Type 60 122 mm field gun

Type 60
Type 60
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	China
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	Sino-Vietnamese War, Vietnam War, Sino-Soviet border conflict, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Six-Day War, Sino-Indian War, Yom Kippur War, Sri Lankan civil war
Specifications
Mass	5,620 kg (12,390 lbs)
Length	N/A
Crew	7–9
Caliber	122 mm (4.8 in)
Breech	Horizontal sliding-wedge
Carriage	Type 60
Elevation	+45/−5 degree
Traverse	+/−29 degree
Rate of fire	Intense 8–10 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	885 m/s (2,907 ft/s)
Effective firing range	23.9km (15 mi) (indirect); 1,080 m (1,181 yds) (direct)
Maximum firing range	24 km (15 mi)

The Type 60 122mm towed gun is the Soviet D-74 122mm gun produced by the Chinese under licence. Developed in the late 1950s, it provided direct/indirect fire for the PLA. It remains in service with reserve units in gun battalions attached to motorized infantry and armoured divisions. It is in active service with the Sri Lankan Army, introduced in the early 1990s to replace the Ordnance QF 25 pounder field gun. It has seen action in the Sri Lankan civil war.

Wars[]

Users[]

Cambodia
China – Reserve
Democratic Republic of the Congo^[1]
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Pakistan: 200 in service with the Pakistan Army.^[2]
Zimbabwe
Sudan

Former users[]

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: 2^[3]

References[]

^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 461. ISBN 9781032012278.
^ Mehta, Admiral Sureesh (2008). South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book 2008. Pentagon Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-81-8274-320-5.
^ Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009 (PDF). Ministry Of Defence Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links[]

[IISS-1] International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 461. ISBN 9781032012278.

[PentagonPress-2] Mehta, Admiral Sureesh (2008). South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book 2008. Pentagon Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-81-8274-320-5.

[3] Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009 (PDF). Ministry Of Defence Democratic Socialist Republic Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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