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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · TYPE-59
VIIIPremium
Type 59
China·
Medium Tank·MT universalChinese 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.
Health
1,300
DPM
1,899
View range
380m
Speed
60km/h
Camo
67Good
Mark of Excellence requirementsCombined dmg + assist · NA · 2026-07-12
3 marks · 95%
2,594
2 marks · 85%
2,059
1 mark · 65%
1,393
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
15mm280mm
Hull
All 10 plates
Turret
All 12 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Field mods
Lv 0/6
Weaponry
- DPM
- 1,899
- Damage
- 250
- Penetration
- 185 mm
- … at 500m
- 160 mm
- Reload time
- 7.90 s
- Rate of fire
- 7.59/min
- Aim time
- 2.00 s
- Dispersion
- 0.350 m
- … moving
- 0.140
- … tank traverse
- 0.140
- … turret traverse
- 0.100
- … after firing
- 4.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 135
- Caliber
- 100.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 900 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 50
- Potential damage
- 12,500
- Shell cost
- 252 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 20 km/h
- Power/weight
- 18.06 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 46.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 46.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 60.0 km/h
- … medium
- 60.0 km/h
- … soft
- 36.1 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 46.0 °/s
- … medium
- 41.4 °/s
- … soft
- 20.7 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 20 °
- Gun depression
- 7 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 0.90
- … medium
- 1.00
- … soft
- 2.00
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 100 / 80 / 45
- Turret armor
- 230 / 130 / 60
- Health
- 1,300
- Engine health
- 190
- … repaired
- 95
- Track health
- 210
- … repaired
- 160
- … repair time
- 5.71 s
- Ammo rack health
- 170
- … repaired
- 100
- Fuel tank health
- 175
- … repaired
- 70
- Total weight
- 36,000 kg
- Stationary camo
- 13.75 / 5.68%
- Moving camo
- 10.30 / 4.25%
- View range
- 380 m
- Fire chance
- 12%
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
Commander
Gunner
Driver
LoaderRadio Operator
A-03 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
2111
Great
Avg WNX
2108
Great
Win rate
49.1%
Below Average
DPG
1580
Frags
0.85
Spots
1.70
Survival
30.2%
Dmg taken
1034
Hit rate
73.6%
Spot assist
388
Track assist
88
Defense
0.00
Avg XP
843
Aggregated from 19 tracked NA players · 53 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%1,393
85%2,059
95%2,594
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-04 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the Type 59 on NA
A-05 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
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A-06 · SIMILAR HULLS
A-07 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
No tracked balance changes
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