*Military’s Murphy Laws…*😆
● Never share a bunker with anyone braver than yourself.
● Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
● Five-second fuses always burn in three seconds.
● No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
● Friendly fire ain't friendly.
● The...
I've read that R.D Shamim was its GOC
80 days..
Btw I hope this time it wouldn't be a cut down version with only three tanks of each type and not even included AZs.
Of course but what I meant was that usually in those days Bengalis weren't given command of such formations.
But in this case the Commander ARN was not a GOC. That's why implied so.
It is about 6th armd div. Moreover there isn't any related thread.
I was surprised that despite all the prejudices such an important formation was under command of a Bengali officer.
Also what was the any need of a separate commander ARN when I corps was there? Was it a lesson learnt from khem...
In 1971, the 6th armoured division was commanded by Major general Iskandar ul Karim a Bengali!
However Major General Bashir Ahmad was made the commander ARN to keep an eye on him.
He was OC of D company, 17 Punjab, while Aziz Bhatti was OC A company. 17 Baluch was originally with 11Div, Khem Kharan but it was sent to 12 Div(Grand Slam) and 2FF took its place.