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From: arthur@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur Leung)
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Subject: Re: When were tanks last used?
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Date: 20 Nov 90 02:26:09 GMT
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From: arthur@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur Leung)
>When was the last time a tank, anywhere in the world, fired
>its gun for real, i.e. =not= in manuevers or for testing?

in lots of places in the not so distant past.

the iran/iraq war comes to mind, though i don't know of
any sources of information.

israel used them in beirut.  lots of tv footage of tanks
firing MG and cannon at buildings.  lots of books concerning
that action, but most are political histories.

england used the scorpion/scimitar in the falklands.  while
not tanks, i believe that the scorpion does mount a light
cannon.  Max Hastings wrote a book (i think "Battle for the
Falklands", but i may be mistaken - it's at home) with
some of the combat history.

-- arthur