![]() ![]() A Type 59T 7.62 mm machine gun is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The turret mounts a rifled 100 mm Type 59 cannon, for which 34 rounds are typically carried. The turret has a non-rotating floor, which complicated the crew's operations. The loader sits on the right of the turret and has a hatch above him. ![]() The commander's hatch is on the turret left, with the gunner sitting forward and below him. The commander sits in the turret along with the gunner and loader. The driver has two pop-up vision blocks which give coverage ahead and slightly to the right when buttoned up. The driver sits in the front left of the hull, and is provided with hatch immediately above his seat, which opens to the left. The hull is welded steel varying in thickness between 99 mm on the front lower glacis to 20 mm on the hull floor. The Type 59 has a conventional post-war layout with the fighting compartment at the front, an engine compartment at the rear, and a cast dome-shaped gun turret in the centre of the hull. The Type 59 was not originally fitted with the infrared searchlight or main gun stabilization of the T-54. Note the gap between the first road wheel and the second, and the small hole below the splash board for the bow mounted machine gun.Įssentially the Type 59 is almost identical to the early production Soviet T-54As, however there are some key differences. ![]()
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