Mandhol Raid 1971, 9 Para Commando

 

Operation Mandhol 1971


Commando , 9 Para Commando Battalion, Mandhol 1971

Operation Mandhol was a raid carried out by soldiers from the 9 Para Commando (Now Special Forces) to seek and destroy Pakistani artillery located in hostile territory near a village called Mandole. During the operation,aided by an artillery officer Capt. D Tyagi from 195 Mountain Division, six 122 mm artillery guns were destroyed by a raiding team composed of six officers and around 120 soldiers led by Major C. M. Malhotra. The special forces raiders began their operation at 5.30 PM on 13 December 1971. They started off from Poonch and crossed the Poonch River. After they reached the Mandole village, they started searching for the artillery guns and eventually located them. The raiders divided themselves into six teams. Each one of the six team was tasked to destroy one of the six guns. Subsequently, an intense gunfight took place between the Indian raiders and Pakistan Army soldiers. The gunfight resulted in two Indian casualties and many Pakistani casualties, with some Pakistani soldiers escaping from the battle. Finally, the raiders destroyed all the artillery using explosives and returned to their base at 6.30 AM on 14 December 1971.[16]


Type 54 122 mm Howitzer (172 Independent Battery, Pakistan Army)


This operation caused the Pakistan military to tweak its military doctrine by assigning additional soldiers for defending artillery guns. Pakistan Army officials, who came to India as a delegation after the war had ended, acknowledged the raid. Operation Mandhol is now a part of the syllabus at the Indian Military Academy


( Source : wikipedia.org)



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