Cooking off is a serious hazard to crews in damaged and disabled tanks.
They partly buried disabled tanks so that their turrets could be used as fixed artillery pieces.
Two minutes later, the soldiers were hiking up the road away from their disabled tank.
The breakout had been stopped before it had really begun and nine disabled tanks now blocked the road.
Cyan light so bright it was palpable engulfed the disabled tank.
After the battle was over, the Soviets held the area and were able to recover their disabled tanks and wounded crews.
For a time, the Israelis were focused on efforts to rescue the crew of a disabled tank, which had come under heavy fire.
One of the disabled tanks was still smoldering.
There were not many hits yet, but any disabled tanks could be pounded to pieces, and there was nothing to shoot back at.
The crew left the disabled tank, escaping to a British-held trench, much to the surprise of the troops in it.