D-74 122 mm Field Gun

D-74 122 mm Field Gun
D-74 Field Gun
Type Field Gun
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
Used by  China
 Sri Lanka
 Pakistan
 Zimbabwe
 Egypt
 Syria
 North Korea
Wars 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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