Trumpeter 00376 1/35 T-62 Main Battle Tank Mod.1962  [TP00376]

The T-62 originally was conceived as a companion tool on T-55.Being Essentially a T55 up gunned with the2A20 115mm cannon. Both the T-55 and also the T-62 utilized exactly the same wheels, track, motor, transmission, hatches along with other fixtures. The main differences between the 2 automobiles had been the T-62's lengthened hull and new turret design. The latest UT-5 can-non could fire its BR-5 APFSDS metal round through roughly 300mm of armor at a variety of 1000 meters. This is adequate to manage the then recognized risk of such NATO tanks whilst the American M-48 and soon after models of the British Centurion. The T-62 was designed to include long range shooting power to Soviet tank regiments being placed alongside T-55s, in the old age of its deployment it fulfilled much the same role because the T-55. Despite being introduced in 1960, the enhanced performance of its successors, the T-72, the T-62 still views service today in several worldwide's military the Arab nations being the greatest customers away from Warsaw pact. Egypt, Iraq, and Syria happen notable users associated with the T-62, Israel has obtained a quantity of T-62s in clashes featuring its next-door neighbors and contains reconstructed them to IDF standards.

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