T-62 | |
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![]() A modernized T-62M displayed at a museum. | |
Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1961–present |
Used by | See operators |
Wars | See combat history |
Production history | |
Designer | OKB-520 design bureau |
Manufacturer | Uralvagonzavod |
Unit cost | US$300,000 (export price to Egypt, 1972)[1] |
Produced | 1961–1975 (USSR) ~1980s (North Korea) |
No. built | More than 22,700 |
Specifications (T-62) | |
Mass | 37 t (41 short tons; 36 long tons) |
Length | 9.34 m (30 ft 8 in) with barrel in forward position 6.63 m (21 ft 9 in) hull only |
Width | 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Crew | 4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader) |
Armour | Cast turret[2][3] 214 (242 after 1972) mm turret front[4][2][3] 153 mm turret sides[4][2][3] 97 mm turret rear[4][2][3] 40 mm turret roof[4][2][3] Hull 102 mm at 60° hull front[4][2][3] 79 mm hull upper sides[4][2][3] 15 mm hull lower sides[4][2][3] 46 mm at 0° hull rear[4][2][3] 20 mm hull bottom[4][2][3] 31 mm hull roof[4][2][3] |
Main armament | 115 mm U-5TS (2A20) smoothbore gun[5] |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2500 rounds) 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 antiaircraft heavy machine gun (optional until T-62 Obr.1972)[6] |
Engine | V-55V (based on the Kharkiv model V-2) 580 (later 620) hp. |
Power/weight | 14.5 hp/tonne (10.8 kW/tonne) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 425 mm (16.7 in)[6] |
Fuel capacity | 960 L[6] 1360 L with two 200-liter extra fuel tanks[6] |
Operational range | 450 km (280 mi) on road (650 km (400 mi) with two 200 L (53 US gal; 44 imp gal) extra fuel tanks) 320 km (200 mi) cross-country (450 km (280 mi) with two 200-liter extra fuel tanks)[7] |
Maximum speed | 50 km/h (31 mph) (road) 40 km/h (25 mph) (cross country) |
The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961.[8] As a further development of the T-55 series, the T-62 retained many similar design elements of its predecessor including low profile and thick turret armour.
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).[9]
While the T-62 became the standard tank in the Soviet arsenal, it did not fully replace the T-55 in export markets due to its higher manufacturing costs and maintenance requirements compared to its predecessor.
Although it was followed by later models in successor states of the Soviet Union, the T-62 remained in reserve in the former USSR and in frontline use by other countries. Design features of the T-62 became standardized in subsequent Soviet and Russian mass-produced tanks.
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