![Israeli-upgraded Centurion main battle tanks (Sho’t Kal) advancing into Syria on October 11, 1973. Having withstood the initial four-day assault of the Yom Kippur War and retaken the Golan Heights, Israeli leaders immediately decided to invade Syria and knock them out of the war.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/M-Sum23-Golan-Heights-1-e1685987914307-760x427.jpg)
Summer 2023
Military Heritage
‘Israel’s Survival at Stake’
By John E. SpindlerLieutenant Zvi “Zvicka” Greengold raced back to Nafakh, commanding his fifth or sixth Sho’t Kal, an Israeli-upgraded Centurion main battle tank, having had the previous ones knocked out beneath him. Read more