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Bookmark or Share- T-62 (Object 166) - Tank EncyclopediaThe T-62 medium tank, known under the factory index of Object 166, formally entered service in the Soviet Army on 12 August 1961. The tank was designed and built at Factory No. 183 in Nizhniy Tagil, known as Uralvagonzavod.
- T-62 Tank: Russia’s Soviet-Era Fallback in Ukraine - HistoryNetDesigned by Aleksandr Morozov and undergoing first tests in 1959, the T-62 was the survivor of a number of competing designs for a more powerful successor to the T-54 and T-55 main battle tanks. It was longer and wider, was protected by up to 100 mm of armor.
- T-62 Main Battle Tank (1961)The T-62 Main Battle Tank was an attempt to upgrade the standard T-54/55 firepower and keep the advantage over better western main battle tanks in development, notably armed with the British rifled L7 105 mm in widespread adoption. It seems hover its promising smoothbore 115 mm gun was a failure for multiple reasons, notably a dangerous autoloader.
- T-62AG and T-62AGM - Tank EncyclopediaThe T-62AG and T-62AGM were Ukrainian upgrades for the Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank (MBT). Both upgrade kits could successfully bring any 2nd Generation T-62 MBT variant to 3rd Generation MBT standards of the early 2000s.
- T-62 Main Battle Tank - GlobalSecurity.orgThe T-62 tank was created in 1958 on the basis of the T-55 under the leadership of L.N. Kartsev at Uralvagonzavod (plant number 183) in Nizhny Tagil. At that time, it was perceived as a major...
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