The Quest for a Slightly Better Tank | T-62 Medium Tank Part I with Tankograd

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In December 1960, the first M60 tanks arrived in the 3rd Armored Division of the U.S Army in Germany. In early January 1961, this information was passed on to Marshal Vasily Chuikov, Chief of the Soviet Armed Forces, Deputy Minister of Defense, and famed commander of the Soviet defense of Stalingrad. The Soviet Army had just concluded its future medium tank programme in failure, and Premier Nikita Khrushchev had hamstrung the development of conventional tanks in favor of new, but immature space-age missile technology.

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All Comments (21)
  • I like to point out the Soviets overreacted a bit when seeing the M60A1 in Europe. The M60 with its 105mm can penetrate the T-55 at 1800m but with the BR-412D could just about penetrate the M60 at about 1500m. Slightly shorter but the difference should be minimal in practice. And in 1967 with HVAPDS, the T-55 would be able to kill M60s at ranges of 2km reliably. So the T-55 would be a match for the M60 at least as far as stand off ranges are concerned. The T-62 with its 115mm APFSDS would outmatch all but the Chieftain. This is ofc ignoring soft factors but given the sheer numbers of T-55s and T-62s, let alone shortly after the T-64, NATO was far far behind.
  • @Sabelzahnmowe
    19:18 "indicated his tacid approval" :) That is a nice way of describing what he is sometimes reported to have said :)
  • @damaunimiller1083
    I love the T-62, I even have a Tamiya Model. Can the next vid be the T-62M1? If not, I completely understand.
  • @savasolarov8424
    I enjoyed the way the presentation was structured. Good upload!, subscribed, liked.
  • @ddraig1957
    Amazing amount of information. Whatever faults the T62 might have had,it's smooth bore gun was real game changer,and every modern MBT now has a smooth bore main armament.
  • @KiganRoss
    The most important difference between T62 and T64.72 is the absence of an automatic loader. Therefore, there are four crew members in T62, and three crew members in T72, T80, T90
  • @ThePinkus
    12:25 the notion that You could use people to take the recoil of a high energy anti tank gun...
  • @tongqualin
    you should also pointed out that the Obj.165 entered service as T-62A to proof Wargaming was actually...right
  • @F1avorF1av
    I really love your content. It would be awesome if you made a video on one of my favorite tanks, the t64. I think it would be interesting due to its innovations
  • @biddyboy1570
    12:23 - Listen comrade, I'm going to fire the gun and I need you to be the recoil mechanism. Alright?