Chinese often give new greetings to relatives and friends during the New Year, and diplomacy is no exception, and our old friends have also received blessings and gifts, but for Pakistan, our gifts this time may be a little big. According to the latest reports from local media in Pakistan, the Pakistani military has now received the first batch of SH-15 vehicle-mounted howitzers independently produced by China North Industries Group.
In fact, as early as three years ago, the Pakistani military signed this weapons procurement contract with the mainland North Industries Group, and in the past two years, the Pakistani military has purchased a total of 236 vehicle-mounted howitzers of this type, and the total value of the contract has exceeded half a billion US dollars. It is reported that the SH-15 vehicle-mounted howitzer is a foreign trade version of the PCL-1881 vehicle-mounted howitzer, which has been upgraded in all aspects of capabilities.
Why did Pakistan buy this vehicle-mounted howitzer? It is rumored that when the Pakistani delegation was inspecting China that year, it happened to see the shooting test of the PCL-181 vehicle-mounted howitzer, and after being impressed by its shooting stability, the Pakistani delegation immediately decided to abandon the SH-1A that was previously favored and directly booked the PCL-181 vehicle-mounted howitzer. A large contract worth up to US$512 million, equivalent to 3.6 billion yuan, was signed in one go, including not only 236 latest SH-15 155 mm vehicle-mounted howitzers, but also various ammunition and core technology transfer clauses, including guided artillery shells and extended range artillery shells.
The SH-15 vehicle-mounted howitzer weighs between 20 and 22 tons, adopts a flat-head design on the carriage, and the overall layout of the whole vehicle is more compact than that of the original. In terms of power, the SH-15 has a strong chassis power, excellent off-road performance, its maximum road speed of up to 100 km / h, the maximum mileage also exceeded 600 km. In terms of firepower, the SH-15 has a total of three layers of ammunition compartments, each layer can reserve 5 pieces, and there is a set on both sides of the body, so the ammunition load can reach thirty rounds, compared with the original on-board howitzer, the SH-15 has increased its firepower sustainability by fifty percent, and the dependence on ammunition supply vehicles has been greatly reduced.
From this contract, it is not difficult to see that Pakistan's love for China's manufacturing, bought more than two hundred in one go, it is clear that the Pakistani military has regarded it as the main battle weapon on the future battlefield, for which experts have analyzed that Pakistan is bent on buying SH-15 vehicle-mounted howitzers, it is likely to deal with India's previous high-priced K9 tracked self-propelled guns imported from South Korea. It is worth noting that India bought from South Korea K9 self-propelled gun, its unit price of about 7 million US dollars, but the SH-15 type vehicle-mounted howitzer cost is only one-third of the former, but in terms of overall performance, our vehicle-mounted howitzer is not inferior, in short, Pakistan really earned this time, with the SH-15 type, presumably Pakistan can also give the indomitable Indian army a good lesson on the Pamir Plateau, let them know the power of Chinese manufacturing.
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