ZSU-X SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (SPAA) SYSTEM DONGUZ, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 12, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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12 JULY 1983
ZSU-X SELF-PROPELLED ANTIAIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY (SPAA) SYSTEM
DO Z USSR SW
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS SOVIET SPAA
DESIGN MAY BE THE RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. (SWN)
2. REMARKS:
._-ANALYSIS OF A ZSU-X SPAA SYSTEM AT DONGUZ WEAPONS
CONFIGURED SIMILAR
THE ZSU-X WAS IN THE ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY TEST POSITION
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TEST AREA C, ON THE RADARS AND GUN TUBES WERE
COVERED WITH A LIGHT-TONED TARPAULIN WHICH PROVIDED A CLEAR
CONTRAST WITH THE DARKER TURRET AND CHASSIS. BOTH THE
GEPARD AND ZSU-X HAVE A LONG RECTANGULAR TURRET, A
RETRACTABLE SURVEILLANCE RADAR MOUNTED ON THE BACK, A
TRACKING RADAR MOUNTED ON THE FRONT AND ONE GUN MOUNTED ON
EACH SIDE OF THE TURRET. AN APPARENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TWO SYSTEMS IS THAT THE 35MM OERLIKON KDA CANNONS MOUNTED ON
THE GEPARD APPEARED MUCH LONGER THAN THE GUNS ON THE ZSU-X.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ZSU-X GUN TUBES HAVE NOT BEEN
MOUNTED AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE GUNS ARE ACTUALLY THE
BREECH ASSEMBLIES. (SWN)
ANALYSTS COMMENTS -- THE CONFIGURATION ON THE ZSU-X IS A
RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS SOVIET SPAA DESIGNS. SINCE
THE GEPARD HAD BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1965 AND FIELDED
IN 1976, THIS MAY BE AN EXAMPLE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE
SURVEILLANCE RADAR ON THE ZSU-X IS OF A NEW DESIGN AND MAY
INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY GAINED FROM THE GEPARD RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THE TRACKING RADAR MAY ALSO BE NEW,
AND NOT MERELY AN UPGRADED GUN DISH RADAR AS WAS PREVIOUSLY
SPECULATED. A RE-ANALYSIS OF THE TEST VAN USED DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZSU-X SURVEILLANCE RADAR REVEALED THAT A
BULBOUS OBJECT MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF THE VAN COULD HAVE
BEEN THE TRACKING RADAR. THIS OBJECT
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MEASURED( IIN DIAMETER, COMPARABLE TO THE
DIAMETER OF THE ZSU-X TRACKING RADAR (THE DIAMETER OF THE
GUN DISH IS TILE RECENT IDENTIFICATION OF THE-
RADAR TEST VAN AT ULYAN VSK RADAR CALIBRATION/CHECKOUT
FACILITY SUGGESTS THAT THE NEW RADARS WERE
POSSIBLY DEVELOPED AND/OR TESTED AT ULYANOVSK MOTOR VEHICLE
AND MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PLANT AND
ULYANOVSK RADAR CALIBRATION/CHECKOUT FACILITY. (SWN) (CW-2
3. I (COORDINATES 51-32-03N 054-56-40E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCES: JANE'S ARMOUR AND ARTILLERY 1981-82)
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