Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
By late May, T-62Ms and T-62MVs were transported by train to Ukraine, with additional reports indicating more T-62 tanks being sent towards Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih on June 5. [40] In early June, T-62 tanks equipped with improvised slat armor, similar to that used on more modern Russian T-72 and T-80 tanks, were identified in Kherson Oblast. [41]
The M1A1 tank was superior to Iraq's Soviet-era T-55 and T-62 tanks. In the Battle of 73 Easting, which was a decisive tank battle fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between American–British armored forces and those of the Iraqi Republican Guard. Superior American night vision equipment turned the poor weather into a U.S. advantage.
A Turtle Tank in May 2024, showing its improvised armour and mine clearance roller. Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, [1] Tsar Mangal) is the nickname for a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slat armor which covers the entirety of the original vehicle.
The IT-1 (Russian: Истребитель танков–1 - 'Istrebitel tankov–1', lit. 'tank destroyer-1') was a Soviet Cold War missile tank based on the hull of the T-62. The tank fired specially designed 3M7 Drakon missiles from a pop-up launcher. It saw a very limited service between 1968 and 1970. The large deadzone around the tank ...
As of 16 July 2024, at least 11 (2 T-54-3M, 1 T-54B, 3 T-55A and 5 unknown variants) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [46] T-62: Main battle tank ~200 [43] Soviet Union Russia: T-62, T-62M and T-62MV withdrawn from storage and participating in ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This has forced Russia to reactivate obsolete T-54 and T-62 tanks. Rumors that Russia was finally going to send T-14s into combat began increasing in January-February of 2023, though visual ...
The U-5TS (production designation 2A20) tank gun is a 115 mm-calibre weapon that was fitted almost [a] exclusively to the Soviet Union's T-62 main battle tank.It was the first smoothbore weapon designed for tanks, [2] and heralded the change in main armament from rifled cannons.
This includes modified captured tanks. T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III; T-IV (T-4) - captured Panzer IV; T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank; SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 85mm D-5S-85A gun on a tank destroyer configuration.