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Il Type 69 (cinese: 69ラ; pinyin: Liùjie shì) e il Type 79 (cinese: 79ラ; pinyin: Qījiラ shì) sono carri armati cinesi. Entrambi gli sviluppi del Type 59 (basato sul T-54A sovietico), furono i primi carri armati da battaglia principali sviluppati indipendentemente dalla Cina.Il loro lignaggio può essere visto attraverso il netto divario tra la prima e la seconda ruota stradale. Altri miglioramenti includevano un nuovo motore, computer balistici e telemetri laser. Il più avanzato Type 79 era equipaggiato con un cannone a fucile da 105 mm, visto anche sul successivo carro armato Type 88. Iraq: -Type 69-QM – Also known as T-55B inside the Iraqi Army. Type 69-II with standard 100 mm rifled main gun, armour reinforced with layer armour on the front glacis, an observation mast and, on some units, a 60 mm mortar. Command vehicles often fitted with blocks of appliqué spaced armour, similar to the so-called Enigma T-55s. Produced 1986–1988. -Type 69-QM1 – Type 69-II upgraded with NATO standard 105 mm rifled gun and laser range-finder. Produced 1984–1988. -Type 69-QM2 – Type 69-II upgraded with Warsaw Pact standard 125 mm (L80) smoothbore main gun and laser range-finder. Produced 1986–1991.

fonte: Tipo 69 (iracheno) su Wikipedia

Galleria fotografica di un Tipo 59 (NVA), The Type 59 (Chinese: 59式; pinyin: Wǔjiǔ shì; industrial designation: WZ-120) main battle tank is a Chinese-produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, the earliest model of the ubiquitous T-54/55 series. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963. Over 10,000 of the tanks were produced by the time production ended in 1980 with approximately 5,500 serving with the Chinese armed forces. The tank formed the backbone of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army until the early 2000s (decade) with an estimated 5,000 of the later Type 59-I and Type 59-II variants in service in 2002.

fonte: Tipo 59 (NVA) su Wikipedia