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 · 100 mm Type 59
Caliber
100 mm
Rate of fire
6.9 rpm
Reload
8.7 s
Aim time
2.3 s
Dispersion @ 100 m
0.36 m
Gun arc
7° / 20°
Traverse
33°/s
Ammo
50
Mobility
Top speed
56 km/h
Reverse
20 km/h
Engine
600 hp
Power/weight
16.7 hp/t
Hull traverse
46°/s
Turret traverse
46°/s
Shells
ARMOR_PIERCING
250 dmg (188–313)
181 mm pen (136–226)
ARMOR_PIERCING_CR
250 dmg (188–313)
241 mm pen (181–301)
HIGH_EXPLOSIVE
330 dmg (248–413)
50 mm pen (38–63)
Marks of Excellencesample size 45 · updated 5/23/2026
1 mark
905
avg damage
2 marks
1,400
avg damage
3 marks
1,697
avg damage
golden (100%)
1,699
avg damage