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This tank has quite a few names, the internal factory designation of WZ-120(Wuzhuang Zhuangjiache 120), somewhat the ZTZ-59(ZhuangJia Tanke ZhuZhan 59, but the ZTZ designation was only mandated after the 59's production), occasionally shortened to T-59, with particularly goofy iterations on the Chinese internet being called the "59 Altered"(59改), or "59 Star Destroyer"(59歼星舰), and this one in particular refers to himself as the "China's Immortal Celestial Jade Emperor-Chairtank"(中国仙天玉皇大帝主席坦克), but most often it's known as the Type-59, and it has just arrived as a 1 Speed, 9 Weight Ring Racer!
Featuring a mostly-automatically rotating turret, the Type 59 was unfortunately not allowed its rear fuel tanks, for gamebalance reasons. Type 59 №308 has already managed to take note of some racers he's cautious of and considers them as particularly dangerous opponents. Including a robot girl whom alongside her team had previously fought with tank-like entities, a bird that leads an opposing military power in the skies instead of on the ground, and a rebellious wildcat whom resides in a place that noticeably resembles China.
To first truly understand the Type 59 and its history, you must first understand the T-54. ...But I'll just presume or otherwise pretend you've already read the history of the T-54 in the thread for the Kart version of that and just mention the parts important to the Type 59.
At first, China lacked the means to produce their own tanks, having to resort to using foreign-leased or otherwise-captured tanks when they needed them the most. Sometime in the '50s, China's industry was modernized enough to try producing its own tanks, and thus they wanted to try and making a then-modern tank, looking to have something similar to the USSR's own MBT. ...But the Soviet Union and China were friendly at the time, so the formar just granted the latter a license to locally manufacture the T-54A and its parts.
Thus, China's single-most influential tank, the Type 59 was born.
It's the most influential for good reason mind you, as the Type 59 went on to shape how subsequent Chinese tanks are designed and operated. Especially when you notice how many of their tanks went on to use a similarly-shaped, if not identical turret. Including the Type 62 being a light tank version of it, the Type 63 being an amphibious tank with a different hull that otherwise has a similar turret to the previous, the Type 69(and later Type 79, as well as modernized variants of both) being an upgraded version of a Type 59 with an updated cannon and tech reverse-engineered from a Soviet T-62, the WZ-122 being a prototype tank that initially had a more-squished-looking version of the turret, and the Type 80, Type 85, and Type 88 series of tanks that had a new suspension, but otherwise retaining the iconic Type 59 turret. And while China's current Type 96 and Type 99 have newer turrets alongside new hulls, one can tell the influence the Type 59's design continued to have when looking at the Type 96's driver optics and rough turret shape resembling a blockier version of the previous, as well as the MG port on both near the cannon.
That doesn't mean the Type 59 is entirely gone mind you, as the Type 59 itself also had its own modernized versions, and despite its age continues to be in Chinese service to this day! Updated versions of the Type 59 include the Type 59-I, Type 59A, Type 59-II and Type 59-IIA, WZ-120C, Type 59D, and perhaps most notably the Type 59G(not that one) which at a glance visually resembles more a Type 96 than the original Type 59, with the main noticeable difference between the 59G and the 96 being the fact the former has five pairs of roadwheels. This will be important later.
The Type 59 by itself however is no slouch when it comes to its more fictitious appearances. When it was added as the first buyable Chinese tank in World of Tanks, it was so overpowered that the company behind the game pulled it from sale for a long time, and thus was the first among WoT's OP Tier 8 tanks(later getting a more balanced yet still lethal version at Tier 9 that uses the WZ-120 name). And the fact the Type 59 is still within Chinese service has not gone unnoticed by the Chinese internet, so it is thus memed that the army keeps adding more and more outrageous modifications to it to the point that the main way to recognise one is by counting its five roadwheels on one of the sides, alongside a belief that the army secretly has at least one Type 59 that has been modified into becoming a Star Destroyer(hence the earlier mention of the name), with one guy's videos being perhaps the most famous example, both locally and abroad, of such memes.
Features of a Type 59 tank may or may not include:
As for the №308 Type 59 itself, he was originally planning to enter an earlier Kart racing tournament, UNTIL an inexplicably-similar T-54 with the exact same number ended up managing to "steal" his spot. This drove the №308 Type 59 livid, as he perceived the T-54 to be stealing the fame and glory that was meant to be his, and also having to install a spare-part searchlight so less people confuse him for that copycat. So not only did he swear to somewhen get back at it and destroy that T-54, but also went and worked to become the ruler of China as its Emperor-Chairtank to ensure he has the resources and tankpower to track down the T-54 for good. ...But that plan sorta took a detour as the Ring Racer tournaments have started being hosted while the T-54 №308 was on an extended vacation around the Laos-Vietnam area, and thus the Type 59 could enter and show up to those before the T-54 could even realize and find out they exist.
...Or, more succinctly, I sprited a Type 59 during Kart days until the CCCP pack inspired me to change it to a T-54 for the pun, and then for RR changed it back to the original Type 59 because I didn't want to ask anyone if it'd be too awkward to release the T-54 by itself nowadays, thus ending up in a situation where this is technically a "portn't".
