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Type 59 — Tier VIII Chinese medium tank

Type 59

VIII
Competes with

Parameters

Compare tank's parameters with others from:
1300
HP
34 / 38
302.0m
View range
1 / 38
Firepower
Shell
2036
DPM
33 / 38
181
Penetration
27 / 38
280
Damage
12 / 38
135
Devices/crew damage
11 / 38
—
Burst damage
— / —
900
Velocity
30 / 38
11.60%
Penetration loss over distance
29 / 38
—
Explosion radius
— / —
1745
DPM
33 / 38
241
Penetration
28 / 38
240
Damage
12 / 38
135
Devices/crew damage
11 / 38
—
Burst damage
— / —
1125
Velocity
22 / 38
11.62%
Penetration loss over distance
19 / 29
—
Explosion radius
— / —
2545
DPM
31 / 38
50
Penetration
9 / 38
350
Damage
11 / 38
135
Devices/crew damage
11 / 38
—
Burst damage
— / —
900
Velocity
21 / 38
—%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
1.76
Explosion radius
11 / 38
DPM
— / —
Penetration
— / —
Damage
— / —
Devices/crew damage
— / —
Burst damage
— / —
Velocity
— / —
%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
Explosion radius
— / —
100.0
Caliber
11 / 38
7.27
Rate of fire
27 / 38
8.25
Reload time
20 / 30
—
Magazine reload time
— / —
Time to load next shell
— / —
—×
Magazine size
— / —
—
Time before next shell is ready
— / —
Gun handling
2.26
Base aim time
36 / 38
0.353
Dispersion
34 / 38
Dispersion factors
0.140
When moving
16 / 38
0.140
When rotating
17 / 38
0.080
When rotating turret
5 / 38
4.000
After shot
12 / 38
Gun angles
7°
Depression
29 / 38
20°
Elevation
2 / 38
180°/180°
Aiming arc (left / right)
1 / 38
51.03
Turret traverse speed
11 / 38
Mobility
36.00
Weight
23 / 38
Speed
56
Forward
6 / 38
20
Backward
4 / 38
Effective Power / Weight ratio
19.86
On hard terrain
21 / 38
18.69
On medium terrain
10 / 38
15.89
On soft terrain
4 / 38
Traverse speed
55.89
On hard terrain
20 / 38
52.60
On medium terrain
8 / 38
44.71
On soft terrain
2 / 38
5.86m×2.56m×1.87m
Size
7 / 38
Concealment
30.50%
While still
10 / 38
23.60%
While moving
10 / 38
9.05%
Upon firing while still
8 / 38
7.53%
Upon firing while moving
8 / 38
Spotting distance by enemy with view range of 302m
225.1m
While still
242.5m
While moving
279.2m
Upon firing while still
283.0m
Upon firing while moving

Armor profile

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Primary armor
  • 240–300
  • 180–240
  • 120–180
  • 60–120
  • 0–60
Spaced armor
  • 288–360
  • 216–288
  • 144–216
  • 72–144
  • 0–72
Weak
Strong
Chances of getting penetrated from 100m distance by average tank of given type:
  • — less than 30%
  • — between 30% and 70%
  • — more than 70%

Armor performance

Based on tank position, enemy tank type and shells
In battle vs:
Head on
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the side
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the back
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
Historical Reference

Chinese medium tank. Initially, the vehicle was a copy of the Soviet medium T-54A tank. The Type 59 entered service in 1959. The first tanks manufactured had no gun stabilizer or night-vision device. Later the vehicle underwent several modernizations. Between 6,000 and 9,500 vehicles of all variants were manufactured from 1958 through 1987.