The 155mm Bofors, fires away at posts held by the enemy situated across the mountains in the Mukshoh Valley. A Jawan closes his ears, as the sounds gets a little uncomfortable for him.
The 155mm Bofors in Matayan, 125 km (78 miles) north of Srinagar, fires away at full intensity at posts held by the enemy. The gun proved to be very accurate and devastating in the Kargil conflict.
The Pakistan Army's elite 1 Armoured Corps met its Waterloo in the Battle of Assal Uttar as they lost nearly 100 tanks, many of them being brand new M-48 Pattons. Bhikiwind was used as a temporary tank cemetery to house some 60 captured & destroyed M-48 Pattons, M-24 Chafees and M4 Shermans. The cemetery stood as a standing memorial to Pakistan's humiliating defeat in the battle of Assal Uttar