More modernized T-62s headed to the front?

**The tanks seen in the column are T-62M wz. 2022**, which have undergone upgrades that include draping them with Kontakt-1 reactive armor cubes [They have been seen so far at this year's May 9 parade in Khabarovsk, among others](https://defence24.pl/sily-zbrojne/9-maja-w-rosji-bieda-w-stolicy-lepiej-na-prowincji)
. However, the vehicles visibly deficiency Kontakt-1 cubes on the sides of the hull, only the bar armor on the turret is placed. [A massive process of restoring T-62s to service is presently underway, if only by the 103rd Tank Repair Plant, which was commissioned in October 2022 to refurbish a full of about 800 T-62 tanks for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.](https://defence24.pl/przemysl/rosjanie-wyremontuja-i-zmodernizuja-800-t-62) The aforementioned 103rd Tank Repair Plant is in charge of this work, but it is not expected to be as efficient as the Russian administration announced (problems with components and deficiency of adequate manpower.