. Leading Israeli forces was Major General Ariel Sharon, later a prominent politician and prime minister of Israel. The decisive defeat of the Egyptians was critical to the eventual loss of the entire Sinai Peninsula to Israel. The Battle of Abu-Ageila (also known as the Battle of Umm-Qatef Hebrew: קְרַב אוֹם־כָּתֵף) was a military confrontation between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the Six-Day War of June 1967.
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