T 62 VS Leopard 2 AV, Armour Piercing Simulation

This simulation shows the impact of a 3BM3 APFSDS with Tungsten Carbide slug being fired from a Russian T62 tank at a range of 1km, targeting the front side of a German Leopard 2AV hull. The T62 main battle tank was noted for four main achievements: it was the first Soviet tank to mount a highpower 115mm smoothbore gun; it was the first Soviet tank to use armourpiercing finstabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) ammunition; it was only produced in the Soviet Union and not licensed for production in Warsaw Pact countries as with the T34, T54 and T55 (although the DPRK received a conditional license to produce their version of the tank); and it was the last simple tank produced as an example of the first generation of postwar Soviet tanks. While just over 19, 000 series production T62 tanks were built over its 11year production run, after less than a decade in Soviet Army service it was released for export, an