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Field gun
D-74 122 mm field gun is a field gun originating in Soviet Union. Reported operators include Algeria, Chad, China, Laos, Mauritania, Nigeria, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.875 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Field gun
Soviet Union
Various
Vietnam War Sino-Vietnamese War Sino-Soviet border conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Sino-Indian War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War South African Border War Russo-Ukrainian War
1944
1955
5,620 kg (12,390 lbs)
9.875 m (30 ft)
6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) 52.9 caliber
2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
7~9
Separate loading charge and projectile
122 mm (4.8 in)
Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge
Hydro-pneumatic
Split-trail
+45/−5 degree
45 degree
Maximum: 8–10 rpm
885 m/s (2,907 ft/s)
Indirect: 23.9 km (15 mi) Direct: 1.08 km (.67 mi)
24 km (15 mi)
Algeria
Chad
China
Laos
Mauritania
Nigeria
North Korea
Russia
Sudan
Syria
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
D-74 122 mm field gun equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AlgeriaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-74. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / None. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for D-74. Service scope: Algerian Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 25. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
ChadArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-74. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 122mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
China
Iran
Laos
MauritaniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-74. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 122mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
NigeriaReported count for D-74. Service scope: Nigerian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 90. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
North Korea
Russia
SudanReported count for 122 mm D-74. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 100. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Syria
Vietnam
ZimbabweAlgeria, Chad, China, Laos, Mauritania, Nigeria, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for D-74. Service scope: Chadian Ground Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 8. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for 122 mm D-74. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 100. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.