- D-74 122 mm Field Gun
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D-74 Field Gun Type Field Gun Place of origin Soviet Union Service history Used by China
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Egypt
Syria
North KoreaWars Sino-Vietnamese War, Vietnam War, Sino-Soviet border conflict, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Six Days War, Sino-Indian War, Yom Kippur War, Lebanese civil war, Sri Lankan civil war Production history Designed 1944 Produced 1955 Specifications Weight 5,620 kg (12,390 lbs) Length 9.875 m (30 ft) Barrel length 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) Width 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) Crew 7~9 Caliber 122 mm (4.8 in) Breech Horizontal sliding wedge Carriage same as D-20 152 mm Gun-Howitzer Elevation +45/-5 degree Traverse 45 degree Rate of fire Maximum: 8-10 rpm Muzzle velocity 885 m/s (2,907 ft/s) Effective range Indirect: 23.9km (15 mi)
Direct: 1,080 m (1,181 yds)Maximum range 24 km (15 mi) The 122mm D-74 towed gun is a Soviet built gun. Developed in the late 1950s it provided direct/indirect fire for the Soviet Army. Today it is in reserve units with the Russian Army.
It is in active service with the Sri Lankan Army, the Egyptian Army and the Pakistani Army.
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Categories:- 122 mm artillery
- Cold War field artillery
- Artillery of the Soviet Union
- Vietnam War artillery
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