Clash of Steel: T-62 Company (CSS09)The T 62 continued building upon the development of the T 54 tank and became the standard medium tank in the Soviet arsenal. The continuing arms race between the Soviet Union and the west resulted in tank designs becoming more heavily armoured and mounting larger guns. As the T 54 shocked the west into developing the M48 and Centurion, these designs in turn forced Soviet designers to improve their tanks. The T 62 mounted the worlds first smoothbore