Type 60 122 mm field gun
Type 60 | |
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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[]
- Sino-Vietnamese War
- Vietnam War
- Cambodian Civil War
- Cambodian–Vietnamese War
- Sino-Soviet border conflict
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Six-Day War
- Sino-Indian War
- Yom Kippur War
- Sri Lankan civil war
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[]
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[]
Categories:
- 122 mm artillery
- Artillery of the People's Republic of China
- China–Soviet Union relations
- Field artillery of the Cold War
- Field artillery