An Unremembered Legacy | T-62 Main Battle Tank Part 4

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8 ай бұрын

Although designed to combat the latest tanks the West could field, the T-62’s first combat actions would actually be against other Communist nations. In late August of 1968, T-62s of the First Guards Tank Army crossed the border between East Germany and Czechoslovakia as part of the Soviet Union’s invasion of the latter in response to liberal reforms by the Czech government. The invasion did not meet serious resistance by the Czechoslovakian Army, and following the repeal of earlier reforms, Soviet troops would remain in the country until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. As most of the tank units involved in the invasion did not come from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, the overwhelming majority of tanks involved in the invasion were T-54s and T-55s, which made up perhaps 80% of the tanks in the invasion force, with the remaining tanks being T-62s or T-10M heavy tanks.
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@uroskostic8570 8 ай бұрын

Few years ago in Syria, one T62M with "Brezhnev eyebrows" protection on turret, recieved TOW hit into that protection on turret, and had zero damage to tank itself. Video was on YT until recently by the name "T62 Stalinium"...

@aymonfoxc1442 8 ай бұрын

Doesn't sound like a direct TOW 'hit' but perhaps a glancing blow or close proximity detonation. Of course, it all could have been an early model TOW from the Vietnam era or some Soviet ATGM. Regardless, there's good reasons to keep your front to the enemy in a tank.

@saucy743 8 ай бұрын

I can't seem to find it, may you post the link of the video?

@uroskostic8570 8 ай бұрын

@@aymonfoxc1442 i cant say which model of TOW it was. There was also a story from Iraq 2003, by US soldiers, they were testing Iraqi T55E, with sandwich aplique armor, and they said it swallowed 5 TOW without damage

@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 7 ай бұрын

@@uroskostic8570 I thought TOW missile having Tandem shaped charge?

@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 7 ай бұрын

@@uroskostic8570 Composite Armor?

@jernmajoren 8 ай бұрын

Algeria fields a number of modified T62's with a BMP-2M "Berezhok" turret called BMPT-62 or Algerian Terminator.

@aymonfoxc1442 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like it should be called the Algerian Mutant 🙊 It's always interesting to see the unique and unusual variants of AFVs that emerge around the world.

@samray2895 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best medium tank ever put into service. Sadlly T62 supposed to battle with M60, not leopard 2, but with good tactic, it still can throw a punch.

@historyisawesome6399 4 ай бұрын

Well my good sir thats what a t-80 t-72a-b and t-64

@Orcawhale1 8 ай бұрын

T-62 reminds me of the saying "nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution, or in this case a stop gap solution".

@ivanstepanovic1327 8 ай бұрын

One of the reasons why other users were not so keen on buying and producing this tank was because it was a stopgap solution until newer tank is made. And it was more expensive than the T-55. So, why invest so much into T-62 (which had a lot similarities to T-55) when it was not meant to last that long, with later models pending? That new model was supposed to be T-64, with larger gun and composite armor. However, it was even more complex and expensive, so T-72 popped up as a cheaper and less complex tank. That is why other tank manufacturing nations within Soviet bloc waited and went straight for T-72 from T-55. Another tank manufacturing nation was Yugoslavia, though not a part of Eastern bloc. They acquired license to produce T-72, but the tank they made had some differences and was dubbed M84.

@Orcawhale1 8 ай бұрын

If you are going to parrot wikipedia, you could atleast do it properly. 1. T-62 wasn't considered a big enough improvement to warrent the retooling of Polish and Czech tank producers. The T-64 wasn't known about, nor would it be offered to export, that was the T-72. 2. The T-62 didn't have the same amount of variants, because you could just reuse the T-55 based ones. 3. The T-72 license wasn't aquired untill decades after the T-62 was offered.

@korana6308 7 ай бұрын

Great input. Thanks for such a great comment.

@Ulani101 7 ай бұрын

"Turret toss champion". That was harsh. Funny, even though it really shouldn't be. After all, each tossed turret is three dead men if the tank was active. 😢 Good video.

@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 7 ай бұрын

Well they have munition at the back of the turret

@handsomeivan1980 7 ай бұрын

I always found it over exaggerated, like for instance the challenge 2 or the T62 here have severely wrose ammo placements than the T72 in comparison

@elaqgarahulelpon1479 7 ай бұрын

Four men because it's a T62, no auto loaders 😮‍💨

@BlaBla-pf8mf 8 ай бұрын

The chinese are still proud of capturing that T-62

@Ilost2accountsafteemytablet 7 ай бұрын

Actually the Chinese bought it

@Archer89201 8 ай бұрын

T-62s did well against Iranian Chieftains and Pattons in the Iran-Iraq war

@petep8828 8 ай бұрын

Really? Where can i read about this?

