Yeah at first I was like 'what the hell?', but then I settled into a deep appreciation for mid-1970's era Big Green Machine modelers and puppeteers in sateen uniforms arranging cotton ball smoke effects for some damn Lt. Colonel, too funny...
adolfhilter Yeah clearly. I mean I tried to watch an f6f doc from the history channel and the thing was biased as fuck. WW2 is the worst as far as bias goes. Nearly everytime they go out and only dis the soviet because of the coldwar or say silly things like that allie planes were better than german ones which pisses me off. Man wikipedia is the most reliable and true source of info out there. (PS: edgy name uncle dolphy)
"The T-62's automatic ejection system is much slower than the M60's ejection system." M60 ejection system: open loader's hatch, toss expended casings out.
lol, yeah those would be funny, but there were none, the soviet rookie top brass probably was not that delusional to have something like that ever put together because they knew it wouldn't have happened, meaning the total defeat of the opposing tank.
Ghost Erik It’s the same reason why sports teams watch footage of the opposing team’s previous games. It’s meant as a means of study. Be it sports or war, you ALWAYS want to know the capabilities of who you face. It could even be off-season. If confrontation is suspected it’s better to be prepared than not. Just because any given military has these kinds of videos doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going on the attack; correlation isn’t causation. Try harder with calling out the US, child.
I guess it was a part of the big operation to make everything in the Soviet Army seem happy, so the soldiers won't be depressed going into a nuclear holocaust.
@@СосоМумладзе Это очень круто. На какой должности ты был в танке? У меня был профессор, который служил в Красной Армии и был водителем Т-72, не зная модели. Честно говоря, фантастические танки, Т-64/Т-80 были отличной серией. извини плохой переводчик
@@pacificstatesofamerica Yes, you have them now, but you didn't have them in that period when those tanks were manufactured. One more thing, we are talking about USA and Soviet/Russia as opposing sides, and every mistake any of them would make, even the slightest one, would lead toward start of WW3. It's still a lucid dream in my opinion,and I truly hope that none of both sides have a dream like that at all.
John F. Kennedy Ah understood. I thought it was a general statement about the US vs. Russia. In that case I guess they just nuke the whole plant, I can’t imagine the Cold War going hot without getting nukes involved, kinda like asking how the Soviets would get rid of Lockheed or Boeing plants without stealth bombers or nukes.
This was a blast from the past. I was in the 1st ID (mech) in 1980. Driving a M113A1 apc along with the M60's. Thank God never had to do it. Would have been a blood bath on both sides.
In Texas, if you have enough money, you can order from Eastern Europe a T62 or T54/55 tank. And if you are passionate about heavy weapons, then Soviet tanks are always very valuable collectibles, even, it is an effective self-defense weapon to protect the family. Believe me, Texas players can recover old Soviet tanks they bought from Eastern Europe, and use them well, because they are so easy to use.
3:45 and Soviet Cold War tanks were designed to fight a war in the European Plain, in a hull down position on flat terrain the gun depression isn't a problem.
RoninTF2011 Oh damn, it was a typo when I said "Northern", I meant just European Plain. I'll edit it. What do you mean exactly? There can still be hills on a plain.
+SkullKing11841 Just saying that terrain in central europe (germany for that matter, as there would have been a, or even the, main frontline) has really plenty of hills and slopes. A good gun depression helps a lot when trying to maintain a hull down position and still be able to engage. If you tanks can't bring its gun down very far...you have to expose yourself more. My reference to north germany in that regard(sry, didn't make that clear)was because that, and "Fulda gap" where the 2 main routes where a quick deployment of armour would have been an option.
RoninTF2011 I know, the Soviet requirement was that the tanks be low because most of the terrain they would be fighting on is mostly flat and has small rises in the ground so being low makes you a smaller target and opens cover up to you were a taller tank would have it's turret exposed, there is always a trade off.
Older tanks were still very capable machines as engineers and armor designers around the world did their jobs exceedingly well. We just have much more powerful and capable machines these days due to the frankly insane rate at which tank technology advanced during the Cold War, doesn't make the old tanks useless even if they're obsolete just not effective against modern armor and anti-armor weapons. Essentially if you're a low tech country that needs armor support you'll take whatever you can get and most functional tanks on the market will serve their purpose regardless if they're obsolete. As a wise man once said "a bad tank is better than no tank at all". In a modern context if properly modernized the T-62 would be a capable killer of older tanks (like variants of itself or Chieftains, M60s, Leopard 1s, and older tanks) and more lightly armored vehicles out to serious ranges, possibly greater than 1.5km (which while unimpressive for modern standards is still very useful if you don't have better vehicles). Against modern armor it's unfortunately hopeless from a frontal aspect as modern armor is designed to withstand much more potent threats than the 115mm could ever hope to be and their guns will tear the T-62 apart. Modern NATO tanks being armored to stop the common Russian 125mm and the modern Russian tanks being armored to resist the common NATO 120mm. It can be argued how well these tanks do so as we have little information on modern Russian armor performance against NATO 120mm ammunition save for old Iraqi T-72s which were demolished with ease at ranges out to 2.5km on average and even out to 4.5km at most during the Gulf War. The Abrams and Challenger 2 also proved to be immune to older 125mm ammunition at short range during the Gulf War but ammunition has advanced both severely and rapidly since then on both sides.
Old tanks are very impressive, even still the M103 still delivers the most kinetic energy to its target than any other tank. This is of course because tanks do not fire giant projectiles now but still cool.
They forgot to mention that while the T62's are advancing you will be under intense artillery, rocket, helicopter, and aircraft attack, by the time you catch your breath you will have a few seconds to say a quick prayer before it's tracks grind you into the soil.
@@chrisblack6258 same thing in the air, saturation attack on nato air elements via guns missles MRCA's and fighter aircraft futhermore NATO were not the only ones with an electronic warfare cabability....
