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Artillery2019–present
Self-propelled howitzer
PCL-181 is a self-propelled howitzer originating in China. It was built by Norinco.
AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of PCL-181; geometry is illustrative. Not evidence for specifications.
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China
2019–present
See § Operators
2025 India–Pakistan conflict
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Norinco
25 t (25 long tons; 28 short tons)
6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) (SH-15)
2.66 m (8 ft 9 in) (SH-15)
<3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
6
155 mm (6.1 in)
52 caliber
Semi-automatic vertical wedge type breech block
Around 20° to 70° (except for front due to cab)
360°
4–6 rounds/min (SH-15)
20 km (12 mi) (conventional projectile)
53 km (33 mi) ( rocket-assisted projectile )
PLL-01 155 mm howitzer gun
diesel
6×6
hydropneumatic suspension
90 km/h (56 mph)
People's Republic of China
Pakistan
Ethiopia
Myanmar
Barrels 52 caliber
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
PCL-181 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Army exact named equipment holdings of PCL-181. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 122mm, ARTILLERY / 155mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Family total is the sum of the separately printed nonoverlapping exact model components, each explicitly declared by its own source; no parent or sibling variant identity inferred. The source prints separate 122mm and 155mm PCL-181 lines; both literal design counts are retained with those source scopes, without changing the own-design calibre specifications.
Reported count for PCL-181. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Ground Force; 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): quantity: 630. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Army exact named equipment holdings: SH-15. 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 / 155mm. 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.
Army exact named equipment holdings: SH-15. 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 / 155mm. 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.
People's Republic of China, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar
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