Battle of Chamb and Dogra
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The post of Borajal is at the intersection of Pakistan Azad Kashmir and Occupied Kashmir at the height of 950 feet from sea level. The surrounding area is flat also the border of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir make this point very important from Indian defensive point of view the whole can be scanned and look aftered.
The whole position was constructed well two storey pill boxes in semi circle positions with ground floor rise two feet above the surface all these pill boxes are inter connected with tunnels and passage ways so the defenders can move freely during the battle. Small openings were cut in the walls to fire upon assulting troops Light and medium machine guns were installed with kill zones. Along with this considerable supplies of food ammunition and weapons were stock piled with the view that in case post surrounded fight will continue for a long period of time until reinforcements arrived.
The position is like a small fortress with thick barbe wire and mines.
1st September 1965 0330 hrs Pakistan Artillery Started shelling the Indian Positions ( Chamb Dewa sukrana Munawar Munawar )it continued till 0500 hrs with the first light Pakistan & Azad Kashmir forces haved crossed the ceasefire , battle of chamb begains.
In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
, Pakistani infantry supported by M48 Patton tanks
advanced towards Indian-held Chamb. This operation was a complete surprise as the Indian Army was unable to reinforce their position and had to withdraw. Heavy fighting took place around the military post of Mandyala Munawar and Munawar .
Ninety Indian Army transport vehicles, thirteen Artillery guns and fifteen AMX tanks in operational conditions were captured by the Pakistani army. One of the Artillery guns was awarded to the Artillery regiment of the Pakistani army who took part in battle of Chamb and named Chamb Rani by that unit.
The whole position was constructed well two storey pill boxes in semi circle positions with ground floor rise two feet above the surface all these pill boxes are inter connected with tunnels and passage ways so the defenders can move freely during the battle. Small openings were cut in the walls to fire upon assulting troops Light and medium machine guns were installed with kill zones. Along with this considerable supplies of food ammunition and weapons were stock piled with the view that in case post surrounded fight will continue for a long period of time until reinforcements arrived.
The position is like a small fortress with thick barbe wire and mines.
1st September 1965 0330 hrs Pakistan Artillery Started shelling the Indian Positions ( Chamb Dewa sukrana Munawar Munawar )it continued till 0500 hrs with the first light Pakistan & Azad Kashmir forces haved crossed the ceasefire , battle of chamb begains.
In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. This conflict became known as the Second Kashmir War fought by India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir, the first having been fought in 1947...
, Pakistani infantry supported by M48 Patton tanks
M48 Patton
The M48 Patton is a medium tank that was designed in the United States. It was the third and final tank to be officially named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates for the use of tanks in battle It was a...
advanced towards Indian-held Chamb. This operation was a complete surprise as the Indian Army was unable to reinforce their position and had to withdraw. Heavy fighting took place around the military post of Mandyala Munawar and Munawar .
Ninety Indian Army transport vehicles, thirteen Artillery guns and fifteen AMX tanks in operational conditions were captured by the Pakistani army. One of the Artillery guns was awarded to the Artillery regiment of the Pakistani army who took part in battle of Chamb and named Chamb Rani by that unit.