The Ukrainians have begun converting captured T-62s into engineering vehicles, fighting vehicles and personnel carriers—and they start by popping off the tanks’ turrets.
and personnel carriers—and they start by popping off the old tanks’ turrets and removing their ammo-less main guns.that engineers are converting for the Azov Brigade, a national guard unit in eastern Ukraine. The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation in Kyiv, which has paid for previous T-62 conversions, also is paying for the new-old APC. Previous conversions cost around $40,000 apiece.
The Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation also is paying for a T-62 engineering vehicle for the Azov Brigade. Winching off a T-62’s eight-ton turret and 2A20 cannon leaves behind a 33-ton hull with a 580-horsepower diesel engine—and a lot of empty space where the turret bustle used to be. Space for two crew and several infantry to sit, squat or stand. Add pintle mounts for machine guns and vThe T-62’s 100 millimeters of steel armor isn’t a lot by the standards of modern tanks, but it’s three times as much armor as Ukraine’s M-113 APCs have.
But it’s reasonably well-protected. It joins the growing ranks of Ukrainian Frankenvehicles, which in addition to T-62-based vehicles also include various engineering vehicles and APCs
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