The Yom Kippur War

In 1972, Bebe was wounded during an operation to take back a plane from Palestinian hijackers. The Yom Kippur War is named for the fact that the Egyptian and Syrian forces chose the Jewish High Holiday to launch a surprise invasion. In earlier wars, Egypt had a good armor division and made them kind of unstoppable in open battle,. These man portable anti-tank missiles really changed the game in a big factor.