People blast T-62 low gun depression but the upside is a much smaller, closer the ground turret. If you think about it, the advantage gained by a lower-profile tank in all terrain far outweighs the disadvantage of a lower gun depression only when the tank is uphill facing downhill.
tank size rarely matter unless you're in close promity where an inch will make a difference of hitting or grazing. but in longer range skirmishes, which is the more probable scenario, that that extra few inches in turret size will not matter at all because if the enemy misses you, it's going to be by a few hundred feets. and if he hits you, it's not because of your tank's smaller size. not only that, turret height will not matter because shots will be coming towards you at an angle due to trajectory, so it will hit your tank whether you have a short or tall turret.
Except all of those advantages are completely erased by the lack of gun depression. The T-62 and all follow on Soviet MBTs actually have to expose a far greater portion of the tank than any of its western counterparts. This means that an attacking T-62 (or any other Soviet MBT) will be exposed for a far greater period of time before it can get its gun on target.
It's a matter of doctrine and geography Russia will fight on the open European plains if they ever deploy tanks, while america has to worry about defending both it's European and Asian allies thus needs a more versatile tank that can fight in the hills of Korea, the forests of SEA and the plains of Europe, neither design is stupid or bad just made for different situations. The Russian T series tanks will perform much better in open fields while the american tanks can be effective in more types of terrain
Yes but they are highly manneurable, hard to break down, have good guns and are easier to hide. When western tank are comperred to soviet, there are often comparred to tanks that are 20 or more years older. If you would be fair - you should compare the T-62 with the M-48 and not the M-60.
man the review is quite accurated on T-62 "weak spots" on the firing rate and others... But on the last part... optimism was at its peak... i mean a freaking 10.000 T-62+T-55 were to be expected while something in the order of 1000 T-10+T-64 would follow And after that initial barrage, another 10.000 + 1.000 would come, and then a 3rd wave and so...
So now that we know that the entire Russian military would have been cut apart by even the forces we already had in not Europe but just the border with the USSR at the time how do you feel? I mean to be fair who would have thought that it wasn't optimism but the pure cold knowledge that they knew the Soviet forces didn't really stand a sliver of a chance against the NATO alliance, I mean don't get me wrong I'm not judging you it's just that I'm surprised it took until the war in Ukraine for us all to realize just how shit Russian equipment is, seriously tip of the spear T-80BVMs, T-72B3s and T-90s are getting absolutely shat on by not only modern ATGMs but even Legacy M72 LAWS and RPG-7s not to mention the countless vehicles that have been burned to a crisp by nothing more than Molotov cocktails. Can you imagine if the Russians had actually tried to break through the prepared defenses of the NATO alliance and had nothing better than T-62s!? Like Jesus the poor bastards would have gotten shattered like glass as soon as the TOW missiles started flying, not to mention the sheer absurdity of trying to supply the fuel and food necessary to keep over 10,000 tanks running while relaying on the entirely ineffective Soviet and Russian supply lines, on God bro! It would have been the definition of a one sided stomping by NATO even worse than the Gulf war, like legit bro it would have been such a one-sided fight it would have made saddam's generals look like fucking geniuses for lasting as long as they did.
@@anarchyandempires5452 Modern day Russia is not USSR, ( and when looking at USSR, it also depends on which era) In the timeframe when USSR did not have anything better than the T62. Nato would not have had Tows yet . Thier best tanks would of been the likes of the M60 for the US, leopard 1 for Germany, and the Uk with thier Centurions. ( and maybe some Chieftains thrown in for the UK if we are talking late 60s, when they were just entering service) Again its this sort of hubris that had nazi germany loose against USSR. thought they would be inept ill supplied pushovers. Turned out once upon a time Quantity was still abel to best quality.
1:42 The T-62 wasn't used by non-Soviet Warsaw Pact countries except Bulgaria. They preferred to continue building the T-55 with improvements on later serial models.
Hmm...I also just realized this film was made in 1977. I guess that we still could have run into massive amounts of T-62's (They built like 22,000 of them) during WWIII. But the T-64 & 72 would have been leading the charge by this point no?
we egyptians used it in 73 war aganst m60 and the celinterion its great in attacking but when it comes to defend it's not that great we used anti tank missiles aganst israeli couter attack
@Carnivorus The T-62 can defend but honestly in the area like the middle east where it may be hilly more often than between Germany to Russia, it would kind of fail since the M60 and Centurion had great gun depression so those two tanks could easily poke over and only show the strong-ish turrets and easily shoot down, or how the T-62 is more limited in the spots they defend. Though the only reason why the T-62 may be good in attack is just wave tactics, and of course you choose where you attack. Russian's were heavily influenced by WWII and adopted a lot of weapons to match that doctrine. T-62 was relatively cheaper than the other tanks. Crew comfort was a less of a priority. All in all the T-62 is capable but is designed for cheaper use. It can attack and defend and really depends on the commanders. Egypt however during this period, I never studied them, but as most middle eastern armies, commanders are not the best always and they tend to rely on more basic tactics. Though some do break that idea, I am talking majority.
@@box8524 Arab commanders are not used to think for themselves. Initiative is not encouraged. It's all about hierarchy. Israelis on the other way are well organised. And pretty determined.
@@Panzer-Geomancer That is what I was saying, there will always be a select few good ones but it seems the majority base it on simple tactics without much care.
Even when germans were on the defensive in ww2 they often used counterattacks. Tanks is a offensive weapon. On defense you can use atgms and towed guns.
@@Graymenn not entirely true. As I mentioned; towed guns are much cheaper. Tanks are only useful where your retreat would be dynamic, but retreat in a tank is slower than advance in a tank. So you expose yourself by retreating, and this is before we factor in the enormous issues with facing artillery, and other combined arms. Tanks in defence were used to advance. To relieve pressure on the line.
