ZSU-57-2s were not very successful during either the Six-Day War in 1967 or the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Despite that, the Egyptian Army operated 40 ZSU-57-2"s" as of 2003 and equipped them with radars. Egypt also bought Chinese-made proximity fuzes for its S-60 and S-68 ammunition. The Israelis captured a number of ZSU-57-2s from the Egyptians or Syrians. One resides at the Yad La-Shiryon armor museum in Latrun, West Bank, another at the Israel Defense Forces History Museum in Tel Aviv, and the third (captured in 1973) at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim. Cuba received 25 ZSU-57-2s alongside other heavy equipment from Soviet forces stationed on the island in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. They remain in service. While primarily an anti-aircraft weapon the ZSU-57-2 was also used in the role of ground support vehicle. The ZSU-57-2 first saw major use in the Vietnam War by the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), in the beginning of the Easter Offensive in 1972. It also saw action during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975. Several batteries of ZSU-57-2s were used for the air defence of the 201st and 202nd tank regiments during the Easter Offensive of 1972. ZSU-57-2s were used by the VPA against US aircraft but it proved to be more effective against ground targets. South Vietnam also used captured ZSU-57-2s. About 500 ZSU-57-2s survived the war. 200 are still in service. ZSU-57-2"s" were used during several conflicts in the Middle East including the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, in both cases by Egypt and Syria. A battery of Egyptian ZSU-57-2"s" together with T-34"s" defended El-Arish airstrip. These were defeated by a company of Israeli M48 Patton MBTs belonging to the 7th Armored Brigade during an intense action on 6 June 1967. ZSU-57-2s were not generally successful and a number fell into Israeli hands. In 1976, during its intervention in Lebanon, Syria used ZSU-57-2"s" against the leftist militias. During the 1982 Lebanon War, they unsuccessfully engaged Israeli air force aircraft over the Beqaa Valley.