Additionally the lower front plate is not protected by composite. 80 mm RHA will stop most autocannon rounds, and the composite skirts as well as flaps can stop HEAT rounds at an angle.įrontal weak points include the cannon breech area, as it is not covered by the add-on composite. The hull sides are relatively well protected. The hull composite will stop APDS and HEAT rounds from the 105 mm L7 gun, but any more powerful rounds will penetrate. The hull protection is less, although still relevant. It can help to point the turret slightly away from opponents to reduce the chances of getting hit in the non-composite zones. The brow's composite armour does not entirely cover the turret, whose uncovered areas have an even lesser armour thickness: the sectors closer to the gun are not backed by metal-polymer layers and only the outer steel provides extra protection. The turret's effective thickness through the composite overlay is 200 to 350 mm thick in this area, whether for kinetic or chemical rounds. The turret cheeks are protected by large curved composite blocks, sometimes historically referred to as "Brezhnev's Eyebrows" due to their appearance. The T-62M-1 has very similar armour to the T-55AM-1, having similar composite add-on armour. Though the T-62M-1's gun handling and speed are still inferior to most of its competitors, it has many tools at its disposal and can be a formidable opponent despite its old chassis and somewhat crude nature. A laser rangefinder is mounted in a large box above the gun barrel, smoke grenade launchers are added to the turret side, and a more powerful engine has been installed to compensate for the increased weight of all these new features. The gun is now equipped with a thermal sleeve and can fire improved APFSDS, HEATFS and HE shells in addition to a potent ATGM. The hull and turret feature add-on composite armour, including the conspicuous "brow" arrays on the turret cheeks. It was introduced in Update 1.79 "Project X".Ī modernized version of the famous T-62, the T-62M-1 chiefly features improved firepower, fire control, and protection in a similar manner to the T-55AM-1. The T-62M-1 is a rank VI Soviet medium tank
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