ISLAMABAD – The country’s military on Wednesday showcased themulti-dimensional capabilities and highlighted key inductions includingChinese-made SH-15 self-propelled howitzer during the Pakistan Day parade.
The modern artillery is fully capable to hit at a greater distance and ismounted on 6×6 Shaanxi truck chassis with an armoured cabin at the frontand one 155 mm gun-howitzer mounted at the rear of the vehicle.
SH-15 is said to be a supreme ‘shoot and scoot’ artillery weapon for theuse of nuclear shells. Pakistan Army acquired the wheeled self-propelledhowitzer amid a major program to modernize its artillery forces, as it islighter than a tracked howitzer and can be more easily deployed in themountainous region.
The weapon system has a maximum firing range of 20 km with standardammunition and 53 km with a rocket-assisted artillery projectile. Pakistaniarmed forces have nearly 500 tracked self-propelled howitzers including 200American-made M109A2, 115 M109A5, 123 M109L, and 203mm 60 M110/M110A2mounted on tracked chassis.
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Analysts say this cutting-edge weapon system was delivered by Beijing toPakistan as part of Sino-Pak strategy to counter Indian K-9 Vajra howitzers.
Besides the Chinese state-of-the-art howitzer, the Pakistan Day parade alsofeatured a fly-past by newly inducted Chinese Chengdu J-10 (J-10C) fighterjets for the first time.
