China Type 62 Overview - Light Version Of Type 59

A video of a Vietnamese T-62 tank firing its 115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun, followed up with the automatic shell ejector tossing the 115 mm case out of the turret. The automatic case ejector was added in during the Object 165 and 166 prototype model, which was designed by engineer Leonid N. Kartsev. It was a result of Soviet requirements that called for new tanks to be NBC protective, which for the cannon resulted in the fume extractor and this automatic shell ejector. After firing, the 115 mm spe

The T62 And T72 Tanks: Soviet Innovations And Cold War Combat The T-62 and T-72 represented major leaps in Soviet armored doctrine during the Cold War. The T-62, entering production in 1961, was the world's first production tank featuring a smoothbore gun, reaching speeds of 31 mph. Its successor, the T-72, debuted in 1973 and became a global icon. Reaching 37 mph, it introduced a revolutionary autoloader that reduced the crew to three. Armed with a lethal 125mm cannon, the T-72’s rugged design