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Confirmed: 60-year-old ‘Syrian’ T-62 tanks are fighting in Ukraine (video inside)
Russian media confirmed BulgarianMilitary.com’s assumption, which it made at the beginning of June this year. Then we got access to a video showing a large train set with 60 year old Russian T-62 tanks. BulgarianMilitary.com assumed at the time that the tanks were withdrawn from Tajikistan, Libya and Syria to replenish Russian losses on the Ukrainian front.
BulgarianMilitary.com’s guess turned out to be correct. Today, Rossiyskaya Gazeta [Russian Newspaper in English] officially confirmed that Soviet T-62 tanks are in use by the Russian Armed Forces. According to the article, the use of the T-62 is justified because these tanks “have retained their power”.
According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the T-62 tanks used in Ukraine have improved and modernized armor and a dynamic protection system. BulgarianMilitary.com recalls that nearly three years ago, UralVagonZavod upgraded the armor of the T-62 specifically for the Russian forces in Syria. Last but not least, the updated Syrian T-62 tanks used by the Russians were given the opportunity to fire intensively after the UralVagonZavod reduced gas and dust particle contamination of the tank gun bore.
The use of the T-62 by the Russian army is logical. Losses of Russian heavy armored combat vehicles, especially tanks in the war in Ukraine exceeded 1,000 units.
Photo: Defence Blog
About T-62 tank
The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank [MBT] designed and introduced in the early 1960s. It first entered service with the Russian ground forces in the same year and was produced until 1975. According to available information, nearly 22,700 units have been produced by this model tank.
T-62 has dozens of modifications, including the American version. In the American version, the T-62 received a Caterpillar diesel engine and fitting of US radios and antenna mounts. The tank is used by the US Army for training.
The T-62 is still in service in dozens of countries, and at least as many are former tank operators. He has been involved in all known military conflicts from the 1960s to the present day. T-62 is designed by the OKB-520 design bureau and has been manufactured for many years by Uralvagonzavod.
Photo: Wikipedia
The tank is operated by a four-member crew and weighs nearly 37 tons. The bumper of the T-62 is built as follows: 214 [242 after 1972] mm turret front, 153 mm turret sides, 97 mm turret rear and
40 mm turret roof. However, the body of the T-62 has a different sequential configuration of the bumper and it is as follows: 102 mm at 60° hull front, 79 mm hull upper sides, 15 mm hull lower sides, 46 mm at 0° hull rear, 20 mm hull bottom, 31 mm hull roof.
Armament
The T-61 is armed with a 115 mm U-5TS [2A20] smoothbore gun and a 7.62 mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun. It was possible in the years of the last century to receive optional weapons such as a 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 antiaircraft heavy machine gun.
The T-62 is powered by a single V-55 12-cylinder 4-stroke one-chamber 38.88-liter water-cooled diesel engine that delivers 581 horsepower. The suspension is a torsion bar type. The maximum speed that reaches the tank is up to 50 km / h and can cover the distance of 350 km with one full charge of the fuel tank.
Luch Design Bureau conducted successful tests by firing from the anti-tank complex installed on the famous armored personnel carrier M113, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, referring to Defense Express.
Luch Design Bureau [LDB] successfully conducted test launches of guided missiles from the anti-tank complex of its production by the M113 tracked armored personnel carrier as part of a demonstration of weapons to an unnamed foreign client.
According to a source in the LDB, the demonstration was held at a military training ground in South Asia for one of the potential buyers of Ukrainian ATGM.
According to a representative of the state company, the tests for combat shooting were conducted from the M113 platform at an angle of 15 degrees. The time of the tests and the probable client were not specified, but it was noted that all targets were successfully destroyed, and the potential client was satisfied with the accuracy of the Ukrainian missiles.
It should be added that the M113 armored personnel carrier is a very common platform, which is in service in more than fifty countries. Potential customers who may be interested in building a self-propelled ATGM based on their M113 with KB Luch complexes [among Asia and the Middle East] may include countries such as Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Bahrain.
Photo credit: Defence Express
These countries have a fairly large fleet of American armored personnel carriers, and almost all of them have either already purchased Ukrainian ATGMs [such as Saudi Arabia) or are potential large customers [such as Pakistan].
It is also worth recalling that for more than a year now, Luch has been participating in a major tender for the supply of anti-tank systems to the Pakistani army with its Scythian complex [export version of the Stunna-P anti-tank missile system]. At the same time, the Ukrainian complex is considered a favorite.
Source: Bulgarian Military
The Ukrainian air defense has shot down the Russian fighter of generation 4 ++ [4.5 generation] and the main fighter aircraft of the Russian aviation Su-35S Flanker-E, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, citing its own, Russian and Ukrainian sources.
The fighter jet was hit and shot down in the sky over the Izyum region in eastern Ukraine, about 120 km from Kharkiv. The pilot ejected but was captured by the Ukrainian armed forces. They managed to intercept a conversation of the Russian military, which was preparing to organize a rescue mission by helicopter to take the pilot out of Ukrainian territory but were overtaken by the Ukrainians.
