The Israeli Tank Defense Of The Valley Of Tears | Greatest Tank Battles | Timeline

In 1973, Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel -- culminating in a great standoff at the Valley of Tears. How did a few outnumbered tanks hold off an enemy of overwhelming size?
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[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Epic performance by the IDF and the mighty Centurion. The Israelis deserve full RESPECT for their tenacity and courage whilst facing extremely heavy odds. Professionalism, skill and sheer guts won the day.

[@cowz1812]

As a supporter of palestine I cannot deny that

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

The Centurion Israel used in this battle were highly modified. Diesel engines with more power. Think they replaced the 105mm L7 with an indigenous design. Upgraded the fire control and enhanced the armor. Took a good tank and made it even better. I like the Centurion before and after the upgrade.

[@hvacgar2]

Yeah its a bit like praising the Panzer and SS in the 40s

[@plehmann72]

​@@hvacgar2. Nah, not even remotely similar... Israel has a right to exist. Syria and Egypt and the other Arab states tried multiple times to destroy Israel entirely. It was their stated goal. And look what happened when Egypt and Jordan made peace ... they got the land back.

[@waynemyers799]

It would be absolutely insane to give the Golan Heights back to Syria.

[@abrahamm1325]

Syria is in ruins, over half a million killed in their civil war. They should be worrying about rebuilding their country and not over a smidge of land that they dont even need.

[@franciskok4578]

Yes. May God Bless and protect Israel.

[@TheitaniofRome]

Np kidding. Syria makes surprise attack, loses then cries they want land back.

[@mottyk8491]

Not happening the Syrians had their chance in 1990s

[@Ken-no5ip]

There is no ‘claiming’ territory. Only controlling it through force

[@bryanduncan1640]

The final “hurrah” for the Centurion tank - surely one of the most successful tanks of the modern era. Even as a small kid knowing nothing, the Centurion always struck me as a good tank.The old adage that if something looks right, it probably is right certainly was true with the Centurion!

[@abigailschultz8450]

D

[@nit23sharma]

Indian army Centurion tanks blunted the Pakistani armour composed of the fancy American Pattons in the fields of Punjab .....

[@ourcomradecat]

@@nit23sharma I mean no offense to you or the Indian army, but I just can't see how anyone could consider M48 Patton tanks as "fancy American" armour. That thing was already quite dated, even from its introduction in 1952 and to put it against a Centurion on a reletively flat plain... I'd hardly call it a fair fight.

[@nit23sharma]

@@ourcomradecat ...you need to read more on Indo Pakistani wars....there were 2 major wars in which tanks were used...in 1965 both sides used tanks rather incompetently....more like mobile artillery rather than an armoured fist....M48s were considered impenetrable....in fact they first encountered matchbox like AMX tanks .... however tables got turned once indians got hang of the armour fighting and handed Pakistanis two of their worst defeats in armoured warfare...plz read up asal utar n phillorah battles

[@michellebrown4903]

@@nit23sharma the Israelis also had Pattons .... they were not overly impressed with them.

[@pedromatos5918]

The diference...israeli comander in the end talks about the humans lost from both sides ....the syrian comander ...we will return to golan... thats why israel will always be leading and winning!! Long live to Israel!!!

[@matthewlemar9108]

English is not your first language is it....

[@_Raven_]

​@@matthewlemar9108And I'm guessing you only speak English

[@sophieopiyo4906]

The Israelis belive in life unlike their Arab neighbours

[@UsernameUnavailable-r7j]

@@matthewlemar9108guess what? The rest of the world is mostly bilingual unlike America. 🤯

[@max2008abhi]

The syrians can afford to reproduce like rabbits because of their low standard of living. The Israelis cannot.

[@curtisjohnson9910]

To stand up against those numbers is a great act of bravery. Long live the IDF. Long live Israel

[@cpssee]

Eww

[@gabrieljoseph6310]

To quote Brezhnev. We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, "Save me!" He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them." 4 November1973

[@johnsheaman8057]

Excellent sidebar comment.

[@gabrieljoseph6310]

Golda Meir does not call for help @mohamed htresk,Americans discovered that Israel armed fighter jets and missiles with nuclear warheads and nuclear bombs ...... the target ...guess

[@abhishek100091]

@Pol Pot 2024 they should have asked the Sikhs soliders

[@fastyaveit]

@Pol Pot 2024 nor could the Yanks or Brits, what is your point?

