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T-62: History, Development history & Combat history

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 armour.

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T-62 topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Development history and Combat history as prominent areas in the source structure around T-62. 3 topics appear in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
210
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
228
Extracted relationships
520
Concept neighborhoods
30
Bridge connections
228

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 69 topics
Operators · 45 topics
Combat history · 31 topics
Development history · 21 topics
Variants · 14 topics
Design · 10 topics
Soviet Union · 7 topics
Service history · 5 topics
Tanks of comparable role, performance and era · 5 topics
Production history · 4 topics
Russia · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed
50 km/h (31 mph) (road) 40 km/h (25 mph) (cross country)
Armour
Cast turret 214 (242 after 1972) mm turret front 153 mm turret sides 97 mm turret rear 40 mm turret roof Hull 102 mm at 60° hull front 79 mm hull upper sides 15 mm hull lower si…
Crew
4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader)
Designer
OKB-520 design bureau
Engine
V-55V (based on the Kharkiv model V-2) 580 (later 620) hp.
Fuel capacity
960 L 1360 L with two 200-liter extra fuel tanks

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Development history

Design

Production history

Service history

Soviet Union

Russia

Variants

Operators

Combat history

Tanks of comparable role, performance and era

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How T-62 connects Entity context

The extracted context around T-62 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, T-62 → AB-1, AB-1 APU, About, Afghan War, After, Along, APDS, APS, ARV, ARVs, As, AT-10 Stabber, AT-3 Sagger, ATGM, ATGMs, Bastion ATGMs, BDD, Because, Belarus MD, BOM Another extracted example is T-62 → Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Around, As, At, Before, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Ch'ŏnma-hos, Cuba, December, Defense Units, During, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaddafi, In, Iran, Libya. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

T-62

Top relations

related to Soviet Union · 138
T-62 → AB-1, AB-1 APU, About, Afghan War, After, Along, APDS, APS, ARV, ARVs, As, AT-10 Stabber, AT-3 Sagger, ATGM, ATGMs, Bastion ATGMs, BDD, Because, Belarus MD, BOM
related to Current operators · 62
T-62 → Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Around, As, At, Before, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Ch'ŏnma-hos, Cuba, December, Defense Units, During, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaddafi, In, Iran, Libya
related to Bibliography · 44
T-62 → All Modern Tanks, Baryatinskiy, Blandford Press, Bryan, Christopher, Collection Edition, Colonel David, Deep Battle, Doctrine Command, Eksmo, February, Foss, Francis, Glantz, In Pursuit, International Institute, ISBN, Jane's, Jane's AFV Recognition Handbook, Limitations
related to Former operators · 31
T-62 → All, Another, ARVs, Belarus, Between, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ichkeria Eritrea, Iraq, IraqIslamic StateIsrael, July, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, More, OPFORNorth Yemen, Received, Republic, South Yemen
related to North Korea · 29
T-62 → Armour, Based, Ch'ŏnma-ho, Ch'ŏnma-ho II, Ch'ŏnma-ho III, Ch'ŏnma-ho IV, Chinese, Ch’onma-ho, ERA, Even, Ga, Greatly, Gun, It, Lugs, North Korea, On, Pokpung'ho, Radios, Russian Kontakt-3 ERA
related to Egypt · 28
T-62 → Austrian, BMP-3 IFV, British, D-3000, Egyptian, Egyptian-made, FSUE, German MTU, It, Italian, M-393, M68, Mid, NBC, NORICUM, Other, RO-115 Mark, RO-120 Mark III, Royal Ordnance L7, Sakr
related to Russia · 23
T-62 → During, Kontakt-1 ERA, Obr, Russian, Russo-Georgian War, T-55, T-62M, T-62MV, T-62MVs, T-64, T-72, T-80, T-90, The, The T-62, They, TPN-1, Ukraine, Upgraded T-62M, Upgraded T-62MV
related to history · 21
T-62 → Ch'ŏnma-ho, Ga, In, In July, Industry Bureau, Kharkiv, Malyshev Factory, Morozov's Ob'yekt, Nizhny Tagil, North Korea, North Korean Second Machine, Omsk Factory No, Production, Soviet Union, T-55, T-64, T-72, The, Ukraine, Until
related to The initial requirements · 16
T-62 → APDS, APFSDS, By, Centurion, HEAT, It, M48 Patton, Soviet, T-55, T-55's, The, The T-62, This, Trials, Western, While
related to Israel · 12
T-62 → Blazer, IDF, Israel, Israeli, It, Syrian T-62s, The, The Tiran, These, Tiran-6s, Tirans, US-made

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

tank fitted gun turret tanks soviet engine armour ob'yekt main mm service new atgm diesel t-62m fire t-55 two system

