PCL-09, exported as CS/SH1, is a self-propelled howitzer artillery system used by the military forces of the People's Republic of China. The armoured fighting vehicle is developed by Norinco and was first commissioned in 2009 with a 122mm gun-howitzer using projectiles with a range of 27 km and a firing rate of 6-8 rounds per minute. Mounted on a Shaanxi 6×6 truck,[1] it is also equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.[2][3] It was used for the first time during a military exercise Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2010.[4] China has sold the PCL-09 to countries like Rwanda without any political preconditions regrading how the weapons are to be used, as it does for other weapons systems it has in the arms market.[2][4]
People's Republic of China
