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Chinese Company Xiaolong Automotive presents its new SH2 self-propelled howitzer 122mm 2811112.
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2011 Online Show Daily News International Defence & Security Middle East Show Exhibition Beirut , Lebanon 28 - 30 November 2011 |
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Xiaolong
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At
SMES 2011, the Middle East Defence and Security exhibition in Beyrouth,
the Chinese Company Xiaolong Automotive Technology presents for the first
time to the public its new wheeled self-propelled howitzer SH2.
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 The Chinese SH2 wheeled self-propelled howitzer 122mm at SMES 2011 Defence and Security exhibition in Beyrouth. |
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The
Chinese defense industry meets a new need of world armed forces by introducing
on the market a new wheeled self-propelled howitzer, which can be easily
transported by air and deployed on the new theaters of operation. Most of the main European defence companies have launched several years ago similar projects such as the French Caesar Nexter or the Swedish Archer that have convinced many armed forces, but remain expensive products for Asia, Africa and Middle East countries. The presence of a real SH2 vehicle at the defense exhibition SMES 2011, show the perseverance of the Chinese defense industry to convince the Middle East countries to buy and use its new types of wheeled self-propelled howitzer. The SH2 is based on a 6 × 6 light truck cross country chassis, with a 122mm or 105mm standard howitzer mounted at the rear side. The SH2 has a maximum firing range of 22km when using the Chinese NORINCO Extended-Range, Full-Bore, Hollow-Base (ERFB-HB) round, or 27km when using the Chinese NORINCO Extended-Range, Full-Bore, Rocket-Assisted (ERFB-RA) round. The SH2 presented at SMES 2011 exhibition is armed with a Russian made 122mm howitzer D-30. |
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