Experts claim that the pilot and his Su-35S Flanker-E were on a SEAD mission – Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses. These are military tactics used by all air forces around the world whose goal is not only to suppress air defense such as destroying various missiles but also to disrupt the communication and radar capabilities of an anti-aircraft missile battery.
Experts support the claim that the Russian fighter was supposed to destroy an air defense system based on the remains found in the field. They clearly show the remains of the Russian air-to-surface missile Kh-31P, which has a passive seeker head for use as an anti-radiation missile.
The downed Su-35S Flanker-E was the first documented downed fighter of its kind in the Ukrainian war.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 21 February 2022, the Russian government claimed that Ukrainian shelling had destroyed an FSB border facility on the Russia Ukraine border, and claimed that it had killed 5 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to cross into Russian territory. Ukraine denied being involved in both incidents and called them a false flag.
On the same day, the Russian government formally recognized the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR as independent states, according to Putin not only in their de-facto controlled areas, but the Ukrainian Oblasts as a whole, and Putin ordered Russian troops, including tanks, to enter the regions.
On 24 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces previously concentrated along the border. The invasion followed by targeted airstrikes of military buildings in the country, as well as tanks entering via the Belarus border.
Source: Bulgarian Military
Ukrainian forces have claimed to have downed a Russian jet worth £38million as they continue to defend their country from Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Images released by Ukrainian Armed Forces on Sunday showed the burning remains of an Su-35 fighter shot down near the city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv region.
It is believed to be the first Su-35 which the Ukrainian forces have shot down since Putin ordered his troops to invade on 24 February.
Video of a Russian soldier reported to be the pilot was shared on social media, showing him kneeling near the burning wreckage, although this was unverified.
Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko claimed the pilot ejected from the aircraft as it was going down and was captured as he tried to flee.
Ukrainian forces have claimed to have downed a Russian jet worth £38million as they continue to defend their country from Vladimir Putin’s invasion. (Reuters)
The Su-35 is a twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter jet, bought into the Russian service in 2014.
The 22m meter long aircraft can reach a top speed of 2,400kmh (1,500mph), and carries a number of weapons including rockets, air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface missiles.
Russia is believed to have suffered significant losses since the conflict began, including thousands of soldiers and huge numbers of equipment.
Latest figures from local news in Ukraine have estimated over 18,000 troops have died, along with 143 planes, 644 tanks and thousands of other vehicles.
While the figures cannot be independently verified, Western officials have pointed towards evidence of significant losses on the Russia side as they come up against stiff opposition.
Russia is believed to have suffered significant losses since the conflict began, including thousands of soldiers and huge numbers of equipment. (Reuters)
This is believed to be the first Su-35 knocked out of the skies during the invasion. (Reuters)
It was claimed over the weekend that two Russian soldiers died after eating pies laced with poison which Ukrainian citizens “treated” them with.
The troops from the third Motor Rifle Division, are said to have died instantly after locals in Izium “gifted” them the pies.
Another 28 soldiers have reportedly been rushed to hospital, and hundreds more are said to be suffering “severe illness” from poisoned food and drink given to them.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence Intelligence wrote on social media on Saturday: “Ukrainians resist the occupiers by all available means.
“According to available information, local residents of the Izium district (Kharkiv region) ‘treated’ Russians from the third Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Federation with poisoned pies.
Putin’s forces have yet to take the country. (Reuters)
What it would have looked like prior before being destroyed. (Reuters)
“As a result, two occupiers died at once, another 28 were taken to the intensive care unit. Their current state is being clarified.”
Putin has been accused of carrying out a genocide in Ukraine, after Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence released images on Sunday showing what was left behind in the city of Bucha following a retreat of Russian forces.
Footage showed bodies left lying in the street, some with the hands tied behind their backs and shot in the head.
Ukrainian authorities have claimed 410 civilians were killed in Bucha and Irpin, with mass graves being dug for the victims.
In Motyzhyn, around 20 miles west of the city of Bucha, the mayor and her family were reportedly discovered in a mass grave.
Ukraine’s former ambassador to Austria Olexander Scherba said Olga Sukhenko was found buried with her husband and son.
Of the 20 people found in the put, some bore the marks of torture, authorities said, including broken arms and fingers.
Ukrainian soldiers inspect the wreckage of a destroyed Russian armored column on the road in Bucha. (Reuters)
Journalists who have visited the area since the Russians retreat have said there is “clear evidence” of war crimes being left behind, including that of torture and rape.
Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of torturing and executing hundreds of people in a Facebook post after the bodies were discovered.
“I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel,” Zelensky said. “What did they do? Why were they killed?”
“War crimes in Bucha and other cities during the Russian occupation will also be considered by the UN Security Council on Tuesday,” he added.
Source: yahoo news
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