10:00 the real world results of the larger ammo loads of the M60 vs the T62. 63 rounds on the 60 vs 40 for the T62. The defending isreals prevailed in the battle due in part to more amo
M1s get knocked out from all directions with modern anti-tank handhelds (Iraq, Yemen). Just not when the US use them, as they have superior tactics,infrantry shielding them and CAS.
+Andal8811 The M1s you're referring to are M1A1SE1-2 tanks. They're the Saudi export versions, which have the same equipment as the American M1A2 but without the Chobham armor the American tanks have applied. It has a steel + Depleted Uranium mix armor. Doesn't mean the American version is invincible, tho.
I like how the narrator agreed that the tank is good but it has its flaws. Also I think the T-62 would be better if they removed that shell ejector, sealed the ejector hatch, and placed the ammunition is a little safer place...also tank skirts.
The video says T-62 can only fire 4 rounds a minute and cannot move the turret while reloading, the T62-A has only sight upgrades over the former. Now compare this information with what Russian tanks are in WoT.
I actually posted a link to this video on War Thunder's Facebook page in reply to their post announcing the launch of v1.61. Hopefully that will generate more attention to it and prove useful to players encountering this tank in the game.
Chris Teet it may but i dont think it wont. Gajin doesnt simulate the exact chatercists of the T62. IE the gunner can track targets through his sight during reload, gun doesnt elevate, and the turret is movable during reload. so it doesnt have any of the flaws a real t62 would have save for a longer reload rate. . Now i dont think its in any way OP, but because of this its just better in game that it was IRL or how its represented in a Sim like Steel Armor blaze of war, therefore a m60 tanker would be able to exploit these, which he can in WT due to how the T62 was implemented. even from an aesthetics perspective, you dont see the T62s back turret door open and eject spent cases, which is a bit disappointing.
PLEASE : everybody go right to 17:05 and look at the amazing Stop-motion Models they used for this!!!! I'm here watching them again :) They come back at 20:05
After nearly 40 years of this video clip, the T62 tanks of the Syrian army, as well as other T54/55 tanks, are still fighting and operating very actively. The Soviet Union produced tanks that were cheap and easy to use, moreover, they were easy to maintain and operate. The Russians regularly supply parts of T54/55 and T62 tanks to the Syrian armed forces in the fight against terrorism. The mechanical components of Soviet tanks are easy to manufacture, if you have the engineering drawings of the engine parts from the Russians, you can manufacture it with CNC machines. Despite the losses, the old Soviet tanks still fight in the Syrian army and confront the terrorist forces. But in contrast, the American M60 tanks do not have such durability advantages. Its operating and repair costs are quite high, its combat operations in the Turkish army met with many failures that caused the Turks to find ways to get rid of it. It and other American-made tanks are suitable for equipping US allies with good financial conditions for their militaries. Soviet tanks may be old, but they are durable, like your grandfather's bicycles, or farmers' tractors. You can compare them with Toyota Hilux in terms of durability.
The T-62 wasn't popular with non-Soviet Warsaw Pact countries. They preferred to make their own T-55 under licence or wait to the T-72 to come along. Bulgaria was the only Warsaw Pact country to take delivery of T-62 tanks. The T-62 was, however, exported in large number to a lot of non-aligned countries outside of Europe from North Korea, who went on to make their own version, to countries in the Middle East and Latin America.
@@jonhart7630 Cuba is the only nation in the Americas who actually used these tanks. plus Cuba and Angola puta fair good amount of them alongside T-54s andT-34-85 Against the SADF in the Angolan civil war . and also in the Ethiopian ogaden war
@@jonhart7630 I don't remember SADF putting any captured enemy armor back into use, since it made their logistics task more complicated , more fuel consumption (precious embargo oil) and unlike the South African Vehicles , the Soviet vehicles weren't specialised and suited for the needs of SADF ( lightly armored, fuel efficient, having water storage tanks , good mileage , IED/Mine proof and most importantly not getting stuck with an in approriate technology which required a longer training and ammunition doesn't match) . They gave away a large number of the captured T-34-85, T-54/55s and T-62s to UNITA , Rhodesians and RENAMO . and used the rest as technology testbeds for their Olifant MK1B , Olifant MK2 and TTD (Tank technology demonstrator) projects , out of which only the Olifant saw the light of the service.
@@patriotenfield3276 I think you are right. I thought the South Africans briefly used them in battle like the Israelis briefly used captured Syrian T-62s in battle.
+Supes Me I would be surprised if they were as unbiased. But then again when the T62 started rolling out of the factory they were superior to the M60 so who knows? (Even tho the advantage was fairly slim)
+Joshua Chita most were tough by classroom settings indeed, usually by a officer or political commissar. however some films were made, but they are very rare indeed
They would've been stupid to show propaganda, these videos are not made to strenghten your nationalist feelings but to provide valuable information about the enemy's combat capabilities
I love the stop motion model animations
War is cute
Well, I was going to stop watching 5 minutes in.
But if there's freaking _stop motion...._
Yeah at first I was like 'what the hell?', but then I settled into a deep appreciation for mid-1970's era Big Green Machine modelers and puppeteers in sateen uniforms arranging cotton ball smoke effects for some damn Lt. Colonel, too funny...
@@BeingFireRetardant honestly best posting ever
Gotta love military documentary, they are usualy unbiased in order to provide valuable infos to soldiers which makes them a real delight
+Maxios Aimbé They are biased towards the Nation its aimed for.
For example the Fatigue thing
Same witht eh Soviet ones!!
Joshua Chita Well....as always a Gun is only good as long as the Soldier behind it knows whats hes doing!!
+Maxios AimbéThat is true. what I hate with today's documentary is the that sensational/emotional tone that narrators like to use.
adolfhilter Yeah clearly. I mean I tried to watch an f6f doc from the history channel and the thing was biased as fuck. WW2 is the worst as far as bias goes.
