Misplaced Pages

Type 78

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Chinese recoilless gun
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (January 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The Type 78 is a Chinese-made 82 mm smoothbore recoilless gun designed to provide a rapid, direct fire support to infantry against hard targets such as light tanks, armoured vehicles, and bunkers. The Type 78 is an improved version of the Type 65 with some modifications. Type 78 has been equipped by the PLA Ground Forces in significant numbers and are still serving with some class-B units and reserve forces today. The Type 78 is being replaced by the more capable Type 98.

Design

The Type 78 consists of the barrel, optical aiming sight, tripod, and accessories. The gun can be fired either with the help of a tripod or on the gunner’s shoulder. There are two types of rounds available: high-explosive (HE) with a maximum range of 300m (Type 65) or 500m (Type 78).

Users

References

  1. Chinese Defence Today - Type 78/65 82mm Recoilless Gun
  2. Noir, War. "#Sudan 🇸🇩: Sudanese Armed Forces struck an Armored Vehicle belonging to Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) positions. The attack appears to be carried out with an uncommon #China-made 🇨🇳 82mm 'PW-78' recoilless gun". x.com. War Noir.
Stub icon

This article related to the military of China is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: