Self Propelled Gun/Rocket Launcher

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ACuriousPLAFan

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didklmyself said:
War over Taiwan isn't going to be artillery intensive. Sure, you will see artillery action, but nowhere at the level of Ukraine-Russia war. If the war escalates and the US, Japan, Philippines are to be fought it still won't be an artillery intensive war. Airforce and Navy will be the main players.
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If you mean artillery in terms of those gun-based ones (i.e. PCL-161/181 and PLZ-05/07), then yes, you'd be right. Though, rebel targets stationed on the Kinmen and Matsu Islands will definitely receive poundings from these aforementioned gun-based artillery platforms in the PLAGF.

In the meantime, as @HardBall has mentioned, the PLAGF is also equipped with lots of rocket-based artillery (i.e. MLRS), including the long-ranged PHL-03 and PHL-16. Both of them will be extensively used during Operation AR scenario against rebel targets on Penghu and Taiwan itself.

And if war escalates to include the Philippines, Japan and/or the US - Then yes, again, you'd be right.

Though, if the Yaeyama and Miyakojima Islands can be captured during Operation AR (which is actually way more feasible and realistic than, say, trying to land on Kyushu) - Then these long-ranged MLRS stationed on them can suppress enemy targets across not just Taiwan, but even those on Okinawa Island.

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doggydogdo

doggydogdo

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
If you mean artillery in terms of those gun-based ones (i.e. PCL-161/181 and PLZ-05/07), then yes, you'd be right. Though, rebel targets stationed on the Kinmen and Matsu Islands will definitely receive poundings from these aforementioned gun-based artillery platforms in the PLAGF.
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I doubt Kinmen and Matsu would resist. They would probably surrender imminently to avoid guaranteed death.
 
by78

by78

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One more image of the SH16 self-propelled howitzer with unmanned turret.

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BoraTas

BoraTas

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pesoleati said:
should have retired 122 and keep just 155mm. May be the future 300mm at theater level
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Why? The fragmentation effect doesn't scale linearly with the shell weight. It scales much slower. The 122 mm has more bang for the weight and the guns are more mobile too. What the 155 mm has is range. Which is very useful but not all shots would be from the extreme ranges. A mix is the better approach. A 300 mm gun would be superfluous in 2024. It would be very hard to justify anything much over 155 mm. Rocket arty and air power are the better choices if you are after projecting big warheads to big distances.
 
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