CZECHOSLOVAKIAN DANA PROBABLE 152MM SP GUNS/HOWITZERS EXPORTED TO LIBYA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 1, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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imagery analysis report
Czechoslovakian Dana Probable 152mm SP
Guns/Howitzers Exported to Libya (S)
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CZECHOSLOVAKIAN DANA PROBABLE 152mm SP
GUNS/HOWITZERS EXPORTED to LIBYA (S)
The guns,
e rvere via oce, ugos avia, were o serve at Tara u us Army Barrac s Prinn
on 0(Figure 1). Ploce is a port used by landlocked Czechoslovakia to ship weapons to
third world countries. This report contains two location maps and four annotated photographs.
lus Army Barrac cs rinn. The sixth gun either could have arrived with the original five or could
2. The Czechoslovakian Krakow-class merchant cargo ship BLANIK was present at Ploce Port
Facilities Yugoslavia, on (Figure 2). On the latter date, five
Czechoslovakian designed and produced Dana probable 152mm guns/howitzers were on flatcars
in the rail and that serves the port (Figure 3). Four days later, the BLANIK was at Tarabulus Port
Facilities in Libya, where it remained until (Figure 4). On that date, five
Dana guns/howitzers were at Tarabulus Army Barracks Prinn. Although the guns were not actu-
ally observed being loaded at Ploce, their subsequent arrival in Libya and the presence of the
same ship at the Libyan port leave no doubt that the BLANIK was the ship that transported the
weapons. (S/WN)
3. On a sixth Czechoslovakian Dana SP gun/howitzer was observed at Tarabu-
have been part of a separate shipment.
tember 1981, is manufactured at the Dubnica Nad Vahom MTLG A Munitions Plant
4. The Czechoslovakian Dana SP gun/howitzer, in production probably since at least Sep-
(Figure 5). The chassis is the TATRA-815 heavy truck chassis probably equipped with three
stabilizer jacks, one on either side of the chassis and one at the rear. A wheeled chassis will give
this weapons system reduced off-road performance but higher road speed than a tracked chassis.
Maintenance on a wheeled vehicle is easier and less frequently required than on a tracked one.
This vehicle mounts a probable Czechoslovakian-produced cannon. (S/WN)
5. The Dana SP gun/howitzer has had limited deployment within Czechoslovakian forces,
which makes it unusual that this piece of equipment has been exported. It has been identified at
the following Czechoslovakian installations (keyed to Figure 5):
Probable production-related problems could account for the limited de to ments of the wea -
ons within Czechoslovakian units.
E. Senica Army Barracks 001
D. Klatovy Army Barracks Ka
B. Plzen Army Barracks NA
C. Ceske Budejovice Army
A. Terezin Army Barracks 001
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FIGURE 5. CZECHOSLOVAKIAN DEPLOYMENTS OF DANA PROBABLE 152mm SP GUNS/HOWITZERS AND
LOCATION OF DUBNICA NAD VAHOM METALLURGICAL AND MUNITIONS PLANT, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
All applicable satellite imagery acquired from
lion of this report. (S/WN)
Small-Format Imagery
was used in the prepara-
DOCUMENTS
1. NSA. 2319372, Libya-Czechoslovakia/Military Trade: Libya Asks Czechoslovakia for a Quick Supply
of Six 152mm Self-Propelled Gun-Howitzers (SCX), Aug 83
2. USM-44. 2/AR/1448-83, Czechoslovak 1st Tank Division Artillery Equipment Status (SC), 1416022 )ul
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