What equipment to put on t 62a. Long distance game

The Soviet ST branch is represented by three machines at once: Object 140, T-62A and Object 430. A beginner, looking at the parameters of all three cars, will come to the conclusion that they are no different from each other, and only a little in their appearance. However, this is not quite true. Let's try to figure out what their differences are and which car to choose.

First of all, we note that the Object 430 is significantly inferior in firepower to the two vehicles listed above, and therefore we will not consider it. About. 140 and T-62A tanks are perfectly balanced and effective in close combat, capable of changing the course of the entire battle with a skillful approach.

In total, these are tanks of medium and close combat, with decent turret and hull armor, fast-firing and accurate guns with good stabilization and penetration. They are able to quickly change direction and be where necessary. And yet there are differences between them, and they seriously affect the style of play on each of them. In order to figure out which tank is better, you need to compare their characteristics for each of the parameters.

Survival and booking

In terms of margin of safety, the T-62A takes the lead, as it has 1950 points at 1900 in Ob. 140. This makes it possible in practice to withstand the T-62A one additional shot.

But booking plays a more important role. The strongest place of the Soviet ST is always the tower. In the case of the T-62A, it is stronger, as it has less vulnerable commander's hatches. In addition, the tower at Ob. 140 - composite, and the T-62A - cast. As such, the object's roof is much thinner, making it unable to deflect X-tier tank shells. And although it is difficult to target it, the vulnerable spot remains vulnerable.

It is worth noting that not so long ago, the developers promised to uplift the Object 140 a bit and “sew up” the roof of the tower for it.

As for the armor of the hull, here Ob. 140 takes the lead. The fact is that the thickness of its frontal plate, although identical to the T-62A, but its slope reaches 65 degrees, against 60. Thus, its total reduced armor is higher.

With side armor, it's still much more interesting. The Object 140 has slopes (a little closer to the Object 907 and T-22 cf), while the 62 has no slopes. However, in 62 the entire bead is 80mm, and in 140 there are zones of different thicknesses. Still, due to the slopes, it will be easier to hit the projectile with the side on the Object 140.

Mobility Comparison

Many have been outraged more than once that the T-62A is much slower than the previous T-54. And indeed it is - maximum speed suffered and became 50 km / h. While Ob. 140 retained the indicator and the speed remained at the level of 55 km / h. The specific power of the latter is also greater - 15.7 versus 16.1 liters. With. per ton.

However, there is one nuance - the T-62A has slightly better cross-country ability. Thus, Ob. The 140 feels better at distance and on hard ground, while its competitor performs somewhat better on soft ground.

To the advantages of the T-62A, one can add slightly better maneuverability and turret traverse speed - this difference is not critical, but in the hands of a professional it can become a serious weapon.

Firepower

If all the previous differences do not greatly affect the gameplay for each of the machines, then it is in the gun that the main differences lie. Among experienced World of Tanks players, it has always been said that the T-62A is a tank for repelling damage, and Ob. 140 - for its application. How can this be proven?

Reloading for both samples is the same, but accuracy and stabilization decide here. Looking at the performance, we even see that the final accuracy of the T-62 is slightly higher. But there is an indicator that you will not notice in the hangar and will not read about it - this is stabilization and you can only feel it in a combat situation.

At the moment, Ob. 140 has one of best performance stabilization throughout World of Tanks. The dispersion of its guns practically does not increase when the chassis and turret move. This allows him to always be brought together and fire without even stopping. The T-62A is also capable of accurate fire on the move at close range, while its competitor does the same, but also at medium and sometimes long range.

Another minor difference that no one pays attention to is a small plus Ob. 140 in the UHN indicator. If the T-62A has it lowered by -5 degrees, then its competitor is able to lower by -6 degrees. A trifle, you say? It wasn't there. It is this one degree of the T-62A that is not enough to conduct effective fire due to uneven terrain.

Other parameters of T-62A and Object 140

As for visibility and invisibility, here the tanks are identical, with the exception that Ob. 140 is a little lower, but in almost no situations it plays a special role. But there is another parameter in World of Tanks, which is also not found in the hangar. It's about the strength of the internal modules.

The fact is that the strength of the fuel tanks and ammo racks of the T-62A is higher, and their location on the tank is more rational. When you play Ob. 140 one gets the impression that the ammo rack is everywhere, hence the high probability that it will simply blow up for you. Get ready that once in 20 battles the tower will fly off, like all strength units. T-62A also suffers from this disease, but not so critical.

Who is better?

The question of which tank is better is difficult to answer. Each of them is good in a certain situation, although in general the game for them is identical. If the conversation turned to tanking with a turret, then the T-62A will never let you down, while Ob. 140 sometimes gets into the roof and hatches. But when it comes to dealing damage, it is the last sample that shows itself best of all, since it does not need time to additionally bring the weapon.

Which tank is easier to play? The T-62A is the best choice for a beginner, as its turret is one of the best in the game, and it rarely crits in combat. If you are an experienced player who pursues the goal of "causing as much damage as possible" and raising the percentage of wins, then your choice of Ob. 140.

Thus, one cannot say that some tank is better, and some is worse - each has its own element. Both tanking and dealing damage are the main factors that ensure victory in World of Tanks.

What is most important - in the case of Ob. 430 - do not see him for his beautiful appearance. If the rest of his parameters are almost identical with our main characters, then the accuracy of his guns is simply terrible, although he outperforms his colleagues in the rate of fire.

Video comparison of T-62A and Object 140 from Near_You

The Cold War spurred all branches of the defense industry. The likelihood of an armed conflict was quite high, and new threats required new solutions. Because of this, the fifties and sixties of the last century became one of the most productive periods in the Soviet defense industry. For example, in tank building, these decades were “noted” by the creation of several combat vehicles, each of which received a number of innovations regarding equipment, weapons, etc. In addition, it was in the 60s that the domestic tank industry reached the point of creating a new class of armored vehicles called the “main tank”. This class eventually supplanted both the middle and heavy tanks that were no longer produced. The last domestic serial tanks of the middle class were armored vehicles of the T-62 family.

During the fifties, the main Soviet medium-weight tank was the T-54 and its updated version, the T-55. During operation, these armored vehicles received a lot of innovations, primarily related to the chassis, equipment and survivability. In particular, it was the T-55 that became the first domestic tank with full-fledged anti-nuclear protection. However, all the upgrades of the original T-54 did not fundamentally affect the armament. All combat vehicles based on the T-54 were armed with 100-mm rifled guns of the D-10T family. The very first version of the D-10 gun appeared back in 1944. For that time it was worthy and effective. But over time, the protection of potential targets of the gun grew, which ultimately led to a decrease in the effectiveness of the gun to an unacceptable level. Therefore, by the end of the 50s, the Soviet military requested a new tank equipped with an even more powerful gun.

The second prerequisite for the modernization of existing equipment was intelligence reports about the start of a joint German-French project of a single tank. A single machine was never created, but the Leopard 1 and AMX-30 tanks were made as a result of this program. As a symmetrical response to the promising European single tank in 1957, two projects were launched in the Soviet Union at once. Both options for a deep modernization of the T-54/55, perhaps even associated with a radical upgrade of equipment and design, were deployed at Plant No. 183 (the current Uralvagonzavod). The chief designer of both projects was L.N. Kartsev. Developed tanks differed from each other, primarily weapons. "Object 165" was supposed to be equipped with a 100-mm rifled gun U-8TS of a new design - the possibility was considered to keep the old caliber, improving performance - and the 115-mm smooth-bore gun U-5TS was considered as the main weapon for the "Object 166". Tank "166" was eventually adopted under the T-62 index and later became to some extent the progenitor of all future domestic tanks. "Object 165", in turn, did not receive such fame, but it was also a very interesting project.

The armored body of the "Object 165" was generally similar to the corresponding unit of the T-54 and T-55 tanks. Panels of rolled armor steel were fastened to each other by welding. The thickness of the hull parts ranged from 100 millimeters (upper and lower front plates) to 20 mm of the lower stern plate. Requirements for armament and protection required the turret of the "base" tank to be reworked. In fact, the cast unit was redesigned. The gun, gunner, commander and loader were protected by a layer of armor from 240 mm of the front of the turret to 30 mm of the roof. The newly designed tower led to the need to change the upper part of the hull. So, the diameter of the turret shoulder strap on the "Object 165" was increased to 2245 mm. In addition, the rotation mechanics have been overhauled.

When creating the undercarriage for the Object 165 tank, the same T-54 was taken as the basis, but the location of the road wheels was changed. In addition, the design of the individual torsion bar suspension has been finalized. The mobility of the new tank was supposed to be provided by a 12-cylinder V-55 diesel engine manufactured by the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. With a working volume of almost 39 liters, this diesel engine produced up to 580 horsepower. The estimated combat weight of the tank was 36.8-37 tons, which gave the armored vehicle a specific power of about 15.5-16 hp. per ton. Ultimately, this allowed the "Object 165" to move along the highway at speeds up to 50 kilometers per hour. The stock of diesel fuel was enough for 450-500 kilometers. The parameters of the undercarriage of the tank were sufficient to climb the surface with a slope of up to 32 °, overcome a wall 80 centimeters high and a ditch up to 2.8 meters wide. Without special equipment, the "Object 165" could ford water obstacles up to 140 cm deep.

The main armament of the "Object 165" is a 100-millimeter gun U-8TS (2A24). This rifled gun was developed on the basis of the D-54 gun, created in the first half of the fifties. The differences between the U-8TS and previous versions of the D-54 were the installation of a new stabilizer ("Meteor" instead of "Lightning"), the use of a new barrel alloy, as well as a redesigned rifling. To facilitate the work of the loading gun, it had mechanisms for sending and ejecting a spent cartridge case. After the shot, the shells were automatically removed outside the tower through a hatch in its rear. The gun was equipped with an ejector and a muzzle brake. The last detail has been the subject of much controversy. According to opponents of guns with a muzzle brake, the presence of the latter had almost no effect on the characteristics of firing in positive side. But when firing from a snowy or sandy surface, the powder gases diverging to the sides raised a cloud of snow or sand and unmasked the position of the tank. Subsequently, this feature will affect the fate of the entire project. Cannon ammunition of 40 shots could contain high-explosive fragmentation shells, as well as armor-piercing various types. The stacks were located in the fighting compartment, as well as in front of the vehicle, to the side of the driver. The additional armament of the Object 165 tank consisted of two SGMT machine guns, one of which was paired with a cannon, and the second was installed in the frontal hull plate. The total ammunition load of machine guns was 2500 rounds.

