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From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: When were tanks last used?
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Date: 17 Nov 90 02:04:32 GMT
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From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Tanks are much in the news recently. They're in news photos
of the military buildup in Saudi Arabia, and a NY Times story
in Thursday's (Nov 15) edition about the new arms treaty
was headlined "Soviets Shift Many Tanks to Siberia."

When was the last time a tank, anywhere in the world, fired
its gun for real, i.e. =not= in manuevers or for testing?
I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has read a
newspaper report, history book, or other document
that reports specifically this usage of a tank in real
combat, police actions, or whatever. Better yet, of course,
would be somebody who witnessed a tank's gun being fired
in these situations, or for that matter, fired it himself.