This midget tank is even smaller then M113.... please don't insult. T59 is real time combat machine.
This midget tank is the reason, Pakistan does not have another 1/3rd area of Kashmir, including Ladakh.
At the time, there were no roads in the state Jammu and Kashmir, that could even support at 15 ton light tank.
There were no concrete bridges on rivers of Kashmir, just rope bridges. So the tanks had to dismantled and winched across the rivers.
There were only mule tracks in the mountains of Kargil - drass sector, that were converted into roads wide enough to support a jonga.
And all this was done, while an actual war was going on. What mattered was, when this world war 2 light tank finally arrived at the battlefront. Pakistan troops were so surprised, they had no weapon, which could even disable a light tank, had to resort to suicide bombings to take off the tank's tracks, i.e laying in front of the tank with explosive belts.(not taking away anything from bravery of Pakistani troops).
It was only Nehru's extreme stupidity in January 1949, that saved Pakistan from loosing the rest of Kashmir.
It took Pakistan army 70 years to manage a similar feat .
This midget tank is even smaller then M113.... please don't insult. T59 is real time combat machine.
As far achieving the distinction of placing tanks at highest battlefield is concerned, that too belongs to Indian army, that has place T-72 tanks in Ladakh at the elevation of 14000 Feet.
