Russian-Iraqi tank and vehicle bone yard not far from Ali al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Interesting place to spend an hour or two. Admission is free. If you are allergic to depleted uranium, don't climb inside any of them.| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Russia’s Cold War-era T-62 tank still in service |
| 2021-09-13 |
| By Dylan Malyasov [DefenceBlog] The Cold War-era T-62 medium tank still is found in the Russian Army arsenal. The 1960s-era T-62 tank is a Soviet main battle tank that was developed as a further development of the T-55 series. The first prototype of the T-62 was completed in 1959. In 1961 this tank was officially accepted to service with the Soviet Army. Approximately five years earlier, it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense had decided to dispose of all T-62 tanks in service and then replace them with new T-14 and upgraded T-90 models. Main Automotive-Armored Tank Directorate (GABTU) stated that this solution will replenish the state budget – after dismantling the tanks, the parts will be sent to storage in warehouses, from where they will then be exported. But as of September 2021, it became known that the plans to update the T-62 fleet had changed somewhat and some of the tanks still remain in service in the military formations in the East of the country and some of the tanks are supposed to be transferred to allies such as Syria. Moreover, 103rd Armored Plant has developed an advanced version of the Soviet-era tank, called the T-62M3. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 T-62's didn't perform real well when the Sovs went into Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Fred 2021-09-13 14:06 |
| #5 I could spend a vacation there. Fascinating. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-09-13 13:17 |
| #4 Russian-Iraqi tank and vehicle bone yard not far from Ali al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Interesting place to spend an hour or two. Admission is free. If you are allergic to depleted uranium, don't climb inside any of them. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-13 08:11 |
| #3 Not surprising that during the cold war, the Soviet Union kept warehouses full of WW2 artillery pieces. Just in case they needed them. We just sold our stuff to Israel. The T-62s paid a heavy price for that in the Quneitra Gap |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-09-13 08:00 |
| #2 I read a intel report back in the 70s as a unit was identified as replacing their Joseph Stalin III tanks with new T-62s. The JS III was first observed by the West in the Berlin Victory parade in 1945. The Russians don't have a 'throw away' mentality that effects the West which kept some Soviet intel types running around trying to figure out what the Americans had done with all their M103s. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-09-13 07:36 |
| #1 You mean Saddam's "Jack in the box" toys? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-09-13 06:47 |
