The PCL-161 is a truck-mounted 122 mm (4.8 in) self-propelled howitzer used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. [1] The designation "PCL" is an acronym derived from pinyin (Chinese: 炮车榴弹炮; pinyin: Pào Chē Liúdànpào; lit. 'Gun Vehicle Howitzer').

Aug 21, 2023 · One such entry is the PCL-161 introduced in 2020. It operates in the Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) role through a 122mm gun component, reaching targets out to 14 miles with conventional ammunition and up to 19 miles with Rocket-Assisted Projectiles (RAPs) at a rate of eight rounds-per-minute.

The PCL-161 Chinese 122mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) is a truck-mounted 122 mm self-propelled howitzer used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The PCL-161 was designed to...

Jan 8, 2021 · The PCL-161 122mm vehicle-mounted gun, which uses the MV3 medium-sized high-mobility vehicle as the base, has the advantage of stronger ground carrying capacity and larger effective carrying...

The PCL-161 is a lightweight and compact 122mm 4x4 self-propelled howitzers intended to hit targets located at distances of up to 22 kilometers, or 30 kilometers using rocket assisted projectiles. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) introduced …

Oct 22, 2020 · With the introduction of the PCL-161 122mm truck-mounted howitzer, a new-generation 4x4 military wheeled high-mobility off-road truck chassis, China’s light high-mobility brigade's artillery unit finally has an artillery weapon system of …

May 16, 2024 · The PLC-161 (or PCL-161) vehicle-mounted 122mm howitzer is the first batch of our army's artillery weapon system based on the MV-3 medium truck chassis: it adopts a liquid pneumatic high-level dual-purpose machine, hydraulic Drive chain semi-automatic ammunition transporter; PCL-161 installs the "Strapdown Inertial Navigation" system on the ...

May 11, 2021 · State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) released footage of the new SPH type, which is being referred to in Chinese social media as the PCL-161, taking part in live-fire exercises on a...

The PCL-161 serves the PLAGF in the vehicle-mounted self-propelled howitzer. The 122mm weapon system is fitted to a verstaile truck chassis for mobile firing on-the-move. Some 300 examples are kept in inventory.

The PCL-161 is a truck-mounted 122 mm self-propelled howitzer used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force.[1] The PCL-161 was first unveiled while doing exercises in Tibet Autonomous Region in October 2020.[2]