The T-54A was also reverse-engineered by China, resulting in the Type 59 tank, of which 10,000 were built and extensively exported, with combat use by Congo, Iraq, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan and Vietnam.

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When British-built Chieftain tanks met Soviet-designed T-62s on the battlefields of the Iran–Iraq War in 1981, it was a clash ...

Reports of Russia upgrading T-62 tanks have sparked speculation about depleted reserves—but the situation is more complex. While hundreds of tanks are being modernized, they include a mix of ...

The sights allowed a T-62 gunner to fire his 115-millimeter smoothbore gun around a mile during the day and maybe half a mile at night. Accuracy largely depended on whether the tank was moving ...

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 ...

An abandoned Russian T-62 tank near Novovorontsovka, southern Ukraine on October 7, 2022. On March 6, 2023, the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) said that Russian forces were deploying the 60 ...

The T-62 isn’t moving, not even between shots. That’s what you’d expect if the tank were functioning as a sort of semi-mobile pillbox or artillery emplacement, perhaps without a driver aboard.

A photograph shows an abandoned Russian T-62 tank in southern Ukraine on October 7, 2022. New footage circulating online appears to show Ukrainian forces scoring a direct hit on what seems to be a ...