Nearly everytime they go out and only dis the soviet because of the coldwar or say silly things like that allie planes were better than german ones which pisses me off. Man wikipedia is the most reliable and true source of info out there.
(PS: edgy name uncle dolphy)
Maxios Aimbé I've watched a couple of Cold War docs where they say how shit migs are.
"The T-62's automatic ejection system is much slower than the M60's ejection system." M60 ejection system: open loader's hatch, toss expended casings out.
i'd like to see the Soviet version on how to defeat the M60 lol
"Move forward until your dead comrades create a human roadblock to stop their Capitalist machines."
lol, yeah those would be funny, but there were none, the soviet rookie top brass probably was not that delusional to have something like that ever put together because they knew it wouldn't have happened, meaning the total defeat of the opposing tank.
CHUUMPASS so they wouldnt train or release information on the strengths and weaknesses of enemy tanks and how the enemy might use them?
This shows USA ware always and aggressor nation. They must be destroyed
Ghost Erik It’s the same reason why sports teams watch footage of the opposing team’s previous games. It’s meant as a means of study. Be it sports or war, you ALWAYS want to know the capabilities of who you face. It could even be off-season. If confrontation is suspected it’s better to be prepared than not. Just because any given military has these kinds of videos doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going on the attack; correlation isn’t causation. Try harder with calling out the US, child.
Look who's back
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Russia: We don't want our guns to be depressed, we want our guns to be happy!
Hahaha
I guess it was a part of the big operation to make everything in the Soviet Army seem happy, so the soldiers won't be depressed going into a nuclear holocaust.
@@buckplug2423 what the fuck are you talking about
@@kazuhiramiller7491 they are joking that most Soviet tanks main guns cannot depress past a certain angle ...
@@wrath231 omg i know the joke im replying to the tagged guys comment lol
i love how this video is realistic, respectful but honest about the weaknesses and how to deal with to the best of our ability, with the tanks we have
Relevant again
Interviewing a job while they asking about what you know.
Me: How to Fight The T-62 Tank.
I did it. And I got fired.
@@grazielecarvalho4792 you will forever be known as the badass mysterious cold war dude who knew how to destroy soviet tanks
@@airsoftfreak11 I am a girl. Graziele female Brazilian name. 😊
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Yes, the T-62 will be in service _for many years to come_ and by "years" we mean DECADES!
War Thunder has prepared me for this moment.
not hard to fight it in XM-1. lol
The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind i agree
Prepared you to watch videos that is all it has done.
Get Nerfed :D
All hail CCCP
@@TheKaMeLRo
avg. XM-1 player iq: 0
avg. T-62 player iq: 420^69!
I watched that at basic training, summer 1979, Ft. Knox Kentucky. They also had a fake Russian guy who came out and talked shit for some reason.
For propaganda reasons
16:50 When a single giant eyeball phases through your wall, whispers the date of your death, and disappears forever.
I'm in absolute awe and disbelief that this is relevant to a current war again. In 2022.
EDIT 2023: Now the Russians are rolling out T-55s.
I'm here because of a video on Twitter of the Russian Nazis using T-62 in Ukraine 😁
@@tbyte007 I think you got both statements mixed up
@@dog-qs7tw No I dont brain dead bot 😁
@@dog-qs7tw nah he got it pretty right. Wth you talkin about?
@@RazorsharpLT im telling ya every russian would not become a nazi even if hey had a box cutter against their ballsack and offered a million bucks
Love this tank. It's like an elite T-55 made leaner, meaner and generally more tacti-cool.
apfsds deathstar
ye, T-64 just dont hit the same
Was not much better. Most of kills in Arab Israeli conflict for example, wer attributed to T-55 still.
T-62 scored many Chieftains in other hand.
@@user-bn5df6hl1d Я служил танкистом на Т-64А в Украине. 1975-1977гг.
@@СосоМумладзе Это очень круто. На какой должности ты был в танке? У меня был профессор, который служил в Красной Армии и был водителем Т-72, не зная модели. Честно говоря, фантастические танки, Т-64/Т-80 были отличной серией. извини плохой переводчик
How to fight the T-62 Tank:
Destroy the tank factory
You do realise its gonna mass produce right?
Nice logical theory...but in practice, first you have to come close to the factory,and that's where your theory becomes a lucid dream only.
EnimapoDopaminE I mean... we do have Stealth bombers ya know.
@@pacificstatesofamerica I mean this video is like +40-50 years old
@@pacificstatesofamerica Yes, you have them now, but you didn't have them in that period when those tanks were manufactured. One more thing, we are talking about USA and Soviet/Russia as opposing sides, and every mistake any of them would make, even the slightest one, would lead toward start of WW3. It's still a lucid dream in my opinion,and I truly hope that none of both sides have a dream like that at all.
John F. Kennedy Ah understood. I thought it was a general statement about the US vs. Russia. In that case I guess they just nuke the whole plant, I can’t imagine the Cold War going hot without getting nukes involved, kinda like asking how the Soviets would get rid of Lockheed or Boeing plants without stealth bombers or nukes.
This was a blast from the past. I was in the 1st ID (mech) in 1980. Driving a M113A1 apc along with the M60's.
Thank God never had to do it. Would have been a blood bath on both sides.
Still useful today.
Not too useful. It’s pretty obsolete being basically an enlarged T-54/55 with an alright gun. Russia is still using them for some reason though.
7:38 - An stellar example of first-generation CGI.
Love the stop motion animation, reminds me of Gumby.
Hm, i thought they were moved with magnets.
In Texas, if you have enough money, you can order from Eastern Europe a T62 or T54/55 tank. And if you are passionate about heavy weapons, then Soviet tanks are always very valuable collectibles, even, it is an effective self-defense weapon to protect the family. Believe me, Texas players can recover old Soviet tanks they bought from Eastern Europe, and use them well, because they are so easy to use.
protect the family from...what?
