Since the war between Russia and Ukraine started, Russia's equipment on the Ukrainian battlefield has been severely damaged. The former Soviet Union, which had been covered for many years, developed antique tank T-62, has also been witnessed recently appeared on the battlefield.
Former Soviet antique tanks, attack!
As the losses of the Russian armored vehicles in the Ukrainian battlefield gradually accumulate, the number of active vehicles has begun to fall short of the front line. Recently, many T-62 antique tanks appeared on the Internet. At the railway station of Melitopol occupied by the Russian army, it shows that the Russian armored troops have suffered serious damage to the battle with dusty equipment that has been sealed for many years.
Land combat weapon developed in the last century
T-62 tank was a main tank launched by the former Soviet Union in 1961 on the basis of the T-55. It weighed 40 tons, had a length of 9.34 meters, a width of 3.3 meters, a height of 2.4 meters, and the main weapon was a 115 cm smoothbore gun . It was developed by the Soviet Union to correspond to the previous generation of T-55 tanks, and it could no longer effectively deal with the US M-48 tanks. The research and development process of
T-62 is quite lengthy. It has gone through various design configurations such as 139, 140, 141, 165 and 166 projects. It was finally determined that the 166 engineering design was the final solution and became the T-62. It was about 22,700 vehicles were mass-produced between 1961 and 1972. Before the subsequent main tanks of T-64 and T-72, it was the main force of the Soviet armor torrent.
Why did Russia use T-62?
Three months after the Russian War in Ukraine, the Russian army began to push the early models T-72A/B and T-64 in stock to the front line. According to the British think tank International Strategic Research Institute, Russia has at least 10,000 tanks and 8,500 armored vehicles in , of which there are at least 2,500 T-62.
British think tank pointed out that among the 10,000 tanks in Russia, there should be many more advanced models than the T-62, so it is unclear why the Russian army pushed this tank to the front line so quickly.
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In addition, due to international economic sanctions, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Russia to obtain the high-tech parts needed to operate advanced armored vehicles. Therefore, even if there are many stock models with better performance, the lower-tech T-62 may have less pressure on accessories for the current Russian army.
If the war continues and the Russian army still cannot effectively suppress the damage, it may be possible that the T-55 will be replaced soon and it may be on the court.
It is not that the Russian army has no tanks in service, but that the Russian side gradually realized that it had been involved in a war of attrition and had no choice but to make changes. Many of the tens of thousands of tanks in stock have been disrepaired for a long time. Before they were completely broken, they should be taken out as consumables. The old models of T80B, T72A B, and T62 series are better than those of the newer T90 series, T80 series, and T72B3. Even if they are lost, it will not hurt. Moreover, the Ukrainian army mainly focuses on light infantry and uses old tanks to deal with them. What we are comparing now is that Ukraine has more anti-armor weapons or Russian tanks.
