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Tung Meng SP75
self propelled Artillery

Weight: 9,5 t
Crew: 4 men
Length: 5,05 m
Width: 2,14 m
Hight: 2,29 m
Speed: 43 km/h
Range: 250 km
Motor: Hong Po EPA-II
Power: 162 PS

Armament:
Maingun: 75mm Howitzer H/37


Armour:
Car Tower
Front: 25 mm
Back: 15 mm
Side: 15 mm

standard camo

The Tung Meng SP150S is a self-propelled gun developed by the Imperial Chinese Army. Inspired by the self propelled artillery vehicles developed by Germany, wherein a infantry support gun was mounted on a tracked chassis, engineers at the Army Technical Bureau resolved to do the same. Production was assigned to Tung Meng Heavy Industries.
The gun has a range of round about 6000 meters. The gun crew is protected by an open gun shield with armor thickness of 25mm to the front and 15mm to the side.
Nearly 250 vehicles were build till 1943.



Specifications:
Weight: 13.3 tons
Length: 5.537 meters
Width: 2.286 meters
Height: 1.549 meters
Crew: 4 men
Main Armament: 150mm howitzer
Secondary Armament: none
Engine: air-cooled V-12 diesel with 170 hp
Range: 210 km
Speed: 38 km/h

According to the findings in the Persian war, Colonel Wang proposed to set up storm artillery units. With their heavy armament on chain-driven chassis they should serve at direct support of infantry divisions and be in a position to destroy enemy bunkers and fortified positions.

Assault guns can be built faster, easier and less expensive than regular tanks, because they do not have rotating turrets. The gun is inserted into the front of the vehicle, so it must be turned to roughly aligning the entire vehicle, while the fine adjustment is via a ball joint. Other advantages additional to the low price, is the low silhouette and the heavy armor in the front.

In February 1942, the CTMCO (Chinese Tractor Manufacturer Company) handed over the first 12 prototypes to the Chinese army.

Serial production started with the beginning of 1943.

RS-50b
assault gun

Informations:
crew: 4 (Driver, gunner, loader, commander)
weight: 24,5 metric tons
armament: 10,5 cm SBG-2-1, 1x machine gun
ammunition: 30 shots for the gun, 500 rounds for the MG
engine: V-12 diesel-engine, 305 hp
speed: on-road= 45 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 = 65 mm
turret sides = 40 mm
turret rear = 25 mm
turret topside = 15 mm



[size=1]Thanks to Daidalos for the drawing[/size]

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.

In mid 1943 only 60 vehicles were built.

[size=3]Huafeng[/size]

Specifications:
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

Ammo: 60 shots for the gun, 750 rounds for the MG
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]