@@leozisser5587 Californians with Tanks
A BMP would also be good. But honestly I don't like the idea of sitting atop my ammo (assuming being a Russian Tanker/BMP Gunner would be scary).
Protect from Godzilla
@@sircovfefe8858California compliant tanks are the L3
3:45 and Soviet Cold War tanks were designed to fight a war in the European Plain, in a hull down position on flat terrain the gun depression isn't a problem.
+SkullKing11841
You don't know the north german terrain really well :-P
RoninTF2011
Oh damn, it was a typo when I said "Northern", I meant just European Plain. I'll edit it.
What do you mean exactly? There can still be hills on a plain.
+SkullKing11841
Just saying that terrain in central europe (germany for that matter, as there would have been a, or even the, main frontline) has really plenty of hills and slopes. A good gun depression helps a lot when trying to maintain a hull down position and still be able to engage. If you tanks can't bring its gun down very far...you have to expose yourself more. My reference to north germany in that regard(sry, didn't make that clear)was because that, and "Fulda gap" where the 2 main routes where a quick deployment of armour would have been an option.
RoninTF2011 I know, the Soviet requirement was that the tanks be low because most of the terrain they would be fighting on is mostly flat and has small rises in the ground so being low makes you a smaller target and opens cover up to you were a taller tank would have it's turret exposed, there is always a trade off.
No one fights a modern war with Armor on a flat open plain... They'd be wiped out easily.
That intro gave me flash backs of sitting in the living room at my grandparents house watching these shows with my grandpa
Damn, I didn’t know that tanks many decades ago were that capable.
I was surprised that the T-62 was watertight:0
my grandpa was a T-54B driver. It was watertight as well, they crossed rivers several times underwater during his draft service
@u bakaThe earlier ones could, but later models couldn't.
Older tanks were still very capable machines as engineers and armor designers around the world did their jobs exceedingly well. We just have much more powerful and capable machines these days due to the frankly insane rate at which tank technology advanced during the Cold War, doesn't make the old tanks useless even if they're obsolete just not effective against modern armor and anti-armor weapons. Essentially if you're a low tech country that needs armor support you'll take whatever you can get and most functional tanks on the market will serve their purpose regardless if they're obsolete. As a wise man once said "a bad tank is better than no tank at all".
In a modern context if properly modernized the T-62 would be a capable killer of older tanks (like variants of itself or Chieftains, M60s, Leopard 1s, and older tanks) and more lightly armored vehicles out to serious ranges, possibly greater than 1.5km (which while unimpressive for modern standards is still very useful if you don't have better vehicles).
Against modern armor it's unfortunately hopeless from a frontal aspect as modern armor is designed to withstand much more potent threats than the 115mm could ever hope to be and their guns will tear the T-62 apart. Modern NATO tanks being armored to stop the common Russian 125mm and the modern Russian tanks being armored to resist the common NATO 120mm. It can be argued how well these tanks do so as we have little information on modern Russian armor performance against NATO 120mm ammunition save for old Iraqi T-72s which were demolished with ease at ranges out to 2.5km on average and even out to 4.5km at most during the Gulf War. The Abrams and Challenger 2 also proved to be immune to older 125mm ammunition at short range during the Gulf War but ammunition has advanced both severely and rapidly since then on both sides.
They had to be gas tight.
Old tanks are very impressive, even still the M103 still delivers the most kinetic energy to its target than any other tank. This is of course because tanks do not fire giant projectiles now but still cool.
They forgot to mention that while the T62's are advancing you will be under intense artillery, rocket, helicopter, and aircraft attack, by the time you catch your breath you will have a few seconds to say a quick prayer before it's tracks grind you into the soil.
Bruh, you forgot the existence of the absolute air superiority of the NATO
@@chrisblack6258 same thing in the air, saturation attack on nato air elements via guns missles MRCA's and fighter aircraft futhermore NATO were not the only ones with an electronic warfare cabability....
@@chrisblack6258 nato boy
@@AyebeeMk2 Not anymore lol
@@viniciusdomenighi6439 Why do you think nato is beter? 'Three day operation'
6:02 why the porn music in the background? good job US army
Alica Ljungberg cause that's one sexy T-62 )))))))
Welcome to 1977!
To make the G.I.s not fall asleep during the lecture
And you have a lot of experience with 70's porn music, HOW? 🤔🙄
Lol just commented about that. Then saw this comment
Instructive and VERY FUNKY.
Thanks for posting. Really good history lesson. I bet some of the tanks are still rolling about somewhere?
Yup in Ukraine.
With T-62s appearing in Ukraine in 2022...
Expect a lot of views!
Nobody:
TH-cam at 3:am
Crazy isn't it ?
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YES. LITTERLY
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@@alikareem3393 but u look like a paintbrush bro
whoever chose the music is awesome
So, my uncle is currently in the 2nd Armored Cavalry Division. Should I send this to him?
Many thanks for posting this video, VERY INTERESTING.
That opening music with the trumpets was 🔥
Bet the Ukrainians are watching this now that the Russians are bringing these 60 year old antiques into the battle.
5:52 Hah! The Chieftain made its own smokescreen too (just by turning on the engine).
OMG! The Models at 17:05 ! Squee! They're so Cute!
🙂
Lunchbox and plasticine animation.
People blast T-62 low gun depression but the upside is a much smaller, closer the ground turret. If you think about it, the advantage gained by a lower-profile tank in all terrain far outweighs the disadvantage of a lower gun depression only when the tank is uphill facing downhill.
Yep, like in World of Tanks.
tank size rarely matter unless you're in close promity where an inch will make a difference of hitting or grazing. but in longer range skirmishes, which is the more probable scenario, that that extra few inches in turret size will not matter at all because if the enemy misses you, it's going to be by a few hundred feets. and if he hits you, it's not because of your tank's smaller size. not only that, turret height will not matter because shots will be coming towards you at an angle due to trajectory, so it will hit your tank whether you have a short or tall turret.
