T-62

T-62
Vehicle Info
Operators	Insurgents; Irregular Militia Forces; Middle Eastern Alliance
Maps Available	Al Basrah, Belaya Pass, Fallujah, Goose Bay, Gorodok, Jensen's, Kamdesh Highlands, Kohat Toi, Lashkar Valley, Manicouagan, Mutaha, Narva, Skorpo, Tallil Outskirts, Yehorivka

The T-62 is the main battle tank in Squad available to the Insurgents and Irregular Militia Forces. It is also one of the MBTs used by the Middle Eastern Alliance.

Vehicle info sheet[ | ]

General information[ | ]

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961. As a further development of the T-55 series, the T-62 retained many similar design elements of its predecessor including low profile and thick turret armor. In contrast with previous tanks, which were armed with rifled tank guns, the T-62 was the first tank armed with a smoothbore tank gun that could fire APFSDS rounds at high velocities. While the T-62 became the standard tank in the Soviet arsenal, it did not fully replace the T-55 in export markets due to its higher manufacturing costs and maintenance requirements compared to its predecessor. Although the T-62 was replaced in Russia and the successor states of the Soviet Union, it is still used in some countries and its design features became standardized in subsequent Soviet and Russian mass-produced tanks.

Gameplay[ | ]

The T-62 is available to the Insurgents, Irregular Militia Forces and Middle Eastern Alliance on a limited number of maps. Although not as powerful or heavily armored as the more modern tanks, The T-62 is a nimble tank with a low profile and should not be underestimated.

The T-62 has a 4-man crew; a Driver, Gunner, Commander, and Loader. In addition to the crew, it is the only main battle tank capable of transporting troops. A total of 4 passengers can travel on the back of the tank; however, they are directly exposed to enemy fire. This option is avaliable onyl for the Insurgents and the Irregular Militia Forces.
The driver has access to an engine smoke generator to emit a smoke screen for defensive purposes.
The gunner can fire three different types of ammunition from the 115mm 2A20 cannon: (12) 3BM4 armor-piercing sabot rounds, (8) BK-4M high explosive anti-tank rounds, and (20) OF-11 high explosive fragmentation rounds. A 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun is also present. The rounds fired by the T-62 are similar to the T-72 but lack guided missiles and are weaker. In comparison, the T-62 has a surplus of fragmentation rounds which are deadly against infantry. The gun features two levels of zoom, but lacks a digital rangefinder. It still has analog rangefinding marks on the sights and stabilization for the main gun however. The average reload speed of the main gun is 9 seconds, equating to around 6.6 rounds per minute. This is currently the slowest in-game.
The Commander has a dedicated periscope with two levels of zoom to assist the gunner in acquiring and ranging targets. Unlike other main battle tanks in the game, the T-62 lacks the commander hunter-killer feature. It uses copy/pasted model of BTR-80 commander periscope and takes the place of T-62 gunner nightvision sights(at least where it would be in real life), meaning the Commander cannot see much of the rear of the turret, unlike in real life where commander has 360-degrees rotatable periscope.
With the rollout of Alpha 14, the T-62 has an additional crew seat in the form of a shielded DShK-M heavy machine gun.
The top-mounted DShK-M shakes the user's view when firing and leaves the operator very exposed so it's best to only use it in critical situations when the gunner is unable to acquire a close threat. It also moves along with the turret like other pintle-mounted machine guns as it is not stabilized.
The MEA T-62 has the loader's DShK replaced with an NSVT, the same one used by the T-72 tanks, albeit without turret proper stabilization and hunter-killer functionality. This can prove detrimental to the loader when engaging targets while on the move, or when the turret is being turned. The sights also don't work properly, wherein the reticle and range markers do not zoom in when the sight zoom button (Z) is pressed. Despite this, MEA T-62 has no Crewman is exposed while operating it, just like the FV4034 and T-72 tanks.
The T-62 holds a total of 300 ammunition points infantry can use to resupply or change kits. Similar to all other tanks, only crewman kits can be acquired from the T-62. The driver can also resupply a Forward Operating Base with the available ammunition points.
Like the Leopard 2A6M of the Canadian Army, the T-62 is one of two tanks in the game modeled with 2 ammo racks. One is in the hull under the turret while the other one is in the front right side of the tank next to the driver. This presents another weakspot for anti-tank weapons to hit. The T-62's armor is also among the weakest of all tanks in the game but the low height makes up for this somewhat.

Statistics[ | ]

Performance[ | ]

Vehicle Name	Class	Ticket Cost	Available Faction
T-62	Main battle tank	15
Crew	Passenger	Ammo point	Construction point
4	4 only for Insurgents/Irregular Militia Forces	300	0
Respawn Timer	Max. Speed	Rev. Speed	Health
20 min	60 km/h	? km/h	3000

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Armaments[ | ]

Weapon	Model	Caliber	Basic Load	Rounds
Main Armament	115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun	115 mm	3BM-4 Armor-Piercing Sabot	12
			BK-4M High Explosive Anti-Tank	8
			OF-11 Fragmentation	20
Secondary Armament	PKT	7.62 mm		2000
Insurgents/Irregular Militia Forces T-62 Loader MG	DShK-M	12.7 mm		6x 100
MEA T-62 Loader MG	NSVT	12.7 mm		2x 150

Gallery[ | ]

April 2017: A T-62 museum vehicle was scanned into a computer render by the OWI team to help with modelling.
November 2018: An early render of the T-62
January 2019: The finished vehicle in-game. A T-62 hull-down on the outskirts of Basrah.
January 2019: A Militia T-62 summits a hill in the mountains of Mestia.
The view from the Commanders periscope.
The view from the Loaders position. He is given a shielded DshK to engage the enemy.
A view of the frontal hull and turret armour.
The main gun is weaker than the more modern MBTs. It still packs a punch against lighter targets.
The rear engine deck.
The T-62 can, rather uniquely, carry passengers on the engine deck. 4 men can be carried this way.