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

@mohamed htresk "Golda Meir"...

[@abhishek100091]

The moral of the lesson is "Quality is more important than quantity"

[@henrifischer1119]

not as a rule. look at WO II and the defeat of the Germans by the Russians (Barbarossa). and look at current China, aiming at quantity. qaulity and/or quantity are nothing without cunning.

[@abhishek100091]

@@henrifischer1119 Russians were saved by the winter and allied aids not by the quantity U can say that it slowed the Germans advance but the real reason for german defeat was two fornt war(D-day landing) and harsh Russian winter whereas modern China is trying it's hardest to match the Americans in R&D but sadly it falls too much behind in that field which is good sign for American and it's allies

[@purona2500]

its a sliding scale. It just so happened israel had enough quality to outweigh Syrias Quantity

[@deathincluded3706]

dont blame the syrians though, its a soviet doctrine they were following of using numbers in the hopes of overwhelming the enemy- a sort of evolution of the human wave. but with tanks

[@rayward3630]

I think quality and the fact that Isreal is a small country with enemies with superior numbers at its borders. It is pure survival for them and I think the Hollocaust remains in in the their minds. They are forced to fight to merely survive and avoid a repeat of history.

[@Flying_Snakes]

500 to 3 is a savage kd ratio.

[@Vincent98987]

What?

[@morisco56]

@@Vincent98987 old people like you don't understand

[@morisco56]

Almost a hacker

[@dankus.memeokus4192]

@@Vincent98987 kill death ratio it's in video games basically how many people you quickscope before u die for example if u kill 2 people every life your kd ratio is 2.00

[@fixmix9857]

@@morisco56 thats autoban KD ratio.

[@DrShlomoGeller]

You presented this war as a merely territorial dispute. This is far from the truth. BEFORE the 1967 war, when the Golan heights were under Syrian control (with only army bases and no civilian population), they bombarded the Israeli Kibutzim, that sat to the foot of the heights, daily. Conquering the heights from the Syrians in the 67 war was first of all to prevent that bombardment, so they can never do it again. So this has nothing to do with a territorial dispute. And since the 1973 war, many villages and farms, as well as a city, were built there.

[@gingerwingerful]

Thnx for explaining so people actually live at the Golan heights.

[@SKPetel]

@@gingerwingerful its both populated and touristed, mount hermon is Israel's only ski resort.

[@annazfker2028]

... WHAT HAPEN TO THE PEOPLE ? WHO LIVED THERE ?

[@qweasdzxcname]

my father did not fight in this specific battle but he did in others. he was among those who breached syria and to egypt. he saw many of his friends die brutally and painfully. these wins came with a cost, and should not be celebrated. its best to make sure it never happens again.

[@annazfker2028]

... HOW MANY CHILDREN DID HE KILLED ?

[@ezrapark9992]

My high school physics teacher was in a tank during this war, in the Golan. He said it smelled like a cookout, and that it would make you hungry, until you realized the burning meat was the smell of people in the burning tanks.

[@geebeeinga]

The smell of burning human flesh is distinctly different than a “cookout”. It’s a smell that you will not forget and you will not equate it to that of cooking a hamburger or steak - that’s for sure. Not discounting his experiences but whether battlefield or other disastrous circumstances you’d know what it smells like and it doesn’t make you hungry.

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@geebeeinga You are unpleasantly correct. It's horrible.

[@ezrapark9992]

@@geebeeinga It might have been dark humor too. He said the smell was his strongest memory of the war. He also said a tank on his left flank was obliterated during a push forward and he could’ve died just as easily.

[@andrewdopple6946]

burned human flesh reeks, because it is mixed with the clothes, hair, fats and plastics that are on the body.

[@briankeyes268]

I have a friend that was in a tank there. He talks about God a lot, a real lot. I can't imagine.

[@davidpietarila699]

Let me see if I have this straight; - Syria attacks Israel and losses their own territory in the Golan Heights… in the war they started. - So then Syria AND Egypt attack Israel, in the Golan, and are defeated by a group roughly 1/5 their numbers. - Now, Israel has had the Golan for 50 years… or… longer than the average Syrian has been alive. - And Syria is STILL playing the “give it back or you’ll be sorry!” card?

