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In contrast with previous tanks, which were armed with rifled tank guns, the T-62 was the first production tank armed with a smoothbore tank gun which could fire APFSDS rounds at higher velocities (the U.S. prototype T95 medium tank was the first tank ever built with a smoothbore gun).
Type 58 medium tank (Chinese-produced T-34) Type 59 main battle tank (copy of Soviet T-54A Tank) Type 59-I; Type 59-II; Type 59-IIA; Type 59-IIA command tank; Type 59-IIA mine-sweeper tank; Type 59 Gai (test platform for Western technologies), also known as Type 59G / VT-3 main battle tank; Type 59D; Type 59-16 light tank prototype; Type 62 ...
Design based on Carden-Loyd Light Tank. Medium Tank A/T 1 - amphibious tank, experimental; Vickers Medium Mark C & D - intended for export, prototypes sold to Japan and Ireland. Cruiser Mk I - General Staff Specification A9; Cruiser Mk II; Cruiser Mk III; Matilda I; Matilda II; Light tank Mk I-Mk V; Light Tank Mark VI (1,682) Light Tank Mk VII ...
A medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II, which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light tanks and the armour and armament oriented heavy tanks. A medium tank's classification is not actually based on weight, but on tactical usage and intended purpose; for instance the German ...
The first tank to enter service that broke with the design was known as the "Vickers Light Tank" (it weighed about 12 long tons or 12 tonnes or 13 short tons). It was renamed as the Medium Mark I in 1924 as the earlier heavy and medium tanks went out of service and lighter tanks – 5 long tons (5 t; 6 short tons) or less – came into service. [4]
T-62, a Soviet tank; Hunter T 62, a British-built trainer aircraft; INS Tillanchang (T62), a patrol vessel of the Indian Navy; Solar T62, an American gas turbine engine; T62 (classification), an IPC para-athletics classification for athletes with limb differences
Type 69 tank. One Soviet T-62 tank was disabled and captured by the People's Liberation Army during the 1969 Battle of Zhenbao Island. The T-62 (No. 545) was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired from the Type-56 (Chinese copy of RPG-2) RPG launcher on the morning of 15 March 1969 during a PLA counterattack. On 16 March 1969, the Soviets ...
Type 62 tank in Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. The Type 62 light tank was designed to be a downscaled Type 59 main battle tank, armed with a smaller 85 mm Type 62-85TC rifled main gun and with a much simpler gunner sight and thinner armour in order to reduce overall weight. As such it has a typical tank layout: steering ...