King Dragon Type 59
Tier 8 · china · medium
About
This vehicle entered mass production in 1957 at the Baotou Tank Plant, Inner Mongolia, with a total of 6,000 vehicles manufactured by 1987.
Survivability
Hit points
1,300
View range
380 m
Signal range
600 m
Engine fire chance
12%
Armor (mm)
Front
Sides
Rear
Hull
100
80
45
Turret
200
130
60
Gun · 105 mm L7C
Caliber
105 mm
Rate of fire
4.55 rpm
Reload
13.18 s
Aim time
2.3 s
Dispersion @ 100 m
0.36 m
Gun arc
7° / 20°
Traverse
35°/s
Ammo
50
Mobility
Top speed
56 km/h
Reverse
20 km/h
Engine
600 hp
Power/weight
17.1 hp/t
Hull traverse
46°/s
Turret traverse
46°/s
Shells
ARMOR_PIERCING_CR
390 dmg (293–488)
200 mm pen (150–250)
HOLLOW_CHARGE
390 dmg (293–488)
250 mm pen (188–313)
HIGH_EXPLOSIVE
480 dmg (360–600)
53 mm pen (40–66)
Marks of Excellencesample size 27 · updated 5/23/2026
1 mark
1,348
avg damage
2 marks
2,097
avg damage
3 marks
0
avg damage