According to information published on Social Networks, the Ukrainian armed forces would have captured around 500 Russian Main Battle tanks (MBTs) including T-62M, T-62MV, T-64A, T-64BV, t-72A, T-72AV, T-72B, T-72B3, T-72-B3M, T-80BV, T-80 BVK, T-80U, T-80BVM, T-90A, and T-90M. Ukraine’s army will be able now to form one T-62 tank battalion.
Citing military open sources, the Ukrainian army would have the possibility of creating a battalion of tanks equipped with different versions of T-62 MBTs captured from the Russian army. In recent months with the conflict in Ukraine, around 2,250 Russian army Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) would have been destroyed, damaged, or abandoned.
A few weeks ago the Russian army returned to service its old stocks of T-62 tanks including the T-62M and T-62MV versions due to the heavy losses of tanks in the combats in Ukraine. More than 800 T-62 tanks have also been modernized.
As of 7 October 2022, at least 17 T-62M and 2 T-62MV tanks have been captured from Russian forces by Ukrainian forces. All T-62 tanks in Ukraine’s current military inventory have been captured during the Russian – Ukraine War 2022.