Soviet Tank Guns, the T-62
The T-62 was a ground breaking design when it was introduced in 1961. The first tank to field a smoothbore cannon, it was the "bogy man" of NATO tank forces through the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. The Israelis use all the captured machines that they did not sell to the US Army. They criticize its poor human engineering, the inacurracy of its gun at long ranges and the lack of gun depression. The approve of its light weight and consider its armor protection, coupled with its low silhouette to be adequate. No less a figure than General "Bren" Adan, the Israeli Armor Corps commander considers the U-5TS cannon to be superior to the NATO standard L7A1 105mm cannon.
The U-5TS 115mm smoothbore cannon
Caliber Length: 55cal
Rate of Fire: 4rpm
Effective Range:
HVAPFSDS = 1,500m
HEAT = 1,200m
Frag-HE = 1,500m
Ammunition Types:
BR-5 HVAPFSDS
BK-4M HEAT
OF-18 Frag-HE (Light HE)
OF-11 Frag-HE (Heavy HE)
Muzzle Velocity:
HVAPFSDS = 1,614m/sec
HEAT = 1,000m/sec
Light HE =780m/sec
Heavy HE = 750m/sec
Ammunition Load:
40 rounds broken down into 14 HVAPFSDS, 7 HEAT, 19 Frag-HE
Hit Probability
ammunition 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
HVAPFSDS 98% 79% 50% 27%
HEAT 89% 69% 33% 11%
Armor Penetration
ammunition 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
HVAPFSDS 350mm 300mm 285mm 270mm
HEAT 432mm at all ranges
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