At first, China lacked the means to produce their own tanks, having to resort to using foreign-leased or otherwise-captured tanks when they needed them the most. Sometime in the '50s, China's industry was modernized enough to try producing its own tanks, and thus they wanted to try and making a then-modern tank, looking to have something similar to the USSR's own MBT. ...But the Soviet Union and China were friendly at the time, so the formar just granted the latter a license to locally manufacture the T-54A and its parts.
Thus, China's single-most influential tank, the Type 59 was born.
It's the most influential for good reason mind you, as the Type 59 went on to shape how subsequent Chinese tanks are designed and operated. Especially when you notice how many of their tanks went on to use a similarly-shaped, if not identical turret. Including the Type 62 being a light tank version of it, the Type 63 being an amphibious tank with a different hull that otherwise has a similar turret to the previous, the Type 69(and later Type 79, as well as modernized variants of both) being an upgraded version of a Type 59 with an updated cannon and tech reverse-engineered from a Soviet T-62, the WZ-122 being a prototype tank that initially had a more-squished-looking version of the turret, and the Type 80, Type 85, and Type 88 series of tanks that had a new suspension, but otherwise retaining the iconic Type 59 turret. And while China's current Type 96 and Type 99 have newer turrets alongside new hulls, one can tell the influence the Type 59's design continued to have when looking at the Type 96's driver optics and rough turret shape resembling a blockier version of the previous, as well as the MG port on both near the cannon.
That doesn't mean the Type 59 is entirely gone mind you, as the Type 59 itself also had its own modernized versions, and despite its age continues to be in Chinese service to this day! Updated versions of the Type 59 include the Type 59-I, Type 59A, Type 59-II and Type 59-IIA, WZ-120C, Type 59D, and perhaps most notably the Type 59G(not that one) which at a glance visually resembles more a Type 96 than the original Type 59, with the main noticeable difference between the 59G and the 96 being the fact the former has five pairs of roadwheels. This will be important later.
The Type 59 by itself however is no slouch when it comes to its more fictitious appearances. When it was added as the first buyable Chinese tank in World of Tanks, it was so overpowered that the company behind the game pulled it from sale for a long time, and thus was the first among WoT's OP Tier 8 tanks(later getting a more balanced yet still lethal version at Tier 9 that uses the WZ-120 name). And the fact the Type 59 is still within Chinese service has not gone unnoticed by the Chinese internet, so it is thus memed that the army keeps adding more and more outrageous modifications to it to the point that the main way to recognise one is by counting its five roadwheels on one of the sides, alongside a belief that the army secretly has at least one Type 59 that has been modified into becoming a Star Destroyer(hence the earlier mention of the name), with one guy's videos being perhaps the most famous example, both locally and abroad, of such memes.
Features of a Type 59 tank may or may not include:
- A fully rotating turret
- The №308 Type 59 having a surprisingly-expressive searchlight to go with the above
- A 100mm cannon, that depending on the iteration may or may not be a 125mm one
or a lazer cannon,or a cannon that sticks out even on HUD elements - Inexplicable capability of flight, one way or another
- Blisteringly fast speeds that allow the Type 59 to drift
- The №308 Type 59 being functionally waterproof and undrowning
- Intrinsic knowledge of Kung-Fu
- Whatever's demonstrated in this video that otherwise isn't listed here
- The ability to turn the №308 Type 59 into a Type 59 G(the gold one, not the modernized one)
- Mild sprite bugfixes that I never quite got around to doing on the T-54 for Kart
As for the №308 Type 59 itself, he was originally planning to enter an earlier Kart racing tournament, UNTIL an inexplicably-similar T-54 with the exact same number ended up managing to "steal" his spot. This drove the №308 Type 59 livid, as he perceived the T-54 to be stealing the fame and glory that was meant to be his, and also having to install a spare-part searchlight so less people confuse him for that copycat. So not only did he swear to somewhen get back at it and destroy that T-54, but also went and worked to become the ruler of China as its Emperor-Chairtank to ensure he has the resources and tankpower to track down the T-54 for good. ...But that plan sorta took a detour as the Ring Racer tournaments have started being hosted while the T-54 №308 was on an extended vacation around the Laos-Vietnam area, and thus the Type 59 could enter and show up to those before the T-54 could even realize and find out they exist.
While I don't actually speak, let alone understand most of Chinese, fortunately there exist translations for the sounds I've used as its voicefiles.
DST59AT1 - ...except that one. This is the one soundfile that was reused from the previous T-54 addon of a 100mm cannon firing, given the Type 59 is derived from the T-54 tanks, I consider it fair enough.
DST59AT2 - 再瞄準一點就好了 - Zài miáozhǔn yīdiǎn jiù hǎole - Just aim a little more
DST59HIT - 好像擊穿了 - Hǎoxiàng jí chuānle - It seems to have pierced
DST59BT1 - 出發 - Chūfā - Set off! ...though the way it's pronounced an English-speaker can instead hear "To war!"
