In response to customer needs, China North Industries Corporation soon launched a howitzer system similar to the Swedish "Archer": using fully automatic loading and firing mode, with advanced fire control system and supporting vehicles, 5 shells hit the target at the same time within 3 seconds - the peak of China's manufacturing industry, there is no howitzer that cannot be manufactured, only the model that does not want to waste time research;
Previously, NORINCO had launched the SH-11 self-propelled howitzer, which installed the AH-4 (39 times the caliber, can be replaced with a 52 times caliber howitzer) on the wheeled 8×8 VN1 chassis, using a fully automatic gearbox, oil and gas suspension, automatic loader (modular propellant automatic loading technology), digital fire control system, etc., with a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute. Due to the high degree of automation, the crew has been reduced to three: the driver, the gunner and the commander, however, it has not received foreign trade orders for the time being - it does not mean that the Chinese wheeled 155mm howitzer has stopped advancing;
As you can see from the picture, this wheeled howitzer has the characteristics of the Swedish "Archer": it has been improved to a lightweight unmanned turret (14 tons, 52 times caliber 155 howitzer), the crew can remotely load, aim and fire in the cabin equipped with armor and nuclear, biological and chemical protection systems, has a base for installing a remote-controlled machine gun turret, and the system is equipped with on-board AESA, loading vehicle, reconnaissance/command vehicle, etc. - still adhering to the fine tradition of PLZ-45!
Its unmanned turret has been significantly reduced compared to the "Archer": thanks to the compactness of China's automatic loader and the progress of the semiconductor industry, it proves the strength of NORINCO. His guided munitions should be advanced ammunition for foreign trade: including various satellites/lasers, terminal sensitive artillery (two-mode, three-mode), rocket-gliding extended-range guided artillery shells, reconnaissance artillery shells, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc., with firepower covering 20-100 kilometers;
In accordance with the setup of the new Chinese self-propelled howitzer, he has a military air conditioning system: to ensure continuous combat in hot, arid conditions. His companion vehicles may also be equipped with drones: they are set up in the car and the roof is opened when in use – which also protects it from the effects of gravel, dust and moisture;
Such an excellent performance of the wheeled truck gun can be said to be cheap and good, fully equipped, without political conditions, it is simply the gospel of the new 155mm truck gun in the third world countries!
It can be seen from the photo news that foreign guests are not "the richest country in the world with a piece of cloth on their heads", but more likely to be South America or Asian and African countries......
For example, Brazil's truck artillery tender stipulates that the new wheeled howitzer uses a 6×6 or 8×8 highly mobile chassis, is equipped with a 155 mm howitzer of 52 times the caliber, has a maximum capacity of 6 people, has a maximum driving range of 500 kilometers, uses 76 mm smoke grenade launchers, 12.7 mm or 7.7 mm vehicle-mounted machine guns, can use NATO-spec 155 mm ordinary artillery shells and long-range high-precision artillery shells, and must integrate the Brazilian Army's communication system and command and control system. In fact, the interface and standards of the American-made communication system have long been thoroughly understood by China, and the foreign trade type has international standards, so there is no difficulty in docking China's 155 new truck gun; not to mention that Brazil has obtained the most advanced truck gun system in the Americas, why not?
Indonesia's marines are looking for suppliers of 155 howitzers: he prefers NATO countries in Eastern Europe, it's just that Indonesia is also an enthusiastic customer of Chinese arms - if the Chinese "archers" enter the ranks of the marines, they can compete with the "Caesars" of the country's army;
Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and other countries in Africa are among the Chinese artillery users, and their economies are in good shape and can afford a battalion of new truck guns......