Sadat's decision to attack out of the Egyptian enclave carved out along the east bank was politically-driven by Syrian pleas for assistance to pressure the Israelis.
The Syrians, with great bravery and less skill, were smashed by elements of two Israeli armor-heavy brigades who stood toe-to-toe with the Syrian and duked it out in day-night combat that was unceasing in its ferocity.
It was a ballsy fight with no quarter given or taken on the Golan. Unmatched by either Kursk or DESERT STORM because the Israelis certainly lost the best parts of both brigades but gave back even more. The relatively short frontage created huge numbers of modern MBTs fighting one another but the Syrians ended up stacked upon one another and simply couldn't penetrate into the valley behind the Israeli tankers. There was no room for Israeli retreat. It was DIP (defend in place) or more euphemistically known as die-in-place. And so they fought...and died but bought time for Israeli reserve divisions to slowly muster, come forth and eventually counterattack into Syria.
Whether you hate the Israelis or otherwise, it was an epic defense of the highest order against incredible odds on the Golan. In the Sinai, a different story where the IDF, both ground and air initially fought without heed to the development of Soviet anti-tank and SAM capabilities.
Had Israel better understood or appreciated the ATGW threat, they possessed the means to neutralize such. Their artillery was quite capable but underutilized. Both HE and WP/HC smoke would have served them well but their battle-plan didn't fully integrate these fires as they should have been.
Neither did they use artillery in SEAD (suppression of enemy air defense) well. SAM-2 and SAM-3 sites were invulnerable to this type of attack by virtue of their distance from the front but, certainly, both AAA (ZSU-23-4
Shilka and ZSU-57-2) and mobile SAM (SA-7 GRAIL SA-6 GAINFUL) were vulnerable to artillery fires.
It didn't have to go as it did in the Sinai. It couldn't have gone any other way in the Golan.
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