Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scorpion attack

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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 08:22, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Scorpion attack[edit]

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No English language sources for this phrase...I read a fair amount of military history and have never encountered it. TheLongTone (talk) 14:03, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:51, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Doubtless combined arms attacks featuring a pincer movement in combination with an airstrike have happened many times. Then again, combining an airstrike with some other form of ground attack has happened frequently. There does not seem to be an English name for this form of attack as such. Neither does the machine translations of the Vietnamese sources contain the word "scorpion", or any other word to describe the overall strategy. The tactic is translated as "pincers" or "pliers" in all three sources with the air component described separately. The naming and identifying of the attack as a distinct maneouver seems to be WP:OR on the part of the article author. SpinningSpark 20:05, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I found refs to an airplane, a combat vehicle and a military unit, but no attack types.--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 20:52, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Cannot find any reference to the term as such, even in the supplied sources. Already an article on Pincer attack. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:21, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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