Part D PLA Army Artillery.... Continued
S.P.G.H
Tracked Self-propelled Howizer in PLA Army standard Artillery Weapons of
Armored Div/Brig and Heavy Mechanized Infan. Div/Brig.s...
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the Tracked S.P.Hs has developped for 3 Generations since 1970s. current PLA Army has all of them in service.
the 1st Gen. SPH. PLZ70 and PLZ70-1 122mm the first try of chinese defence industry-- a simple combination of Type54 Howizer and Type63 APC... phasing out, but it will take about 5 years from now on.
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the 2nd Gen. SPGH. The Three Musketeers which largely deployed and the main strength of the Arty. Regiments of Armored hand Heavy Mach. Infan. Div.s
PLZ83 152mm 30 Tones
PLZ89 122mm around 20 tones
PHZ89 40-tube 122mm SPMRL same launcher as PHL81, but has a 40 rounds reloader on the same vehicle. around 20 tones.
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the 2.5 Gen. SPH. 2 kind of SPHs that couldn't
fully qualified the standard of 3rd Gen.
PLZ45 155mm limited service number ,about 33 tones.
PLZ07 122mm new model ...the replacer of PLZ89
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the 3rd Gen. SPH. the most advanced Artillery system in PLA Army...new model but quickly and widely deployed. at least 5 Group Armies got some of them. Corp. Level Gun.
PLZ05 155m it's the heaviest Artillery. it's unlikely that IA would face it.
the ammo supplier
detecting and tracking redar system...IA had the same sets from USA.