NEW CHINESE SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER HARBIN TANK PRODUCTION AND REBUILD PLANT 674, CHINA

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• Publication Date: May 20, 1982
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1 JULY 1982
NEW CHINESE SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER
HARBIN TANK PRODUCTION AND REBUILD PLANT 674, CHINA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SELF-PROPELLED (SP) HOWITZER WAS
IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON IMAGERY AT 25X1
HARBIN TANK PRODUCTION AND REBUILD PLANT 674 IN THE SHENYANG
MILITARY REGION. THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION IN CHINA OF
AN SP GUN WITH AN ENCLOSED TURRET.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO OF THESE NEW SP GUNS WERE PRESENT ON
HOWEVER, THE SP GUNS WERE NOT DISCERNIBLE AT 25X1
THE HARBIN PLANT ON OTHER IMAGERY ACQUIRED BETWEEN 25X1
THIS NEW SP HOWITZER IS SIMILAR IN SIZE AND 2bAl
APPEARANCE TO-THE SOVIET'152MM SP HOWITZER M-1973. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN DIMENSIONS OF THE TWO GUNS IS IN
THE LENGTH OF THE TURRET. THE TURRET OF THE CHINESE SP GUN
WEAPONS TESTING.
AND THE LENGTH OF THE SOVIET M-1973 25X1
NLIKE THE SOVIET M-1973, THE CHINESE LOA]
SP GUN DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A CUPOLA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE TURRET, AND THE ENGINE VENTS ARE PROBABLY LARGER AND
FARTHER FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHASSIS. A PROBABLE
DRIVER'S HATCH IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, FORWARD OF
THE. ENGINE VENTS. DUAL EQUILLIBRATORS WERE DISCERNIBLE ON
ONE OF THE GUNS AT THE MANTLET, MOUNTED ABOVE THE GUN TUBE.
(S/D) THIS NEW SP GUN IS PROBABLY AN INDIGENOUSLY PRODUCED,
MODIFIED COPY OF THE SOVIET 152MM SP HOWITZER M-1973. IT IS
PROBABLY IN THE 152MM CALIBER RANGE DUE TO ITS SIMILARITY TO
THE SOVIET 152MM GUN. SINCE THE CHINESE ALREADY HAVE A 122MM
SP HOWITZER, A GUN IN THE 152MM RANGE WOULD BE A LOGICAL
FOLLOW-ON. THE TWO GUNS SEEN AT THE HARBIN PLANT ARE
PROBABLY PROTOTYPES UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND MAY POSSIBLY BE
SENT TO BAICHENG MUNITIONS TEST COMPLEX F_ I FOR 25X1
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COORDINATES 45-46-43N 126-42-48E
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