- Yes
- No
History: Type 62 IFV is a bangladeshi modification of chinese Type 62 Light tank. Bangladesh had ordered type 62 tanks in 1986, these tanks saw limited service compared to other chinese tanks in service of Bangladesh army. Original Type 62s were retired between 2000-1995. Later Bangladesh army took some modernization programs to upgrade their retired type 62s. These were first revealed to the public on Bangladesh army’s magazine called ‘Shena Barta(1999 publication)’. Probably due to crew dissatisfaction and some other reasons the modernized version saw a very short service life. They were probably retired in 2009. All of these tanks were upgraded locally. Later the IFV variants were converted into APCs. Currently some of the APC variants are used as monuments.
Armor: Hull armor and turret armor is same as before except the turret front. Armor around the gun might have been reduced severely due to the new sights.
Main Gun: I couldnt find accurate sources so i have done some personal research. The gun is Most likely Type 74 anti air craft gun(Based on visual resemblance and i have also measured the tank’s gun length its same as Type 74. Just before the muzzle break you can see a part slightly wider that wider part is also present in type 74/65 AA guns. Also at that time Bangladesh only had two types of 37mm guns which were type 74 and type 65 AA gun). The gun was modified to be a single barrel gun.
There is some possibility of the gun being the Type 55 AA gun.
Secondary weapon:
- 1×12.7mm HMG.
- 2×7.62mm Coaxial Type 86 MG.(Based on the information from Type 62 APC)
Main gun elevation and depression angles:+85 to -10
Rate of fire: 160 rounds per minute. 5 rounds per clip.
Muzzle velocity:
- 880 m/s for AP,HE, HE FRAG-T
- 960 m/s for HVAP round.
Firing Range: 8500m and effective range 3700-4700m.
Note: This was a very rare IFV and because of that reason very few information is available. One of the SPH is currently on display at Bangabandhu Military Museum.**
UPDATE: Some remaining Type 62 IFV/APCs are used as monument/gate guard across various cantonments in Bangladesh.
Sources:
ODIN - OE Data Integration Network
Bangladesh Army - Modernization
I would recommend the devs to add this taller turret in game as a modification. As tanks with both of these turrets were in service at the same time. However if the devs want they can add it as a separate tank. Picture:
Special thanks to @kleinerPanzer and @BSpiel8 for sharing very rare pictures of this tank