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- The Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Longewala, in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan state in India. The battle was fought between 120 Indian soldiers accompanied by four Hunter fighter aircraft and 2,000–3,000 Pakistani soldiers accompanied by 30–40 tanks. A company of the Indian Army's 23rd Battalion, Punjab Regiment, commanded by Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, was left with the choice of either attempting to hold out until reinforced, or fleeing on foot from a Pakistani mechanised infantry force. Choosing the former, Chandpuri ensured that all his assets were correctly deployed and made the best use of his strong defensive position, as well as weaknesses created by errors in enemy tactics. He was also fortunate that an Indian Air Force forward air controller was able to secure and direct aircraft in support of the post's defence until reinforcements arrived six hours later. The Pakistani commanders made several questionable decisions, including a failure of their strategic intelligence to foresee the availability of Indian strike aircraft in the Longewala area, exercising operational mobility with little or no route reconnaissance, and conducting a tactical frontal assault with no engineer reconnaissance. This led to the Pakistani brigade group being left extremely vulnerable to air attack, vehicles becoming bogged in terrain unsuitable for the movement of armoured vehicles as they tried to deploy off a single track, these being more susceptible to enemy fire by using external fuel storage in tactical combat, attempting to execute a night attack over unfamiliar terrain, and infantry being surprised by obstacles to troop movement causing confusion and stalling the attack during the crucial hours of darkness, when the assaulting infantry still had a measure of concealment from Indian small arms and infantry support weapon fire. (en)
- La bataille de Longewala est un affrontement majeur de la troisième guerre indo-pakistanaise qui eut lieu entre le 4 et le 7 décembre 1971. C'est une offensive pakistanaise contre les Forces armées indiennes dans le désert du Thar. Elle opposa le 23e régiment du Pendjab commandé par le major (en) contre une division mécanisée pakistanaise. L'armée indienne s'était placée en position défensive. Soutenus par l'aviation, les défenseurs repoussèrent plusieurs assauts d'infanterie et de blindées pakistanais. La bataille se solda par une victoire indienne avec des pertes minimes. (fr)
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- 2 soldiers killed
- 1anti-tank gundestroyed
- 5 camels killed
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- 1 Company (120 soldiers)
- 1 field regiment
- 2 Jeep-borne 106mmRCL guns
- 2 artillery batteries
- 2L16 81mm mortars
- 2MMGs
- 2Mobile infantry brigade(2,000–3,000 soldiers)
- 40tanks
- 4Hawker Hunters
- 4rocket launchers
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- Tank tracks at Longewala. Photographic reconnaissance image taken at the time showing the desperate last-minute manoeuvres by Pakistani tanks in the Longewala sector. Circles show destroyed Pakistani tanks. (en)
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- Major General J. F. R. Jacob
Brigadier E. N. Ramadoss (en)
- Brig. Jahanzeb Abab (en)
- Brig. Tariq Mir (en)
- Lieutenant Colonel Khursheed Hussain (en)
- Lt. Col. Akram Hussain (en)
- Lt. Col. Zahir Alam Khan (en)
- Maj Gen. B. M. Mustafa (en)
- Major Atma Singh (en)
- Wing Cdr. R. A. Cowsajee (en)
- Wing Cdr. Sherwin Tully (en)
- Wing Cdr. Suresh (en)
- Major K. S. Chandpuri
Assistant Commandant Bhairon Singh, BSF
2nd Lieutenant Dharam Veerbhan
Wing Cdr. M. S. Bawa (en)
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- 0001-12-07 (xsd:gMonthDay)
- (en)
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- the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (en)
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- Longewala ~ from Ramgarh, Rajasthan, India (en)
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- 2 (xsd:integer)
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- La bataille de Longewala est un affrontement majeur de la troisième guerre indo-pakistanaise qui eut lieu entre le 4 et le 7 décembre 1971. C'est une offensive pakistanaise contre les Forces armées indiennes dans le désert du Thar. Elle opposa le 23e régiment du Pendjab commandé par le major (en) contre une division mécanisée pakistanaise. L'armée indienne s'était placée en position défensive. Soutenus par l'aviation, les défenseurs repoussèrent plusieurs assauts d'infanterie et de blindées pakistanais. La bataille se solda par une victoire indienne avec des pertes minimes. (fr)
- The Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Longewala, in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan state in India. The battle was fought between 120 Indian soldiers accompanied by four Hunter fighter aircraft and 2,000–3,000 Pakistani soldiers accompanied by 30–40 tanks. (en)
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- Battle of Longewala (en)
- Bataille de Longewala (fr)
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