130 K 90-60

130 K 90-60 Tampella 122 K 60.png 300 Tampella 122 K 60 field gun Finland Field gun yes 10,150 kg 6.851 m L/52.7 130 mm 8 rounds per minute horizontal, half-automatic The 130 K 90-60 is a Finnish towed 130 mm coastal artillery piece, manufactured in the 1980s by Vammas.http://maanpuolustus.net/muut/130K90-60_kalustokirja.pdf Vammas Ordnance History thumb|A 130 K 90-60 at Finnish Artillery Museum.|alt=|left The development process for the 130 K 90-60 began in 1960 when the Finnish company Tampella presented their concept of a new 122 mm gun for the Finnish Army. This gun was called 122 K 60. It was a sound concept, but quite a heavy gun. It was only ordered in small numbers; only 1 prototype and 15 production guns were built and only 15 delivered to military, and it was never part of the war-time inventory. All 15 guns were later modified by Vammas in the late 1980s, giving it a 130 mm calibre barrel. This was done in order to standardize the calibre for the mobile coastal artillery. The new gun was given the designation 130 K 90-60. The gun carriage design was used for Tampella's 155 mm series, as well as for the Israeli Soltam M-68 gun. The 130 K 90-60 was retired from service in 2006. Operators : Finnish Navy, 15 units. See also 130 53 TK 130 K 54 References External links Rannikon Puolustaja 2/1996 Category:Tampella Category:Field artillery of the Cold War Category:130 mm artillery 130 K 90-60 Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1980s