Type-62 worth it?(and how should I play it?)

[妃星 40]

Greetings

I'm rather close to getting the vehicle and wanted to know if it's actually worthy playing it, from the test drive it seems to have an very slow turret traverse, mobility seems to be nice but overall the T-34-85(normal one and Gai) appear to be better(better turret traverse, same gun, almost the same mobility, better armor). Also, once I do get, how exactly should I play it? Thanks.

[Dragonmitri 94]

I cant really recommend it. It's a very situational tank in my experience, the most success I had with it was playing it on maps where I could maneuver myself into positions where I could get flanking shots into the enemy at a range of 500m and above. Never had too much success on maps where frontal engagements were basically unavoidable. In those situations I either had success by rushing a bit past the mid point of a map, and waiting in ambush getting a couple of flanking shots or hiding behind my teammates waiting for the enemy to shoot them only to jump out and return fire.

 

Oh and an expert crew is basically mandatory on it to make its reload and traverse functional aaaaand also the lineups around it aren't good. It's also getting its mobility reworked in the next major update, top speed is being reduced and the engine horsepower too probably.

Edited September 4, 2022 by Dragonmitri

[妃星 40]

Hope with the speed nerf they will at least update his tracks models to high quality ones.... Playing it and it does feel a little weak for 6.7, seeing how the M41 is at 6.0 and those have better reverse, better reload, better turret traverse, better gun depression, more pen(though no aphe). It has been quite fun weirdly, much better than the Type-63I. Repair cost does seem rather high, stock and it's already 4k+ SL.

[Miraz05 255]

You can scare people with it.

[ForestFighters 15]

Honestly, this tank is pretty useless at its current BR, especially as the Type-63I is just below it, with the same firepower and comparable, albeit a bit worse, speed. There is no point in bringing your 6.3 vehicles up to 6.7 just for a fairly average light tank when you can take a slightly worse version that doesn't require you to do that. And of course, bringing it to higher tiers is pointless as the ZBD86 is just better than it.

I think this tank could comfortably move down to 6.3, and the Type-63I could move down to 6.0, to make a lineup with it and the SU-100 a thing.

 

As it is right now, this tank is just going to collect dust.

Edited September 18, 2022 by ForestFighters

[妃星 40]

Just finished spading it, it's fine i guess... Has a rather specific play style that doesn't really suit me but wasn't that bad, most of my battles were uptiers so mobility advantage was negated by leopards and marders, though i did find some success by annoying the enemy from 800m away while my team advanced to capture points. I do really wish it cost less to repair as it usually took me 3-4 kills or 2 caps to break even.

On 18/09/2022 at 17:07, ForestFighters said:

Honestly, this tank is pretty useless at its current BR, especially as the Type-63I is just below it, with the same firepower and comparable, albeit a bit worse, speed.

Actually with the last update the Type-63I has better mobility too(it's faster, but i'm unsure about acceleration)

[Renamed27206 40]

Hello!

With type 62 and type 63-I u can play agressive. But remember u must shot enemy frist, because of poor armour on both tanks. Try to unlock HEATFS and u can fight the heavy tanks from front. If u dont want to play agreassive try to play like sniper, go on some good spot with cover and just snipe them!

Chears!

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On 26/09/2022 at 01:16, YourAverageKiara said:

Just finished spading it, it's fine i guess... Has a rather specific play style that doesn't really suit me but wasn't that bad, most of my battles were uptiers so mobility advantage was negated by leopards and marders, though i did find some success by annoying the enemy from 800m away while my team advanced to capture points. I do really wish it cost less to repair as it usually took me 3-4 kills or 2 caps to break even.

Actually with the last update the Type-63I has better mobility too(it's faster, but i'm unsure about acceleration)

type 63 is faster for sure， the gear ratio changed for better acceleration

The old gear ratio is just a copy from pt76, now it has its own historcial one.