India's own losses in the area were 29 tanks destroyed and another 41 damaged, that were repaired after the war. At the end of the fighting, India had claimed more than 170 tanks destroyed, of which 42 were captured in the I Corps area (11 of them intact and 31 of them in destroyed or damaged condition). Some of the fiercest tank battles were fought at Phillora and then at Chawinda.

Equipped with four armoured regiments, this division faced stiff opposition from the Pakistani 6th Armoured Division. India had its 1st Armoured Division on the offensive in this area. Around 15 of them were captured by the Pakistan Army, mostly Sherman tanks. Indian losses in the Khem Karan sector were 32 tanks. 32 of the 97 tanks, including 28 Pattons, were in running condition. This included 72 Patton tanks and 25 Chafees and Shermans. The battle was so fierce & intense that at the end of the war, the 4th Indian Division (aka 'The Fighting Fourth') had captured about 97 tanks in destroyed, damaged or intact condition. These were opposed by three Indian armoured regiments with inferior tanks, Deccan Horse (Sherman), 3 Cavalry (Centurion) and 8 Cavalry (AMX-13).

Six Pakistani armoured regiments took part in the battle, namely the 19 Lancers (Patton), 12 Cavalry (Chafee), 24 Cavalry (Patton) 4 Cavalry (Patton), 5 Horse (Patton) and 6 Lancers (Patton). India had its largest haul of Pakistani tanks when the offensive of Pakistan's 1st Armoured Division was blunted at the Battle of Assal Uttar on September 10th. India had an equivalent tank in the Centurion, but their strength was limited to only four armoured regiments. Pakistan had two armoured divisions, equipped with the then very modern M-48 Patton tanks. At the start of the war, India had one armoured division and one independent armoured brigade, along with six armoured regiments supporting infantry divisions. Close to a thousand tanks, on both sides, took part in the pitch battles and offensives. The tank battles of 1965 took their place in annals of military history as the most intense ones ever, since World War II.

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