[@scott4766]

so true they aren't getting Golan back and why should they.

[@aids1205]

@@chivalrylives8050 Yeah definitely had god by their side in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973...

[@Loose89]

@@chivalrylives8050 Really? they're so bad they can't even defeat themselves LMAO

[@chivalrylives8050]

@@Loose89 Those automated turrets and walls won't protect child killers forever.

[@robertphilip6649]

'I have God on my side' is a line often used by INEPT and IRRESPONSIBLE WARMONGERS , hence, they kept saying 'One day, one day' to maintain their delusions....

[@indefiance8060]

When your enemy says they will be back, then you need to make sure none are left to come back.

[@curtisjohnson9910]

Syria and Egypt never attacked Israel in z conventional war after this

[@annazfker2028]

... I'LL TAKE A GUESS: IT WAS ... REINHARD HAYDRICH ? YES ?

[@hillaryclinton1314]

the early animation misses the centurions biggest gift.. the ability to depress the gun significantly further than any russian tank. they could stay down behind cover and still hit targets on the other side of the hill

[@cshubs]

Ah, the things we learn from World of Tanks! :-)

[@doggonemess1]

Israel: It's over! I have the high ground! Syria: You underestimate my power. Israel: Don't try it. Syria: RAAAAAAH! Predictable outcome ensues.

[@tarektechmarine8209]

General Kenobi was truly the greatest during the clone wars.

[@DMNssms]

My uncle was wounded fighting against the Syrians and the fact that Israel won such a surprise war is just a reminder that God was protecting her.

[@cpssee]

*USA was protecting them

[@itaycohen7241]

@@cpssee you are wrong After USA and Israel became allis Israel always helped him in wars when the USA did nothing to help Israel

[@markskeldon1347]

Selah, Almighty God has promises to fulfil in the nation of Israel.

[@beatrizviacava-goulet7640]

the manipulations continues...

[@internetshortscomp5810]

the usa didnt help other than the billions of dollars they send every year you mran?

[@manassurya2019]

This battle deserves it's place among the most legendary in all of history, alongside Thermopylae and Agincourt.

[@Mythical.History]

One of the best channels on YT!

[@isr901]

The Yom Kippur day war, nothing short of a miracle. Don't mess with the good because you will lose everytime.

[@homijbhabha8860]

@@thebeatcreeper pretty sure OP is extremely religious.

[@JJKarni]

​@@thebeatcreeper There was no "deliberately" in there. it indeed wasn't good, but it's definitely not the absolute evil you try to portray it as.

[@JJKarni]

@@thebeatcreeperWell, It happened that I both read the testimonies and read the transcripts while hearing the records of the incident.

[@JJKarni]

@@thebeatcreeper Nope, they didn't know. the recordings clearly show that. What part are you referring to, exactly?

[@JJKarni]

@@thebeatcreeper Either this happened after the attack, or not during the incident. I've heard all the recordings, you're welcome to send the link if you find it. How would the serviceman know if they've been identified? At most, they can ~think~ they've been identified. the recordings clearly disprove that. Unless you're referring to the early identification of the USS liberty, which happened a few hours before the incident. I don't know what testimony you talk about, and whether it's true/accurate or not. but lets assume it's the truth. What was he Laughing at, exactly? After experiencing such a traumatic event, I understand why you'll think everything surrounds what you just experienced, but that doesn't mean he laughed about anything related to the incident. And let's assume for a second that he did laugh at them (which is extremely unlikely) - what does that prove, exactly? If Israel did plan this, you'd expect Israelis NOT to laugh. in the two scenarios of Israel planning versus not planning the attack, laughing would actually make more sense in the latter, not the former.

[@Starsky3022]

46:20 Israeli tankers hearing that: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man"

[@1776stubborn]

Is it me or is this arab commentator on the edge of crying? All he does is glorify the losing army.

[@Starsky3022]

@@1776stubborn It is about the valley of tears afer all :D

[@jimrobcoyle]

Israeli propaganda is comprehensive.

