Trumpeter is releasing a rebox T-62 with ERA. The kit itself will be an update to the 2009 release.
The T-62 originally was conceived as a companion weapon to the T-55.Being Essentially a T55 up gunned with the2A20 115mm cannon. Both the T-55 and the T-62 Used the same wheels, track, engine, transmission, hatches and other fittings. The primary differences between the two vehicles were the T-62’s lengthened hull and new turret design. The new UT-5 can-non could fire its BR-5 APFSDS steel round through approximately 300mm of armor at a range of 1000 meters. This was adequate to deal with the then perceived threat of such NATO tanks as the American M-48 and later models of the British Centurion. The T-62 was meant to add long range firing capability to Soviet tank regiments being placed alongside T-55s, but in the later years of its deployment it fulfilled much the same role as the T-55.
Despite being introduced in 1960, the improved performance of its successors, the T-72, the T-62 still sees service today in many of the world’s army the Arab nations being the largest consumers outside the Warsaw pact. Egypt, Iraq, and Syria have been notable users of the T-62, Israel has acquired a quantity of T-62s in clashes with its neighbors and has rebuilt them to IDF standards.
Source: Trumpeter Official Website via AFV News
The kit will have 680 parts, multi slide moulded lower hull and turret, 217 individual track links and 9 parts on one photo-etch set. Once built, it will measure 286mm x 95mm. This kit will be of interest to armor modellers who have Middle East in mind. Since many Arab nations are large buyers of these tanks. Israeli have also acquired captured tanks during conflict and press them into IDF (Israeli Defence Force) service.
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