Type 83 122 mm howitzer
# Type 83 122 mm howitzer

The Type 83 122 mm howitzer is a towed howitzer used by the People's Liberation Army of China. The gun system is developed from the earlier Chinese Type 54 howitzer which was in turn developed from the Soviet 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30).

## Specification

| Parameter | Value |
| - | - |
| Diameter | 122mm |
| Maximum muzzle velocity | of 618 m / s, (Type 83 anti-burst grenade) |
| projectile weight | 21.76 kg, |
| maximum rate of fire | 7-8 rounds / min, |
| maximum range | 15,600 meters (grenade), 19,000 m (remote bomb), |
| Minimum range | 3750m |
| Direct distance | f 1000m |
| Deviation | 0.5% |
| Maximum chamber pressure | 264.8MPa |
| Chamber volume | 5.769dm3 |
| Rifling | 36, D gradually speed, |
| wrapping angle | 4 ° 59'14 "~ 9 ° 4'23" |
| Barrel length | 3634mm(30caliber) |
| Recoil length | 920 ~ 1050mm |
| Recoil resistance | 141.4kN |
| Direction of fire | 54 ° |
| level of fire | -3 ° ~ +65 ° |
| March weight | 2700kg |
| combat weight | 2.627 tons |
| march Length | 7862mm |
| March width | 2157mm |
| march Height | 2088mm |
| FireWire high | 1137mm |
| March conversion time | 1 ~ 1.5 min fighting |
| crew size | 8 people |

## Design

The basic design of the type 83 is similar to the earlier M-30. However, the Type 83 has a split-shield which is similar to that used by the 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) and has a multi-baffle muzzle brake.