[@ndogg20]

@@jimrobcoyle Propaganda? They were attacked, they fought back, they won. I fail to see the any 'propaganda' there.

[@Ragedaonenlonely]

@@ndogg20 That's kind of what happens when you muscle your way in on another nations territory without reason. Why were they even there to be attacked in the first place?

[@nickdarr7328]

In all the Israel-arab war documentaries there's always an Egyptian or Syrian officer saying they thought Arabs couldn't fight. They say it like they haven't gotten destroyed every time they've launched an attack

[@user-or1rm1ol3q]

Egypt won the war the dummy

[@GUMMRUCHK]

Looking at the current state of Syria tells me they won't be taking back anything anytime soon.

[@osher87]

Funny and true comment. As an Israeli, i can tell u that even today, when IDF attacks Iranian and Terror groups are targeted in Syria almost every week, the only option for calm and peace is that IRAN will leave Syria and stop filling underground missiles and tunnels and many more terror activities, but that not gonna happen =\

[@709mash]

Over 1k tanks and they still couldn't take tiny Golan. That's embarrassing. Goes to show that all the numbers in the world won't make up for not having good tactics and good training. The IDF clearly outclassed them. The Egyptians were far more competent than Syria.

[@maxanderson9293]

Golan was actually a really good defensive spot and defensive line called the purple line.

[@annazfker2028]

... PRAISE THE LORD ! FOR WE GOT THE U.S 🇺🇸 PRAISE THE LORD !

[@54000biker]

'Only the dead have seen the end of war'. - Plato

[@garymunoz6649]

They took a stone...and brought down a giant ... once again👍

[@MPlain]

This was really interesting. thanks for the upload

[@kuntibolox]

The long range gunnery skills of the IDF was decisive.

[@annazfker2028]

... AMEN ! BROTHER. PRAISE THE LORD ! 🤑 💰 FOR WE GOT THE U.S 🇺🇸 UNDER CONTROL.

[@norsehall309]

RIP, to those who died on both sides.

[@حسينمانوس]

Hahahaha you don't get it don't you.?

[@ghostttriddder]

@@حسينمانوس ???

[@michellebrown4903]

The hatred that sweeps through humanity is just breathtaking. We will most certainly destroy ourselves. And Religion is the main cause.

[@حسينمانوس]

@@michellebrown4903 well not I can assure you if the humans do as others before there will be nuclear war, genetic war, space wars and maybe temporal war

[@leonidas130]

​@@michellebrown4903 Bingo..

[@thechrisandphaedrusshow]

That's just damn good tanking!

[@Lee-wg7en]

"being able to kill the other guy before he killed you was a tremendous advantage" -- yes... it does seem better than killing the other guy after he kills you...

[@ahulaga8466]

haha definite logic in that one!

[@iluva420]

That made me laugh!

[@dirtfarmer7472]

Yes I agree with Lee, very good logic

[@ElkArrow]

"The Israelis figured out that they had a tremendous advantage if they could kill the other guy before they killed you." Brilliant!!

[@Swellington_]

They might be on to something right there 🤔

[@brucefale6132]

@@Anna-gm8tt An Israeli didn't say that.

[@Anna-gm8tt]

@@brucefale6132 jokes > facts

[@YHVHsword]

I just heard him say that and I thought the exact same thought. What a complete idiot. I literally had to pause the video and ask: “Did he really just say that?” Wow! Who would’ve thought that it’s a tremendous advantage to kill the enemy before they can kill you? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ElkArrow]

👍👍👏🤣@@YHVHsword

[@richardj9016]

Americans don’t like to mention that the Centurion was a British tank.

[@haveraygunwilltravel]

The Americans bought hundreds of centurions. They were given to Israel, Denmark, Belgium under lendlease. Many tanks were sold to Israel. British government wasn't going to sell them to Israel but would sell them to the US. The US sold Israel a lot of M48 that the Israel military remodeled to take the German designed 105.

[@TheLoachman]

@@haveraygunwilltravel The 105mm gun was a British design, later adopted by Germany and the US.

