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VARIANTS OF THE SERIES
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Al Zarrar - Much modified Type 59.
Al Zarrar [Variant 1] - Improved version with different armour array.
Al Zarrar [Variant 2] - Redesigned armour array.
GSL130 - Mine-clearing system based on Type 59 chassis
Jaguar [Concept] - Concept for an upgraded Type 59
Jaguar [Prototype] - Slightly modified from the concept vehicle.
Koksan - Series of self-propelled artillery weapons.
Type 59 - Chinese Version of the T-54A
Type 59A - See Type 59-I
Type 59B - See Type 59-II
Type 59B - See Type 59-II [Command]
Type 59-I [1st Series] - Improved Type 59
Type 59-I [2nd series] - Added bolt-on Norinco laser rangefinder and armored skirts
Type 59-I [3rd series] - Improved Type 59-1
Type 59-II aka WZ120B - Upgunned to 105mm L7 rifled gun design provided by Israel
Type 59-II [Command] - Command version with additional antennae
Type 59-IIA aka M1984 - Fitted with thermal sleeve and composite armor
Type 59-IIA - Mine clearance tank
Type 59-III
Type 59-16 - See Type 62
Type 59C - See Type 59-III
Type 59-D - Type 59-II with reactive armor and passive night vision
Type 59-D1 - Type 59D fitted with a new engine.
Type 59-G
Type 59 Kai [B59G] - Fitted with a 105mm smoothbore?
Type 59 Kai [BK1990]
Type 59 Kai [BW120K] - Fitted with a 120mm smoothbore gun similar to US M256
Type 59M - Improved TYpe 59 built by Pakistan.
Type 59MII - Pakistani variant.
Type 59 Marksman - Type 59 hull fitted with Marksman turret
Type 62 - Scaled down and thinly armoured version of the Type 59
Type 64 - Medium tank
Type 64 [Tractor] - (?)
Type 64 [Target tank]
Type 73 - medium tank
Type 88 - Twin 37mm spaag
WZ120 - See Type 59
WZ120C - See Type 59D
WZ120C1 - See Type 59D1
WZ652 - See Type 64
WZ651 - See Type 73
Albania, Bangladesh, Cambodia, PRC, Congo, Iran,
Iraq,
North Korea,
Pakistan,
Sudan, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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GENERAL RECOGNITION POINTS
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- Five large roadwheels with prominent gap between first & second roadwheels.
- Floppy track.
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