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Tanks
India's armored force was made up of two tank regiments which were the 9 Deccan Horse and 72 armored regiment along with an Armored Recce Squadron. Altogether, they comprised of 90 T-54s and T-55s with a handful of AMX-13s. Brigadier Amar Cheema of the Indian Army, while comparing the strength of two countries during the battle, claimed that the Indian Armed Forces had superior tanks such as T-55 and T-54 who were equipped with 100 mm guns. They were said to be far superior to those of the Pakistani Type 59 tank.
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The Indian T-55 tanks also possessed APDS ammunition firing capability which the Pakistani Type 59 tanks did not have. The T-55 had a far superior stabilization system.

Artillery
The Indian artillery force was the 10 Infantry Division's artillery brigade commanded by Brigadier Henry Srivivasan. It had six regiments other than smaller units. In total, the force had 18 fire units with a total 126 artillery guns of various calibers.
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Pakistani artillery at chumb was divided between the 23 Division's and 17 Division's artillery Headquarters which were being led by Brigadier Kamal Matinuddin and Brigadier Jamal Saeed Mian respectively. In total, the force had around 130 artillery guns.
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Soldiers
Cheema also claims that there was near parity in terms of artillery but, when it came to infantry, the Pakistan army had fewer soldiers than the Indian army during the battle. He states that "it was this battle which helped in sustaining the morale of Pakistan army. The Indians, on the other hand, describe it as a most serious reverse suffered in the 1971 war".

The battle
In the late hours of 3 December, Pakistani artillery initiated heavy bombardments on Indian positions all along the divisional frontline. During this time, 66 Brigade crossed the CFL and captured 3000 yards deep territory for 11 cavalry (Lt. Colonel Khurshid Ali Khan)to launch it's armored assault. 111 brigade however wasn't able to capture a similar objective southwards due to Indian resistance at moel area.