[@ProfessorPesca]

I wish there was louder background music to really destroy any interest in the documentary

[@Jonbenjon]

So just for fun, one of these tank commanders, Zvika Greengold, was brought in to clean up the city of Ofakim. Corruption and gangs being considered a cakewalk after holding off a Syrian brigade solo for 20 hours. :)

[@CFarnwide]

Sounds like a great guy! Thanks for the info, I will have to look him up! 😎

[@annazfker2028]

YEAH ! ... HE WAS .. LIKE PROTECTED BY GOD HIMSELF !

[@duolingo0552]

I’m sure this comments section is going to be hugely civil and not controversial at all

[@0861USMC]

Lol

[@laughs150]

Sometimes being biased is a good thing. Like when it comes to hating actual Nazis that's a good bias.

[@Ubique2927]

The Syrians didn’t just stop out of incompetence. It was soviet doctrine to stop for resupply during darkness. Commanders had no say in this.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

A good video, well presented.

[@doggonemess1]

31:26 Correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like a HEAT round, not a HESH round. And I could forgive that if the ENTIRE UNFIRED TANK ROUND wasn't coming out of the barrel of the tank!

[@damian_jack1958]

Its an american documentery what are you expecting accuracy.

[@phillipsmith4814]

It isn’t either. The round they show is APDS - Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot, or just sabot (pronounced “SAY BO”, it’s French).HEAT rounds have a much longer standoff probe that resembles a pipe on the nose of the round. Though older types and some newer types of HEAT rounds are narrow, conical shaped. HESH rounds are also conical shaped, but are rounder and fatter than the typical conical shaped rounds.

[@doggonemess1]

@@phillipsmith4814 I thought the same thing at first, but then the cross section looks more like a HEAT round. It's almost like they asked their animator to make a tank round and they combined the outside of APDS with the inside of a HEAT and the operation of stupid. XD

[@doggonemess1]

@@damian_jack1958 Oh, no, I just like to point out the errors.

[@kaalisurfer600]

yes it is,armor piercing you are apsolutely right,just another israhelli us bias

[@whothefoxcares]

the insidious music ain't mellow or useful when listeners struggle to hear the lecturer.

[@crazylordbc3347]

...LONG.....LIVE........I.S.R.A.E.L..... ;)

[@EscapeEFT]

One of the biggest advantages the Israeli forces had was good training.

[@hijaumorson]

nope..its their God..his name is Jehovah

[@EscapeEFT]

@@hijaumorson Yes, that as well.

[@orlovgaming451]

"I dare to say there will not be peace in the middle east if Golan heights won't be returned to Syria" Damm there won't be peace until Syria stops the madness it has inside the country. Golan heights are no more an excuse for no peace. Hate to say but that "History expert" isn't an expert at all -_-

[@derekbaker777]

Love these types of war documentaries.

[@Abhishek100.]

🇮🇳 The documentary is very heart-touching. Each incident in it is both scary and intriguing, making you curious about what will happen next ?.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

The Israeli military showed the world once again not only the quality of her troops, but also that superior numbers don’t guarantee victory.

[@franklinsinclair6865]

It's simply amazing what Isreal accomplished, nothing but respect for their 🪖 !!!

[@ghostttriddder]

Valley of Tears: because arabs keep crying till this day on how they lost 4 wars against israel 😆

[@Black_olives_007]

But this is a big reminder that the Arabs took their land back so you are wrong

[@jtpenman]

One brave man can make a difference

[@trespire]

@James P In basic training, there was a common saying " every private is a Chief of Staff " , meaning when push comes to shove, every IDF soldier will take command of the situation demands, no matter what their rank.

[@ottodidakt3069]

Both the Syrians and the Israelis also used WW2 German Panzers in the Golan Heights, I think Mark Felton did a video on that ?!

[@Bonk4Me]

Syria used Panzers bought from France. Israel used upgunned american shermans

[@fyeahusa]

That was during the 6 Day War in 1967, not this war.

[@yzakhd5586]

@@Bonk4Me m51

[@psikogeek]

46:22 Syrians promise to "get back the Golon Heights one day." Hence, the cycle of war continues. They'd be better off to apologize for killing Israelis from The Heights. The good news is that Syria has become so insignificant that the Israelis have been able to cut their defense spending.

[@alexandrasmith4393]

Damascus ready to meet the conditions in Isaiah

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@alexandrasmith4393 For the time being they are. That bloodthirsty dictator in Syria will rise again, with Russia's help.

