Type 59
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The Type 59 main battle tank is a Chinese-produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, an early model of the ubiquitous T-54/55 series. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963. Over 9,500 of the tanks were produced by the time production ended in 1985 with approximately 5,500 serving with the Chinese armed forces. The tank formed the backbone of the Chinese People's Liberation Army armoured units until the early 2000s, with an estimated 5,000 of the later Type 59-I and Type 59-II variants in service in 2002.
1959
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Type 59 MBT; Type 59 Medium Tank; Type 59 tank; WZ-120; WZ120
mass 36 tonne,
Inner-Mongolia First Machine Group Company Limited, People’s Liberation Army, People's Republic of China,
Al-Zarrar, AMX-30, AMX-30E, AMX-40, Arjun Mk II, Black Eagle, Chonma-ho, K1A2, Leclerc, M-84, M-84D, MBT-2000, MBT-70, Olifant, Panzer 68, T-54/55 operators and variants, T-72BA, T-95, TR-85, Type 10, Type 61, Type 72Z, Type 74, Type 85-IIM tank, Type 90 Tank, Zulfiqar,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Type 59 Operators | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type 59 in parde | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type 1959 Medium Tank | Commons | ||
| commons | image | A Pakistani T-59 Tank column in West Pakistan during the 1971 War with India. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fengtai-Huaishu-Ling-tank-monument-3507 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type 59 tank 20251112 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type 59 tank 20251112 | Commons | ||




