Counter against the M60 - The Soviet T-62 tank

Hello and welcome
Today, we're gonna talk about the Soviet counter against the American M60(A1), Chieftain, and Leopard 1... The Soviet T-62 tank.
I hope you enjoy this video :)
- Bobi

[@u_vocarockov]

I always thought it was lowkey insane how T-62 featured a 2-plane gun stabilizer in 1962 and it took US and Germany nearly 10 years to catch up

[@w0lfgm]

Not a answer to M60. It was made before the m60, as s stopgap, becuse USSR didnt like tanks theat were offered by the 3 bureaus. In basic they couldnt put a new T-12 Rapira smoothbore gun in the T-55, so they used elongated T-55 hull, with turret based on the Object 140 annd add 115 mm smoothbore gun...

[@happymonkey7068]

Nice vids, keep up the good work.

[@bobiwt]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it :)

[@mamunbabar2849]

There is a book by james kinnear with a highly illustrated study about the t-62. Can recommend it to anyone willing to learn more about it.

[@bobiwt]

Ou yes

[@burningsinner1132]

Not a single tank soviets made was a counter to a tank.
Soviet doctrine specifically focuses on tanks supporting infantry in cracking the emplacements. Anti-armor duties are largely delegated to artillery fire supported by ATGM teams. That's also the reason why soviet tanks already had SECOND generation of inertial navigation systems starting with T-62 tanks - these cannons were actually meant to work from beyond line of sight a lot and you can't lead effective fire without maps and advanced positioning awareness.

[@jonssonnicolas]

interesting, do you have further reading sources?

[@burningsinner1132]

@@jonssonnicolas It's literally written in Defense Ministry manuals. After heavy tank losses on Kursk ridge in WW2, tank-antitank artillery relations were ruled out, barring tanks from fighting tanks unless cornered and, by late 1943, "modern" combined warfare and engineering manuals were rolled out.
Since then, parameters changed (Like introduction of BMPs massively increasing offensive capabilities), but core remained the same.

[@davilioses8225]

Pretty nice!

[@bobiwt]

Thank you a lot!

[@M65V19]

From 1961 and onwards. T-62 is still most numerous MBT, but now in Russia.

[@bobiwt]

Yeah they are still in use today. You will even see them in Ukraine and in Russian military parades