SELF-PROPELLED GUN (SAMOHODNA BATARYA)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030074-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: April 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT :.elf-Propelled Gun ((amohodna Batarya)
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THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The B lgarf.an sclfrtpropellcd gun (,Safxohodna Beltsrya) is a special type,
designed for a meeting engagiitent, or other first encounter with hostile
troops. It is a t*nk with an t.n obile turret. In lrying the gun, the
entire vehicle is mpved. The gun has caterpillar treads and a speed of
35 kilometers an hour.
2. The gun is of 320 >A caliber. It ordinarily carries si.x shells with it.
Effective range is 1,500 meters.
3. The vehicle is further armed with an AA machine gun which is movable.
It also has two light, fixed machine guns. It has mending and receiving
radio, At a little distance it looks very much like an armored car.
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DATE DISTR./9 Apr 1954
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