Tier VIII Heavy Tank China

BZ-176

Tank ID 60209

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In the 1960s, amid tense relations with the Soviet Union, China came up with the concept of creating "frontier-covering forces." The main firepower of this formation was to be units with "frontier-covering tanks" in service. The design allowed the gun to depress through the turret top to reduce the overall vehicle height. In addition, the tank was set to feature twin tracks and jet boosters. Theoretically, due to the high specific power, they would provide good mobility and crossing capacity. The project was closed in 1978, and no prototypes were produced.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,550

Weight

57.1 t

Forward speed

30 km/h

Reverse speed

15 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

600 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	240	152	60
Turret	250	152	60

Engine: MTU 8V 331 · 600 hp

Radio: A-220

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

160 mm 56-160 BZS

Calibre 160 mm

Reload time 25.0 s

Aiming time 3.5 s

Dispersion 0.46

Rate of fire 2.40 /min

Ammo capacity 30

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 488 / 650 / 813

Penetration 156 / 208 / 260 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 600 / 800 / 1,000

Penetration 169 / 225 / 281 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,505

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,644

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,707

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,518

Avg. spotted 1.17

Avg. kills 0.97

Avg. defence 0.46

Exp. win rate 53.07 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

59.80 %

Avg. WN8

2,419

Battles

43,374

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 9 of 228 at Tier VIII

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Franchini_ na	4,988	123	65.85 %
2	EvilQuintessence eu	4,969	115	74.78 %
3	mailand eu	4,577	140	70.00 %
4	Daddy eu	4,525	133	66.92 %
5	Thraximundurabrask na	4,301	566	71.73 %
6	skill4ltu eu	4,253	287	70.73 %
7	Yzne eu	3,988	247	64.37 %
8	Panzerfighter_ eu	3,972	374	63.64 %
9	Hojey eu	3,738	397	71.79 %
10	Quickfingers eu	3,715	353	60.91 %