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2021-09-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia’s Cold War-era T-62 tank still in service

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Posted by badanov 2021-09-13 03:46|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 You mean Saddam's "Jack in the box" toys?

Posted by Frank G 2021-09-13 06:47|| 2021-09-13 06:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-09-13 07:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-09-13 08:00|| Front Page Top

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|| 2021-09-13 08:11|| Front Page Top

#5 I could spend a vacation there. Fascinating.

Posted by Dale 2021-09-13 13:17|| 2021-09-13 13:17|| Front Page Top

#6 T-62's didn't perform real well when the Sovs went into Afghanistan.

Posted by Fred 2021-09-13 14:06|| 2021-09-13 14:06|| Front Page Top

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