@Archer89201 8 ай бұрын

@petep8828 read up operation Nasr/Hoveyzeh near Dezful, 1981. Can read Arabs at war by Kenneth Pollack or other authors who specialize on Middleast conflicts for details.

@petep8828 8 ай бұрын

@@Archer89201 okay cool, thanks!

@marcusott2973 7 ай бұрын

Kenneth Pollack also points out, that the fact that most of the trained command staff and trained tank officers had either fled the country, had been detained by the new regime or demoted heavily contributed to the poor showing of Iranian Armour.

@Archer89201 7 ай бұрын

@marcusott2973 well the Iranians were facing Iraqis a mostly conscript army too not NATO or Soviet Union. The Iraqis did well to maul two armored brigades and the third narrowly escaped. Anyways I was talking about a decently used tank and not the overall military

@mr.monhon5179 8 ай бұрын

1:43 shouldn't the year be 1969 instead of 1989? Great video btw, the underrepresented T-62 is a vehicle that has always fascinated me, and I'm grateful to see it covered so well in your series.

@TanksEncyclopediaYT 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, mispronunciation on behalf of the narrator.

@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 7 ай бұрын

@@TanksEncyclopediaYT In a next month probably uncovered the APC called GKN Simba in the future?

@khoanguyenavia Ай бұрын

We Vietnamese also has T-62s, exact numbers unknown but it is estimated to be around 70 or 200, depending on the source. This used to be the most powerful MBTs we got until the arrival of the T-90S/SKs.

@LawatheMEid 8 ай бұрын

At last .. thanks.

@jimsquire9048 7 ай бұрын

It will be remembered by me for the movie "The Beast"

@michaelgautreaux3168 Ай бұрын

The T-62 is my favorite. On the fence regarding the -54/55 & everything after leaves me cold...weird.

@Swarailiaball 8 ай бұрын

The algorithm is good today

@rgriffinRETIRED_SHEEPDOG 7 ай бұрын

The T62A is my favorite Soviet medium tank in World of Tanks!

@Huy-G-Le 4 ай бұрын

When West Ukraine uses T-62, T-72: "Oh they sre the under dog!". When Donbas uses tanks and weapons from ww2 era in Museum to foughts against West Ukraine bombing civilians for 8 years: "Oh they sre Putin puppet, they are Russian dog." Russia giving Donbas T-62 because they dedicated their newer tanks to faces NATO tank: "Oh they given their puppet trash". Wow, the double standard.

@w0lfgm 8 ай бұрын

Size, weight and abilities to support infantry as assault artillery/light tank

@dauzlee2827 7 ай бұрын

1:34 half life 2 nova prospect soundtrack lmao

@Dannyjoglar98 2 ай бұрын

The vehicle at 9:20 isn’t a t-62 but the Chinese equivalent type 69 I believe

@aymonfoxc1442 8 ай бұрын

In many ways, I like the T-62 more than than the T-72. The carousel autoloader requires too many design concessions for my liking, and the T-72 doesn’t bring some of the T-64's strongest features to the table. The T-72 was an attempt to hark back to the reliability and low production costs associated with a mechanically simple design, but the T-55 and T-62 already filled this role. The T-72 came to prominence for political reasons as much as any other, instead of relying on the merit of its design, and we see the lingering costs of the Soviet selection process in its enduring legacy today.

@Klovaneer 4 ай бұрын

Dude, T-64 has literally nothing to offer over 72. Initially 72 was considered the simpler and cheaper tank relegated to motor rifle support role so 64 and 80 were getting all the premier electronics but that was equalized by the dissolution with T-72B. Note how T-64 didn't even get Kontakt-5, it was effectively phased out in favor of 80. 5TDF has almost as bad a reputation as Leyland L60 - a maintenance queen and oil hog but at least not horrendously underpowered. The 64/80 MZ carousel cuts off the driver's access to turret unlike the 72 AZ and it is a somewhat larger profile. Finally, T-64 design started at 36 tons and went up to 43 tons which is quite a lot in relative terms (especially since it uses half-width torsion bars) that must have affected mobility and reliability.

@moritztabor1678 8 ай бұрын

I remember

@handsomeivan1980 7 ай бұрын

People really over exaggerate the ammo in a T72. In comparison a challenger 2 or the very T62 this video is about have extremely wrose ammo placements