Guidance of the gun and the coaxial machine gun was carried out using the TSh-2-41 day sight and the TPN-1-41-11 infrared night sight. The tank commander had at his disposal a monitoring device TKN-2 "Karmin". To communicate with the tanks of your unit, etc. the R-113 radio station was installed on the "Object 165". The stabilization of the gun was "entrusted" to the Meteor system. In the future, it could be combined with additional equipment like a rangefinder or a ballistic computer.

In 1958, three prototype"Object 165", which next year went for testing. Until 1961, during trips around the range and trial firing, a number of design flaws were identified, which were soon corrected. Simultaneously with the refinement of the tank itself, related enterprises were finalizing equipment for it. The result of all the improvements and improvements was the order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR dated January 9, 1962, by which the "Object 165" was adopted under the designation T-62A. At the same time, the “Object 166” was adopted for service - it received the T-62 index. However, the question of the start of mass production of both tanks was considered at the top as early as July 61st. By the end of the same year, installation batches of both armored vehicles were made. T-62A was built in the amount of 25 pieces.

At the beginning of 1962, the need to deploy a full-fledged serial production of T-62A tanks was called into question. A number of arguments were made against the tank. The military was not satisfied with the need to expand the range of produced and purchased ammunition, problems with the production of a number of additional equipment, as well as the muzzle brake of the gun. Due to the fact that the T-62 tank, thanks to its 115-mm smoothbore gun, was superior to the T-62A in terms of firepower, in March 1962 it was decided not to increase the number of tank types in service and in mass operation. Production of the T-62A was not continued, and the manufactured tanks were used to train tankers. According to available information, no more than a dozen of these tanks hit the combat units.

The T-62A was the last Soviet tank adopted for service, which was equipped with a rifled gun. In addition, after the T-62A, not a single domestic tank not equipped with a 100 mm caliber gun. It was the armament, which had become relatively weak by the beginning of the 60s, that led to the closure of the project. However, a number of developments on the "Object 165" and "Object 166" are still used in domestic tank building. One way or another, despite all its pluses and minuses, the T-62A remained the last Soviet tank with a rifled gun and one of the last representatives of the middle class.

The tenth level of the Soviet medium tank development tree in the game will be taken by the T-62A. In the top configuration, this machine will be equipped with a 100-mm D-54TS gun.

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In 1957, France and Germany began joint development of a tank that outperforms its competitors. In response to this, the Soviet leadership demanded to design a new combat vehicle, With the best weapons and protection. This is how it started development of the T-62A tank, which differed from the T-55, first of all, in a new one-piece cast turret, of a larger diameter, providing better protection, in which, among other things, more powerful weapons could be installed.

In 1961, an initial batch of 25 tanks was produced. However, in March of the following year, they decided not to start mass production of vehicles, and the T-62A from the pilot batch was sent to the Carpathian military district.

Characteristics of the T-62A in WoT

What is the tenth level tank T-62A in World of Tanks? To begin with, let's compare the T-62A with other top medium tanks, chassis slew rate one of the best on the level movement speed is also quite high. Such characteristics allow us not only not to be afraid of many enemies, but also to arrange roundabouts for slow and clumsy tanks. Good speed and maneuverability, typical for most tanks Soviet branch, but the T-62A also boasts a small mixing time(only two seconds) and small scatter when fired. Such accuracy allows you to successfully fight both at medium and long distances.

The strength of the T-62A tank is 1951 units, review - 360 meters.

Consider vulnerabilities T-62A in WoT. The hull of this tank is not well armored. In addition, the dense layout leads to the defeat of several modules on impact, including the ammunition rack.

How to play T-62A in World of tanks

Consider several methods of combat operations on the T-62A in WoT.

Tower tanking

Our task hide vulnerable hull, and leave only the tower open. This can be done in several ways - using the features of the terrain, the hulls of destroyed tanks or low buildings. Substituting the tower, remember about the vulnerabilities - the hatches on the roof. Therefore, when tanking with a turret, do not stand still and turn the turret slightly from side to side. As soon as the enemy makes a mistake - punish him with a well-aimed hit.

Long distance game

T-62A can act as a sniper, high accuracy and fast mixing make this role easy to perform. The sniper's tactic is to select camouflaged positions and change them if the enemy detects you. At the same time, it is worth remembering that acting as a sniper will not work in every battle and not in every situation.

Modules

Based on the foregoing, it is better to install the following modules on the T-62A:

• stabilizer vertical aiming
• medium caliber gun rammer
• improved ventilation

Crew upgrade

One of the popular options for pumping the crew of the T-62A tank in World of tanks:

• Commander - sixth sense, repair, disguise
• Gunner - repairs, smooth turret rotation, camouflage
• Driver mechanic - king of off-road, repair, disguise
• Loader - non-contact ammo rack, repair, camouflage

Able to quickly be at the forefront of the attack, while it is important to save your tank and not merge in the first minutes of the battle. By staying alive on the T-62A throughout the battle, you will be able to deal massive damage to enemy tanks.

T-62 what is it - Soviet medium tank. Created on the basis of the T-55 tank. Produced in the USSR from 1961 to 1975. The world's first mass-produced tank with a 115 mm smoothbore gun and the mass of a medium tank with a high level of armor.

Tank T-62 - video

The T-54/55 remained the main medium tank in Soviet service throughout the 1950s. Despite the constant improvement of the tank, including the increase in firepower, its armament, which consisted of a 100-mm rifled gun D-10T, remained the same. The D-10T, which until 1961 had only caliber armor-piercing shells, by the mid-1950s no longer ensured effective destruction of the new American medium tank M48, while Western tanks by that time had sub-caliber shells with a detachable pallet in their ammunition and non-rotating HEAT shells that pierced the armor of a Soviet tank at normal combat distances.

The creation of the T-62 was led by two areas of work in the Soviet tank building of the 1950s - the development of new weapons for medium tanks and the initiative development of the Uralvagonzavod Design Bureau to create a promising medium tank to replace the T-54/55. In 1958, the design bureau of Uralvagonzavod stopped work on the promising Object 140 tank at the initiative of the chief designer of the plant, L. N. Kartsev, who considered the new tank too low-tech and difficult to operate. In anticipation of such an outcome, in parallel with this, the development of the Object 165 tank was carried out, which was a hybrid of the hull and turret of the Object 140, the fighting compartment of the Object 150 and the engine compartment and chassis of the T-55. Factory tests of the tank were completed in 1958, and as a result, on December 31 of the same year, the Ministry of Defense approved the creation in 1959 of the second version of the Object 165, which was even closer in design to the serial T-55.

The armament of the "Object 165", as well as other promising medium tanks developed in the 1950s, was to be a new rifled 100-mm gun D-54 (U-8TS), developed in 1952-1953. Compared to the D-10, the D-54 had an increased initial velocity of a caliber armor-piercing projectile from 895 to 1015 m/s and approximately 25% greater armor penetration, but this was considered insufficient for effective fight with Western tanks, and more modern types of shells for it have not yet been developed. In addition, the presence of a muzzle brake on the D-54 caused serious objections from the military, which, when fired, caused the formation of a snow, sand or dust cloud, which unmasked the tank, and interfered with observing the results of the shooting. In addition, there were concerns about the impact of the muzzle wave on the escort infantry and especially the tank assault.

Modifications

T-62- (1961) Object 166 - Basic sample, based on the T-55

T-62A- (1961) Object 165 - the basic version of the tank developed in parallel with the (Object 166) T-62. A new cast turret with a rifled 100 mm D-54TS gun was installed. To remove spent cartridges, a mechanism for ejecting them through the aft hatch of the turret is installed on the machine. This modification of the tank was produced in 1961 in a small batch.

T-62K- (1964) Commander's T-62 with radio station R-130. Additionally, TNA-2 navigation equipment, a HF radio station and an AB-1 charging unit were installed to power consumers during long-term work on site. At the same time, the ammunition load of the cannon and machine gun has decreased, the placement of spare parts has been changed.

Object 166M - experienced tank, equipped with road wheels of a smaller diameter, like the object 167, and a V-36F engine with an HP 640 power. With.

Object 166ML- Object 166M on which the ATGM 9K14 "Baby" was installed as an additional weapon.

T-62P- Object 166P - experienced T-62 with lining to enhance anti-radiation protection

T-62D- (1983) Modification of the T-62 tank, equipped with a complex active protection"Thrush". Also installed on the tank: additional armor protection of the turret and hull; rubber-fabric onboard anti-cumulative screens; V-55U engine, 620 hp. With.; napalm protection system "Soda". Chassis upgraded. The tank was equipped with a R-173 radio station and a R-173P radio receiver.

T-62D-1- (1983) - a variant of the T-62D tank with a V-46-5M engine.

T-62M- (1983) Object 166M6 - A tank that underwent a deep modernization in 1983-1985. The following was installed on the tank: additional armor protection of the turret, hull and bottom (the level of protection of the turret from the BPS is 320 mm, from the COP - 400-450 mm); rubber-fabric onboard anti-cumulative screens; antineutron lining on the tower; guided weapons complex 9K116-2 "Sheksna"; V-55U engine, 620 hp. With.; new system Volna fire control (KTD-2 laser rangefinder, BV-62 ballistic computer, TSHSM-41U sight and Meteor M1 stabilizer); smoke grenade launcher 902B "Cloud" and anti-napalm system "Soda". Some of the vehicles were equipped with the NSVT anti-aircraft machine gun instead of the DShKM, and the gun barrel was equipped with a heat shield. The undercarriage has been modernized and a caterpillar from the T-72 tank has been introduced. The tank was equipped with a R-173 radio station and a R-173P radio receiver.

T-62M-1- T-62M variant with V-46-5M engine.

T-62M1- T-62M without KUV.

T-62M1-1- T-62M-1 without KUV.

T-62M1-2- T-62M without KUV and without additional hull armor.

T-62M1-2-1- T-62M1-2 with V-46-5M engine.

T-62MK- Commander's T-62M, radio station R-130 and TNA-3.

T-62MV- (1985) - T-62M with hinged dynamic protection installed and without additional armor protection of the turret and hull.

T-62MV-1- a variant of the T-62MV tank with a V-46-5M diesel engine.

T-62MD- T-62M equipped with an active protection complex Drozd active protection complex.

TO-62- Flamethrower modification T-62. Flame throwing range - 200 m. A flamethrower is installed instead of a coaxial machine gun.

