The Type 59 (Chinese: 59式; pinyin: Wǔ jiǔ shì; industrial designation: WZ-120) main battle tank is a Chinese-produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank...

The Type 59G Durjoy, sometimes known as Type 59G, is a highly modernized version of the Chinese Type 59 tank for the Bangladesh Army. The Bangladesh Army's...

Type 59 may refer to: Type 59 tank, Chinese main battle tank Type 59, Chinese copy of the Makarov 9 mm PM pistol 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) (Chinese...

of 2024  China − 100 Type 59 and Type 59-1 as of 2024  Congo-Brazzaville − 5 as of 2024  Congo-Kinshasa − 42 Type 59 and Type-59-I as of 2024  Cuba −...

twin cam engine. Unlike the dominant Type 35s of the prior decade, the Type 51 (and later Type 53, Type 54, and Type 59) were unable to compete with the...

The Universal Machine Gun Model 1959 (Czech: Univerzální kulomet vzor 59) is a general-purpose machine gun developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. It...

Chinese first generation main battle tanks. Both were developments of the Type 59 medium tank (a locally produced Soviet T-54A) with technologies derived...

The Type 72Z tank (also known as the T-72Z and the Safir-74, and the Al-Zubair I in Sudan) is a highly modernized version of the Type 59 and T-54/T-55...

as the Type 59 and Type 69/79. The second-generation main battle tank started with the Type 80, which further branched into the Type 88 and Type 96, developed...

the ZTZ80 and ZTZ88. In the 1970s China's primary MBT in service was the Type 59, a copy of the T-54 medium tank which was obsolete compared to contemporary...

chassis; Marconi also offered conversions for existing users of T-54/55, Type 59, Centurion, M48 Patton, Vickers, Chieftain, Challenger 1 and Leopard 1...

having received sophisticated retrofitting. Chinese version of the T-54A is Type 59. During the Cold War, Soviet tanks never directly faced their NATO adversaries...

The Norinco Type 62 (Chinese: 62式; pinyin: Liù'èr shì) is a Chinese light tank developed in the early 1960s, based on the Chinese Type 59 with a reduced...

generation MBT, the Type 99. China's tank development can be divided into three generations. The first generation was the Type 59, a locally manufactured...

more specifically, a standard Type 57 chassis shortened to what would eventually become the Type 57S chassis. Like the Type 59 Grand Prix car, the Aérolithe...

howitzer. Type 66 (PL-66) – 152 mm towed howitzer. copy of the Soviet D-20 Type 54 (PL-54) – 152 mm towed howitzer. Type 59 and Type 59-1 (PL-59/PL-59-1) –...

reportedly superior to the old ZPL-94 105 mm rifled gun fitted on Type 88 and Type 59 tanks. It is reported that the main gun has an effective firing range of...

chassis was offered separately to be used for custom coachwork. The Types 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 were introduced every year through 1923 with yearly improvements...

in a heavy rifle for its type. The Type-56 was a simpler alternative to the Type-55 and was closer to the FN FAL. The Type-59 came with an improved stock...

130mm Type 59-1 field gun mounted in a crude superstructure in place of the turret. T-72Z/Type 72Z/Safir-74 - Iranian upgraded T-54/55 and Type-59 (Chinese...

individual, presumed to be a Chinese man, who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989, the day after...

Al-Azwar. It is a highly upgraded version of Pakistan's ageing Chinese Type 59 tanks (a design that in turn was based on the Soviet T-54A from the mid-1950s)...

The Type 74 (74式戦車, nana-yon-shiki-sensha) is a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy...

sold by China Type 59: in some upgraded variants Type 59-II: ZPL-79, ZPL-81 Type 59-IIA: ZPL-81A Type 59D1: ZPL-83A Type 59D: ZPL-94 Type 69: in some upgraded...

manufactures ammunition in 57x348SR caliber, designated Type 59 HE-T, Type 59 AP-T, and Type 76 HE-T. Training rounds include a blank round MK-281 ("Manöver-Kartusche"...

1968-1977 and fitted to Type 59 hulls from China. 175 Type 59s in 1985 and 1990 and 500 in 2000; ~3500 T-34s, T-54s, T-55s, T-62s and Type 59s in 2004; and more...

replacement for the Type 61 and to supplement the then current fleet of Type 74 tanks, and entered service in 1990. After the adoption of the Type 74, the Japanese...

The Kh-59 Ovod (Russian: Х-59 Овод 'Gadfly'; AS-13 'Kingbolt') is a Russian cruise missile with a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system and 200 km range...

the original 85 mm Type 62-85TC rifled gun. It is similar to those that are fitted on the Type 59-II, Type 59D, Type 69 and Type 80 main battle tanks...

The Type 61 tank (61式戦車, Roku-ichi Shiki sensha) is a main battle tank developed and used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), built by Mitsubishi...