The T-54/T-55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and has seen service in over 50 countries. It has also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armoured vehicles. It
T-54-3 at the Parola Tank Museum in Parola, Finland
T-54-1 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma war museum in Russia.
T-54-2 in Museum of National Military History in Russia.
Ex-Polish T-54A at the Panzermuseum Thun in Thun, Switzerland.
Type 59 tank
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The Type 59 is a Chinese version of the Soviet T-54A main battle tank, an early model of the ubiquitous T-54/55 series. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and were accepted into service in 1959,
T-54/T-55 operators and variants
…Uzbekistan – 80 Vietnam – 1,939 T-34s, T-54s, T-55s, T-62s, PT-76s and Type 59s were in service in early 2001. 850 T-54s and T-55s and 350 Type-59 were in service as of 2023. Yemen – 6 T-55s were received from Bulgaria in 1994. 97 T-55s and 35 T-55AM2s were ordered in 1999 from Czech Republic with…
A Type 59 tank in Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
Type 59 tanks participating in the PRC's 10th National Day parade in 1959
Type 59-IIA tank
A former North Vietnamese Type 59 tank, captured by South Vietnamese ARVN troops on 4 July in 1972 during the Vietnam War, now on display at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.