At a recent military parade of troops of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar near Benghazi (Libya) among numerous samples of different techniques can be seen and medium tanks T-62, writes the Russian newspaper.
These machines were the basis of the combat power of the Army of Libya for many years, their delivery in the country began in the first half of the '70s.
The Soviet leadership believed, Gaddafi army will use this technique to "confront international imperialism and Israel". However, the first armed conflict, where T were applied 62, became almost forgotten today, the July war 1977 year with Egypt, who also were armed with "shestdesyatdvoyki".
In the eighties, fighting vehicles were involved in the Libyan operation in Chad.
"At the beginning of zero years of the XXI century the Libyan army had at its disposal about 350 62 units T. The truth is most of them were taken out of the troops, and focused on the storage bases. Therefore, during the event 2011 , in lenses of cameras and camcorders often got the T-72 and T-55 ", - says the publication.
Today Haftorah army because of the ongoing conflict vnutriliviyskogo deficient in armored vehicles, so military experts began to restore the remaining warehouses of T-62.
