I wonder which variant of this vehicle was used then by the Chinese? Of course they themselves would prefer not to discuss this.

IIRC, the pictured tanks were Type-59-II's (a.k.a. WZ-120B) :



H.P.

OOOPS ! I thought you were talking about the tanks used there...Here are some Type 63 APC's :



Different variants :

Command vehicle ( WZ701 or WZ721 )



Type 63-2's :



H.P.

Thank you... I had not seen any other image / other than the first one.


The photo of the man in front of the line of tanks; Reminds me of the quote from 'The Interpreter'
...
The gunfire around us makes it hard to hear.
But the human voice is different from other sounds.
It can be heard over noises that bury everything else.
Even when it's not shouting.
Even when it's just a whisper.
Even the lowest whisper can be heard over armies... when it's telling the truth.

You can take a look here for more period pics :

http://peopleus.blogspot.fr/2012/06/tiananmen-square-china-23-years-ago.html

H.P.

wow... thanks for the link !

these are great pictures,i never seen any of these before.thanks for sharing.

Just a few more pics :




























H.P.

Thanks! BTW I did see years ago a picture of a model reproduction of the famous picture of the man standing in front of the line of four T-59 tanks.

http://armorama.com/forums/140322&page=1

http://ipmsmalta.forumotion.net/t2152-tank-man-tiananmen1989-china

H.P.