Type 59 characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 250hp
- Penetration
- 185mm
- DPM
- 1,899
- Reload
- 7.90s
- Rate of fire
- 7.59/min
- Aim time
- 2.00s
- Accuracy
- 0.350m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.140
- Shell velocity
- 900m/s
- Caliber
- 100mm
- Gun depression
- 20°
- Gun elevation
- 7°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 60km/h
- Reverse speed
- 20km/h
- Engine power
- 650hp
- Power/weight
- 18.1hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 46.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 46.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 0.90
- Medium terrain
- 1.00
- Soft terrain
- 2.00
Survivability
- Hit points
- 1,040hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 100mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 230mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 170hp
- Track HP
- 210hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 380m
- Signal range
- 600m
- Camo (still)
- 0.3%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.2%
- Weight
- 36.0t
Type 59 historical reference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.