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First, we would like to thank all of you who participated in our last promotion. The response near the end was great! We got a little bogged down, but have now managed to get through everything. With that being said, it is time for some new website specials. They were just changed, and here they are:


UK-37 A9 Cruiser Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/uk37.html

UK-26 Bedford QLD &QLR Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/uk26.html

UK-38 A10 Cruiser Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/uk38.html

W-1 T-62 Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/w1.html

W-27 SAU-122 (2S1) Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/w27.html

RMN-2 BB Caio Duilio Was $13.50, now only $10.15, save 25%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/rmn2.html

RMN-15 CA Bolzano Was $9.95, now only $7.80, save 22%!!
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/rmn15.html

Remember, if you see something that you want, ACT NOW, these website specials will only be available for a limited time, and are only available on orders that are placed online through our secure website. As always, please let us know if we can be of assistance to you with anything regarding GHQ products.

Thank you for your support,
GHQ

uh oh....T62s! I needs some of those

Interesting combat info on the T-62 below (from wikipedia). For those of us interested in actual modern wars rather than hypothetical, it sounds like the T-62 is an excellent purchase! I'm certainly buying a battalion's worth!

(At 3:1 anyway).

Tim

The T-62 saw combat for the first time during 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict during which one was captured by the PLA. This tank was later studied and the information gathered from those studies was used for the development of Type 79 main battle tank.[12]

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. The T-62 also had an advantage in its better night-fighting capability, but Syrian losses were heavy. The Israelis captured several hundred of these tanks from the Syrians in 1973, and put some of them into service as the Tiran-3. About 120 Tiran-3 were modernized and received the designation Tiran-6. Only a small number was converted because new US made M60 main battle tanks started arriving in Israel.[13] A small tank brigade consisting of two enlarged tank regiments, each equipped with 46 Tiran-6 tanks, was formed.[13] The Tiran-6 is used by reserve units. The Israelis have sold the rest to assorted countries, many in Latin America.[citation needed]

T-62s were also used during the Ethiopian Civil War.

T-62s were also used in the Iraq-Iran War. They were used by Iraqi Regular Army, but some vehicles probably fell into the hands of Iranians. Most of the T-62s in service with Iran are of North Korean production.[2][3]

In 1982, when Libya invaded Chad the T-62 tanks were faced with militiamen who had made technicals from Toyota pickup trucks, (most of them still in their civilian paint). The technicals were essentially makeshift tank destroyers, as the militiamen had mounted MILAN ATGM firing posts and welded tripod mounts for assorted recoilless rifles onto the beds of the trucks.[14] (REALLY INTERESTING!)

The first T-62s arrived in Cuba in 1976. In 1988 they were sent to Angola to fight the South Africans in the Angolan Civil War.

During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the T-62 was a primary tank used by the Soviet army.[15] The Soviets used tanks pretty much in the same way as the US Army did in Vietnam, with many tanks in fire support bases. Towards the end of the war T-62Ms appeared in large numbers. This modernized variant of T-62 had the BDD appliqué armour package specially designed to defeat shaped charges (for example RPGs). Many T-62s fell victim to Mujahideen attacks and, especially, antitank landmines, as did many Soviet AFVs sent there. Many also fell into the hands of the Afghan Mujahideen after being left behind by withdrawing Soviet forces. Those vehicles as well as derelict ones restored to working order are now used Afghan National Army. Afghan army operates 170 T-62, T-62M and T-62M1 tanks.[11]

The Russian army has also used both T-62s and T-62Ms in combat in Chechnya. The T-62M is still being used for counterterrorism operations in this region.[12]

T-62s were used by Iraqi Army during First Persian Gulf War and Second Persian Gulf War.

Tim, Go get a regiment of T- 62 in 1:1, you only need 19 packages. You can command 9 companies of T-62s can't you?

It is a good value.

chrisswim wrote:Tim, Go get a regiment of T- 62 in 1:1, you only need 19 packages.

My wife and accountant might have something to say about that!

T-62s on sale, and just when I am starting to plan a Syrian '73 purchase. Can't beat that timing. Just waiting for my Israeli stuff to arrive, I guess the other promo has kind of slowed thing down delivery wise.