Except all of those advantages are completely erased by the lack of gun depression. The T-62 and all follow on Soviet MBTs actually have to expose a far greater portion of the tank than any of its western counterparts. This means that an attacking T-62 (or any other Soviet MBT) will be exposed for a far greater period of time before it can get its gun on target.
Israelis destroyed so many T-62 becuse these machines exposed more what stand on the top of the hill than Centurion, M-48 and M-60 s
It's a matter of doctrine and geography Russia will fight on the open European plains if they ever deploy tanks, while america has to worry about defending both it's European and Asian allies thus needs a more versatile tank that can fight in the hills of Korea, the forests of SEA and the plains of Europe, neither design is stupid or bad just made for different situations. The Russian T series tanks will perform much better in open fields while the american tanks can be effective in more types of terrain
I love the stop motion animation of the tanks 😍 😍😍😍
A pretty awesome tank - Would hate to sit in a M 60 and have to face one.
Gert Madsen The guns on both tanks can cut through each others armor like a hot knife through butter. I'd hate to have to sit in either tank.
Plank Hill true. It must be so horrible inside a tank that is being penetrated with armourpircing wepons.
True - I just like the T-62 thats all.
Yes but they are highly manneurable, hard to break down, have good guns and are easier to hide. When western tank are comperred to soviet, there are often comparred to tanks that are 20 or more years older. If you would be fair - you should compare the T-62 with the M-48 and not the M-60.
+happylatvian i agree with your statement
man the review is quite accurated on T-62 "weak spots" on the firing rate and others...
But on the last part... optimism was at its peak... i mean a freaking 10.000 T-62+T-55 were to be expected while something in the order of 1000 T-10+T-64 would follow
And after that initial barrage, another 10.000 + 1.000 would come, and then a 3rd wave and so...
So now that we know that the entire Russian military would have been cut apart by even the forces we already had in not Europe but just the border with the USSR at the time how do you feel?
I mean to be fair who would have thought that it wasn't optimism but the pure cold knowledge that they knew the Soviet forces didn't really stand a sliver of a chance against the NATO alliance, I mean don't get me wrong I'm not judging you it's just that I'm surprised it took until the war in Ukraine for us all to realize just how shit Russian equipment is, seriously tip of the spear T-80BVMs, T-72B3s and T-90s are getting absolutely shat on by not only modern ATGMs but even Legacy M72 LAWS and RPG-7s not to mention the countless vehicles that have been burned to a crisp by nothing more than Molotov cocktails.
Can you imagine if the Russians had actually tried to break through the prepared defenses of the NATO alliance and had nothing better than T-62s!? Like Jesus the poor bastards would have gotten shattered like glass as soon as the TOW missiles started flying, not to mention the sheer absurdity of trying to supply the fuel and food necessary to keep over 10,000 tanks running while relaying on the entirely ineffective Soviet and Russian supply lines, on God bro! It would have been the definition of a one sided stomping by NATO even worse than the Gulf war, like legit bro it would have been such a one-sided fight it would have made saddam's generals look like fucking geniuses for lasting as long as they did.
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Modern day Russia is not USSR, ( and when looking at USSR, it also depends on which era)
In the timeframe when USSR did not have anything better than the T62. Nato would not have had Tows yet . Thier best tanks would of been the likes of the M60 for the US, leopard 1 for Germany, and the Uk with thier Centurions. ( and maybe some Chieftains thrown in for the UK if we are talking late 60s, when they were just entering service)
Again its this sort of hubris that had nazi germany loose against USSR. thought they would be inept ill supplied pushovers. Turned out once upon a time Quantity was still abel to best quality.
Optimism was at its peak? Its the army. See what strategies Germany had in 1918 or 1944. Optimism goes beyond being retarded.
Very good film. I always liked the T-62 and thought it was underrated by the West during the Cold War. I would love to own one of them.
Interesting historical piece
1:42 The T-62 wasn't used by non-Soviet Warsaw Pact countries except Bulgaria. They preferred to continue building the T-55 with improvements on later serial models.
Hmm...I also just realized this film was made in 1977. I guess that we still could have run into massive amounts of T-62's (They built like 22,000 of them) during WWIII. But the T-64 & 72 would have been leading the charge by this point no?
While both where in production they where far from fully replaced in all units.
There's a separate film for the T-64 and T-72. It's on youtube but quality is low.
we egyptians used it in 73 war aganst m60 and the celinterion its great in attacking but when it comes to defend it's not that great we used anti tank missiles aganst israeli couter attack
Centurion not the celinterion
@Carnivorus The T-62 can defend but honestly in the area like the middle east where it may be hilly more often than between Germany to Russia, it would kind of fail since the M60 and Centurion had great gun depression so those two tanks could easily poke over and only show the strong-ish turrets and easily shoot down, or how the T-62 is more limited in the spots they defend. Though the only reason why the T-62 may be good in attack is just wave tactics, and of course you choose where you attack. Russian's were heavily influenced by WWII and adopted a lot of weapons to match that doctrine. T-62 was relatively cheaper than the other tanks. Crew comfort was a less of a priority.
All in all the T-62 is capable but is designed for cheaper use. It can attack and defend and really depends on the commanders. Egypt however during this period, I never studied them, but as most middle eastern armies, commanders are not the best always and they tend to rely on more basic tactics. Though some do break that idea, I am talking majority.
It has crappy gun depression. But it has stabilization and fires very flat trajectory apfsds.
@@box8524 Arab commanders are not used to think for themselves. Initiative is not encouraged. It's all about hierarchy.
Israelis on the other way are well organised. And pretty determined.
@@Panzer-Geomancer That is what I was saying, there will always be a select few good ones but it seems the majority base it on simple tactics without much care.
