59-16 Light Tank

59-16 Light Tank

Type	Light Tank
Place of origin	PRC
Specifications
Weight	~16 mt
Crew	4

Armor	Unknown
Main armament	1 × 76 mm tank gun

59-16 Light Tank (simplified Chinese: 59-16式轻型坦克; traditional Chinese: 59-16式輕型坦克) was a former Chinese light tank design which was developed during the late 1950s, originally intended as one of the "tributes to the 10th anniversary of the founding of the PRC". Within the design plans, the intended weight was planned to be approximately 16 mt with a 76 mm tank gun. However, because this tank was too weak to fight against the western tanks at that time, it was eventually set aside by the military.^[1]

References

↑ 《讲武堂画刊》：中国自用坦克发展秘辛 (in Chinese).

Chinese modern AFVs

Main battle tanks	Gongchen (modified Type 97 Chi-Ha)^x T-34^x IS-2^x Type 59 Type 59G Type 62^x Type 62G Type 69/79^x Type 88^x Type 96/A Type 99 Type 99A

Export MBTs	Type 85^x Type 90^x MBT2000 VT1A VT2 VT4

amphibious tanks	Type 63 Type 63A ZTD-05 VN16

Infantry fighting vehicles	YW307 Type 91 ZBD-97 ZBD-04 ZBD-05 ZBD-04A ZBL08 VN1 VN18 VN11 VN12

APCs	Type 63 Type 77 ZSD-85 ZSD-89 ZSD-90 ZSL-92 VN2 ZFB-05 ZBL09 ZBD-08

SPGs	Type 85 PLZ07A PLZ07B PLL-05 Type 83 SPH ZBL09 SPH ZBL09 Mortar PLZ-45 PLZ-89 PLZ-52 PLZ-05 PLZ-04

Tank destroyer	PTZ-89 ZBL09 tank destroyer ST1

MRLs	Type 63 Type 81 Type 82 Type 83 Type 90 Type 90A Type 90B WM-40 WM-80 SR-4 PR50 AR3 A100 A200 A300 WS-1 WS-2 WS-3 WS-6 WS-15 WS-22 WS-32 WS-33 WS-35 WS-43 WS-63 SR-5 SY300 SY400 Weishi

SPAAG	LD2000 PGZ-95 PGZ-04A CS/SA5 SWS2

Wheeled assault guns	ZBL09 assault gun ST1

Prototypes	WZ-111 Type 98 WZ-132 WZ-122 59-16 Type 80

Note: ^x = retired from service or has ceased development

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/22/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

59-16 Light Tank

See also

References