War Machines: Tamiya T-62A

Or is it a T-62 (mod. 1972)?
A slightly muddied Tamiya T-62A with parade markings, which I've called "After the Parade".
While Tamiya call this a T-62A, I do not believe it’s such a vehicle. A T-62A is a modified T-55 with a lengthened hull, revised suspension system, new turret ring, two axis gun stabilizer, 100mm gun, and had very limited production.
Instead, I believe this vehicle is a T-62 (1972) with a 12.7mm DShK anti-aircraft gun fitted to the loaders hatch. Let me know what you think.
Some comments on the kit: I had problems with the decals silvering and fitting the upper hull to the backplate and lower hull (the upper hull doesn’t fit to the bottom hull properly if it sits on top of the rear backplate). Obviously my model building, painting, weathering journey continues.
A longer history of the T-62A and this T-62 (1972):
• T-62A (Ob'yekt 165) - Predecessor of T-62. It was essentially a stretched T-55 chassis with a 2245 mm turret ring, a new suspension, and an Ob'yekt 140 turret modernised with the addition of a spent-cartridge ejector; tank gun equipped with the "Kometa" two-plane stabiliser. Only five entered service.
• T-62 Obr.1960 (Ob'yekt 166) - Original production model equipped with the 115 mm U-5TS "Molot" (2A20) Rapira smoothbore tank gun with a "Meteor" two-plane stabiliser. It has a TKN-3 commander's day/night sight, TSh-2B-41 gunner day sight with 3.5/7x magnification and TPN1-41-11 night sight. It carries 40 rounds for the main gun and 2500 rounds for the PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun. The V-55V engine produces 581 hp (433 kW). It has a commander's cupola welded to turret.
• Ob'yekt 167 - T-62 fitted with a V-26 engine which develops 700 hp (522 kW). It has a 9M14 Malyutka (NATO: AT-3 Sagger) ATGM launcher on the rear of turret and a new chassis with return rollers and smaller road wheels. Not produced. Only two prototypes were made.
• T-62 Obr.1972 - T-62 Obr.1967 with a DShK 1938/46 machine gun installed on the loader's hatch. The tank is fitted with an improved fording attachment. It is sometimes incorrectly called T-62A or T-62M.
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