PCL-09


The PCL-09, exported as CS/SH1, is a Chinese truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer used by the People's [Liberation Army Ground Force]. The armoured [fighting vehicle] is developed by Norinco and was first commissioned in 2009 with a 122 mm gun-howitzer using projectiles with a range of and a firing rate of 6–8 rounds per minute. Mounted on a Shaanxi SX2150 6×6 truck, it is also equipped with the satellite navigation system BeiDou. It was used for the first time during a military exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2010.

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