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Still running: T54/55 tanks
Not sure. Can be. You may be right. T62 is heavier, has 115 mm cannon while T54/55 100 mm cannon.From the pictures to me it doesn't look like a T-54/55, but light Tank Type 62
No, I don't mean the tank soviet T-62, but the Chinese Type 62 light tank armed with 85mm cannon, Vietnam should have received more than 300
Where did you get the 300 number?No, I don't mean the tank soviet T-62, but the Chinese Type 62 light tank armed with 85mm cannon, Vietnam should have received more than 300
Where did you get the 300 number?
Ok that is fine. China provided Vietnam lots of weapons during the good time before relationship collapsed.
A note, the PLA attacked Vietnam in 1979 in the first wave by 6 tank brigades totaling 550 tanks, including 200 type 62. most of them were destroyed in the first days of the battle.
Xe tăng hạng nhẹ Type 62 của Trung Quốc
Xe tăng Trung Quốc bị Sư đoàn 346 tiêu diệt ở Bản Sẩy, Hòa An, Cao Bằng sáng 18-2-1979.
Một chiếc Type 62 của Trung Quốc bị bắt sống trong tình trạng tương đối nguyên vẹn.
I searched a bit in Vietnam defense web sites, however couldn’t find any figures. Vietnam received major weapon systems from USSR, China mostly delivered small arms. So I don’t think Vietnam has them in huge numbers. But 200 or 300 can be very realistic, Chinese 62 tanks were designed as light tanks for difficult terrains and swamp lands. If Vietnam deployed them in major combat operations the tanks would have little chance against US tanks with it’s thin armor and light cannon. Vietnam preferred T54/55 in the battles instead.The first photo you posted refers to a modernized version that was not exported to Vietnam.
The number of Type-62s delivered to Vietnam I found on various websites, various quantities are declared, some report 320 type 62, instead wikipedia in Vietnamese reports 200 Type-62.
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xe_tăng_hạng_nhẹ_kiểu_62
It would be very interesting if there is more information on the number currently available to Vietnam.