Battle of Asal Uttar

The battle strategy of the Asal Uttar was the thought up by Brigadier [[Thomas K. Theogaraj]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/unsung-hero/article6797696.ece|title = Unsung hero|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 18 January 2015|last1 = Dandapani|first1 = Vijay}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brigadier Thomas Theograj |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/0100.jpg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214059/https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/0100.jpg.html |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saga of Strategy & Courage |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/6517.jpg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603072843/https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/6517.jpg.html |archive-date=3 June 2021 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref>

The battle strategy of the Asal Uttar was the thought up by Brigadier [[Thomas K. Theogaraj]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/unsung-hero/article6797696.ece|title = Unsung hero|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 18 January 2015|last1 = Dandapani|first1 = Vijay}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brigadier Thomas Theograj |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/0100.jpg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214059/https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/0100.jpg.html |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saga of Strategy & Courage |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/6517.jpg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603072843/https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Galleries/Wars/1965/XI/6517.jpg.html |archive-date=3 June 2021 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=[[Bharat Rakshak]]}}</ref>

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 Patton|M47]] and [[M48 Patton|M48]] Patton tanks, were lured inside the horse-shoe trap. The swampy ground slowed the advance of the Pakistani tanks and many of them could not move because of the muddy slush. Over 100 Pakistani tanks (mostly Pattons, and a few [[M4 Sherman|Shermans]] and [[M24 Chaffee|Chaffees]]) were destroyed, with 40+ captured<ref name=Wilson /><ref name=Jaques>{{cite book|last = Jaques|first = Tony|title = Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|year = 2007|publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007|isbn = 978-0-313-33538-9}}</ref>

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 Patton|M47]] and [[M48 Patton|M48]] Patton tanks, were lured inside the horse-shoe trap. The swampy ground slowed the advance of the Pakistani tanks and many of them could not move because of the muddy slush. Over 100 Pakistani tanks (mostly Pattons, and a few [[M4 Sherman|Shermans]] and [[M24 Chaffee|Chaffees]]) were destroyed, with 40+ captured<ref name=Wilson83 /><ref name=Jaques>{{cite book|last = Jaques|first = Tony|title = Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|year = 2007|publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007|isbn = 978-0-313-33538-9}}</ref>

while the Indians, by their account, lost only 10 tanks during this counter offensive.<ref name="Zaloga">{{cite book |last=Zaloga |first=Steve |author-link=Steven J. Zaloga |title=The M47 and M48 Patton tanks |date=July 1999 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-85532-825-9}}</ref>

while the Indians, by their account, lost only 10 tanks during this counter offensive.<ref name="Zaloga">{{cite book |last=Zaloga |first=Steve |author-link=Steven J. Zaloga |title=The M47 and M48 Patton tanks |date=July 1999 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-85532-825-9}}</ref>