T-62AM- Modernization of the T-62 with a 125 mm gun.

T-62MB- Modernization of the T-62 tank: the 115-mm gun is equipped with a heat-shielding casing, built-in dynamic protection on the turret and mounted on the hull, V-46-5M engine and a new FCS. Installed KUV 1K116-2 "Sheksna".

Foreign variants of the T-62

T-62-5TDF- Ukrainian version of the modernization of the T-62 tanks, developed by the KMDB and proposed in 2009 as an option for the modernization of the tanks of the Egyptian army

T55-62-VE M.R.V.- Italian project for the modernization of tanks T-55, T-62, Vehicle Engineering c.g.d. S.r.l. based on Italian tank components.

WZ-122A "San Ye"- Chinese prototype, a copy of the captured Soviet T-62 from Damansky Island. With a hydromechanical gearbox, hydraulic suspension, solid fenders, the location of the rollers is identical to the “type 59”.

WZ-122B "San Ji"- Chinese prototype based on the WZ-122A. With 6 reduced diameter road wheels on board, traditional fender (fuel tanks are on the left), manual transmission.

Vehicles based on the T-62

IMPULSE-2M- Soviet tracked fire engine.

TP-62- Bulgarian caterpillar fire trucks. A 10-ton tanker and a remotely controlled water supply and dozer blade have been installed.

TV-62- Bulgarian recovery vehicle. Winch installed. The towers were dismantled, instead of them, half-shortened towers from the T-55 and T-55A with the DShKM anti-aircraft machine gun were welded back to front.

Design

The T-62 has a classic layout, with the engine compartment in the rear, the control compartment in the front, and the fighting compartment in the middle part of the vehicle. The tank crew consists of four people: driver, commander, gunner and loader.

Armored corps and turret

The T-62 has a differentiated anti-ballistic armor. The T-62 armored hull is a rigid box-shaped welded structure, assembled from sheets of rolled armor steel with a thickness of 16, 30, 45, 80 and 100 mm. The frontal part of the hull is formed by two 100-mm armor plates converging in a wedge: the upper one, located at an inclination of 60 ° to the vertical, and the lower one, having an inclination of 55 °. The sides of the hull consist of solid vertical 80 mm sheets, and the stern consists of a vertical top sheet 45 mm thick and a 16 mm lower one with a slope of 70 °. The roof of the hull in the area of ​​the turret box has a thickness of 30 mm, and above the engine compartment - 16 mm. The bottom of the case consists of four stamped 20-mm sheets and has a trough-shaped cross section. The frontal and side plates of the hull are made of chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel 42CM, the stern and roof of the hull are made of steel 49C, and the bottom is made of chromium-molybdenum steel 43PSM.

Protective systems

The T-62 has an anti-nuclear protection system that protects the tank crew from overpressure created by the shock wave of a nuclear explosion and from the penetration of radioactive dust into the tank. Protection of the crew from the shock wave of the explosion and partial protection against penetrating radiation was provided by the tank's armor. Overpressure protection was carried out by maximum sealing of the hull and turret through permanent seals and automatically closing hatches, air intakes and shutters, which reduces the pressure in the tank by about 10 times compared to the shock wave front and stretches the increase in pressure inside the machine over time. The crew is protected from radioactive particles by creating inside the tank high blood pressure using a blower-separator that filters the air coming from outside. Anti-nuclear protection is activated either automatically by means of the RBZ-1M device, which reacted to the release of gamma radiation during a nuclear explosion, or manually according to the readings of the DP-3B device, which recorded ionizing radiation when moving through a radioactively contaminated area.

Unlike the T-55, the T-62 did not have a noticeable gap between the first and second rollers.

Armament

The gun armament of the T-62 is a 115-mm U-5TS (2A20) smoothbore semi-automatic gun. Gun barrel - fastened with a casing, 52.6 caliber / 6050 mm long and equipped with an ejector. The gun has a horizontal wedge gate, with spring-type semi-automatic and electric and backup manual descent mechanisms. The recoil devices consist of a hydraulic recoil device and a hydropneumatic knurler located above the gun barrel; the normal rollback length is 350-415 mm, the limit is 430 mm. The maximum pressure in the bore is 3730 kg / cm², and the maximum muzzle energy when firing a sub-caliber projectile is 6.96 MJ / 709 tf m. The gun is equipped with a device for ejection of spent cartridges with spring-torsion mechanics, after a shot, it automatically ejects the cartridge through a hatch in the upper aft part of the tower.

Ammunition and ballistics

Ammunition U-5TS is 40 unitary shots with sub-caliber armor-piercing, cumulative and high-explosive fragmentation projectiles. Of these, 20 are placed in a rack stack near the partition of the engine compartment, 8 each in two rack tanks on the right side of the control compartment, one each in collar stacks at the bottom of the sides of the fighting compartment, and two more in a fast-accessible collar stack for charging on the right side of the tower. The standard ammunition load provided for the placement of 16 sub-caliber armor-piercing, 8 cumulative and 16 high-explosive fragmentation rounds, but depending on the task being performed, any type of 115-mm rounds could be placed in the ammunition racks, with the exception of the stacking on the side of the tower, designed only for sub-caliber shells.

Initially, the U-5TS had two models of feathered armor-piercing projectiles - 3BM3 and 3BM4. Both of them had the same mass, similar ballistics and a similar device - a steel body with armor-piercing and ballistic tips and a six-fin stabilizer with beveled feathers, which gave the projectile rotation in flight at a speed of 800-1000 rpm, but 3BM4 had an all-steel body, while 3BM3 had a tungsten carbide core, which provided it with better armor penetration, especially at close-to-normal angles of contact with armor. The 3BM6, which appeared later, also had an all-steel hull, but differed from its predecessors in a reduced projectile weight and a larger charge, a more elaborate shape and better ballistics. Subsequently, a more advanced 3BM21 projectile with a tungsten carbide core and a localizer damper, as well as a 3BM28 projectile with a monoblock body made of an alloy based on depleted uranium, was adopted for the gun.

fire control system

To aim the twin installation at a target when firing direct fire, a telescopic monocular articulated sight TSh2B-41 or, on later production vehicles, TShS-41U, is used. The sight has a variable magnification of 3.5× or 7×, providing a field of view of 18° or 9°, respectively. The sight grid is designed for direct fire with sub-caliber projectiles at a distance of up to 4,000 m, HEAT rounds- up to 3,000 m and from a coaxial machine gun - up to 2,000 m. The tank does not have a rangefinder, but the sight is equipped with a scale to determine the range to a target of known height - 2.7 meters ("tank"). For shooting at night and in low light conditions, the tank is equipped with a TPN-1-41-11 electron-optical infrared monocular periscope sight with a magnification of 5.5 × and a field of view of 6 °. The sight works by backlighting with an L-2G searchlight with an infrared light filter, providing with it a night vision range of 750-800 meters. For shooting with closed positions The T-62, like other Soviet tanks, is equipped with a side level and an azimuth indicator.

Guidance of the twin installation in the vertical plane is carried out using electro-hydraulic, and in the horizontal - electromechanical drives. The maximum pointing angles in the vertical plane are from −6° to +16°. The aiming is controlled by turning the control knobs on the gunner's console with the button pressed to one or another angle, which determines the aiming speed, which can smoothly vary from 0.07 ° to 4.5 ° per second for vertical and from 0.07 ° to 16 ° for the horizontal plane. A full rotation of the tower is carried out in 22.5 seconds. When the button was released, the drives were put into braking mode to prevent continued coasting. The commander's control system allowed him to turn the turret at the heading angle of the commander's periscope at the touch of a button. The installation is equipped with a two-plane stabilizer 2E15 "Meteor", which provides stabilization accuracy of ±1 thousand in the vertical plane and ±3 in the horizontal. Stabilization of the sight is carried out with the help of its rigid connection with the cannon-machine gun installation. On the T-62 of later releases, the Meteor M or Meteor M1 stabilizer was installed, which had similar characteristics, but differed in the execution of electronics on transistors instead of lamp ones. In addition, there is a backup manual gunner drive using a screw mechanism.

Auxiliary armament

A 7.62 mm machine gun is placed in a twin installation with a gun. On tanks of early releases, a SGMT machine gun was installed, which was replaced by a more advanced PKT from August 1964. Both machine guns have the same ammunition and ballistics, so the replacement did not require a change in sight. At the same time, the PKT has a smaller mass and is more compact, and also has a higher rate of fire - 700-800 rounds per minute versus 600 for the SGMB, although the combat rate of fire of both machine guns is approximately the same - 250 rounds per minute. Ammunition coaxial machine gun is 2500 rounds in 10 magazine-boxes with tapes for 250 rounds. For firing from a coaxial machine gun, cartridges with an ordinary light mod. 1908, heavy arr. 1930, with a steel core, tracer and armor-piercing incendiary bullets. The latter, at a distance of 500 meters, penetrates 6 mm armor normally, but the main purpose of the coaxial machine gun is still the fight against enemy manpower and unarmored fire weapons.

By the time the T-62 was adopted, anti-aircraft machine guns on Soviet medium tanks were eliminated due to their ineffectiveness against new jet aircraft. But due to the emergence by the 1960s of a new threat in the face of helicopters armed with anti-tank guided missiles, since 1969, an anti-aircraft machine gun installation began to be installed on tanks again. As an anti-aircraft gun on the T-62, a 12.7 mm DShKM machine gun mod. 1938/46 The DShKM has a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, although the combat rate of fire is limited to 125 rounds per minute due to the relatively small volume of the magazine. The effective range of the DShKM reaches 2,200 meters. The machine gun is placed in a turret at the loader's hatch, and a K-10T optical collimator sight was used to aim it at the target. The ammunition load of the machine gun is 300 rounds in 6 magazine boxes with tapes for 50 rounds. For firing from the DShKM, cartridges with an armor-piercing bullet B-30, armor-piercing incendiary B-32 and BS-41 and armor-piercing incendiary tracer BZT can be used. The anti-aircraft machine gun, in addition to its direct purpose, is often used in the fight against manpower and unarmored enemy equipment, and its armor penetration, for the B-32 bullet, which is 14 mm along the normal at a distance of 500 meters, allows it to be used to destroy lightly armored targets.

For self-defense of the crew, the tank is equipped with an AK or AKM assault rifle with 120 rounds of ammunition for it in 4 box magazines, 10 hand grenades F-1 and a signal pistol with 10 rounds.

