For the past 3 years, Russia has been sending the oldest equipment to the troops, including Soviet T-62 tanks. This opinion was expressed by military expert Peter Suchiu in an article for The National Interest.
Suchiu claims that photos of another batch of T-62s have appeared online.
The T-62s were likely among those tanks that were modernized in the 1980s, but even by those standards, most of the fighting vehicles are older than the crews that operate them.
The expert noted that the T-62 entered service when the US Army received the M14 rifle, and the AR-15/M16 was still under development. In addition, the modernized Soviet tanks are older than the American MBT M1 Abrams, which were adopted in 1980.
In the West, it is believed that the T-62 is no longer suitable for modern tank battles. Its gun is inferior to the 125-mm smoothbore gun of the T-72, and its armor is less than that of newer vehicles.
The T-62 is a useless tank. At the same time, on paper, Russia is considered a tank power.
Suchiu stated that "T-62s may be more useful as bunkers than vehicles."
T-62 Specifications:
- Hull length — 6630 mm
- Width — 3300 mm
- Height — 2395 mm
- Ground clearance — 430 mm
- Armor type — rolled steel and cast homogeneous
- Engine — V-55V
- Engine power — 580 hp
- Road speed — 50 km/h
