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 ...

A T-62 lays a smokescreen in 1984. Wikimedia Commons. ... A year ago, there were around 2,000 fairly modern diesel T-72B3s or similar T-72 variants in Russian service.

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.

A photograph shows an abandoned Russian T-62 tank in southern Ukraine on October 7, ... Russia has lost 83 T-62 tanks of different variants in Ukraine, including 64 T-62M tanks.

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 ...

The Russian army has begun fielding T-62 main battle tanks in Ukraine. By modern standards, the tank is completely obsolete and will fare badly in Russia’s invasion.

Old weaponry may prove dangerous for Russian troops as Ukrainian forces seek to exploit decades-old weaknesses. Russia has deployed Soviet-era T-62 tanks to support the ongoing invasion of Ukraine ...