Another great addition for China! +1
Rare picture of Type 62 SPH
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This is a bit of a hard sell for me. The gun seems to only have access to HE with 2 kg filler, and possibly the M67 HEAT round that only has about 100mm of pen.
If it was a WW2 vehicle, sure. But this is a mid-to-late Cold War vehicle which puts it in a different perspective.
If you have any info on the ammo Bangladesh uses that would be cool.
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Bangladesh vehicle with Chinese hull and Italian OTO-Melara, what a combo. +1 for me
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I’m not sure about the ammo. This vehicle didn’t see much service.Ammo shouldn’t be issue. Gaijin always doesn’t give historical ammo. Currently Oto melera guns are used in ceremonies so they might have stopped buying new ammo for it. Currently Bangladesh produces 105mm HE rounds for howitzers. Maybe those are used nowadays. But I’m not sure which rounds were used back then.
Type 62SPH with a 85mm gun(fake gun most likely)
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It’s also interesting to note that judging by the color scheme and background, this does not appear to be the same example at Bangabandhu Military Museum, so there’s quite possibly another vehicle on active display somewhere.
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I see, looks like a while ago too as nowadays there are more/higher trees and the wall in the foreground has been painted purple.
street view is actually from 2023. This picture was sent to me by a friend, so I don’t really know when this picture was taken
Still appears much older to me, but regardless, it’s safe to assume that the vehicle has probably been moved somewhere else lol
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Rusty Type 62 SPH (Ignore the background music, I found this video on Instagram)
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It should be pretty easy to model at least, as there is plenty of footage online of the vehicle from visitors to the Bangabandhu Military Museum. One such video I found provided this closeup of the exhibit plaque. Since this is from the museum themselves, it should count as a primary source.
Note that this suggests that the 37mm armed vehicle is an IFV, not an SPAA. Hopefully this clears up the confusion you mentioned in your suggestion for it.
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Thanks for finding that info panel.
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Traverse: maybe
+1 I love it, crap tanks are my thing.
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Photos my friend took of the type 62 at Sylhet collage. this moddified type 62 doesnt have a 105 like the others and i have not id’d the gun it has mounted. can anyone figure out the gun it is using?
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This tank has the barrel from the original Type 62 but the breech is fake. OTO melara mod.56 105mm howitzers are still in service of Bangladesh army, which is why they didn’t keep that howitzer.
Edit: Barrel is fake as well.
Are you from Bangladesh?