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Many people have heard that the Russian army has lost a lot of tanks on the front line, but the Russian army's heavy equipment on the front line is so scarce that it needs to restart the "antique" tanks, which is indeed beyond the expectations of many people. Recently, senior Russian government officials inspected an important factory and exposed the fact that the Russian army restarted a large number of tanks in stock.
According to Global Network citing Russian News Agency on October 13, a few days ago, former Russian general and today's Russian parliament representative Gurulev led a team to inspect the 103rd armored maintenance factory located in Baikal Blade Region outside . This factory belongs to the famous "Ural Vehicle Manufacturing Factory" and is one of the most important heavy equipment manufacturers in the Soviet Union and even Russia.
Through this inspection, the Russian army's plan to restart a large number of "T-62" tanks sealed in the Soviet era proved to be true. Gurulev said that the inventory of T-62 tank with technical problems will be remodeled and upgraded , and a brand new sighting system, reactive armor and communication equipment will be installed to resist anti-tank missiles such as "javelin". According to him, the Russian army plans to restart and receive about 800 "upgraded version of T-62" within three years.
Through the on-site screen, we can indeed see that there are now a large number of T-62 tank turrets in the factory, most of which are equipped with the T-62M external inert reaction armor set, and some are equipped with more advanced first-generation "Contact-1" active reaction armor. It can be seen that the Russian army said it was not to "scam" Western countries to "scam" them, but to do it.
But for the current Russians, the T-62 is definitely a complete "antique"-class tank - This tank was served in the early 1960s and has a history of more than half a century today. It is a second-generation tank that seems to be very backward today. The 115mm2A20 smoothbore gun equipped by this tank is almost difficult to pose a threat to any modern tank - why did the Russians go through a lot of trouble to "resurrect" so many "antiques"?
Many people will blame it on the serious losses of Russian tanks since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Up to now, the Russian army in has lost about 380 tanks in Ukraine, including many advanced tanks such as T-90. However, the increase in Russian demand for tanks is not entirely due to the losses created by the Ukrainian army.
At present, the Russian army has announced that it will include four regions into the Russian Federation, which means that the Russian army must do its best to defend these four regions and ensure that its security commitments are fulfilled. Faced with the frontal offensive launched by the Ukrainian army, it is normal for the Russian army, which is at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and tactics to increase demand for armored units. Although the T-62 is difficult to fight against more advanced tanks, it is still very lethal for any light-armored and unarmored military target, and can still do a good job even if it is just used as a "mobile attack turret".
Moreover, the Russian army also needs to arm the "militia forces" in Donbas and other places, so the Russian army naturally cannot send its active T-72. In this case, it is obviously the best choice to provide more and cheaper T-62, which is fully capable of defending operations.
Of course, this is not the first time the Russian army has done this. As early as the 2018 Eastern Strategic Military Exercise, the Russian army simulated restarting a large number of T-62 and T-64 tanks. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian army has also activated a large inventory of T-62M to support the front line or provide assistance to local armed forces. As a large number of Russian troops mobilized troops to Ukraine for support, more tank equipment that matched them naturally could not be left behind.
Of course, it is undeniable that Ukraine did cause considerable losses to the Russian army armored forces . And the effect of these restarted T-62s combined with temporary training mobilization troops is certainly not comparable to that of elite armored troops. However, these reinforcements are still likely to have a significant obstacle to the Ukrainian army's subsequent attack - after all, Ukraine itself does not have many advanced tanks on hand.
