User blog comment:WolfgangBSC/Wolfy World of Tanks/@comment-17969412-20160331001235

Armored Warfare Review: WZ-1224

The Tier 5 Chinese premium MBT, and the one that everyone buys so they could get the Type 59. It's a...thoroughly mediocre tank that is quite frankly, overpriced as all hell. Thankfully though, I have the luck to get it for 0$ (the devs gave me a code in a giveaway).

Anyways...

Firepower: Hit and miss. Good news is, the penetration and damage values are very solid, and the reload rate is amazing. The bad news is that this tank gets 3 degrees of gun-depression. 3 degrees of terribleness. This can only fight on flat land, and it gets worse, because the turret is where all of the armor on the tank is! I would argue, though, that the HEAT ammo is very effective; HEAT-FSS has a nice shell velocity and has a good efficiency rating against light tanks and AFV's.

Protection: Hit and miss again. The upper plate and the turret are absolute gems. The lower plate on the tank is a massive shot trap that will literally melt your health away little by little. The sides WILL BE LITERALLY OBLITERATED by ANYTHING that fires on it. The rear...well, it's the rear, so it's bound to get vaporized. Artillery ---> WZ-1224 = RIP chinese tank.

Maneuverability: Good enough. It accelerates quite decently, but it's top speed detracts from it's usefulness. Track traverse is fast but bleeds off alot of speed. Turret traverse is good, but not enough to excuse to mediocre top speed.

All in all...I do NOT recommend buying it. It is better to earn the 120,000 damage through PvP than to get the premium tank, and it is a savior to your money. I reviewed this so you didn't have to. There are far better tanks to buy, such as...well, there isn't any tier 5 MBT right now (although there is the MBT-70 and that thing kicks ass).

Worst of all: I didn't even unlock the tank, so I would have to grind anyways. F***. Oh well, it's what happens if you have a free tier 5 MBT, I suppose...