I like how even the US army had that 70s funk background music lmaoo so authentic
6:37 that's one damn funky tank crew!
Another unique feature of the T-62...the log.
Its as unique as a forest with trees.
T-62s destroyed many M60 tanks in battles of Iran-Iraq war
Tawakalna The M60 patton its only an Upgrade of M26 pershing of WW2
Ullrich Hoffmann Uhm no, I think you mean the M46. Then the M47 succeeded that and the M48 succeeded the M47. Then the M60 came next.
by that logic the T-62 is just an "upgrade" of the T-44, useless statement by Ulrich Hoffman
@@muasibasl4796 lol the Challenger is just and "upgraded" mk 4 tank.
@@ullrichhoffmann882 That is similar to saying that the T62 is only an upgrade of the T44
Another army classic from 19🥔!! I love it!!!!
Even when germans were on the defensive in ww2 they often used counterattacks. Tanks is a offensive weapon. On defense you can use atgms and towed guns.
Yeah, a towed gun is nearly as effective as a tank from a defensive position. And is much cheaper in every regard.
tanks are better for delay and retreat style defenses
@@Graymenn not entirely true. As I mentioned; towed guns are much cheaper. Tanks are only useful where your retreat would be dynamic, but retreat in a tank is slower than advance in a tank. So you expose yourself by retreating, and this is before we factor in the enormous issues with facing artillery, and other combined arms.
Tanks in defence were used to advance. To relieve pressure on the line.
18:36 Gee, what a perfect pothead disco soundtrack for the first battle of World War III.
Thank you, this will come in handy!
16:40 that was what we call a JAM!
That kinda scared me lol
Some of these animations are stop motion. Nice.
The intro feels like "war! the sitcom"
The intro is awesome
For an army video it is surprisingly pretty unbiased
Its got to run a fine line of giving the soldiers real information, but still being positive
16:54 I feared Soviet interception
Old but I watch it from 2019 :v
some su-30 same lol
Same
Merry X-Mas
awesome video mate! very informative. It's more like a t62 brochure
18:11 If anyone has seen the Brian May video for Starfleet with those small tanks, I think the same team did these visuals as well
10:00 the real world results of the larger ammo loads of the M60 vs the T62. 63 rounds on the 60 vs 40 for the T62. The defending isreals prevailed in the battle due in part to more amo
US: how to fight T-62 tank
Soviets: Surprise surprise it's a T-64 Cyka.
Oh c'mon they are really hard to confuse with each other, and in second case you just bring more firepower.
LargenirGK no, t-64 is much better armoured
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T 64 was operated by U.S backed Neo Nazis that attempted to advance into Russian controlled territory, and they were stopped at its tracks
@@Chinunit22 I'm sorry what....
Chad Monochrome GIs vs Virgin Marpat Toy Soldiers
The intro is very cool
Finally a show that it's not propagandistic toward USA.....Same for russians.....
Nope never mind. ..I just watched the last part.....
same here -_-
remember, this was shown to US soldiers. If they said "this tank will fuck your shit goodbye" no one would even try to fight it... lel.
Dymitry the gamer Dix out!
There should be a documentary on how to fight M1 Abrams and M 60 Patton, I like to know both tank weakness too!
M60 has weak side armor, abrams only weak spot is directly behind it
Adam Mendoza Isn't that supposed to be all tank weaknesses?
M1s get knocked out from all directions with modern anti-tank handhelds (Iraq, Yemen). Just not when the US use them, as they have superior tactics,infrantry shielding them and CAS.
+Andal8811 The M1s you're referring to are M1A1SE1-2 tanks. They're the Saudi export versions, which have the same equipment as the American M1A2 but without the Chobham armor the American tanks have applied. It has a steel + Depleted Uranium mix armor. Doesn't mean the American version is invincible, tho.
Still any tank is worthless without proper tactics and secured flanks. A child can blow it up if it gets close enough.
Awesome. I love these kind of videos and information
For many years to come indeed… 😆
This has suddenly become relevant again, and that’s kind of sad
10:00
Me: Thinking about my tank
The video: Nope, *OUR TANK*.
Gawd.
Half Expecting "Charlie's Angels" to pop out of a Giant Cake & take Action Karate Poses.
Takes notes* Alright time to fly to Syria, (lol jk fbi)
POV: Me about to go to West Point watching all these old videos for some odd reason and learning the way how my enemies will fight 💀.
Ooh great, a new A-Team movie
Still get more out of these videos, than you ever will a power point presentation.
I like how the narrator agreed that the tank is good but it has its flaws.
Also I think the T-62 would be better if they removed that shell ejector, sealed the ejector hatch, and placed the ammunition is a little safer place...also tank skirts.
Step 1 : Dab the "2" key
Step 2 : Wait for someone to get the joke
Step 3 : ???
Step 4 : Bounce anyway because russian bias
wow I see that you are a wot player too. Quicky Baby
Skipped step 1 because of a step 4,step 3 exactly,and I'm on a step 2 obviously (^.^)
The video says T-62 can only fire 4 rounds a minute and cannot move the turret while reloading, the T62-A has only sight upgrades over the former. Now compare this information with what Russian tanks are in WoT.
Strong turret armor, high rate of fire, never let it go hull down on you.
High rate of fire? The thing could fire a maximum of 4 rounds a minute.
+abacs21 op plays too much world of tanks that's why he thinks it has a high rate of fire
Richard Turner
Because the one in Wot is the T-62A with a 100mm gun, the 115mm U-5TS had significantly worse RoF
abacs21 the U8TS, which was the 100mm gun was not that fast firing either. Fuck that game too its so unrealistic
Jimmy De'Souza
Offical documents.
Alright now we need a training video on how to take out a T-14 Armata.