T-62 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 520 structured relationships around T-62. Examples in this analysis include T-62 → .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed → 50 km/h (31 mph) (road) 40 km/h (25 mph) (cross country) and T-62 → Armour → Cast turret 214 (242 after 1972) mm turret front 153 mm turret sides 97 mm turret rear 40 mm turret roof Hull 102 mm at 60° hull front 79 mm hull upper sides 15 mm hull lower si…. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
T-62.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed50 km/h (31 mph) (road) 40 km/h (25 mph) (cross country)1.00infobox
T-62ArmourCast turret 214 (242 after 1972) mm turret front 153 mm turret sides 97 mm turret rear 40 mm turret roof Hull 102 mm at 60° hull front 79 mm hull upper sides 15 mm hull lower si…1.00infobox
T-62Crew4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader)1.00infobox
T-62DesignerOKB-520 design bureau1.00infobox
T-62EngineV-55V (based on the Kharkiv model V-2) 580 (later 620) hp.1.00infobox
T-62Fuel capacity960 L 1360 L with two 200-liter extra fuel tanks1.00infobox
T-62Ground clearance425 mm (16.7 in)1.00infobox
T-62Height2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)1.00infobox
T-62In service1961–present1.00infobox
T-62Length9.34 m (30 ft 8 in) with barrel in forward position 6.63 m (21 ft 9 in) hull only1.00infobox
T-62Main armament115 mm U-5TS (2A20) smoothbore gun1.00infobox
T-62ManufacturerUralvagonzavod1.00infobox
T-62Mass37 t (41 short tons; 36 long tons)1.00infobox
T-62No. builtMore than 22,7001.00infobox
T-62Operational range450 km (280 mi) on road (650 km (400 mi) with two 200 L (53 US gal; 44 imp gal) extra fuel tanks) 320 km (200 mi) cross-country (450 km (280 mi) with two 200-liter extra fuel ta…1.00infobox
T-62Place of originSoviet Union1.00infobox
T-62Power/weight14.5 hp/tonne (10.8 kW/tonne)1.00infobox
T-62Produced1961–1975 (USSR) ~1980s (North Korea)1.00infobox
T-62Secondary armament7.62 mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2500 rounds) 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 antiaircraft heavy machine gun (optional until T-62 Obr.1972)1.00infobox
T-62Suspensiontorsion bar1.00infobox
T-62TypeMedium tank (Warsaw Pact designation) Main battle tank (NATO designation)1.00infobox
T-62Unit costUS$300,000 (export price to Egypt, 1972)1.00infobox
T-62Used bySee operators1.00infobox
T-62WarsSee combat history1.00infobox
T-62Width3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)1.00infobox
T-62is aSoviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 19610.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around T-62 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Obr, Tanks and Tank. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • T-62
    • Obr
    • Tanks
    • Tank
    • Fitted
    • Ob'yekt
    • Vehicle
    • T-55
    • Stands
    • Engine
    • Armoured
    • System
    • Fire
  • t-62
    • Obr
    • Tanks
    • Tank
    • Fitted
    • Ob'yekt
    • Vehicle
    • T-55
    • Stands
    • Engine
    • Armoured
    • System
    • Fire
  • soviet
    • Union
    • Ordered
    • Delivered
    • Service
    • Tanks
    • T-62m
    • T-62
    • Battle
    • T-62s
    • Main
    • Tank
    • Used
  • main battle tank
    • Battle
    • Main
    • Gun
    • Armoured
    • New
    • Tank
    • Machine
    • Fitted
    • Mm
    • Fire
    • T-62
    • Tanks
  • tank gun
    • Mm
    • Gun
    • Tank
    • Machine
    • Main
    • New
    • Rounds
    • Fitted
    • Ob'yekt
    • Fire
    • Atgm
    • Turret
  • t95 medium tank
    • Gun
    • New
    • Fitted
    • Mm
    • Ob'yekt
    • Turret
    • Engine
    • Diesel
    • Atgm
    • Tanks
    • Fire
    • Front
  • sino–soviet border conflict
    • Union
    • Ordered
    • Delivered
    • Service
    • Tanks
    • T-62m
    • T-62
    • Battle
    • T-62s
    • Main
    • Tank
    • Used
  • soviet–afghan war
    • Union
    • Ordered
    • Delivered
    • Service
    • Tanks
    • T-62m
    • T-62
    • Battle
    • T-62s
    • Main
    • Tank
    • Used

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For T-62, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects T-62 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
T-62Overview · splits 159 ⟂ 70
T-62Operators · splits 183 ⟂ 46
T-62Combat history · splits 197 ⟂ 32
T-62Development history · splits 207 ⟂ 22
T-62Variants · splits 214 ⟂ 15
T-62Design · splits 218 ⟂ 11
T-62Soviet Union · splits 221 ⟂ 8
T-62Service history · splits 223 ⟂ 6
T-62Tanks of comparable role, performance and era · splits 223 ⟂ 6
T-62Production history · splits 224 ⟂ 5
T-62Bibliography · splits 225 ⟂ 4
T-62Russia · splits 226 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

T-62

Nodes229
Edges228
Triples520
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008734
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around T-62 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Development history & Combat history, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — T-62 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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