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The People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) new 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer (SPH) – believed to have the designation PLC-181 – has also entered service with an artillery brigade under the PLA’s 74th Group Army.
![Chinese military vehicles attached to an artillery brigade under the PLA’s 74th Group Army photographed at an undisclosed location on 7 June. Among the vehicles are Dongfeng Mengshi CSK181 4×4 armoured vehicles (front) and several units of the new 155 mm SPH by Norinco (background). (Via China Military Online)](/images/default-source/news-images/fg_3253347-jdw-6915.jpg?sfvrsn=5117f72e_2)
Chinese military vehicles attached to an artillery brigade under the PLA’s 74th Group Army photographed at an undisclosed location on 7 June. Among the vehicles are Dongfeng Mengshi CSK181 4×4 armoured vehicles (front) and several units of the new 155 mm SPH by Norinco (background). (Via China Military Online)
The PLA-sponsored China Military Online website published on 10 June images showing several vehicles belonging to this group army – which is part of the PLA’s Southern Theatre Command – among which were several units of the 6×6 SPH, which is manufactured by China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) and has the export designation SH-15.
Besides the artillery brigade in the 74th Group Army, the new SPH has been reported to be in service with an artillery brigade in the 75th Group Army – also part of the Southern Theatre Command – an artillery brigade in the 73th Group Army (in the Eastern Theatre Command), and also with an artillery brigade in the Tibet Military District.
The system features an automatic gun-laying system, a semi-automatic ammunition loading system, a digitised control board, and also has room for six personnel in the cabin area (including the driver).
No further details were provided about the 25-tonne SPH or other PLAGF units currently operating the system, which has been in service since at least January 2019.
More recently, on 7 July, the state-owned Global Times
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