[@MrStupidHead]

It's kind of funny. Considering that the Israelis could have continued on to Bagdad and taken some more/all of Syria. And could have probably ended up with more of Egypt if they wanted. Over the years, the Syrian/Israeli conflict has gotten even more lopsided. Which is why it has become a conflict of proxies. As each side muscles up bigger bodyguards.

[@zjeee]

@@MrStupidHead yep the UN made sure the Israelis never pushed their advantage to protect the Arab nations

[@gabrieljoseph6310]

It will not happen Israeli army is one of the most powerful armies in the world, with a strong air force with very sophisticated weapons in two years with operational laser systems .

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Nice Tanks Battles in this Video with out Labelling of Infantry Comrades unites of Both sides .

[@brycemcqueen2235]

"Roman Legions and auxiliary troops killed 100k Germanic Warriors . Along with their families etc that normally accompanied them in the baggage train. In a day or so! Using primitive weapons and tactics. It's amazing that modern war has such few casualties. Given the effectiveness of modern killing power."

[@MothaLuva]

Yes, modern killing power. What an advance for humanity.

[@Sorain1]

It is my opinion that the reason _is_ all that 'modern killing power', both because it makes armies more expensive to field (Shrinking their size) and because putting more firepower in the hands of a few better trained troops usually* works out better. Mostly the former reason in my view, better tech has made the gap between scratch militias and professional soldiers keep widening and so armies get more expensive per soldier and more capable per soldier. *Warning: Quantity has a quality all it's own, fighting an enemy who can vastly out number/produce you is virtually always a strategic loss no matter how many tactical victories you might win. See: Imperial Japan vs United States of America, United States of America vs Confederate States of America and Leonidas's personal guard and Athenians vs Persian empire.

[@romelnegut2005]

Even if the Heights are returned to Syria, there's still will not be peace in the Middle East.

[@victorcukier5629]

By now, Israel’s controlled the golan for longer than Syria

[@1TruNub]

Israel has tried for decades after the Yom Kippur War to give peace to the Arabs with nothing to show for it

[@davidradford4141]

Israel has tired for years to make peace with the Arab countries (Palestine not included), but the Arab countries still think they are the powers they were on horseback generations ago. It's time for the Arab countries to accept the fact that they are 'also rans' compared to Israel and start making life better for their citizens.

[@lrw3984]

@@davidradford4141 maybe USA should stop supporting that illegal state and we can all be free of it. free Palestine - free the world

[@CPiGTi]

@@lrw3984 Or instead of spending hundreds of millions on weapons, Hamas and iran can build schools, hospitals and houses

[@thefisherking78]

Damn that was good

[@alward9901]

It must be my ears . But the back ground music over powers the commentator , sorry have to go it’s too much .

[@timstort8223]

The best army for the best country in the world, the lord above is and will always be watching out for Israel

[@jeffreyschwarz3699]

Attack people on their holiest day praying. Typical of these people.

[@psiinc]

💜Excellent Content💜thank you!

[@Softail77us]

Turn down the music and the dorky sound effects in case someone wants to hear the talking in the background.

[@SGTRandleOneOne]

Imagine if it was the latest gen Merkava tanks vs whatever trash Syria has. The Merkava is one inpressive beast.

[@jpmtlhead39]

The Sheer scale and Ferocity of this Battle ,only during WW2 we did see such "Scenario"... A battle for total Annihilation of the Enemy And makes justice to the "place", The Valley of Tears.

[@scottyfox6376]

I seem to recall a video saying that Israeli mothers wanted their sons to be deployed in the Centurion tanks as the safest & best tanks of the time.

