WZ-1224
Tier 0 · china · medium · Escalation
About
Throughout the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China experimented with main battle tank (MBT) designs to replace the Type 59. In contrast to the WZ-122, which was influenced by Soviet technology and developed in the early 1970s, the WZ-1224 was developed in the late 1970s with western MBT technology as the key inspiration. The tank featured a welded turret and a 120mm smoothbore gun. It was not pursued beyond the prototype phase.
Survivability
Hit points
2,750
View range
490 m
Signal range
650 m
Engine fire chance
10%
Armor (mm)
Front
Sides
Rear
Hull
60
80
20
Turret
50
150
65
Gun · 120 mm smoothbore cannon
Caliber
120 mm
Rate of fire
6.9 rpm
Reload
8.7 s
Aim time
2 s
Dispersion @ 100 m
0.32 m
Gun arc
5° / 20°
Traverse
33°/s
Ammo
48
Mobility
Top speed
65 km/h
Reverse
27 km/h
Engine
950 hp
Power/weight
21.7 hp/t
Hull traverse
40°/s
Turret traverse
34°/s
Shells
ARMOR_PIERCING_DS
470 dmg (353–588)
372 mm pen (279–465)
HOLLOW_CHARGE
470 dmg (353–588)
440 mm pen (330–550)
HIGH_EXPLOSIVE
610 dmg (458–763)
130 mm pen (98–163)
Marks of Excellencesample size 39 · updated 5/23/2026
1 mark
2,528
avg damage
2 marks
0
avg damage
3 marks
0
avg damage