PLZ-05
Country: 
ChinaManufacturer: Norinco (China North Industries)
«Type 05»
Self-propelled artilleryChina2008In service
Chinese tracked 155 mm/52 self-propelled howitzer in People's Liberation Army service from around 2008; officially published figures are limited.
Chinese official data are limited; several figures unverified.
Self-propelled artillery
ID — PLZ-05China · Norinco
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Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- PLZ-05
- Alias
- Type 05
- Manufacturer
- Norinco
- Country
- China
- Category
- Self-propelled artillery
Production & service
- Introduced
- 2008
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- China
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- —
- Main armament
- 155 mm 52-calibre howitzer with autoloader (reported)
- Secondary armament
- 12.7 mm heavy machine gun
- Engine
- —
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- —
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
The PLZ-05 is the PLA Ground Force's principal heavy self-propelled howitzer; weight, mobility and engine data are left blank.
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