T-62

Also known as T-62 tank

Key facts

Weapon.armour: Cast turret 214 (242 after 1972) mm turret front 153 mm turret sides 97 mm turret rear 40 mm turret roof Hull102 mm at 60° hull front 79 mm hull upper sides 15 mm hull lower sides 46 mm at 0° hull rear 20 mm hull bottom 31 mm hull roof
Weapon.engine: V-55V (based on the Kharkiv model V-2)
Weapon.crew: 4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader)
Weapon.engine_power: 580 (later 620) hp.
Weapon.fuel_capacity: 960 L 1360 L with two 200-liter extra fuel tanks
Weapon.pw_ratio: 14.5 hp/tonne (10.8 kW/tonne)
Weapon.is_vehicle: yes
Weapon.name: T-62
Weapon.image: ParkPatriot2015part10-12.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 280px
Weapon.caption: A T-62 Main Battle Tank
Weapon.type: Medium tank (Warsaw Pact designation)Main battle tank (NATO designation)
Weapon.origin: Soviet Union
Weapon.is_UK: yes
Weapon.service: 1961–present
Weapon.used_by: See operators
Weapon.wars: See combat history
Weapon.designer: OKB-520 design bureau

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Wikidata facts

Image: T-62 BRL.jpg
Height: 2.40
Width: 3.3
Speed: 50

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Commons gallery: T-62
Commons category: T-62 tanks
service entry: 1961-01-01
total produced: 22700

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Contents

Development history
The initial requirements
Obiekt 140
T-62A (Object 165)
Object 166
Design
Armament
Mobility
Armor
Equipment
Limitations
Production history
Service history
Soviet Union
Sino-Soviet border conflict
Soviet–Afghan War
Russia
War in Chechnya
2008 South Ossetia war
Russo-Ukrainian war
Foreign service
Angola
Bulgaria
Other Warsaw Pact members
Israel
Iraq
Libya
Cuba
Gulf War
Variants
Soviet Union
Algeria
Bulgaria
Egypt
France
Israel
North Korea
Russia
Ukraine
United States
Operators
Current operators
Former operators
Evaluation-only operators
Combat history
See also
Tanks of comparable role, performance and era
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961. 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).