Surveillance

The tank commander in non-combat conditions monitors the area, standing in an open hatch. In battle, the commander uses a set of observation devices, concentrated in the swivel hatch cover, also called the commander's cupola. The main instrument of the commander on tanks of early production is the combined binocular periscopic viewing device TKN-2, which was replaced by a more advanced TKN-3 in August 1964. The daylight branch of both instruments had a magnification of 5×, providing a field of view of 10° along the horizon; the device allowed observation at a distance of up to 3000 meters and was equipped with a coordinate grid for target designation and fire adjustment, as well as a rangefinder scale for determining the distance to a target of known height - 2.7 m ("tank"). The night branch of the instruments was an electro-optical infrared night vision device, which worked by illuminating the target with an OU-3 searchlight with an infrared light filter. TKN-2 had a magnification of 5× and provided a range of vision up to 300-400 m with a field of view of 9 ° horizontally, while TKN-3 was distinguished by the use of a built-in power supply, a magnification of the night branch reduced to 4.2× and a field of view of 8 ° horizontally. horizontal. Horizontal visibility was limited to a 281° sector due to rotation of the commander's turret only; visibility of the aft sector was possible only when the turret was rotated. In addition, along the perimeter of the turret there are four additional fixed prismatic periscope devices of single magnification, providing an overview of the onboard sectors.

The gunner, in addition to his two sights, has a fixed prismatic periscope device TNP-165 of single magnification, located in the roof of the tower to the right of the night sight output and giving an overview of the frontal sector. The loader for viewing the terrain has a single-use prismatic periscope device MK-4, installed in front of his hatch; night vision devices, unlike other crew members, he does not have. The driver in non-combat conditions conducts observation through his hatch, while in combat he has for this purpose two fixed prism periscope devices of single magnification, the observation sector of one of which is located along the course of the tank, and the other is shifted to the right. Both devices are equipped with a pneumo-liquid system for cleaning the upper windows. The driver-mechanic does not have an overview of the onboard sectors in battle. For driving at night, one of the viewing devices is replaced by a TVN-2 binocular device. Like other night vision devices on the tank, TVN-2 works by backlighting from a FG-10 or FG-125 searchlight with an infrared filter, providing the driver with a vision range of 50-60 m and a field of view of 30 ° with a single magnification.

Cases of daytime viewing devices are made of aluminum alloy AL2 and have shearing grooves and grooves, which, if the part not covered by armor is hit by a bullet or a large fragment, cause an even chipping of the entire head, after which the device can be easily removed from its shaft for replacement. In viewing devices, anti-nuclear glass of the K-108 brand, containing cerium, is used. Compared to conventional types of glass, anti-nuclear glass darkened much more slowly when exposed to gamma radiation, and also had the ability to self-repair transparency when heated to +200 ... +250 ° C or when illuminated by sunlight for several hours.

Means of communication and navigation

Linear T-62s of early production for external communications were equipped with the R-113 radio station, and on production tanks from 1965 - R-123. The radio station is located on the left side of the turret and is operated by the tank commander. R-113 has an operating range of 20-22.375 MHz, consisting of 96 fixed frequencies separated by 25 kHz, and provides communication with the same type of radio station at a distance of at least 20 km, in the presence of extraneous interference - 8-12 km, with the noise suppressor turned on - up to 10 km. R-123 has an operating range of 20-51.5 MHz, consisting of 1261 fixed frequencies with a step of 25 kHz and provides communication with the same type of radio station at a distance of at least 20 km on the move, and with the noise suppressor turned on - up to 13 km. Both radios provided communication only in telephone mode, in simplex or half-duplex mode. The regular operation of the radio station was carried out on a 4-meter whip antenna, in case of its damage, the R-113 and R-123 were equipped with an emergency antenna, which was a piece of insulated wire 2.5 or 3 m long, respectively. The communication range with the same type of radio station when working on emergency antenna was limited to 2.5 km, or 1 km if both radios worked on emergency antennas.

For internal communication, the tank is equipped with a tank intercom (TPU) integrated with the radio station for all crew members, with the R-113 - R-120 radio station, and with the R-123 - R-124. Tank intercoms were equipped with laryngphones, on the R-120 the speech amplifier was available only on the commander’s apparatus, and on the R-124 the rest of the crew also had it. Both TPUs also provided access to external communications through a radio station for the gunner and commander, and the R-124 also provided all crew members with communication with the tank landing commander using an additional device. For driving in conditions of difficult orientation or low visibility, as well as when using OPVT, a gyroscopic semi-compass was installed on the tank, on tanks of early releases - GPK-48, which was replaced by a more advanced GPK-59 from May 1966.

T-62K, in addition to the R-123, have an additional radio station R-112, designed for communication in the networks of the command of tank troops. The radio station is located on the right side of the tower and is served by a radio operator-loader. R-112 has an operating range of 2.8-4.99 MHz, consisting of 220 fixed frequencies in 10 kHz steps. When working on a four-meter whip antenna in telephone mode, the R-112 provides telephone communication at a distance of at least 20 km on the go or up to 25 km in the parking lot, and in the absence of extraneous interference - even at 40-50 km. In telegraph mode, the communication range reaches 50 km, and when working on a semi-telescopic 10-meter antenna - 100-110 km, or up to 200 km in the absence of extraneous interference. In addition, the T-62K is equipped with a complex of tank navigation equipment TNA-2, designed to coordinate the actions of tank troops and a AB-1-P / 30-U gasoline charger with a power of 1 kW, installed to the right of the driver's seat.

Engine and transmission

The T-62 was equipped with a V-shaped 12-cylinder four-stroke liquid-cooled diesel engine, model B-55V. With a working volume of 38,880 cm³, the engine develops a maximum power of 580 hp. With. (427 kW) at 2000 rpm and a maximum torque of 230 kgm (2254 Nm) at 1200-1400 rpm. The engine runs on diesel fuel grades DL, DZ and DA, the specific fuel consumption is 174 g/l. s. h. The warranty period of the engine as of the beginning of the 1960s was 350 hours. The engine is located transversely in the engine compartment, on a frame welded to the bottom of the hull and equipped with a nozzle heater. The engine cooling system includes one tubular belt type radiator located above the gearbox and a single fan located at the rear of the hull. Air purification in the engine air intake system is carried out using a two-stage air cleaner VTI-4 with an ejection system for removing dust from the dust collector.

The fuel system of the tank includes four internal fuel tanks with a total capacity of 675 liters: a bow tank with a capacity of 280 liters, located in the frontal end of the hull on the right, two storage tanks placed behind it - left and right, with a capacity of 125 and 145 liters, respectively, and also an average tank with a capacity of 127 liters, located on the starboard side of the fighting compartment near the bulkhead of the engine compartment. Three external fuel tanks, each with a capacity of 95 liters, are located on the right fender. All fuel tanks are welded, made of stamped steel sheets and coated with bakelite varnish: internal - inside and out, external - only from the inside. In addition, two standard fuel drums with a capacity of 200 liters each can be attached to the stern of the tank using special brackets. They are not connected to the fuel system and the fuel from them is poured into the tanks of the tank in the parking lot using regular refueling facilities. Installed barrels do not restrict the mobility of the tank and do not interfere with access to the engine compartment for Maintenance, although they limit the angle of declination of the gun along the stern to + 4 °.

Chassis

The chassis of the T-62, with the exception of a slightly different arrangement of the balancers due to the changed load distribution on them, is identical to the T-54/55 suspension and includes five double rubber-coated cast road wheels with a diameter of 810 mm on each side, a sloth and a drive wheel; support rollers are missing. The suspension of the road wheels is individual, torsion bar, the first and last rollers are equipped with hydraulic vane-type shock absorbers. The suspension has a stiffness of 522 kg / cm, an oscillation period of 0.86 s with a full roller stroke of 224 mm and a specific potential energy of 430 mm.

Initially, the T-62 used tracks from the T-54/55 with a metal hinge, and later - more advanced tracks with a rubber-metal hinge. Both tracks had lantern gearing, a width of 580 mm and a track pitch of 137 mm, but the metal track consisted of 96 tracks and had a mass of 1386 kg, and the caterpillar with a rubber-metal hinge consisted of 97 tracks with a mass of 1655 kg.

Combat use

Operation "Danube" - used by the troops of the Soviet army.
- Border conflict on Damansky Island - were used by the USSR Border Troops in the amount of three units. One of the three tanks was destroyed by RPG-7 fire. Also used as part of the 2nd battalion of the Verkhneudinsky motorized rifle regiment when cleaning the island from Chinese armed forces.
- Afghan war (1979-1989) - were used as part of the 24th Guards Tank Regiment of the 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the 285th and 234th Tank Regiment of the 108th Motor Rifle Division, the 62nd Detachment of the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, and also as part of the 650th th, 781st and 783rd separate reconnaissance battalions of the Soviet army
- The first Chechen war - were used by Chechen formations, opposition to the Dudayev regime and the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation. In total, 10 T-62 tanks were received from the Russian Army. Also as armored platforms on heavy armored trains of the Russian Army.
- The Second Chechen War - were used as part of the 160th Guards Tank Regiment of the Siberian Military District of the Russian Federation and the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division.
- The invasion of militants in Dagestan - were used by the 93rd mechanized regiment internal troops RF.
- Yom Kippur War - used by Egyptian and Syrian troops.
- The Ogaden War (1977-1978) - used by the Cuban tank brigade
- Egyptian-Libyan war - used by Libyan and Egyptian troops.
- Civil War in Angola - were used by Cuban troops as part of the 50th armored division.
- The Chadian-Libyan conflict - were used by Libyan troops.
- The Lebanese War (1982) - were used as part of the Syrian troops.
- Iran-Iraq war - used by Iraqi troops.
- Invasion of Kuwait - used by Iraqi forces.
- Gulf War - used by Iraqi forces. They took a limited part in the hostilities and their losses were probably about 250 vehicles, i.e. about a fifth of the 1200 in service.
- Iraqi war - used by Iraqi troops.
- Libyan Civil War
- Syrian Civil War
- Yemeni Civil War

The first use of the T-62 in combat took place in the Soviet-Chinese border conflict on Damansky Island in March 1969. The use of tanks in the conflict was an accident; During the conflict, on March 15, a group of nine T-62s mistakenly approached the command post of border guards fighting Chinese troops. It was decided to use tanks to support the border guards, who were short of heavy weapons. Three T-62s moved across the ice to Damansky Island, occupied by Chinese troops, in an attempt to bypass the island and cut it off from reserves approaching from the Chinese border, but the Chinese were prepared for such an event and opened heavy fire from RPG-2, as a result of which the lead tank was hit, and the other two withdrew to the Soviet coast; the crew of the wrecked tank was destroyed small arms when trying to leave the car. By the evening of the same day, after massive artillery preparation, the Chinese troops were driven out of Damansky, but as it turned out, by that time the Chinese intelligence officers had managed to examine the tank and remove a number of devices from it, including the weapons stabilizer, which was considered the most secret of what was installed on the T-62. It was decided to destroy the tank, but only succeeded in sinking it, breaking the ice with mortar fire. At the end of April 1969, after the end of hostilities, the Chinese managed to raise the tank from the bottom of the river and study it more carefully, after which it was installed in the PLA Museum in Beijing.

