Russia is facing a shortage of modern armored vehicles and is now sending outdated T-62 tanks to the front lines, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs. Ukrainian ...

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 ...

Winching off a T-62’s eight-ton turret and 2A20 cannon leaves behind a 33-ton hull with a 580-horsepower diesel engine—and a lot of empty space where the turret bustle used to be.

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 ...

The aggressor country russia is returning outdated T-62 tanks to service due to an acute shortage of modern main battle tanks. This is stated in a message of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry ...

While many view the T-62 as obsolete, some variants like the T-62M bring modest upgrades that align them with older T-72 models. However, a key disadvantage is the inability to mount full ERA ...

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 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 ...