The Type 83 122 mm howitzer is a towed howitzer used by the People's Liberation Army of China. The gun system is developed from the earlier Chinese Type 54 howitzer which was in turn developed from the Soviet 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30).
Specification Parameter Value Diameter 122mm Maximum muzzle velocity of 618 m / s, (Type 83 anti-burst grenade) projectile weight 21.76 kg, maximum rate of fire 7-8 rounds / min, maximum range 15,600 meters (grenade), 19,000 m (remote bomb), Minimum range 3750m Direct distance f 1000m Deviation 0.5% Maximum chamber pressure 264.8MPa Chamber volume 5.769dm3 Rifling 36, D gradually speed, wrapping angle 4 ° 59'14 "~ 9 ° 4'23" Barrel length 3634mm(30caliber) Recoil length 920 ~ 1050mm Recoil resistance 141.4kN Direction of fire 54 ° level of fire -3 ° ~ +65 ° March weight 2700kg combat weight 2.627 tons march Length 7862mm March width 2157mm march Height 2088mm FireWire high 1137mm March conversion time 1 ~ 1.5 min fighting crew size 8 people
Design The basic design of the type 83 is similar to the earlier M-30. However, the Type 83 has a split-shield which is similar to that used by the 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) and has a multi-baffle muzzle brake.
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