T-62 tank

E283898

Soviet tank main battle tank

The T-62 tank is a Soviet main battle tank introduced in the early 1960s, notable for being one of the first production tanks armed with a smoothbore gun and widely deployed during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
T-62 tank canonical	3
Soviet T-62 tanks	1
Syrian T-62 tanks	1
T-62	1
T-62K command variant	1
T-62M	1
T-62MV	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet tank ⓘ main battle tank ⓘ
ammunitionType	APFSDS ⓘ HE-FRAG ⓘ HEAT ⓘ
armorType	welded steel armor ⓘ
category	armored fighting vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
crew	4 ⓘ
crewPositions	commander ⓘ driver ⓘ gunner ⓘ loader ⓘ
designedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
designedToReplace	T-55 tank ⓘ surface form: T-55
enginePower_hp	580 ⓘ
engineType	V-55 V-12 diesel engine ⓘ
enteredServiceInDecade	1960s ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
gunStabilization	two-plane stabilizer ⓘ
hasVariant	T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-62K command variant T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-62M T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-62MV
hullLayout	rear-engine layout ⓘ
introducedInYear	1961 ⓘ
mainArmament	115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun ⓘ
maximumRoadSpeed_kmh	50 ⓘ
notableFeature	first production tank with 115 mm smoothbore gun ⓘ
notableFor	widespread export to Soviet allies ⓘ
operationalRange_km	450 ⓘ
predecessor	T-55 tank ⓘ surface form: T-55
producedBy	Omsktransmash ⓘ Uralvagonzavod plant ⓘ surface form: Uralvagonzavod
productionEndYear	1975 ⓘ
productionStartYear	1961 ⓘ
secondaryArmament	12.7 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun ⓘ
successor	T-64 ⓘ T-72 tank ⓘ surface form: T-72
suspensionType	torsion bar suspension ⓘ
turretType	cast steel turret ⓘ
usedBy	Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ surface form: Afghan Armed Forces Angolan Armed Forces ⓘ Egyptian Army ⓘ Iraqi Army ⓘ Korean People's Army ⓘ surface form: North Korean Army Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army Syrian Arab Army ⓘ
usedInConflict	Angolan Civil War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Ogaden conflict ⓘ surface form: Ogaden War Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ
weight_tonnes	37 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Ground Forces → usedVehicle → T-62 tank ⓘ

Battle of Sultan Yacoub → usedEquipment → T-62 tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian T-62 tanks

T-62 tank → hasVariant → T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-62

this entity surface form: T-62M

T-62 tank → hasVariant → T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-62

this entity surface form: T-62MV

T-62 tank → hasVariant → T-62 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-62

this entity surface form: T-62K command variant

T-72 tank → predecessor → T-62 tank ⓘ

subject surface form: T-72

this entity surface form: T-62

Battle of 73 Easting → IraqiEquipment → T-62 tank ⓘ

M51 Isherman → designedToCounter → T-62 tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet T-62 tanks

T-55 tank → successor → T-62 tank ⓘ