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Armoured vehicles1962–present
Tracked Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier
OT-62 TOPAS is a tracked Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier originating in Czechoslovakia Poland. It was built by Podpolianske Strojárne (PPS) plant. Reported operators include Egypt, Sudan.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.08 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Tracked Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier
Czechoslovakia Poland
1962–present
See Operators
See Service History
1958–1962
Podpolianske Strojárne (PPS) plant
$55,000 (vehicle's unit price for Morocco in 1967)
1963–1972
See Variants
15,000 kg (33,000 lb)
7.08 m (23.2 ft)
3.14 m (10.3 ft)
2.23 m (7.3 ft)
2 (driver and commander) (+18 passengers)
6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in)
PV-6 6-cylinder, super-charged water cooled diesel 300 hp (220 kW) at 1,800 rpm
20 hp/t (15 kW/t)
Torsion bar
0.37 m (1.2 ft)
417 L (110 US gal)
460 km (290 mi)
58.4 km/h (36.3 mph) (road) 10.8 km/h (6.7 mph) (water)
Egypt
Sudan
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
OT-62 TOPAS equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
EgyptArmy exact named equipment holdings: OT-62. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (T). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for OT-62 TOPAS. Service scope: Egyptian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 200. Origin: Czechoslovakia Ukraine. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
SudanReported count for OT-62 TOPAS. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 70. Origin: Czechoslovakia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.