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Vehicles imported into the 20th-Century Chinese warlord states and Republic of China that were used in WW2 and Chinese Civil War in early tiers, And The vehicles designed by People's Republic of China (Communist China) and Republic of China of Taiwan, Tanks tend to carry the largest possible calibers into battle but pay heavily for the privilege.

China's tank development consisted of three phases. Prior to 1950 China relied on foreign made tanks purchased from or supplied by France (Renault NC31), Britain (Vickers Mk.E B), the USA (M5A1 Stuart), as well as tanks seized from Japan at the end of WWII (Chi-Ha). Chinese tanks through Tier-4 represent this period. In the early 1950s China was heavily influenced by vehicles of other nations, notably the T-34 and the IS-2, which were provided to China by the Soviets together with design and fabrication assistance for local production. By the late 1950's China began developing its own tanks by making modifications and improvements on the Soviet T-54 design. The Chinese Type-59 main battle tank and Type-62 light tank were the first Chinese tanks to be mass produced. The tier 6 premium light tank Type 64 was produced by the ROC from Taiwan, which strongly resembles some USA light tanks characteristics, being somewhat agile and fast firing gun.


0.9.18 Chinese Tank Tree

Chinese tanks, for the most part, have unparalleled mobility, good camouflage values and sloped armor. This makes their tanks very flexible regardless of if they are a heavy, medium, or light. They still play as you would expect, but they can often change their combat role a bit, should it be necessary. However, they have very poor gun depression, even worse than German or Soviet tanks, and arguably the worst in the game. They also have very poor module health, and their modules are densely emplaced. This results in frequent crew loss, destroyed tracks, fuel tank fires, or even ammo rack detonation. However, while most Chinese tanks have (comparably) poor hull armor, their turret armor is unparalleled, sometimes even surpassing the hull armor values of heavy tanks.

Chinese Light Tanks are fast, agile, and have good penetration and alpha damage. They play very much like medium tanks; cover fire support, and scouting when the team needed. Their armor, Although (except tier 10) it's sightly better than foreign counterparts is really the only thing identifying them as light tanks. They suffers from poor gun depression and vulnerable modules. The top of the tree; WZ-132-1 is notable for having surprisingly decent protection among the ranks of LTs that can be compared to medium tanks.

Chinese Medium Tanks are, up to a point, very similar to the Soviet ones, combining mobility and firepower, at the expense of a low rate of fire and poor gun handling. At higher tiers they gain firepower and become more adept at brawling than their Soviet counterparts, while being less well-rounded.

Chinese Heavy Tanks are also similar to the Soviet models on which they were based. These tanks have good frontal armor and acceleration and faster rates of fire, which makes it possible to play them as "heavy" mediums. Later on they focus more on armor sloping and high maneuverability.

Chinese Tank Destroyers are mostly fictional "what-if" vehicle based on existing platforms. The line starts out with converted seized/imported tanks at Tiers 2 - 4 with decent sustained damage output and mobility, making capable supporters and ambushers, but lacking armor. At Tiers 5-7 are conversions of domestic made vehicles, which still retain the glass cannon trait. At Tiers 8 - 10, Chinese TDs drastically changed by trading off mobility for heavier armament and protection as switching to heavier base models. Top tier vehicles, the WZ111G FT and the WZ113G FT carry heavy guns comparable to Soviet ones, and very thick frontal armor with high HP pool capable of standing against punches as German Jagdpanzers could. Like most other Chinese vehicles, they are generally hampered by below average accuracy thus don't snipe so well.



Light Tanks

    II
    Vickers Mk. E Type B

    Vickers Mk. E Type B

    III
    Type 2597 Chi-Ha

    Type 2597 Chi-Ha

    IV
    M5A1 Stuart

    M5A1 Stuart

    VI
    59-16

    59-16

    VI
    Type 64

    Type 64

    VII
    Type 62

    Type 62

    VII
    WZ-131

    WZ-131

    VIII
    WZ-132

    WZ-132

    VIII
    M41D

    M41D

    IX
    WZ-132A

    WZ-132A

    X
    WZ-132-1

    WZ-132-1

Medium Tanks

    V
    Type T-34

    Type T-34

    VI
    Type 58

    Type 58

    VII
    T-34-1

    T-34-1

    VIII
    Type 59

    Type 59

    VIII
    T-34-2

    T-34-2

    VIII
    T-34-3

    T-34-3

    VIII
    59-Patton

    59-Patton

    VIII
    122 TM

    122 TM

    VIII
    Type 59 G

    Type 59 G

    IX
    WZ-120

    WZ-120

    X
    121

    121

    X
    121B

    121B

Heavy Tanks

    VII
    IS-2

    IS-2

    VIII
    WZ-111

    WZ-111

    VIII
    WZ-111 Alpine Tiger

    WZ-111 Alpine Tiger

    VIII
    110

    110

    VIII
    112

    112

    IX
    WZ-111 model 1-4

    WZ-111 model 1-4

    IX
    WZ-114

    WZ-114

    X
    113

    113

    X
    113 Beijing Opera

    113 Beijing Opera

    X
    WZ-111 model 5A

    WZ-111 model 5A

    X
    WZ-111 Qilin

    WZ-111 Qilin

Tank Destroyers

    II
    T-26G FT

    T-26G FT

    III
    M3G FT

    M3G FT

    IV
    SU-76G FT

    SU-76G FT

    V
    60G FT

    60G FT

    VI
    WZ-131G FT

    WZ-131G FT

    VII
    T-34-2G FT

    T-34-2G FT

    VIII
    WZ-111-1G FT

    WZ-111-1G FT

    VIII
    WZ-120-1G FT

    WZ-120-1G FT

    IX
    WZ-111G FT

    WZ-111G FT

    IX
    WZ-120G FT

    WZ-120G FT

    X
    WZ-113G FT

    WZ-113G FT

    X
    114 SP2

    114 SP2


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