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During the Persian war, the then commander of the Chinese forces raised the demand for motorized and armored artillery, which can follow the armored units to the action and so the necessary artillery support could be given. It has been shown that the existing vehicles of the type Tung Meng SP75 were completely inadequate.

Tung Meng was therefore commissioned to develop a successor model.
The result of years of design work and extensive testing on the Army Test Side near Harbin is the TM 105 SP or alternatively with a 12cm Howitzer the TM 120 SP.


[size=3]Huafeng

Specifications:[/size]
crew: 4 (Driver, gunner, loader, commander)
weight: 23,9 metric tons
armament: 10,5 cm SBG-2-1, 1x machine gun

or

armament: 12 cm SBG-2-1, 1x machine gun

engine: V-12 diesel-engine, 305 hp
speed: on-road= 40 Km/h
range: 350 Km
armor:
hull front = 60 mm
hull sides = 40 mm
hull rear = 30 mm
hull downside = 15 mm
hull topside = 15 mm
turret front = 40 mm
turret sides = 25 mm
turret rear = 20 mm
turret topside = 15 mm




[size=1]Picture shows the 12cm version - Thanks to Daidalos for the drawing[/size]

One quick question, is that a 360 degree traverse turret?

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Originally posted by Hood
One quick question, is that a 360 degree traverse turret?

It could very well be - rather like the Sherman 105mm support tanks. Or, alternatively, it could be something like the OTL German Waffentraeger, which it does resemble in some way.

It does seem that China has introduced many new tank designs over the last couple of years. I wonder how many have actually progressed from prototype to 'in-service'?

Yes, it was inspired be the mentioned OTL vehicles and yes it's a 360° traverse turret.

I will give soon an overview, which of the vehicles will still be in prototype-status and which are "in service".