Tier VIII Medium Tank China

Type 59 G

Tank ID 561

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Chinese 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.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,300

Weight

36.0 t

Forward speed

60 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

600 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	100	80	45
Turret	230	130	60

Engine: NORINCO 12150L-59 · 650 hp

Radio: A-220

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

100 mm Type 59

Calibre 100 mm

Reload time 7.9 s

Aiming time 2.0 s

Dispersion 0.35

Rate of fire 7.59 /min

Ammo capacity 50

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 188 / 250 / 313

Penetration 139 / 185 / 231 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 188 / 250 / 313

Penetration 181 / 241 / 301 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 248 / 330 / 413

Penetration 38 / 50 / 63 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,977

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,875

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,713

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 1,198

Avg. spotted 1.43

Avg. kills 0.88

Avg. defence 0.73

Exp. win rate 50.71 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

57.07 %

Avg. WN8

3,047

Battles

1,428

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 43 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	iyouxin eu	5,479	103	58.25 %
2	skill4ltu eu	4,817	104	74.04 %
3	marty_vole eu	4,669	109	63.30 %
4	Xilense eu	3,651	130	56.92 %
5	PelzveredlerinAmalie eu	3,394	81	62.96 %
6	Quickfingers eu	2,840	136	59.56 %
7	StrongNoob eu	2,407	240	54.58 %
8	WelleErdball23 eu	2,165	71	57.75 %
9	KEKS_the_Animal eu	1,953	65	53.85 %
10	Potporucnik eu	1,541	116	51.72 %