NEW INDIGENOUS SELF-PROPELLED WEAPON

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
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• Publication Date: May 26, 1983
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NEW INDIGENOUS SELF-PROPELLID WEAPON
SINHUNG ARMORID ICLE
ASSEMBLY/REPAIR P T P G RTH KOREA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: ANEW INDIGENOUS SELF-PROPELLID WEAPON WAS IDENTIFIID. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE NEW WEAPON WAS IN THE STORAGE/TRANSSHIPMENT AREA AT SINHUNG
ARMORID VEHICLE ASSEMBLY/REPAIR PLANT PUG, ON IMAGERY OF 0 THE
CONFIGURATION OF THIS WEAPON SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE SP ANTI-TANK (SP AT)
ROLE. AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER CANVAS-COVERID VEHICLES THAT COULD BE THE SAME
WEAPON WERE IN THE STORAGE/TRANSSHIPMENT AREA SUGGESTING THAT
PRODUCTION/ASSEMBLY OF THIS WEAPON MAY BE UNDERWAY. (SWN)
THE NEW WEAPON HAD A TURRET-MOUNTID GUN ON THE REAR OF A MODIFIED M-1973
ARMORID PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) CHASSIS. THE LOW-PROFILE
LEAST IN DIAMETER AND THE GUN BARREL LINGTH WAS
THIS LANT S KNOWN TO PRODUCE THE M-1973 APC, AS WELL AS THE SINHUNG SP
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN (SPAR) AND THE SINHUNG SP MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER (SP
MRL) WHICH ARE ON THE MODIFIED M-1973 APC CHASSIS. (SWN)
OTHER CANVAS COVERED VEI-IICLES/WEAPONS IN THE STORAGE/TRANSSHIPMENT AREA
INCLUDID 17 PROBABLE SP MRL, EIGHT PROBABLE SINHUNG SPAR, 12 PROBABLE
APC/CHASSIS, ONE UNIDENTIFIID ARMORED VEHICLE, AND ONE DERELICT PT-76
CHASSIS. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COl-~-4ENTS -- AN SP AT WEAPON HAS YET TO BE CONFIRMED IN THE
NORTH KOREAN INVENTORY. THE PRODUCTION OF THIS TYPE OF WEAPON WOULD
REPRESENT A CONTIN[1ATInN nF 'i'FiF. wrFCNanrT~aTTnN OF FIRE SUPPORT FOR INFANTRY
DIVISIONS. (SWN)
3. ~ COORDINATES 40-12-06N 127-36-39E (S)
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