POSSIBLE NEW BM-27 TYPE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER NIZHNIY TAGIL ORDNANCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY, USSR 23

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1982
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POSSIBLE NEW BM-27 TYPE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER
NIZHNIY TAGIL ORDNANCE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FACILITY) USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A POSSIBLE NEW BM-27-TYPE MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER RESENT AT THIS MAJOR ARTILLERY, BALLISTICS,
MUNITIONS, AND WEAPONS R&D TEST RANGE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A POSSIBLE NEW BM-27-TYPE MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER IS AT NIZHNIY TAGIL ORDNANCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FACILITY. THE VEHICLE'IS SIMILIAR IN APPEARANCE TO THE BM-27
MRL AND IS MOUNTED ON THE BM-27 BASIC WHEELED CHASSIS. THE
POSSIBLE NEW-TYPE MRL IS IN AN ARTILLERY TEST FIRING POSITION
AT THE TEST RANGE AND MAY BE IN A FIRING CONFIGURATION. THE
POSSIBLE ROCKET LAUNCHER POD APPEARS CANVAS COVERED AND IS
LONGER THAN THE STANDARD BM-27 MRL.
THE PRESENCE OF MRL AT NIZHNIY TAGIL ORDNANCE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FACILITY IS UNUSUAL. NIZHNIY TAGIL NORMALLY TESTS
AND EVALUATES TOWED ARTILLERY, AND SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY
VARIANTS PRIOR TO TROOP TEST AND EVALUATION.
3I (COORDINATES 57-51-28N 060-04-39E
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