A T-62 without three tons of ERA might reverse at five miles per hour, compared to an M-1’s 25-mile-per-hour top speed in reverse. With extra ERA, a T-62MV Obr. 2023 will be even slower.

The T-62 is primarily known as a main battle tank. It continued to be used in that role for a long time, fielded by Russia until the late 2000s. Even then, the models were not disposed of but ...

Both Russia and Ukraine have used some very old tanks, most notable of which are probably the T-62 for the Russians and Leopard 1 for Ukraine. More specifically, T-62M and Leopard 1A5, both being ...

In the early 1980s, baseline T-62s were upgraded into the T-62M and -MV standard. The tanks featured NII Stali BDD appliqué armor designed to boost the tank’s chances of survival on the ...

An ex-Russian T-62 in Ukrainian colors. After losing a thousand of its best T-80 and T-72 tanks in Ukraine, the Kremlin early this summer began pulling 50-year-old T-62s out of long-term storage ...

Production of the T-62 ended in 1975, with more than 22,000 units being produced. Instead of selling off its old stocks of tanks as newer and more capable models were introduced during the Cold ...