The Scorpion's 76mm gun was apparently indifferent, as such, the Scorpion chassis was instead mounted with a 30mm RARDEN cannon turrets taken from redundant and phased out FV721 Fox Reconaissance vehicles.
The new vehicle, the Scimitar, proved to be relatively successful and saw action in Operation Iraq Freedom.
A new variant, the Sabre, which replaced the co-axial machine gun with a 7.62mm chain gun also saw action in the same conflict.
Tank Museum, Bovington: July 2006
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