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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/indirect fire for the 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.

weight (kg)
5.62e+06
origin
China
used in war
Sino-Indian War, Six-Day War, Sino-Soviet border conflict, Sino-Vietnamese War, Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War, Sri Lankan Civil War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

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