T-62 tanks were used in the war in Afghanistan. During operation in mountainous conditions, the T-62 proved to be a reliable, well-developed machine with fairly high combat qualities and technical specifications- subject to technically competent operation, which was not observed in Afghanistan (only in 1986, due to violation of the operating rules, 4038 T-62s failed, of which 198 required major repairs and 12 were decommissioned). During the war, the T-62 tanks were reinforced with bottom armor and additional armor was installed on the turret; to protect the undercarriage along the sides of the tank, rubber screens were introduced; to protect the driver during an explosion, spacers were installed between the bottom and the roof of the hull. At the same time, it was found that the power of the T-62 engine was insufficient (especially this circumstance manifested itself after the installation of additional armor on the tanks). In May 1984, a T-62 tank company combed an area in Helmand province. In three days, the entire area was cleared of the Mujahideen and a significant amount of weapons and ammunition was captured. The T-62 and the crews did not suffer losses, although about 40 shots of anti-tank grenade launchers were fired at the tanks.

For the entire duration of the war, according to official figures, the loss of tanks of all types did not exceed 150 units. Most of the tanks failed for technical reasons. The deputy commander of the 40th army for weapons, V. S. Korolev, and the Western researcher S. Pledges, there are figures about 385 or even 1340 T-62 tanks. At the same time, both sources are confused with each other in the causes of tank losses. At Korolev, 1,340 tanks were disabled from combat damage, and at Zaloga, only 385 tanks were lost from combat damage. At the same time, 1340 tanks were written off at Zaloga, mostly from non-combat damage, and only 385 tanks were written off at Korolev. In any case, both estimates, based on obscure data (the estimate of the deputy commander of the 40th Army for weapons based on materials from his personal archive), are significantly higher than the official data on the losses of Soviet tanks.

During the First Chechen campaign, the case of the destruction of the Dudaev ATGM installation by the T-62 tank from a distance of 5600 meters is known. T-62s donated by Russia were used by the anti-Dudayev opposition; there is a known case of a tank battle between opposition T-62s and Dudayev's T-72s, during which one T-62 was shot down. They played an important role in the assault on the village of Komsomolskoye. During the battle, the T-62 company destroyed a large number of militants. In total, during the assault, three T-62 tanks received hits, from which not a single tank failed. There were also no fatalities among the tankers (although the circumstances of the death of one tanker in a wrecked T-62 are given). Used by the Russian army during the storming of Grozny in 1999.

The Russian army used the T-62 during the war in South Ossetia 2008. According to independent Russian experts (Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies), one Russian T-62 was destroyed by enemy fire.

At the end of 2012 in Russian army more than nine hundred T-62 tanks were still preserved, all of them were transferred to Spetsremont OJSC, which is part of the Oboronservis holding, for subsequent disposal, which was supposed to begin in 2013.

The OSCE mission in February 2015 recorded T-62 tanks in the zone of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, used by Ukrainian troops.

Near East

T-62s were used with varying degrees of success in the Arab-Israeli conflicts.

In 1976, T-62 tanks were part of the Syrian peacekeeping forces in Lebanon. There is a known case when, in an ambush arranged by Palestinian militants, the Syrians lost 30 T-62s over the course of several days of battle. T-62 tanks participated during the 2001 war in Afghanistan. The first stage of hostilities consisted in the attack on the Taliban by hundreds of T-62 and T-55 tanks of the Northern Alliance. At the end of the Alliance offensive, only the city of Kandahar remained with the Taliban. In the future, the main role in the fight against the Taliban fell on the NATO countries.

Doomsday War

In 1971, the Soviet Union delivered the first T-62s to Egypt, and in the same year the United States delivered the first M60A1s to Israel. Initially, the Arabs were supplied with tanks without the latest 115-mm feathered armor-piercing sub-caliber shells. This shortcoming was noticed by the Egyptian tank crews, after which they were sent (shells of this type were significantly superior in armor penetration to all used by Western and Soviet tanks). Egypt during the war involved 188 T-62 tanks (15th and 25th brigades). Syria has deployed, according to Western data, about 500 T-62s (47th, 91st, 20th, 65th and Republican Guard brigade). According to Yu. Kostenko, Syria had 300 T-62s. To storm the Bar Lev line, Egypt withdrew 1020 tanks, including 188 of the latest T-62s, Israel had 1088 tanks in Sinai, including 150 of the latest M60A1s.

The 15th Independent Armored Brigade, under the command of Colonel Tahsin Shanen, together with the 18th Infantry Division, launches an offensive against Kantara and takes up defensive positions along the Kantara-El Arish axis. Kantara was an important transport hub for the Israelis and on its territory there was a truck fleet and warehouses with weapons and ammunition. For its defense, the Israelis withdrew the 401st Tank Brigade (M48 tanks) and the 9th Battalion of the 14th Tank Brigade (M48 tanks). On October 6, when the T-62 offensive of the 15th brigade began, they supported the Egyptian infantry crossing the canal with fire from the western bank. The 401st Israeli Brigade was ambushed by Egyptian infantry and was routed. T-62s played a small role in this. By the end of the day, the Egyptians washed away the sandy rampart and the tanks of the 15th brigade began to cross. By the morning of October 7, the 15th brigade was on the east bank. By this time, the Israeli 198th battalion of the 460th armored brigade (Centurion tanks) approached Kantara to help. The Israelis claimed to have destroyed several T-62s from a distance. After that, the 198th battalion, carrying everything big losses began to retreat to the city, where he took up defense with the 9th battalion. The city was stormed all day on October 7, and Kantara was taken by nightfall. The 198th battalion lost 37 out of 44 Centurion tanks in the battle, the 9th battalion lost 32 out of 34 M48 tanks. As trophies, the Egyptians also captured a fleet of vehicles and weapons depots. The 15th brigade lost only a few tanks. On October 8, two T-62 companies of the 15th brigade repulsed the attack of the Centurion battalion of the 217th brigade, both sides lost several tanks. On October 10, Israel made a final attempt to capture Kantara. T-62s and infantry repulsed the attack again, destroying 13 tanks and 9 armored personnel carriers. A small number of T-62s from the 15th brigade took part in the offensive on 14 October. The Israelis said that they "destroyed more than half of the brigade", although there were not so many involved.

The 25th Independent Armored Brigade under the command of Colonel Ahmed Badawi, together with the 7th Infantry Division, launches an offensive in the direction of Shaluf - Jedi Pass. On October 11, the 25th brigade crosses the Suez Canal. On October 17, 1973, the 25th brigade, which participated in failed attempt to eliminate the Israeli threat to the right flank of the 2nd Army on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal, fell into a trap organized by the Israelis from ATGMs and tanks of the 14th, 600th and 217th Israeli brigades. The brigade was attacked from four sides and suffered significant losses - according to Egyptian data, about ⅓ of 94 T-62 tanks and 40 armored personnel carriers, according to Israeli - most of the brigade (including 86 of 96 T-62 tanks). As the chief of the Egyptian General Staff, al-Shazli, noted: “Our crews fought desperately, despite all the difficulties. But when night fell, only a few survivors returned to the bridgehead of the Third Army. The losses of the Israelis, according to Israeli data, in this battle amounted to 4 tanks - according to various sources, all when they were blown up in their own minefield during the pursuit, or two when they were blown up in a minefield and one each from the T-62 (presumably) and ATGM "Baby" (according to Egyptian data, a company of tanks was destroyed in the first clash). The Israelis did not occupy the territory after the battle. Therefore, the difference in losses can be explained by total and deadweight losses. After the battle, the defeated 25th brigade withdrew to the Kibrit East stronghold. On October 22, the Israelis, with the support of tanks, began an assault on the stronghold, the Egyptians were able to repel these attacks.

The T-62 was also used on the Syrian front. On October 6, the main blow was delivered by 540 Syrian tanks, including the T-62 of the 47th brigade. They were opposed by 180 Israeli Centurion tanks. From the night of October 6 until the end of October 7, reinforcements arrived at the Israelis, consisting of about 250 tanks. This forced the 1st Syrian Panzer Division (230 tanks) into battle on the morning of the 7th, which included the 91st brigade, armed with T-62s. On the morning of October 7, when the Syrian 1st Panzer Division was advancing on the bridges across the Jordan River, the 91st Brigade was attacked from the flank by a company of the reserve 679th Brigade armed with Centurion tanks. About 35 T-62s and 3 Centurions were lost in the battle. On October 8, the Syrians brought into battle the 3rd Panzer Division (230 tanks), which included the 20th and 65th brigades, armed with T-62s. On the morning of October 9, thanks to the arriving reserves, the Israelis managed to stop the Syrian offensive, while the 7th and 188th Israeli brigades were almost completely destroyed. On October 12, the Syrians, with the support of the T-62s of the 91st Brigade, stopped the Israeli counteroffensive. A total of 240 Syrian T-62s were disabled or abandoned on the Golan plateau.

According to Yu. Kostenko, with the outbreak of hostilities, out of 188 T-62 tanks involved by Egypt, 97 were disabled. According to Mikhail Baryatinsky, "after the cessation of hostilities, about 200 destroyed T-62 tanks, both on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts, were evacuated by the Israelis, 72 of them were repaired and commissioned by the tank units of the Israel Defense Forces under the designation "Tiran-6" ". According to Oleg Granovsky, 200 T-62s also remained in Israeli-controlled territory. Yu. Kostenko also points out that some of the 807 T-54, T-55 and T-62 tanks lost by the Egyptians "came to the Israelis in good condition", but does not provide more detailed data. David Isby and Lon Nordeem only mention former Syrian T-62s.

