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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · 59-16
VI
59-16
China·
Light Tank·LT universalIn 1957 a new light tank project was initiated by the Chinese government. Development of vehicle was completed in 1959. The new tank, weighing 16 tons, was equipped with a four-wheel torsion-bar suspension and a rear placement of the drive wheel, and mounted a 57-mm gun (later upgraded to 76-mm).
Configuration
Health
800
DPM
1,816
View range
360m
Speed
60km/h
Camo
89Excellent
Mark of Excellence requirementsCombined dmg + assist · NA · 2026-07-12
3 marks · 95%
1,810
2 marks · 85%
1,444
1 mark · 65%
950
A-01 · ARMOR SCHEMA
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Armor
10mm45mm
Hull
All 6 plates
Turret 2 of 2
All 6 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Field mods
Lv 0/5
Weaponry
- DPM
- 1,816
- Damage
- 115
- Penetration
- 138 mm
- … at 500m
- 117 mm
- Reload time
- 3.80 s
- Rate of fire
- 15.79/min
- Aim time
- 2.00 s
- Dispersion
- 0.400 m
- … moving
- 0.140
- … tank traverse
- 0.140
- … turret traverse
- 0.120
- … after firing
- 3.5
- Damage vs. modules
- 105
- Caliber
- 76.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 700 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 45
- Potential damage
- 5,175
- Shell cost
- 56 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 23 km/h
- Power/weight
- 27.78 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 60.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 48.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 60.0 km/h
- … medium
- 60.0 km/h
- … soft
- 60.0 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 60.0 °/s
- … medium
- 53.3 °/s
- … soft
- 30.0 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 20 °
- Gun depression
- 5 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 0.80
- … medium
- 0.90
- … soft
- 1.60
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 30 / 20 / 20
- Turret armor
- 45 / 30 / 20
- Health
- 800
- Engine health
- 190
- … repaired
- 95
- Track health
- 120
- … repaired
- 90
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 140
- … repaired
- 90
- Fuel tank health
- 150
- … repaired
- 60
- Total weight
- 16,200 kg
- Stationary camo
- 15.25 / 6.99%
- Moving camo
- 15.25 / 6.99%
- View range
- 360 m
- Fire chance
- 12%
- Tank cost
- 900,000 cr
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
Commander
Gunner
Driver
LoaderRadio Operator
A-03 · MODULE RESEARCH
Module research
Guns
V
Stock
57 mm 55-57FGA
VI
4,300
76 mm 54-76T
Turrets
A-04 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
2472
Unicum
Avg WNX
2442
Great
Win rate
100.0%
Overpowered
DPG
807
Frags
0.50
Spots
6.50
Survival
100.0%
Dmg taken
322
Hit rate
45.6%
Spot assist
786
Track assist
0
Defense
0.00
Avg XP
1002
Aggregated from 2 tracked NA players · 2 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%950
85%1,444
95%1,810
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-05 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the 59-16 on NA
A-06 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
A-07 · SIMILAR HULLS
A-08 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
- 2.0Sep 1, 2025
- ·Traverse speed52→575
- ·Mobility on hard terrain+11%
- ·Mobility on medium terrain+10%
- ·Mobility on soft terrain+11%
- ·Traverse speed54→606
- ·Vehicle durability640→760120
- ·Vehicle durability670→800130
