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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]
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 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.
Like the T-62, the T-54 has a four-man crew as its gun is manually loaded, unlike the three-man crews of newer Soviet and Russian tanks like the T-72. The T-54’s sensors and mechanical fire ...
Russia’s T-14 Armata—an alleged super tank that was the star of Kremlin propaganda circa-2014—has finally joined battle in Ukraine, if you believe reports from Russia’s RIA state media ...
The T-54/55 and the T-62 were the two most common tanks in Soviet inventory—in the mid-1970s the two tank types together comprised approximately 85% of the Soviet Army's tanks. [citation needed] Soviet T-54 tanks first saw combat in the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and a few were successfully knocked out by the defending anti-Soviet Hungarian ...
T-62 ~ Soviet Union: Received a number from Ethiopia. Estonia: Does not currently operate main battle tanks. [27] Uses IFVs like Combat Vehicle 90 and APCs like Patria Pasi and Mamba APC instead. Ethiopia: T-55: 170 Soviet Union: T-62: 50 Soviet Union: T-72 ~250 [28] Soviet Union
Main battle tank ~200 [43] Soviet Union Russia: T-62, T-62M and T-62MV withdrawn from storage and participating in ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. [92] [93] As of 16 July 2024, at least 164 (3 T-62 Obr. 1967, 2 T-62 Obr. 1972, 95 T-62M, 15 T-62M Obr. 2022, 27 T-62MV, 9 T-62MV Obr. 2022 and 13 of unknown variant) have been lost in the ...