Type 60 122 mm field gun

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 fire and indirect fire for the People's Liberation Army (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.

Type 60
Type	Field gun
Place of origin	China
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Sino-Soviet border conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Six-Day War Sino-Indian War Sino-Vietnamese War Yom Kippur War Sri Lankan civil war
Specifications
Mass	5,620 kg (12,390 lb)
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 (2,900 ft/s)
Effective firing range	23.9 km (14.9 mi) (indirect) 1,080 m (1,180 yd) (direct)
Maximum firing range	24 km (15 mi)

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 – in reserve
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo^[1]
•  Egypt
•  Iran^[2]
•  Sri Lanka
•  Sudan
•  Zimbabwe

Former users

• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: 2^[3]