There's probably already one, but heavily classified for sure
DEADPOOL FR no I don’t think there is but I’m sure there is a video oh how to destroy m1a2 Abrams
M1A2 for sure tho, T14 might not have been studied enough you're right
Put it in a parade, that seemed to take it out
Drop a JDAM on the garage it is being stored in between parades. The T-14 will never see combat much less be fielded outside parade units.
What I got from the video
It takes everything we’ve got to take out the T-62
with this tank coming to warthunder along side the m60a1 this video needs more views from the American tank community
it is indeed. though Steel Armor: Blaze of War serves these tanks (t62 and M60a1) true justice, a real sim with fully modeled interiors
+K “Kev2go” Cz never played steel armor, thanks for the recommendation I will definitely check it out!
lol just shoot the front armor and boom the tank explode just like the T54 xD
I actually posted a link to this video on War Thunder's Facebook page in reply to their post announcing the launch of v1.61. Hopefully that will generate more attention to it and prove useful to players encountering this tank in the game.
Chris Teet
it may but i dont think it wont. Gajin doesnt simulate the exact chatercists of the T62. IE the gunner can track targets through his sight during reload, gun doesnt elevate, and the turret is movable during reload. so it doesnt have any of the flaws a real t62 would have save for a longer reload rate.
. Now i dont think its in any way OP, but because of this its just better in game that it was IRL or how its represented in a Sim like Steel Armor blaze of war, therefore a m60 tanker would be able to exploit these, which he can in WT due to how the T62 was implemented.
even from an aesthetics perspective, you dont see the T62s back turret door open and eject spent cases, which is a bit disappointing.
1977!? Cool, a new one!
And who would think watching this in 2023 the Russians would be using these t62 in Ukraine and even older t55s 🙈...
I never knew how funky the T62 was...
PLEASE : everybody go right to 17:05 and look at the amazing Stop-motion Models they used for this!!!! I'm here watching them again :) They come back at 20:05
Is this the footage used in Red Dawn?
05:36 ohh man the "snorkel"
8:25 Why are there six levers if there are only four directions?
the extra two make it go up and down fam
After nearly 40 years of this video clip, the T62 tanks of the Syrian army, as well as other T54/55 tanks, are still fighting and operating very actively. The Soviet Union produced tanks that were cheap and easy to use, moreover, they were easy to maintain and operate. The Russians regularly supply parts of T54/55 and T62 tanks to the Syrian armed forces in the fight against terrorism. The mechanical components of Soviet tanks are easy to manufacture, if you have the engineering drawings of the engine parts from the Russians, you can manufacture it with CNC machines. Despite the losses, the old Soviet tanks still fight in the Syrian army and confront the terrorist forces. But in contrast, the American M60 tanks do not have such durability advantages. Its operating and repair costs are quite high, its combat operations in the Turkish army met with many failures that caused the Turks to find ways to get rid of it. It and other American-made tanks are suitable for equipping US allies with good financial conditions for their militaries.
Soviet tanks may be old, but they are durable, like your grandfather's bicycles, or farmers' tractors. You can compare them with Toyota Hilux in terms of durability.
The T-62 wasn't popular with non-Soviet Warsaw Pact countries. They preferred to make their own T-55 under licence or wait to the T-72 to come along. Bulgaria was the only Warsaw Pact country to take delivery of T-62 tanks. The T-62 was, however, exported in large number to a lot of non-aligned countries outside of Europe from North Korea, who went on to make their own version, to countries in the Middle East and Latin America.
@@jonhart7630 Cuba is the only nation in the Americas who actually used these tanks. plus Cuba and Angola puta fair good amount of them alongside T-54s andT-34-85 Against the SADF in the Angolan civil war . and also in the Ethiopian ogaden war
@@patriotenfield3276 The South Africans used them as well when they captured them.
@@jonhart7630 I don't remember SADF putting any captured enemy armor back into use, since it made their logistics task more complicated , more fuel consumption (precious embargo oil) and unlike the South African Vehicles , the Soviet vehicles weren't specialised and suited for the needs of SADF ( lightly armored, fuel efficient, having water storage tanks , good mileage , IED/Mine proof and most importantly not getting stuck with an in approriate technology which required a longer training and ammunition doesn't match) . They gave away a large number of the captured T-34-85, T-54/55s and T-62s to UNITA , Rhodesians and RENAMO . and used the rest as technology testbeds for their Olifant MK1B , Olifant MK2 and TTD (Tank technology demonstrator) projects , out of which only the Olifant saw the light of the service.
@@patriotenfield3276 I think you are right. I thought the South Africans briefly used them in battle like the Israelis briefly used captured Syrian T-62s in battle.
I dig the soundtrack
*how to destroy a T62 tank
Most of the tank crew in the world : *laughing in their mbt's
Great vid
where did they get the t 62 and t 62s crew? seems like US captured a training video
Lot of captured equipment from 6 Day and Yom Kippur wars. Crews are OP-force most likely.
You know I wonder what the Soviet Films about our Tanks are like? :/
+Supes Me I would be surprised if they were as unbiased. But then again when the T62 started rolling out of the factory they were superior to the M60 so who knows? (Even tho the advantage was fairly slim)
+Joshua Chita most were tough by classroom settings indeed, usually by a officer or political commissar. however some films were made, but they are very rare indeed
They would've been stupid to show propaganda, these videos are not made to strenghten your nationalist feelings but to provide valuable information about the enemy's combat capabilities
Like that: this is enemy tank if you dont hit you go gulag. The end
@Your Muslim Brother you have a different opinion? I've seen some evidence to back up every single answer presented
Where did they get the T-62s from? Israel after the 1973 war?
Yes
I love how he proudly reads how American tank is 3ft taller then soviet, as it was some good thing! : ) 2:30
Well, in a sense it is. The small sizes of russian tanks or turrets have various disadvantages, some are mentiined in the vid.
Awesome
i am here because of the news
Well if I run into one I’ll know what to do thanks