[@gabrieljoseph6310]

What matters is not the tank but the quality of the fighter

[@BenyKarachun]

Safest and best at the Israeli arsenal

[@bigkaki000]

Idk about other armies but in israel the tank crew is more important than the tank, that's why the merkava tank was designed the way it is

[@ahulaga8466]

or just not 😅

[@donnaworrilow9295]

God will always be with israel he said I will never leave you nor forsake you sayeth the Lord 🤞🙏❤️🇺🇸 praying always for israel and the people

[@Freedomboy006]

israel will never give up the golan heights. too important to them for their defense of their country. I don’t think they’ll give it up for a piece treaty nor should they

[@thulsadoon]

For as long as there has been humans there has been conflict over land. Land for hunting, land for farming and land for your families to live on. And in all that time there is one, and ONLY one, axiom that has held true. It goes like this: If you cannot hold your land from aggressors then that land was never yours to begin with. For Syria to claim that the Golan Hights has always been theirs and will always be theirs is pure hyperbole. If it's theirs then let them take it back, if they can't take it back then it was never theirs in the first place.

[@MothaLuva]

I wonder if your argumentation would also work for someone who steals at a store. „If it’s theirs let them take it back…“

[@ALIKN1-1]

Let them bring more glory to Ur-Dak 🇮🇶🇸🇾🇾🇪🇵🇸🇯🇴 🇱🇧 ........ Babylon will be satisfied

[@ALIKN1-1]

Zionists must pay and Arabs I hardly thought about it ......if I want to build something that might be good for me I need them to vanish ........if you asked me what do you want to build and why ...... time doesn't matter for an answer ..... so carrying duty to the end

[@dsan8742]

@@MothaLuva The logic literally applies to the entirety of turkey and the Middle East, or else arabs would still be isolated to the Arab peninsula 😂😂

[@gstormcz]

Something common man is missing, kind of heroism and fight for truth, gets attracted to these pieces of history. But wisdom tells me peace is not related to owning any country or location. Only peace is inside man, you never find until really sought. Some guys rather die for few metres than sacrificing their life for seeking peace. Even die again and again. If peace is related to one man idea, thats more likely he gets killed fool rather than letting him go murder whole world. Definitely clear many of those guys dying there find their peace, fulfilling their wishes. That words of Syrian veteran "No peace until they get back to Golan... Well, wishes usually fulfill ed by easiest way, so peace for that guy just let him die, God wont let him kill all humanity. I listened to many veterans of wars, some already made peace becoming friends with former enemy. I wish best all peaceful men. There is no peace in others guy house to get in uninvited. Movie is great documentary anyway

[@ExcavationNation]

Can you IMAGINE the carnage if Israel had 5 or 6 M22's.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very good

[@danielnewman4876]

God bless and keep Israel ,what a mighty warriors, like in the glorious days of the great King David

[@tonyromano6220]

Brutal.

[@Solaremusic]

Great documentary, too bad the sound is off, cannot hear the voice

[@Morin1292]

Too bad the production of this documentary is removing other armed ressources, including infantry, artillery and air power. It looks like an isolated tanks battle, which it was not.

[@MPlain]

It's a documentary about a tank battle. not a war. they had to set the stage for the battle. It is mainly about a specific battle. Or did you not pay attention to the multiple references to greatest tank battles. Try reading first.

[@dannylevin3647]

it is not a full war documentary... it is about tank battles, so it focuses on the tanks.... BTW, infantry did not play any role in the valley of tears.

[@harryh5620]

could you turn the music up, please?

[@petrusinvictus3603]

I have heard that this was the moment when Israeli Mirages were loaded with tactical nukes...

[@watchthe1369]

I want to cry every time I see all the resources sacrificed upon the altars of hatred because the guy on the other side of the hill follows the teachings of a different shaman or holy man when those same people agree with 90% of the beliefs, and all the core beliefs except for HIM, whatever name he has..... Those hundreds of millions if not billions, plus lives spent. Tanks that could have been tractors, lives that could have discovered so much more than just killing. I hate to chose sides, but the side I generally go with is the one that does not initiate the fighting, the side that does not have the desire to cross the mountain "Just because."

[@Elgar337]

"It's 20 hours away. I'll be there in 10" - Mr Wolf's Jewish cousin.

[@canaanite23]

Lol

[@eli8722]

The syrians had a chance to negotiate for the Golan Heights just like the egyptians did and They refused. Now it's too late for them

[@randobad]

Spoils of war, whoever wins, keeps. Israel should have kept the Sinai peninsula, they're the only ones that seem to make things better.

[@goy0551]

When enemy outnumbers you, but you still won the war, if God is with us , who can be against us

[@fintonmainz7845]

That's what the Germans said. "Got mit uns". Everyone loses in war.

