Photos The Six Day War, 1967

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IDF M50 Super Sherman and M4 (105mm) Sherman

 

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An Egyptian column destroyed by Israeli aircraft

 

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Israel

 

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it´s an PM-63 "Rak" (crayfish)

 

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it´s an PM-63 "Rak" (crayfish)

no, it´s CZ Model 25

 

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An Israeli soldier enjoying a cup of water from Jordan River after Six Day War. On his left arm is a number tattoo from The Holocaust

 

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Israeli paratroopers minutes after taking the Western Wall on 7 June 1967
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The three same men reunited at the kotel, 40 years later.
Zion Karasanti, left, Yitzhak Yifat, center, and Haim Oshri, right.

 

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Israeli M5 half-tracks converted into tanks during the Arab Israeli war with turrets of captured Daimler and guns from Humber armoured cars, and a MG 34 turret in the front. 4 were built
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Those modifications were developed in 1948, for the Independence war. They were surely no longer in use by '67.

 

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Much Jordanian hardware was abandoned in the retreat. A lot of it was intact or easily repairable.
Here is a staging point for captured Pattons.

AFAIK the M48s were modernized and pressed into IDF service, whereas the M47s were disposed of.

 

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Many Jordanian Jeeps and Landrovers were captured intact, and most were immediately re-used.
here a Jeep M38 with 106mm RCL used by hilarious paras. Note the crudely painted air-ID white+black bands, while the Jordanian tag is still on the fender.

Also a Landrover LWB under new management near J'lem:

hee-haw!

 

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Jordan had M52 self propelled howitzers

which suffered heavy losses:

 

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A 50s vintage Willys pickup? I never expected to see that!

 

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The Jordanian army was much better trained and commanded than those of Egypt and Syria. Even when suffering a local defeat, they would continue to fight while falling back, not collapse and run as did Nasser's army.
In the cities of CisJordan (West bank) with holy sites, the IDF gave strict orders not to use heavy weapons to avoid any damage to the shrines. The Jordanians used theirs, and in this uneven fight were able to inflict heavy losses (Like to the paras in J'lem).

However, once those were decided and the battles moved to maneuvering in open terrain, the IDF immediately gained a big advantage. Especially when the Air force switched to close air support after it secured total superiority.

It was the turn of Jordan to suffer disproportionate losses, like this column in the Judaean hills:

 

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A 50s vintage Willys pickup? I never expected to see that!

Hey, in case of need, use what's available while it still runs. And then some.
Come to think of it, "50s vintage" is much younger than the M4 Shermans and halftracks along which they were fighting...

 

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A happy ending: Uzi Narkis and some of his staff celebrating Mission Completed at the Western Wall.

If the caption in my files is right, this happy bunch is singing HaTikvah, the national anthem: "Our hope will not be lost, The hope of two thousand years, To be a free nation in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem."
"עוד לא אבדה תקותנו, התקוה בת שנות אלפים, להיות עם חפשי בארצנו, ארץ ציון וירושלים."

You go, guys.

 

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A child carries a tray of food on her head as she makes her way through debris after the Six-Day War in Kalkilya

 

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An Israeli soldier studies an oil refinery at Port Suez set alight by Israeli shelling during the Six-Day War. He views it from the other side of the Suez Canal.