Stefan Kotsch Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) Is that smoke coming down from the gun barrel in the second photo just the bore evacuator at work or is it a sign of a problem? A screw is located at this position. It can be used to drain oil and similar liquids from the bore evacuator. Obviously this screw is missing.Special sealing rings as extra components are not present constructively. Edited March 12, 2017 by Stefan Kotsch
bojan Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 Most of the other armor semi-improvisations were VASTLY smarter than sandbags. Really? Gravel, wood and plastic septic pipes are also better? Ot thin metal sheets? or incorrectly spaced "cages"? Chains etc. were also used in Eastern European designs. If you read Swedish tests you might notice that chains do very, very little in preventing penetration.
bojan Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 A screw is located at this position. It can be used to drain oil and similar liquids from the bore evacuator. Obviously this screw is missing.Special sealing rings as extra components are not present constructively. Hm, did all Soviet fume extractors have same construction? I vaguely remember there are o-rings sealants for those from the army service*?*I was not a tanker, but for a short while I did part of admin duties in the mech unit (converted (retyped) all paper part requests to the electronic form)...
KV7 Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) There are plenty of effectual things that can be done with little effort, but most of these add-ons do look pretty sketch, and likely effectual at morale boosting more than anything else. Edited March 13, 2017 by KV7
Simon Tan Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 It makes you feel better and that alone means you are goingvto go out in it.
KV7 Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Bottle glass cast into steel pipes would be not too bad, and doable in backyard furnace. Edited March 13, 2017 by KV7
Panzermann Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 Bottle glass cast into steel pipes would be not too bad, and doable in backyard furnace.Ghetto Kvartz
Stefan Kotsch Posted March 13, 2017 Posted March 13, 2017 A screw is located at this position. It can be used to drain oil and similar liquids from the bore evacuator. Obviously this screw is missing.Special sealing rings as extra components are not present constructively. Hm, did all Soviet fume extractors have same construction? I vaguely remember there are o-rings sealants for those from the army service*?*I was not a tanker, but for a short while I did part of admin duties in the mech unit (converted (retyped) all paper part requests to the electronic form)... In the prinzip, all gun constructions are alike. There are no wearable seals. But a wedge-shaped steel ring is present in 125 mm 2A46. Regarding the photo above: This steel ring can not be the cause of massive gas discharge.
bojan Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 ...But a wedge-shaped steel ring is present in 125 mm 2A46.... I think that was one I was thinking about.Thanks for a correction about cause of fume extractor leak.
KV7 Posted March 15, 2017 Posted March 15, 2017 Bottle glass cast into steel pipes would be not too bad, and doable in backyard furnace.Ghetto Kvartz Yes, but to work it needs a bit of containment. Glass in thick pipes in concrete maybe. Still easy to do.
Dark_Falcon Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 And we've got another Daesh video of a T-62M being hit by an ATGM. No explosion nor any view of the tank after the hit.
Hakka Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 Bottle glass cast into steel pipes would be not too bad, and doable in backyard furnace.Ghetto Kvartz Yes, but to work it needs a bit of containment. Glass in thick pipes in concrete maybe. Still easy to do. It is easy to create an insulating substance out of equal parts of plaster of Paris and regular sand. Apply the gloop on anything you want, and just wait for it to dry.
KV7 Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Bottle glass cast into steel pipes would be not too bad, and doable in backyard furnace.Ghetto Kvartz Yes, but to work it needs a bit of containment. Glass in thick pipes in concrete maybe. Still easy to do. It is easy to create an insulating substance out of equal parts of plaster of Paris and regular sand. Apply the gloop on anything you want, and just wait for it to dry. Cast the glass into pipes, then the pipes into concrete cast in a sheet metal box. Steel supports welded onto the face of original armor can penetrate into the concrete, attaching the whole structure securely. Edited March 21, 2017 by KV7
Dark_Falcon Posted March 21, 2017 Posted March 21, 2017 The "Former al-Nusra" terrorists used a T-62 chassis fitted out as an SVBIED during their assault on SAA positions in Hama province of Syria earlier today: It is not clear whether this SBVIED had only a driver or if a 2nd splodydope was stationed in the rounded addition that replaced the turret with an MG. The results of the vehicles attacks were visually spectacular and devastating to anyone near it when it blew up.
Dark_Falcon Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 A 5th Corps T-62M takes an ATGM hit near Palmyra. Caught in the open with no support, again.
billman Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 Even if they did have infantry support it would not have helped. The missile was most likely fired from a position far enough away that it is unreasonable for Infantry to cover. It's more about placing your tanks in a position were they cannot be hit by an atgm. Ex. Behind a hill.
KV7 Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 A 5th Corps T-62M takes an ATGM hit near Palmyra. Caught in the open with no support, again.From that angle if it hit the BDD it would probably have a good chance.
JWB Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 A 5th Corps T-62M takes an ATGM hit near Palmyra. Caught in the open with no support, again.Not much secondary effects. Was it already dead?
Dark_Falcon Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 A 5th Corps T-62M takes an ATGM hit near Palmyra. Caught in the open with no support, again.Not much secondary effects. Was it already dead? No, given that crewmen can be seen bailing out of the tank after the hit.
DKTanker Posted March 24, 2017 Posted March 24, 2017 A 5th Corps T-62M takes an ATGM hit near Palmyra. Caught in the open with no support, again.Not much secondary effects. Was it already dead? No, given that crewmen can be seen bailing out of the tank after the hit. Bailing out or bailing off? You can see them milling about outside the turret before and as the missile strikes.
Dark_Falcon Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 A rebel (aligned with HTS but not actually HTS) T-62 used during the recent Hama offensive: And an SAA 5th Corp T-62M sent to Hama governorate to help stop said offensive:
Dark_Falcon Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 A T-62 in Syria that suffered a 'jack-in-the-box' ammo explosion:
alejandro_ Posted July 5, 2018 Posted July 5, 2018 T-62 production from 1962 to 1973. From left to right year, T-62 production, T-62s supplied to Soviet Army, and total tank production. Apart from 167 vehicles, all the other were supplied to Soviet Army. Are there any reference to Egyptian and Syrian T-62s coming from Soviet stocks? I had assumed they were brand new vehicles, but now I realize that supplies were very quick. There might be a couple of years left in the graph, as other sources state that production lasted until 74/75.
exT70 Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) I posted this in the SADF vehicle books thread as well, but re-discovered this pic of a T62 being tested by the SADF at De Brug outside Bloemfontein. Would have been mid to late 80s Edited July 16, 2018 by exT70
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