50 yrs of 1971 war: ‘IAF hunted down Pak tanks’

“Longewala offensive by Pakistan was a misadventure launched by Pakistan army without coordinated planning wherein it suffered greatest losses without a fight and we won the day. Our aircraft hunted enemy tanks like sitting ducks. However, a great credit goes to Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, then a major, and his men for holding the post against heavy onslaught of enemy fire till the arrival of the Indian Air Force," says Colonel Ajmer Singh Grewal (retd).

50 yrs of 1971 war: ‘IAF hunted down Pak tanks’
“Longewala offensive by Pakistan was a misadventure launched by Pakistan army without coordinated planning wherein it suffered greatest losses without a fight and we won the day. Our aircraft hunted enemy tanks like sitting ducks. However, a great credit goes to Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, then a major, and his men for holding the post against heavy onslaught of enemy fire till the arrival of the Indian Air Force," says Colonel Ajmer Singh Grewal (retd).