T-62

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The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961. As a further development of the T-55 series, the T-62 retained many design elements similar to its predecessor, including low profile, thick turret armor, engine and running gear. The T-62 featured the world's first production tank with a smoothbore tank gun firing an armor-piercing, fin stabilized, discarding sabot (APFSDS) round deemed capable of penetrating the thick armor of NATO tanks, like the US Army's M48A2 and M60A1 and the British Chieftan. The T-62 was adopted for service with the Red Army in mid-1961 and remained in production at Nizhni-Tagil until October 1973. Severe technical issues with the T-64 tank compelled the Red Army to keep the simpler and robust T-62 in front line service until superseded by the T-72 in 1973. The T-62 was was widely exported to client states in the Middle East and Africa into the early 1980s. As of 2002, over 7000 T-62s were in service, with a variety of upgrades from owner...

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