Original sentence: In the 1982 Lebanon War, Syrian T-72s and T-55s engaged Israeli M-60A1 and Merkava tanks in the south of Beirut, Lebanon.The Syrian force lost 400 tanks while Israeli forces sustained minor casualties and no tanks knocked out
Edited sentence: In fact, this two tanks never met in combat.Syrian sources claims how T-72 had success against latest Israeli Merkava I tanks, while IDF claimed opposite.T-72's baptism of fire was in 1982 Lebanon war, after which, Syrian president Hafez Al Assad said how it is "the best tank in the world".Total of 12 T-72's were lost in 1982 war, most of them due to anti tank ambushes and usage of TOW missiles