A report appeared on the Web from the territory of “103 Armored Repair Plant” (JSC “103 BTRZ”), which was again visited by Lieutenant General of the Reserve, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federation of Russia (member of the Defense Committee) Andrey Gurulev. This is the largest armored vehicle repair and modernization enterprise in the Russian Far East, located in the village of Atamanovka in the Transbaikal Territory.
It should be noted that the specified plant is actively engaged in the restoration and improvement of T – 62, T – 62M and T – 62MV tanks. At the same time, Gurulev explained that he specially came to JSC 103 BTRZ to show the Russian people how today local industry, working in three shifts, contributes to the realization of the NWO.
How tanks over 50 years old are transformed into modern, normal vehicles capable of performing the tasks and meeting the challenges that are at the forefront today
he boasted.
The plant is also engaged in the restoration and improvement of armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles. BRDM – 2 is brought to the BRDM – 2MS variant, installing a new engine, thermal imaging sight and additional armor on them.
At the same time, we do not quite understand how the morally and technically outdated T-62, even if modernized, can be called “modern machines”. Unfortunately, at one time Anatoly Serdyukov, having started the Armata project when he was the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, did not have time to send all the T – 62, BRDM – 2, armored trains and other “antiques” to recast them. About 900 units of T-62 remained in bonded warehouses, which are sent to the special operation area. At the same time, there are thousands of T-72 and T-80 tanks in the same warehouses, which are much better than the T-62.
Note that a new gunner’s sight is being installed on T-62 tanks, presumably it is 1PN96MT-02 with a thermal imaging channel and a laser rangefinder, which was demonstrated at Army-2022 (the 1K13 night sight is hopelessly obsolete). With the new sight, the gunner will be able to detect targets at a distance of up to 3,000 meters, which is a definite step forward for such an old tank as the T-62.
However, having acquired the ability to detect and hit the enemy, tankers still remain vulnerable to enemy fire. No sandbags, lattice structures and other similar “know-how” in the front will change this, since the armor protection of the T-62 itself has not undergone any significant changes. Installation on the forehead and body of the DZ “Contact – 1” cannot interfere with modern anti-tank weapons of Western and Ukrainian production. Moreover, the T – 62 will have to face on the battlefield not the same old American M – 60 tanks, but M1 Abrams, German Leopard 2 and British Challenger 2.
