PCL-181

China’s premier truck-mounted howitzer — a 155 mm/L52 wheeled system designed for rapid shoot-and-scoot, air mobility, and export success, with a combat-proven record through Pakistan.

Overview

The PCL-181, also designated Type 19 and known for export as the SH-15, is a wheeled 155 mm self-propelled howitzer fielded by the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force and exported to Pakistan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. Mounted on a 6×6 truck chassis, it combines long-range firepower with high road mobility and Y-9 transportability, allowing it to replace towed 152 mm and 130 mm guns in PLA brigades while complementing the tracked PLZ-05. The system is one of the most widely produced modern wheeled howitzers, and its export variant is the only Chinese artillery system to have seen documented combat use in recent years.

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