DST59BT2 - 開始行動 - Kāishǐ xíngdòng - Start to act
DST59HR1 - 彈藥架被擊中 - Dànyào jià bèi jí zhòng - Ammunition rack was hit!
DST59HR2 - 油箱被擊中了 - Yóuxiāng bèi jí zhòng le - The fuel tank was hit!
DST59SLW - 發現目標 - Fāxiàn mùbiāo - Found Target
DST59GLO - The first few seconds of a song from the video "Footage of T-59 Tank", just don't ask me why a Russian song was used for a Chinese tank in a video that actually originated from the Chinese side of the internet, I wouldn't know.
DST59WIN - 打得漂亮 - Dǎ dé piàoliang - "Nice Fight/Well Played"
DST59LOS - 我們任務失敗 撤吧 - Wǒmen rènwù shībài chè ba - Our mission failed. Let's withdraw. ...Although the first part to English-speakers can sound a bit like "Only (the) strong will survive."
DST59AT1 - ...except that one. This is the one soundfile that was reused from the previous T-54 addon of a 100mm cannon firing, given the Type 59 is derived from the T-54 tanks, I consider it fair enough.
DST59AT2 - 再瞄準一點就好了 - Zài miáozhǔn yīdiǎn jiù hǎole - Just aim a little more
DST59HIT - 好像擊穿了 - Hǎoxiàng jí chuānle - It seems to have pierced
DST59BT1 - 出發 - Chūfā - Set off! ...though the way it's pronounced an English-speaker can instead hear "To war!"
DST59BT2 - 開始行動 - Kāishǐ xíngdòng - Start to act
DST59HR1 - 彈藥架被擊中 - Dànyào jià bèi jí zhòng - Ammunition rack was hit!
DST59HR2 - 油箱被擊中了 - Yóuxiāng bèi jí zhòng le - The fuel tank was hit!
DST59SLW - 發現目標 - Fāxiàn mùbiāo - Found Target
DST59GLO - The first few seconds of a song from the video "Footage of T-59 Tank", just don't ask me why a Russian song was used for a Chinese tank in a video that actually originated from the Chinese side of the internet, I wouldn't know.
DST59WIN - 打得漂亮 - Dǎ dé piàoliang - "Nice Fight/Well Played"
DST59LOS - 我們任務失敗 撤吧 - Wǒmen rènwù shībài chè ba - Our mission failed. Let's withdraw. ...Although the first part to English-speakers can sound a bit like "Only (the) strong will survive."
NotablyPrettyCrazy(Wait, do I know this guy?) - Spritework, changing the wad to a pk3
This specific Type 59 blueprint - Having been the basis that was used to sprite the original Type 59 sprites, which were then altered to be a T-54 for Kart, just to be changed back to a Type 59 again here.
Kartmaker - Putting the wad together because I wasn't gonna put together 400-something sprites manually
FabulousNinji - Making a Kartmaker template that very visibly tells what sprites and angles are for what
War Thunder - Having at some point had the 100mm cannon-firing sound for DST59AT1 that was reused from the Kart T-54 addon
World Of Tanks - The voicefiles that were at some point used for the Chinese tank commander that are now used here. As well as one of its wallpapers/promo-images being the basis for the main sign sprite
- A comment in the Youtube video of all the WOT Chinese commander voicelines providing the translations for all of them
The "Footage of T-59 tank" video - Being the source of the song used for the Type 59's gloat sound
-...And the band that performed this version of the song
-...And the original writers that composed the song that was remixed.
大刀王五EP - Making the videos that solidified the Type 59 as a meme tank
& the family trees of everyone & everything above
And the entire rest of the T-54 credits.
This specific Type 59 blueprint - Having been the basis that was used to sprite the original Type 59 sprites, which were then altered to be a T-54 for Kart, just to be changed back to a Type 59 again here.
Kartmaker - Putting the wad together because I wasn't gonna put together 400-something sprites manually
FabulousNinji - Making a Kartmaker template that very visibly tells what sprites and angles are for what
War Thunder - Having at some point had the 100mm cannon-firing sound for DST59AT1 that was reused from the Kart T-54 addon
World Of Tanks - The voicefiles that were at some point used for the Chinese tank commander that are now used here. As well as one of its wallpapers/promo-images being the basis for the main sign sprite
- A comment in the Youtube video of all the WOT Chinese commander voicelines providing the translations for all of them
The "Footage of T-59 tank" video - Being the source of the song used for the Type 59's gloat sound
-...And the band that performed this version of the song
-...And the original writers that composed the song that was remixed.
大刀王五EP - Making the videos that solidified the Type 59 as a meme tank
& the family trees of everyone & everything above
And the entire rest of the T-54 credits.
While I won't mind if a Type 59 or T-54 ends up being used in another addon as something like a boss, or modified to represent a variant used by a different country(including a Soviet T-54 as it appeared and sounded in Kart), a unique camo, or any of the extensive modernized variants of the aforementioned tanks, you'd probably need a template that actually supports sprites of its size lol. Let alone separated hull & turret sprites for something like the former example.