During the fighting, it turned out that the main 105-mm M-392 armor-piercing shells at long distances have problems penetrating the T-62 armor. After the end of the war, upgraded M-392A2 shells with increased armor penetration were urgently developed. During tests of captured Syrian T-62s, the commander of the Israeli 162nd Armored Division, General Avraham Adan, noted the superiority of the 115-mm cannon over the 105-mm cannon of Israeli tanks.

Israel sent several captured tanks to the USA, Germany and France. The West Germans managed to create the same projectile for the 105-mm gun (DM-23) on the basis of the 115-mm BOPS. Based on the German, the Israelis (M111) and the Americans (M-735) copied the same shells for their tanks.

Iran–Iraq War

T-62 took part in the Iran-Iraq war. By the beginning of the war, Iraq had 700 T-62 tanks in the 6th, 12th, 16th, 17th (partially), 25th, 30th, 35th and 45th (partially) tank brigades. In 1982, Iraq ordered another 2,150 T-62s from the USSR, of which only 1,000 were delivered before 1989. Iran acquired 65 T-62s from Libya in 1981, 100 from Syria in 1982, and 150 Chon-Maho from North Korea in 1982. Thus, Iraq during the war involved 1700 T-62s, Iran 315 T-62s. At the beginning of the war, both sides were approximately equal in terms of the total number of tanks, but the Iraqis had significantly fewer modern tanks. Iraq before the war had 1800 tanks, including 100 modern T-72s (they did not participate at the beginning of the war) and 700 T-62s, Iran had 2160 tanks, including 875 modern Chieftains and 460 M60s.

On September 22, 1980, T-62 tanks of the 6th Armored Division crossed the border near Bustan. For a week of fighting, the division reached the northern outskirts of Ahvaz. On October 11, the 6th Division crossed the Karun River at Darkhovein, jeopardizing supplies Iranian army in this district. The 3rd Armored Division launched an offensive towards Khorramshahr. The Iranians in the area had the 92nd division ("Chieftains" and "Scorpions") and the 37th brigade (M48). As a result of the siege, which lasted 34 days, the city fell by the end of October. Both sides lost a large number of tanks in this battle, in particular, the 37th tank brigade and the Scorpions reconnaissance regiment of the 92nd division were defeated. In early 1981, Iran launched a powerful counter-offensive in the Kerkhe Valley near the town of Susengerd, which became known as the "Battle of Dezful". Iran has prepared 300 Chieftain and M60 tanks from the 16th Armored Division for the attack. The Iraqi command foresaw the intentions of the enemy and put forward 300 T-62 tanks from the 9th armored division to meet him. On January 6, an Iranian tank brigade reached the Iraqi positions. Having attacked the Iraqis on the move, she found herself in a fire bag and was attacked from the flanks. Iranian losses amounted to more than a hundred tanks. The remaining 2 Iranian brigades fell into a trap on January 7-8 and were also defeated and retreated. Iran lost 250 destroyed and captured Chieftain and M60 tanks (according to Iranian statements 88). Iraq's losses amounted to 50 T-62 tanks. After the battle, the Iraqis organized an exhibition of captured equipment, journalists were able to count both Iranian and Iraqi losses. During the battle, it turned out that 115-mm feathered armor-piercing sub-caliber shells freely penetrate the multi-layered frontal armor of the Chieftains. The best Iranian helicopter pilot, Ali Akbar Shiroudi, died on an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter when he was hit by a shell from the main gun of an Iraqi T-62. In the spring of 1982, the Iraqi 6th Armored Division was practically destroyed during the Iranian counteroffensive. During the war, Iraq lost about 500 T-62 tanks, the losses of Iranian T-62s are unknown.

Lebanese War

In 1982, Syrian T-62s participated in repelling the offensive of the Israeli army during the Lebanon War. On the territory of Lebanon, the Syrians had T-62s as part of 3 brigades: 76th, 91st and 51st. The first clashes between Israelis and Syrians took place on June 8 during the battle for Jezzin. On the outskirts of the city, Israeli Centurions came under concentrated fire from T-62s and ATGMs. The battle continued until dark, the Israelis, at the cost of considerable losses, still managed to knock the Syrians out of the city, while losing up to 10 Centurions, the Syrians lost from 3 T-62s to 24 tanks - destroyed and knocked out.

On the night of June 8-9, units of the 162nd division and the Vardi task force of the Israeli army, bypassing Jezin, surrounded the 76th and 91st tank brigades, according to one data from the 1st division (in other sources it is called the 10th) south of Lake Karun. The Syrians put up fierce resistance. The tanks were running out of fuel and ammunition. The Damascus units of the 1st Syrian Panzer Division were able to save the situation, which, according to one version, were armed with T-72 tanks (according to another version, there were no T-72s in the 1st Panzer Division). She struck at the right flank of the Israelis north of Rashai, breaking through the encirclement of the Syrian brigades. The Israelis lost many M60 tanks, the Syrian 76th and 91st brigades broke out of the encirclement, with the loss of more than 200 T-62 tanks, 90 of which were abandoned intact. After that, both Syrian brigades returned to Syria and were re-equipped with T-55s, and parts of the 1st Panzer Division continued to move towards Zahle. The 162nd Israeli division continued its offensive from Lake Karun and reached the settlement of Ein Zhalta. There she entered into an oncoming tank battle with Syrian T-62s. The first shots destroyed two Israeli "Centurions", in the future the column suffered even more significant losses. Having lost at least three tanks in this battle, the Syrians forced the Israelis to retreat to the village of Baruk. In the center, the 162nd Panzer Division ran into stubborn resistance from the 51st Separate Tank Brigade, equipped with T-62 tanks, which occupied a well-prepared defense west of the Bekaa Valley. To the west, Israeli units began encircling Beirut and attempted to cut off the city from the Beirut-Damascus highway. The fighting continued until June 11, when a truce was signed.

Shortly before the truce at Dzhub Dzhunin, Israeli Merkavas attacked the T-62s of the 58th brigade. Having lost two tanks, the Israelis knocked out a dozen Syrian ones. In total, during this battle, which lasted until noon and was accompanied by helicopter strikes from both sides, according to Syrian data, from 21 to 30 Israeli armored vehicles were destroyed. In turn, according to Israeli helicopter pilots, 15 T-62s were hit in this battle, while one MD 500 helicopter was shot down by T-62 cannon fire (pilot of the downed helicopter Harel Halamish).

Results

The Lebanese War was the last Arab-Israeli conflict in which tanks were used en masse. Losses were significant on both sides. As a result of the war, Israel lost about 300 tanks, mostly Pattons, destroyed and captured. The losses of the Syrian tank units were about the same, according to various Israeli sources, they amounted to 226 or 334 tanks, mostly T-62s, but a significant part of them were abandoned in good condition.

Egyptian–Libyan War

During the Egyptian-Libyan war in July 1977, T-62 tanks were used by both sides. The largest tank battle took place for the Egyptian village of Salum on the border. The village was attacked by the 9th Libyan tank battalion. Egyptian T-62s from the border troops recaptured the village, defeating the Libyan battalion.

Cuba

At the end of 1977, a T-62 tank brigade consisting of 120 vehicles was delivered from the USSR to help Ethiopia in the war for the Ogaden. The tanks were intended for the Cuban Expeditionary Force, and already on December 28, the first ever Cuban battalion on the T-62 was ready for combat use. On February 2, 1978, the Cuban tank brigade launched an attack on Somali positions from the Urso-Diredava region in the direction of Areva. In the first offensive battles, T-62 tanks provided a breakthrough near Harar, destroying at least 15 tanks. For the first two days, the Somali group was almost completely defeated, losing 42 tanks in this direction and 15 in others. T-62s opened fire from a distance of more than 1,500 meters, remaining inaccessible to enemy tanks and artillery.

Continuing the offensive in the direction of Jijiga, the Ethiopian and Cuban troops encountered fierce resistance on the two passes in the mountains leading to the city - Marda and Shebele. On March 1 and 3, the Somalis carried out large counterattacks with infantry, tanks and artillery, but in both cases they were repulsed. The Cuban tank brigade also played a big role in this. Early in the morning of March 4, a frontal offensive began in the direction of Marda - Jijiga of the main forces, supported by Cuban T-62s and several Ethiopian tank battalions T-55. At the Marda pass, T-62s burned all the tanks of the Somali company from a long distance. Due to the fear of minefields and reinforced defenses, the further offensive was suspended. In the second offensive attempt, the Marda Pass was taken, and by the end of March 4, Dzhidzhiga was also taken. The attack on Jijiga cost the Cubans six T-62 tanks and eight more were damaged. Most of the tanks were hit with RPG-7 and SPG-9. fighting continued until March 13, when the Somali troops were completely driven out of the occupied territory.

T-62 tanks are the most powerful weapon in this war. I would say that this is generally the most useful weapon ground forces. Their role here and now is even greater than the cavalry of our ancestors. Without these tanks, we would be stuck here for several years, like in Angola.

Cuban officer who fought in the tank brigade

Chadian-Libyan War

During the Chadian-Libyan war, T-62 tanks were used by Libya. The first known use of T-62 tanks occurred in late 1986. In late December, a convoy of Libyan T-62s was ambushed by rebels, but T-62 losses are unknown. According to researcher Mikhail Baryatinsky, 12 Libyan T-62s were "knocked out" during the war. According to Chadian data, not a single Libyan T-62 was destroyed during the war, and 12 tanks were captured. These tanks were captured intact in underground storage facilities in Wadi Dum.

Analogues

The main analogue of the T-62 abroad was the American M60A1. Both tanks were the most common in the USSR and the USA. In terms of security, not a single tank had any advantages.

In terms of firepower, the T-62 had significant advantages, primarily due to the OBPS. The disadvantage of the T-62 was its low rate of fire. The reason for this was the ejection mechanism for spent cartridges, which improved the working conditions of the crew, but somewhat lengthened the loading time.

The T-62 had a two-plane stabilizer, which ensured effective firing at once, on the M60A1, the installation of stabilizers began in 1971.

A common drawback was the mechanical connection between the gunner's sight with the gun on the M60A1 and T-62, which made it difficult to fire immediately due to the gunner losing sight of the target when loading the gun.

The comparative probability of destruction at the most probable distances of use in Europe up to 1 kilometer, in the event of a hit, by the T-62 tank of the M60A1 tank when using OBPS is 71%, when using BKS - 75%. For the M60A1 tank, the probability is 54% and 75%, respectively. OBPS and BKS guns had complete superiority over armor - a hit with a high probability means the destruction of the tank. The accuracy of the 105mm cannon is 15% lower than that of the 115mm at a distance of up to 1500 meters.

