Before 1973, Israeli intelligence confirmed T-62 tanks had arrived in Egypt. In response, Israeli commandos raided Egyptian positions in order to capture the tanks and analyze them. During the Yom Kippur war , the T-62 was an effective adversary for Israeli Patton and Centurion main battle tanks armed with 105 mm tank guns.

Egyptian T-62 after crossing the Suez Canal during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Source: edokunscalemodelingpage.blogspot.com On October 6, 1973, 9 Egyptian divisions with 1,500 tanks attacked the Bar Lev Line along the Suez Canal.

Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush was a battle that occurred on October 17, 1973, the eleventh day of the Yom Kippur War, east of the Great Bitter Lake, in the Sinai Peninsula. The ambush was conducted by the Israel Defense Forces' 162nd Division, against the 25th Brigade of …

Apr 1, 2023 · The USSR exported hundreds of T-62 tanks to Syria and Egypt to supplement their T-55 fleet, which formed the backbone of the Syrian tank forces. The war was closely studied by TRADOC, helping to establish a new non-nuclear combat doctrine for the U.S military, and thousands of subsequent US Army tankers were trained to recognize the T-62 as the ...

Jan 15, 2014 · The Egyptian army received approx. 200 Soviet built T-62 mod.1967 MBTs between 1971-73. These tanks equipped Egypt's 15th and 25th armored Brigades which were each divided into 3 tank battalions.

Aug 20, 2010 · Egyptian T-62 tanks, originally provided to Cairo by the Soviet Union, are now being upgraded at Ukraine's Malyshev plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine's Narodna Armiya military gazette reported Friday.

Feb 10, 2024 · The Russian Federation attacked the Egyptian decision in its mass media, claiming that the copyrights on the T-62 tank upgrades allegedly belonged to the Uralvagonzavod Tank Plant and that, consequently, the Ukrainian Kharkiv Plant had no legal right to upgrade Soviet-era armaments.

Egyptian T-62 tanks, originally provided to Cairo by the Soviet Union, are now being upgraded at Ukraine's Malyshev plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine's Narodna Armiya military gazette reported Friday.

Aug 14, 2006 · T-62 (Egyptian) Some of these T-62s are fitted with Sakr ground-to-ground smoke rocket launchers. British Royal Ordnance has provided substantial quantities of 115mm tank barrels to Egypt for replacement of the existing T-62 115-mm U-5TS guns.

The T-62E Mark II carries two Egyptian-made two-round anti-tank missile launchers, or two 2-round launchers for 80 mm D-3000 smoke rockets on an encroachment extension, or a box-type launcher holding two Sakr smoke missiles on each side of the turret.