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Chinese round ID.
- Thread starter brass64
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Yes, they are in my little collection. An Importer brought them in from China for a couple of collectors a year or so back. There are no surplus Chinese rounds In NZ. I was offered 130mm rounds at about $900 NZ, they are still in China (didn't buy). So obviosly are available.
The 122mm rounds are not used by the People's Liberation Army Navy, except possibly for some trials involving sticking artillery pieces on ships as makeshift (very makeshift) naval gunfire support. The 122mm artillery round is used in both self-propelled and towed artillery pieces by the People's Liberation Army. None for anti-aircraft artillery and it is nice round there.
Very nice round! Had it not been labeled, I would have guessed it a 130mm round. What is the length of the brass case?
My latest copy of Jane's Ammunition is 10 years old, but it does list a Russian gun using a 785mm long case. I would venture to guess that Norinco has copied that pattern of ammunition.
Gun Data:122mm Corps Gun m1931/37 (A19) and field guns 390/1, 390/2, yes designed in 1931! Some guns were given to Spain in 1945 that had been captured by the Germans from the Russians. Quite a number of former communist countries use the gun, along with Spain.
My latest copy of Jane's Ammunition is 10 years old, but it does list a Russian gun using a 785mm long case. I would venture to guess that Norinco has copied that pattern of ammunition.
Gun Data:122mm Corps Gun m1931/37 (A19) and field guns 390/1, 390/2, yes designed in 1931! Some guns were given to Spain in 1945 that had been captured by the Germans from the Russians. Quite a number of former communist countries use the gun, along with Spain.
and watching round itself you will not find lot of how rounds with double rotating band.
Are there any markings on the other side of the projectile?
Translating the characters, the case fis rom the Type 60 122mm towed gun which is a copy of the Russian D-74 122mm towed gun. If I could get a clearer picture of the projectile's writing I could tell you what it is. It appears to be a Type 69 122mm projecile but alas I need a clearer photo. The projectile facing upwards so I could read the characters better would help too . 
The case and projectile MAY be from different rounds.
Cheers,
GI Zhou
The case and projectile MAY be from different rounds.Cheers,
GI Zhou
zhuyiyun1985
New Member
This shell is used for type60 122mm cannon,copyed from D-74 122mm cannon,not A-19 122mm cannon.
In 1970’s PLA,type 60 122mm cannon was equipped to Artillery Regiment of army,or Artillery Division.
"禁坦" on the cartridge mines the shell can't be used for tank cannon
In 1970’s PLA,type 60 122mm cannon was equipped to Artillery Regiment of army,or Artillery Division.
"禁坦" on the cartridge mines the shell can't be used for tank cannon
By my accounts it is a copy of the Russian 122-MM OF-472. I have never seen the Chinese copy of the round. Do you mind if I use the images for the EOD publication to show this particular version?
charley777
Well-Known Member
So is the base diameter 143mm like the Russian 122x785R round for the M1931/37, M1943 and D-25 ?
Which is , IIRC , a straight-sided case, unlike this one.
Which is , IIRC , a straight-sided case, unlike this one.
Mogway,
What manual or book did those images come from. They are really nice internal images.
Joe
What manual or book did those images come from. They are really nice internal images.
Joe