Soviet OBB T-62 designations

[Mobhack]

Nice info - but not on-topic for the thread's subject. T62. Tee Sixty Two.

Cheers
Andy

[DRG]

Agreed this is nice info and strays off the topic a bit with the T-80 info but one thing a lot of lists like this we have seen lack is introduction dates for the new models and upgrades. It's great to get the details ( and it is ) but much of the information we see lacks the critical in ( and out of ) service dates which is critcal information

What I would like to see is a list like that for all models ( T-54 all the way to t-90) with the service dates included.

If anyone has real hard data on all the models WITH the in service ( and out of service dates if possible ) which can be matched to the detailed information on what changed in the new model/upgrade we would all go a long way to putting this issue to bed finally.

Don

[MarkSheppard]

Nice info - but not on-topic for the thread's subject. T62. Tee Sixty Two.

Well, I didn't want to make another thread, and sort of wanted to keep the information in the same thread as the other Soviet tank stuff, so that it's easier to find for all of us

[DRG]

The thing is, it's easy to find this now. Two months from now it's buried and forgotten when threads are mixed

Don

[thatguy96]

Has anyone thought to try and compile these in a text file format of some sort? Would that be useful? I've compiled a number of word tables like this, so if it would be useful to compile the information with notes on sources I can offer to do that and take the load off other people with more pressing projects.

[Djuice]

T-62 (1961) - Obj.166
Base model. 2A20 gun with two plane "Meteor" stabiliser and +16/-6 deg elevation/depretion, 2245mm turret ring. TKN-3 TC day/night sight, TSh2B-41 gunner day sight with 3.5/7x magnification, TPN1-41-11 night sight. 40 rounds ammo load. PKT coax with 2500 rounds. V-55V engine with 580hp. 102mm@60deg glacis, 242mm max frontal turret.
Since 1969. DShKM AAMG was installed.
In 1975 KTD-1 LRF was installed.
None of those versions got any separate designation.*

T-62A (1962). Obj.164
This is NOT a designation aplied to a AAMG equiped T-62 but totaly diferent vehicle, armed with 100mm D-54TS gun, with "Kometa" two plane stabiliser.

T-62K (1964) - Obj.166K
Aditional R-112 radio, AB-1 APU. 36 x 115mm rounds, 1750 rounds for a coax PKT.

T-62K (1964) - Obj.166KN
+ TNA-2 navigation aids

T-62D (1983) - Obj.166D
1030M "Drozd" APS installed.

T-62D-1 (1983) - Obj.166D-1
With V-46-5M engine.

T-62M (1983) Obj.166M
Deep modernisation of the T-62.
Aditional armor on glacis and turret, aditional anti-mine protection for driver, 10mm reinforced rubber side skirts, 10mm anti-neutron-liner. Tracks from T-72, two aditional amortisers on 1st roadwheels. KTD-2 LRF, TShSM-41U gunner's sight, "Meteor M1" stabiliser, BV-62 balistic computer, 9K116-1 "Sheksna" guided missile unit. Gun thermal sleave, R-173 radio instead of R-123M and 620hp V-55U engine. 42 rounds of 115 ammo/missiles.

T-62M-1 - Obj.166M-1
With V-46-5M engine.

T-62M1 - Obj.166M1
No missile guidance.

T-62M1-1 - Obj.166M1-1
No missile guidance, V-46-5M engine.

T-62M1-2 - Obj.166M1-2
No missile guidance and no aditional armor.

T-62M1-2-1 - Obj.166M1-2-1
No missile guidance, no aditional armor, V-46-5M engine.

T-62MD (1983) Obj.166MD
T-62M version with "Drozd" APS instead of aditional turret armor.

T-62MD-1 - Obj.166MD-1
With V-46-5M engine

T-62MK - Obj.166MK
Command version, no missile guidance, TNA-2 navigation aids, aditional R-112 radio, AB-1 APU. Less main gun and coax ammo.

T-62MK-1 - Obj.166MK-1
With V-46-5M engine.

T-62MV (1985) - Obj.166MV
K-1 era instead of aditional armor.

T-62MV-1 - Obj.166MV-1
With V-46-5M engine

T-62M1V - Obj.166M1V
No missile guidance

T-62M1V-1 - Obj.166M1V-1
No missile guidance, V-46-5M engine.

[Smersh]

This is why it seems particularly the T-62 variant designations are a mess. This one says that the 12.7AAMG installed models are not a seperate designation (T-62A)

I've never heard of the T-62A model in your post. a T-62 with a 100mm D-54T gun?

[DRG]

The list itself is impressive but contains no source reference.

Don