[@cecil123]

@@fintonmainz7845 well their 1000 year Reich lasted 12 years so it looks like they were wrong.

[@richardj9016]

God must have been on holiday during WW2.

[@eightmiles3401]

The arabs are so proud that they wont accept defeat. Sound like satan who was thrown out from heaven because of what? PRIDE!

[@markskeldon1347]

Almighty God is not mocked, He will fulfill His word to His servants, as well as His enemies.

[@tobiasburinagaensiojrtobia8815]

Mo's hardest films omg

[@hamishford5486]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop p[aying music over the top of people speaking, it defeats the purpose of people speaking and is very frustrating for your viewers to not be able to hear what they have to say.

[@babalutan3726]

If you just made a water line or gas line out of those tanks people will live...humanity is just a word!

[@agentalberta6531]

Syrian intelligence: General, the Israel will need 20 hours to mobilize. Israel soldiers: you got ten.

[@viking8889]

The background music was too loud. Couldn’t understand the people talking.

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Lets get ready to rumble

[@pastordonkoh7692]

No word of a lie, for a good 5-7 years ive believed this man to be Ben Foggle

[@kalevcharleston2762]

Talk about BS get lost

[@pastordonkoh7692]

@@kalevcharleston2762 go sym

[@bicolmange]

When you knowe what to hit,,you hit!

[@jeffbrunton3291]

What about air support?

[@avnrulz8587]

It's a tank battle documentary.

[@tarektechmarine8209]

@@avnrulz8587 so?

[@avnrulz8587]

@@tarektechmarine8209 so, the documentary on tank battles generally does not cover air support, it's not a combined operations documentary. These are an old series from the 1990s or early 2000s dealing with Tank Battles.

[@yes-uo8so]

Until today, they valley of tears is still filled with tears of arabs who couldnt accept their defeat to one tiny nation,

[@marcarias448]

Ezy guys... Syrian tanks were old & couldn't reach the newer generations Israeli tanks... But yes our Hebrew brothers are brave...

[@ComeAlongKay]

Arabs can fight it’s the winning they’ve had an issue with. But they seem willing to sacrifice as many of their people as needed to try.

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Sound (music) is WAY to loud, distracting from the voice over content. Also, what is the full name of your translator? It is not in the closing credits removing any validity to your translation claim.

[@shlomoelstein4721]

dose anyone now how they created the graphics for this video?

[@danielbostrom1831]

Audio corruption between 2:16 - 2:18, please watch the video before release

[@wonderbucket1242]

May Israel keep the Golan Heights forever

[@MothaLuva]

31:28 Here we see the real reason for the Israeli victory: they were firing the shells together with the casings.

[@TheLoachman]

And that was an APFSDS (Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot) round, not Squash-Head.

[@wyattwesterfield4553]

@@TheLoachman APDS (Armor-Piercing Discarding-Sabot). The first western 105mm APFSDS wasn’t developed until 1975, two years after the October War.

[@TheLoachman]

@@wyattwesterfield4553 Without watching the video again, I believe that I was commenting on the graphic depiction of the ammunition rather than that actually employed.

[@robertosimon9340]

It is astounding the level on mental gymnastics "some people" do to avoid complimenting the Israeli military and strategic might. Around the 30:00 mark the arab professor implies that the Syrians let themselves get blasted by Israeli tanks out of "bravery" and a "fight to the death" mentality instead of sheer incompetence and stupidity

[@ilovedc9786]

Next we want Battle of Longewala 1971

[@avnrulz8587]

These documentaries are decades old, they're just rebroadcasts of shows from TV channels.

[@Lybarger12b]

Little did the syrians know the Israelis had disguised some of their tanks but in actuality were specialized anti-tank and anti-aircraft Javelin type system that was highly responsible for the majority of the Syrian tank deaths and it was also highly classified. Very clever disguising a vastly versatile system as something smaller and less significant. The syrians were doomed before the mission was even started.

[@itzikashemtov6045]

Shhh, To this day a tank invasion to Israel is the stupidest idea ever :)

[@nikolasbbq]

Tried to watch it but that damn music is just over the top, Jesus does everybody have to put music on top of their videos?