It has two good crossing places - Chhamb and Dhar. In winter, the river is generally fordable. The Chhamb sector was divided by the Munnawar Tawi river running from north to south. Each platoon when deployed could cover a frontage of 2 km if wide open ground was available. It had three platoons each having three sections carrying 30 missiles combined. Charlie Company in Chhamb was commanded by Major RC Bhatia. During the war, Charlie Company 12 Guards was deployed in Chhamb and the other two far separated in the Jammu and Punjab sectors. This innovation was to prove a blessing during the war. The battalion had also attained the capability to carry the missiles on the man-pack basis for extended distances and then firing the missile by anchoring it on the ground. The ENTAC-58 missiles were small and could be fired from a specially fitted firing platform on the jeep. These missiles could destroy a tank at a distance of 2,000 metres and outranged the existing Pakistani tanks. It was equipped with ENTAC-58 anti-tank guided missiles. The battalion was fully motorised with about 75 Willys Jeeps and 40 assorted vehicles. In February 1968, 12 Guards was raised as the first battalion. After the war, it was decided to raise two ATGM battalions. In the 1965 Indo-Pak war, the Pakistan Army had deployed American Cobra anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) effectively against the Indian tanks as India did not possess any ATGMs to counter them. Former Deputy Chief, Integrated Defence Staff
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