ZVEZDA T-62 (1974)

During 10 years of production about 20.000 T-62 tanks were built. Within this period the tank did not change much. All improvements were reduced mainly to the installation of modern equipment and armament. Due to a new threat in form of helicopters armed with anti-tank guided missiles in the early 1970s the anti-aircraft machine gunner was reinstalled on the T-62.

For this purpose, the turret was modified by replacing the combat tilted loader’s hatch with a more spacious horizontal one with a turret and K-10T telescopic sight. This T-62 uses a 12.7 mm DShKM machine gun with a rate of 600 rounds per minute. The T-62 was used extensively in the conflicts in Afghanistan , Syria and the Gulf War.