Some of the advantages of the M60A1 can come from slightly higher gun descent angles of -9 versus -6 degrees for the T-62. At the same time, given the smaller silhouette of the T-62 tank, the visible projection of the tower when firing from reverse slopes is commensurate. The low silhouette of the T-62, in the absence of laser rangefinders, provided him with significant advantages in survivability on the battlefield.

The performance characteristics of the T-62

Crew, people: 4
Developer: Factory No. 183
Years of production: 1961-1975 in the USSR, 1973-1978 in Czechoslovakia, 1980-1989 in the DPRK
Years of operation: since 1961
Number of issued, pieces: about 20,000
Layout scheme: classic

Weight T-62

Dimensions T-62

Case length, mm: 6630
- Length with gun forward, mm: 9335
- Hull width, mm: 3300
- Height, mm: 2395
- Base, mm: 4230
- Track, mm: 2640
- Clearance, mm: 430

Armor T-62

Type of armor: steel rolled and cast homogeneous
- Forehead of the hull (top), mm / city: 102 / 60 °
- Forehead of the hull (bottom), mm / city: 100 / 55 °
- Hull board, mm/deg.: 80 / 0°
- Hull side (top), mm / city: 45 / 60 °
- Hull side (bottom), mm / city: 20 / 45 °
- Hull feed (top), mm / city: 45 / 2 °
- Hull feed (bottom), mm / city: 20 / 70 °
- Bottom, mm: 20
- Hull roof, mm: 16..30
- Forehead of the tower, mm / city: 220 / 17 ° (242 since 1972)
- Tower board, mm / city: 165
- Tower feed, mm / city: 65
- Tower roof, mm: 30..58

ERA: T-62MV since 1985

Armament T-62

Gun caliber and brand: 115 mm 2A20
- Type of gun: smoothbore gun
- Barrel length, calibers: 53
- Gun ammunition: 40 (42 T-62M)
- Firing range, km: 0.02..5.8
- sights: telescopic TSh2B-41, periscopic electro-optical night TPN-1-41-11
- Machine guns: 1 × 7.62 mm SGMT, since 1964 PKT, 1 × 12.7 mm DShKM since 1972

Engine T-62

Engine type: V-55V
- Engine power, l. s.: 580 (690hp V-46-5m - T-62M1-1 (T-62D-1) (T-62M1-2-1))

T-62 speed

Highway speed, km/h: 50
- Cross-country speed, km / h: 22..27

Power reserve on the highway, km: 450..650
- Power reserve over rough terrain, km: 320..450
- Specific power, l. s./t: 15.7 (16.4)
- suspension type: individual torsion bar
- Specific ground pressure, kg/cm²: 0.75
- Climbability, degrees: 32
- overcome wall, m: 0.8
- Crossable ditch, m: 2.85
- Crossable ford, m: 1.4 (up to 5 with OPVT)

Photo T-62

Modern battle tanks Russia and the world photo, video, pictures watch online. This article gives an idea of ​​the modern tank fleet. It is based on the classification principle used in the most authoritative reference book to date, but in a slightly modified and improved form. And if the latter in its original form can still be found in the armies of a number of countries, then others have already become a museum exhibit. And all for 10 years! To follow in the footsteps of the Jane's guide and not consider this combat vehicle (quite by the way, curious in design and fiercely discussed at the time), which formed the basis of the tank fleet of the last quarter of the 20th century, the authors considered it unfair.

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Russian tanks are specific in that they allow you to destroy the enemy from a safe distance, have the ability to perform quick maneuvers on impassable roads, contaminated terrain, can “walk” through the territory occupied by the enemy, seize a decisive bridgehead, induce panic in the rear and suppress the enemy with fire and caterpillars . The war of 1939-1945 was the most ordeal for all mankind, since almost all countries of the world were involved in it. It was the battle of the titans - the most unique period that theorists argued about in the early 1930s and during which tanks were used in large numbers by almost all the warring parties. At this time, a "check for lice" and a deep reform of the first theories of the use of tank troops took place. And it is the Soviet tank troops that are most affected by all this.

Tanks in battle that became a symbol of the past war, the backbone of the Soviet armored forces? Who created them and under what conditions? How did the USSR, having lost most of its European territories and having difficulty recruiting tanks for the defense of Moscow, be able to launch powerful tank formations on the battlefield already in 1943? This book, which tells about the development of Soviet tanks "in the days of testing ", from 1937 to the beginning of 1943. When writing the book, materials from the archives of Russia and private collections of tank builders were used. There was a period in our history that was deposited in my memory with some depressing feeling. It began with the return of our first military advisers from Spain, and stopped only at the beginning of forty-third, - said the former general designer of self-propelled guns L. Gorlitsky, - there was some kind of pre-stormy state.

Tanks of the Second World War, it was M. Koshkin, almost underground (but, of course, with the support of "the wisest of the wise leader of all peoples"), who was able to create the tank that, a few years later, would shock German tank generals. And what’s more, he didn’t just create it, the designer managed to prove to these stupid military men that it was his T-34 that they needed, and not just another wheeled-tracked “highway”. The author is in slightly different positions that he formed after meeting with the pre-war documents RGVA and RGAE Therefore, working on this segment of the history of the Soviet tank, the author will inevitably contradict something "generally accepted". this work describes the history of Soviet tank building in the most difficult years - from the beginning of a radical restructuring of all the activities of design bureaus and people's commissariats as a whole, during a frantic race to equip new tank formations of the Red Army, the transfer of industry to wartime rails and evacuation.

Tanks Wikipedia the author wants to express his special gratitude for the help in the selection and processing of materials to M. Kolomiyets, and also to thank A. Solyankin, I. Zheltov and M. Pavlov, the authors of the reference publication "Domestic armored vehicles. XX century. 1905 - 1941" because this book helped to understand the fate of some projects, unclear before. I would also like to recall with gratitude those conversations with Lev Izraelevich Gorlitsky, the former Chief Designer of UZTM, which helped to take a fresh look at the entire history of the Soviet tank during the Great Patriotic War Soviet Union. Today, for some reason, it is customary to talk about 1937-1938 in our country. only from the point of view of repressions, but few people remember that it was during this period that those tanks were born that became legends of the wartime ... "From the memoirs of L.I. Gorlinkogo.

Soviet tanks, a detailed assessment of them at that time sounded from many lips. Many old people recalled that it was from the events in Spain that it became clear to everyone that the war was getting closer to the threshold and it was Hitler who would have to fight. In 1937, mass purges and repressions began in the USSR, and against the backdrop of these difficult events soviet tank began to turn from a "mechanized cavalry" (in which one of its combat qualities was emphasized by lowering others) into a balanced combat vehicle, possessing at the same time powerful weapons sufficient to suppress most targets, good maneuverability and mobility with armor protection, capable of maintaining its combat capability with shelling the most massive anti-tank weapons of a potential enemy.

It was recommended that large tanks be introduced into the composition in addition only special tanks - floating, chemical. The brigade now had 4 separate battalions of 54 tanks each and was reinforced by the transition from three-tank platoons to five-tank ones. In addition, D. Pavlov justified the refusal to form in 1938 to the four existing mechanized corps three more additionally, believing that these formations are immobile and difficult to control, and most importantly, they require a different organization of the rear. The tactical and technical requirements for promising tanks, as expected, have been adjusted. In particular, in a letter dated December 23 to the head of the design bureau of plant No. 185 named after. CM. Kirov, the new chief demanded to strengthen the armor of new tanks so that at a distance of 600-800 meters (effective range).

The latest tanks in the world when designing new tanks, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of increasing the level of armor protection during modernization by at least one step ... "This problem could be solved in two ways. Firstly, by increasing the thickness of the armor plates and, secondly," by using increased armor resistance". It is easy to guess that the second way was considered more promising, since the use of specially hardened armor plates, or even two-layer armor, could, while maintaining the same thickness (and the mass of the tank as a whole), increase its durability by 1.2-1.5 It was this path (the use of specially hardened armor) that was chosen at that moment to create new types of tanks.

Tanks of the USSR at the dawn of tank production, armor was most massively used, the properties of which were identical in all directions. Such armor was called homogeneous (homogeneous), and from the very beginning of the armor business, the craftsmen strove to create just such armor, because uniformity ensured stability of characteristics and simplified processing. However, at the end of the 19th century, it was noticed that when the surface of the armor plate was saturated (to a depth of several tenths to several millimeters) with carbon and silicon, its surface strength increased sharply, while the rest of the plate remained viscous. So heterogeneous (heterogeneous) armor came into use.

In military tanks, the use of heterogeneous armor was very important, since an increase in the hardness of the entire thickness of the armor plate led to a decrease in its elasticity and (as a result) to an increase in brittleness. Thus, the most durable armor, other things being equal, turned out to be very fragile and often pricked even from bursts of high-explosive fragmentation shells. Therefore, at the dawn of armor production in the manufacture of homogeneous sheets, the task of the metallurgist was to achieve the highest possible hardness of the armor, but at the same time not to lose its elasticity. Surface-hardened by saturation with carbon and silicon armor was called cemented (cemented) and was considered at that time a panacea for many ills. But cementation is a complex, harmful process (for example, processing a hot plate with a jet of lighting gas) and relatively expensive, and therefore its development in a series required high costs and an increase in production culture.

Tank of the war years, even in operation, these hulls were less successful than homogeneous ones, since for no apparent reason cracks formed in them (mainly in loaded seams), and it was very difficult to put patches on holes in cemented slabs during repairs. But it was still expected that a tank protected by 15-20 mm cemented armor would be equivalent in terms of protection to the same, but covered with 22-30 mm sheets, without a significant increase in mass.
Also, by the mid-1930s, in tank building, they learned how to harden the surface of relatively thin armor plates by uneven hardening, known since the end of the 19th century in shipbuilding as the "Krupp method". Surface hardening led to a significant increase in the hardness of the front side of the sheet, leaving the main thickness of the armor viscous.

How tanks shoot videos up to half the thickness of the plate, which, of course, was worse than carburizing, since despite the fact that the hardness of the surface layer was higher than during carburizing, the elasticity of the hull sheets was significantly reduced. So the "Krupp method" in tank building made it possible to increase the strength of armor even somewhat more than carburizing. But the hardening technology that was used for sea armor of large thicknesses was no longer suitable for relatively thin tank armor. Before the war, this method was almost never used in our serial tank building due to technological difficulties and relatively high cost.

