20 OCTOBER 2020

by Samuel Cranny-Evans

2020年10月20日

塞缪尔·克兰尼·埃文斯（Samuel Cranny-Evans）

 

Chinese state-owned media has reported that the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force’s (PLAGF’s) Tibet Military District is deploying what it claims to be a new, longer-range, and more accurate rocket with modified PHL-03 multiple rocket launchers (MRLs).

中国官方媒体报道称，解放军陆军部队（PLAGF）西藏军区正在部署其声称的新型，远程和精度更高的火箭，该火箭装备经过改进的PHL-03型多管火箭发射器（MRL）。

 

CCTV’s Weihutang programme reported on 20 October that at least some of the PHL-03 MRLs used by the Tibet Military District have been armed with a new, longer-range guided rocket. (CCTV)

中央电视台《卫虎堂》节目10月20日报道说，西藏军区使用中的PHL-03型多管火箭发射器（MRL）至少一些已经配备了新型的远程制导火箭。（央视）

 

Weihutang, a programme about military affairs from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), released footage on 20 October showing several units of the new rocket being loaded onto a PHL-03 MRL, which is fitted with 12 launch tubes for 300 mm artillery rockets.

国家广播公司中央电视台（CCTV）的军事节目《卫虎堂》于10月20日发布了录像，显示了将几枚新型火箭弹装载到PHL-03型多管火箭发射器（MRL）上，该火箭配备12根发射管，用于300毫米火箭炮。

 

The new rocket, the range of which CCTV claims is 30 km greater than that of the standard rockets used by the system, is shown in the footage being fired by an artillery brigade during a high-altitude live-fire exercise – presumably in Tibet – and accurately striking several small targets in quick succession.

中央电视台（CCTV）声称的新火箭的射程比系统使用的标准火箭远30公里，在炮兵旅高海拔实弹演习期间（可能是在西藏），发射的镜头显示了这种新火箭。并迅速准确地打击几个小目标。

 

Given that the unguided BRC4, BRE2 and the guided Fire Dragon 140A 300 mm rockets used by the 8×8 PHL-03 all have a maximum range of about 130 km, the information provided by CCTV suggests that the new guided rocket – the designation of which was not revealed – has a maximum range of about 160 km.

考虑到8×8 PHL-03型使用的非制导BRC4、BRE2和“火龙”140A 300毫米制导火箭弹的最大射程都在130公里左右，中央电视台提供的信息表明，新型制导火箭（其名称未透露）的最大射程约为160公里。

 

The exterior of the PHL-03 appears not to have undergone any major modifications but CCTV reported that the system now features a “higher level of information and intelligence”: a possible indication that it has been fitted with an improved fire-control suite.

PHL-03型的外观似乎没有进行任何重大修改，但CCTV报道说该系统现在具有“更高级别的信息和情报”：可能表明它已安装了改进的火控组件。

 

No information was provided about how many of the MRLs have been modified and armed with the new rocket. It is also unclear when the PLAGF began fielding the new weapon.

没有提供关于有多少多管火箭发射器（MRL）被改装并装备新火箭的信息。目前还不清楚中国陆军部队何时开始部署这种新武器。

补充资料《火龙140A型300mm制导火箭弹》来源：中国兵器工业集团公司网站

火龙140A型（BRE3型）300mm制导火箭弹适配于AR2型300mm多管火箭武器系统以及AR3型370mm/300mm多管火箭武器系统。该制导火箭弹采用惯导和GPS制导/GLONASS辅助定位的全程控制模式, 射击精度高。该制导火箭弹主要用于破坏敌技术兵器，攻击暴露的有生力量及交通枢纽、港口和机场等工程设施并可根据任务需要对点目标或面目标进行精确打击和火力覆盖。（摄影 田麓）