SH-15 Self propelled howitzer under trials by Pakistan army?

[aziqbal]

155 is a big shell, its a devastating round, 3 x 155mm rounds can pretty much level a entire neighbourhood

very good for the border

 

[YeBeWarned]

Abhi Cesar kay trials rehtay hain.

Cesar is way to expensive for us why even bother to go for the trails ? Any word on G6 ?

 

[Akasa]

Thats what I have been trying to explain, maximum range of an artillery shell is a function of its calibre and the type of projectile used.

A 155 mm 52 caliber gun will give similar range, when same kind of ammunition is used.
May that RAP, HE ERFB BB or a conventional round.

Accuracy and computerized systems, and perhaps RoF to some extent, are also crucial factors.

 

[Type59]

too LATE the Indians are a decade ahead

Decade ahead. Do some research troll.

 

[Path-Finder]

Denel T5 seems to have gone missing from the debate!

 

[chengdusudise]

why always compare range?the most important reason SH-15 can be selected is its fire precision! Truck type self propelled gun always has less fire precision than other gun .but SH15 made a significent improvement at this aspect.
by the way.compare with indian is really a insult to we chinese.hope some chinese friends here can stop this comparision。a dog is barking to you doesnt means you should barking at it

 

[cirr]

What is it like to shoot a 155mm caliber sniper rifle?

 

[Signalian]

This SP-15 which Pakistan plans to procure from China is 155mm - 52 calibre gun but it truck mounted gun( and not a tracked chasis like K9), similar to India's own Mounted Gun system - 800 of which are being acquired by the army.

So?

 

[Goku-kun]

Read your own link.

The SH15 has a maximum firing range of 20 km with standard ammunition and 53 km with 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile. This artillery vehicle can be operated by a crew of five. According to some military sources, the vehicle will have a maximum weight of 22 tons.

SH 15 needs RAP ammunition to achieve a range 53 Km, its range just 20 km with standard ammunition.

Where are India artillery achieved a range of 47.2 Km in its test with just a normal base bleed ammunition.

After reading majority of your posts I have come to a conclusion that all you want to prove over here is that indian stuff is superior over Chinese and Chinese stuff is junk etc so let me remind you that Chinese military with its junk defeated you in 1962 war and wiped you out creating/hatching part of Kashmir called 'Aksai-Chin' so we are interested in junk from which our enemy fears.
You are no different than other indians day-dreaming that you are super-power well please stop drinking cow urine.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Report By Indian Media


Pakistan’s latest weapon from China — state-of-the-art ‘nuclear-capable’ SH-15 howitzer

SH-15 Howitzer in action with the Chinese PLA | Chinese Internet

The SH-15 appeared this week at a defence expo in Karachi. Pakistan is learnt to have ordered more than 50, enough for three artillery regiments.

Pakistan seems to have procured another ultra-modern piece of artillery equipment from China — the SH-15 howitzer. And the significance for India is that the system could be nuclear-capable, if Pakistan’s attempts to miniaturise nuclear weapons has been successful.

The howitzer made an appearance at Pakistan’s 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS), organised in Karachi this week. Only one picture of the weapon appeared, indicating some kind of secrecy or embargo, but that was enough to confirm that Pakistan has begun importing the system.

Gun-howitzer at Pakistan’s 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) |Real Karachi
The SH-15 was also exhibited at the Zhuhai Airshow held this month in China. It is already in service with the People’s Liberation Army’s 72 Group Army in the Eastern Theatre Command, with the artillery brigade firing alongside the PHL03 MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) and the PLZ05 howitzer SP (self-propelled).

The SH-15 trials in Pakistan were carried out in secret in the mountains near Karachi. A leaked picture of the trials was published in Chinese magazines.

A leaked picture of the trials published in a magazine |HenriK
Pakistan is learnt to have ordered at least 52 SH-15, enough for three regiments of the artillery.


How it works
The SH-15 system uses a 6×6 wheeled Shaanxi truck chassis for carrying a 155 mm howitzer mounted at the rear of the truck. The truck also has two spades connected to the howitzer at the rear for stabilising the system.

The howitzer system is operated by a crew of five and carries almost 22.5 tons of load.

It is protected against small arms firing and shell splinters by an armoured cabin at the front, which has all bulletproof windows and windshields.

The 155mm/52 calibre long-barrel howitzer is fitted with a double-baffle muzzle brake. It has four boxes for carrying 60 rounds of ammunition as first line.

Northern Industries Corporation (NORINCO), the state-run defence manufacturer that makes the SH-15, claims it has a maximum firing range of 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile, similar to the eight-year-old SH-1 system.

The elevation and traverse of this howitzer is operated hydraulically. It can also be operated by manual controls in case of emergencies. The maximum rate of fire is six rounds per minute.

The SH-15 can be used to perform a direct firing role, which the Pakistan Army seems very fond of.

Nuclear dimension
So, why is Pakistan so fixated on 155mm howitzers? The answer is that the SH-15 will be the best ‘shoot and scoot’ system for the use of nuclear shells — easy to hide and easy to use against troop concentration.

Pakistan has been working on the miniaturisation of nuclear weapons since 1984, with Plutonium as the core. The US nuclear artillery shell W-48 uses 10kg high density alpha-plutonium with a sphere of barely 54mm.

Pakistan’s ex-martial law administrator and self-proclaimed president Pervez Musharraf had told a US diplomat that Pakistan had produced the smallest nuclear warhead in the latter half of 2011.

Such a warhead, if fitted in a 155 mm shell with a stated range of 53 km, will be a game-changer against India’s ‘Cold Start’ doctrine

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Written by COL. VINAYAK BHAT (RETD)

 

[HRK]

Report By Indian Media

TITLE: state-of-the-art ‘nuclear-capable’ SH-15 howitzer

TOTALLY JUSTIFIED .....

More than Justified piece of Work by "Col Vinayak Bhat (Retd)"

https://twitter.com/x/status/896566351497535488

 

[Muhammad Omar]

TITLE: state-of-the-art ‘nuclear-capable’ SH-15 howitzer

TOTALLY JUSTIFIED .....

Exactly We even has NUCLEAR CAPABLE HOWITZER

 

[Windjammer]

PARMANU GOLA TOUP .