Combat use of tanks The most developed for tanks was the 45-mm tank gun mod 1932/34. (20K), and before the event in Spain, it was believed that its power was enough to perform most tank tasks. But the battles in Spain showed that the 45-mm gun could only satisfy the task of fighting enemy tanks, since even the shelling of manpower in the mountains and forests turned out to be ineffective, and it was only possible to disable a dug-in enemy firing point in the event of a direct hit . Shooting at shelters and bunkers was ineffective due to the small high-explosive action of a projectile weighing only about two kg.

Types of tanks photo so that even one hit of a projectile reliably disables anti-tank gun or machine gun; and thirdly, to increase the penetrating effect of a tank gun on the armor of a potential enemy, since, using the example of French tanks (already having an armor thickness of the order of 40-42 mm), it became clear that the armor protection of foreign combat vehicles tends to be significantly increased. There was a right way to do this - increasing the caliber of tank guns and simultaneously increasing the length of their barrel, since a long gun of a larger caliber fires heavier projectiles at a higher muzzle velocity over a greater distance without correcting the pickup.

The best tanks in the world had a large caliber gun, also had a large breech, significantly more weight and increased recoil reaction. And this required an increase in the mass of the entire tank as a whole. In addition, the placement of large shots in the closed volume of the tank led to a decrease in the ammunition load.
The situation was aggravated by the fact that at the beginning of 1938 it suddenly turned out that there was simply no one to give an order for the design of a new, more powerful tank gun. P. Syachintov and his entire design team were repressed, as well as the core of the Bolshevik Design Bureau under the leadership of G. Magdesiev. Only the group of S. Makhanov remained at liberty, who from the beginning of 1935 tried to bring his new 76.2-mm semi-automatic single gun L-10, and the team of plant No. 8 slowly brought the "forty-five".

Photos of tanks with names The number of developments is large, but in mass production in the period 1933-1937. not a single one was accepted ... "In fact, none of the five air-cooled tank diesel engines, which were worked on in 1933-1937 in the engine department of plant No. 185, was brought to the series. Moreover, despite the decisions on the highest levels of the transition in tank building exclusively to diesel engines, this process was held back by a number of factors.Of course, diesel had significant efficiency.It consumed less fuel per unit of power per hour.Diesel fuel is less prone to ignition, since the flash point of its vapors was very high.

Even the most finished of them, the MT-5 tank engine, required reorganization of engine production for serial production, which was expressed in the construction of new workshops, the supply of advanced foreign equipment (there were no machine tools of the required accuracy yet), financial investments and strengthening personnel. It was planned that in 1939 this diesel engine with a capacity of 180 hp. will go to mass-produced tanks and artillery tractors, but due to investigative work to find out the causes of tank engine accidents, which lasted from April to November 1938, these plans were not fulfilled. The development of a slightly increased six-cylinder gasoline engine No. 745 with a power of 130-150 hp was also started.

Brands of tanks with specific indicators that suited the tank builders quite well. Tank tests were carried out according to a new methodology, specially developed at the insistence of the new head of the ABTU D. Pavlov in relation to combat service in war time. The basis of the tests was a run of 3-4 days (at least 10-12 hours of daily non-stop traffic) with a one-day break for technical inspection and restoration work. Moreover, repairs were allowed to be carried out only by field workshops without the involvement of factory specialists. This was followed by a "platform" with obstacles, "bathing" in the water with an additional load, simulating an infantry landing, after which the tank was sent for examination.

Super tanks online after the improvement work seemed to remove all claims from the tanks. And the general course of the tests confirmed the fundamental correctness of the main design changes - an increase in displacement by 450-600 kg, the use of the GAZ-M1 engine, as well as the Komsomolets transmission and suspension. But during the tests, numerous minor defects again appeared in the tanks. The chief designer N. Astrov was suspended from work and was under arrest and investigation for several months. In addition, the tank received a new improved protection turret. The modified layout made it possible to place on the tank a larger ammunition load for a machine gun and two small fire extinguishers (before there were no fire extinguishers on small tanks of the Red Army).

US tanks as part of modernization work, on one serial model of the tank in 1938-1939. the torsion bar suspension developed by the designer of the Design Bureau of Plant No. 185 V. Kulikov was tested. It was distinguished by the design of a composite short coaxial torsion bar (long monotorsion bars could not be used coaxially). However, such a short torsion bar in tests did not show enough nice results, and therefore the torsion bar suspension did not immediately pave its way in the course of further work. Obstacles to be overcome: rises not less than 40 degrees, vertical wall 0.7 m, overlapping ditch 2-2.5 m.

Youtube about tanks work on the production of prototypes of D-180 and D-200 engines for reconnaissance tanks is not being carried out, jeopardizing the production of prototypes. 10-1), as well as the amphibious tank version (factory designation 102 or 10-2), are a compromise solution, since it is not possible to fully meet the requirements of the ABTU.Variant 101 was a tank weighing 7.5 tons with a hull according to the type of hull, but with vertical side sheets of case-hardened armor 10-13 mm thick, because: "Sloped sides, causing serious weighting of the suspension and hull, require a significant (up to 300 mm) broadening of the hull, not to mention the complication of the tank.

Video reviews of tanks in which power unit The tank was planned to be made on the basis of the 250-horsepower MG-31F aircraft engine, which was mastered by the industry for agricultural aircraft and gyroplanes. Gasoline of the 1st grade was placed in a tank under the floor of the fighting compartment and in additional onboard gas tanks. The armament fully met the task and consisted of coaxial machine guns DK caliber 12.7 mm and DT (in the second version of the project even ShKAS appears) caliber 7.62 mm. The combat weight of a tank with a torsion bar suspension was 5.2 tons, with a spring suspension - 5.26 tons. The tests were carried out from July 9 to August 21 according to the methodology approved in 1938, with special attention paid to tanks.

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the site welcomes all lovers of medium tanks! Today we will talk about one of the best cars in its class and level, in front of you is the T-62A guide.

Absolutely all World of Tanks players know that this is a Soviet tank of the tenth level, and for most players this particular vehicle has become the first top in the hangar. The T-62A has excellent characteristics, it has practically no pronounced disadvantages or weaknesses, and now you will see this.

TTX T-62A

Before proceeding to a detailed analysis of the parameters of this machine, it is worth saying that we have at our disposal a standard margin of safety for our level and the usual visibility of 400 meters.

Now let's touch on booking, and in this regard, the T-62A TTX will please every owner of this ST. We have a very strong tower, which in the frontal projection is capable of holding back attacks even from tank destroyers of the tenth level, we need to learn how to use this.

In terms of hull armor, of course, everything is not so cool. No, the VLD is located at an excellent angle and the given values ​​for a medium tank are excellent, we can repel shells even when set in a rhombus, but we should not hope for this, it is better to hide the hull.

Regarding the mobility of the T-62A, the tank is also very good. Pleasant top speed, excellent agility and just the dynamics can be a little lacking in some situations, but again, it's not bad.

gun

With armament, things are no worse, but our main strength is not in a large alpha strike, since it is really small here. The main thing for which the T-62A gun is valued is damage per minute. We were given an excellent rate of fire, and thanks to this, the DPM is approximately 2900 damage, excluding the rammer and perks.

Armor penetration is enough to pierce a huge number of tanks of classmates in the forehead, if it does not concern armored strands, but these guys can easily drive into the side or stern and explain who is the boss here. In addition, the Soviet T-62A tank has excellent gold for emergencies.

Even in terms of accuracy, everything is very nice. A small spread, 2 seconds of information and it can still be improved, as well as good stabilization, make us a very dangerous opponent. Only the vertical aiming angles let us down, the gun of the T-62A World of Tanks drops only 5 degrees, you will have to get used to it.

Advantages and disadvantages

So, we have considered all the most important general characteristics and parameters of the gun. As you can see, the T-62A WoT medium tank has practically no obvious shortcomings, however, for a better understanding of the game mechanics on it, it is still worth highlighting the strongest and those few weak sides that are worth paying attention to.
Pros:
High damage per minute;
Excellent accuracy, aiming time and stabilization;
Good armor penetration;
Very strong tower;
Low silhouette and high stealth coefficient;
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Minuses:
Poor gun depression angles;
Pretty weak hull armor;
Low alpha strike;
Relatively small dynamics.

Equipment for T-62A

As mentioned earlier, we really have a very strong machine in our hands, and given that its weaknesses cannot be leveled, we can only improve the strengths. Thus, the following equipment is selected for the T-62A:
1. - will increase our already excellent DPM;
2. - even better stabilization, which will allow you to hit the target even better on the go;
3. - the overall performance boost is the best fit for our car.

The third point has a good replacement - this. With it, you can achieve maximum vision much easier, which is also important, especially if you like to shine or want to gain an advantage over some less sighted opponents.

Crew training

As for crew training, everything is quite simple, but you always need to approach this issue wisely. So, there are 4 tankers in the tank and we will choose perks on the T-62A as follows:
Commander (radio operator) - , , , .
Gunner - , , , .
Driver mechanic - , , , .
Loader - , , , .

Equipment for T-62A

With consumables, the situation is standard. If you want to go into minus silver as little as possible, you can carry with you, and. However, by choosing equipment on the T-62A in this way, you lose survivability, so it's better to take , and , where the last option can be replaced by , but the tank often burns.

Tactics of the game on the T-62A

We have a very versatile, one might even say creative machine in our hands, there are many applications for it, and each time on the T-62A the combat tactics depend on the situation. But, of course, there are general tips, following which you can play more effectively.

To begin with, it is worth understanding that the style of play from the tower suits us very well. If you manage to find a position where you can hide the hull and have enough elevation angles to play from the tower, you are in the black. The main thing is that at the same time artillery cannot reach your T-62A WoT.

We must not forget about our good mobility and excellent damage per minute. A 1 on 1 collision for this Soviet unit is almost always a plus. All you have to do is not stand still, turn your hull or tank with a turret, realizing your damage.

With clumsy opponents, it is still easier, thanks to the excellent mobility and maneuverability of the T-62A, the USSR tank is able to twist the cords and tank destroyers, dismantling them according to the DPM and taking almost no damage.

Otherwise, always look at the mini-map, analyze the battle situation and help an ally. The T-62A tank of World of Tanks can change directions of attack very quickly, forming a powerful combat fist with allied vehicles, fortify the flanks with its presence, return to defend the base, it can be considered an excellent support vehicle. When playing on this unit, try to make the most of all its advantages, but do not forget about the disadvantages.