Self Propelled Gun/Rocket Launcher

kentchang

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Maybe the six wheeled new SPH is 122mm?
122mm makes sense. The exposed barrel length is about 26 caliber. PLL-09's gun is 32 caliber. Y-20 transportable? Type-15 has 6 road wheels. The 6 wheels in the picture look like equally spaced though.
 

The Observer

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122mm makes sense. The exposed barrel length is about 26 caliber. PLL-09's gun is 32 caliber. Y-20 transportable? Type-15 has 6 road wheels. The 6 wheels in the picture look like equally spaced though.
PLA has PLZ-07A with 32 cal 122mm howitzer, so if the model really is 122mm then either the chassis is way shorter than PLZ-07A or they lengthened the gun (maybe 39 cal?).

We've seen PLZ-07A firing, and I think there's no way the designer will shorten the chassis because of stability issues that will generate. My bet is it's either a 155mm or 39 cal 122mm.
 

Gloire_bb

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Unless there was something new, all of them probably use variants the very same 122mm PL96 howitzer.
 

supersnoop

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What is the source? Are we reading too much into this drawing?
It looks like something drawn in sketchup.

If it is a manufacturer, then I think it would be more accurate, but if it was an academic study, then I don't think it is too meaningful.
 
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by78

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A high-resolution image of the new 155mm self-propelled howitzer (seven road wheels per side).

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