Tank origin

The T-62 entered service in 1961. Initial units lacked an anti-aircraft machine gun; this was remedied with the T-62A variant, which featured a 12.7mm DShK gun attached to the gun loader’s cupola. Although the T-62 remained in production until 1975 and served as the primary Soviet main battle tank throughout the 1970s, production of the T-62A ceased in 1962 in favor of other variants.