Russia Really Is Sending 65-Year-Old Tanks to Assault Ukrainian Lines
As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds into its third year, regiments routinely are rolling T-55s, T-62s and first-gen T-72s and T-80s directly at Ukrainian brigades.
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As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds into its third year, regiments routinely are rolling T-55s, T-62s and first-gen T-72s and T-80s directly at Ukrainian brigades.
A video that the Ukrainian defense ministry posted on Dec. 12 hints that the new 154th Brigade is getting ex-Russian T-62 tanks.
Russian forces on the Dnipro’s left bank so far haven’t been able to push the Ukrainian marine corps out of Krynky.
More Russian T-62 tanks are showing up along the front line in Ukraine with add-on armor and other enhancements—modern sights and mine-clearing plows, for example.
A full suite of add-on explosive reactive armor weighs as much as three tons. All that extra weight makes a sluggish T-62 even more sluggish.