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.
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
– in reserve
Galen Wright (March 15th 2011) Iranian Military Capability 2011 - Ground Forces
Former users Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: 2
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