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

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• Publication Date: July 1, 1982
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(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SELF-PROPELLED (SP). OWITZER WAS
.IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON IMAGERY AT
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.
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ATTACHMENT TO
Z-15651/82
Attachment to I
NPIC/IEG (07/82)
1 JULY 1982
NEW CHINESE SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER
HARBIN TANK PRODUCTION AND REBUILD PLANT 674, CHINA
(S/D) REMARKS:
TWO OF THESE NEW SP GUNS WERE
P
RESENT O
N
HOWEVER, THE SP GUNS WERE NOT
DI
SCERNIBL
E AT 25X1
THE N PLANT ON OTHER IMAGERY ACQUIRED BET
WE
EN
25X1
THIS NEW SP HOWITZER IS SIMILAR IN S
IZ
E AND
25X1
APPEARANCE TO-THE SOVIET'152MM SP HOWITZER M-1
97
3. THE
MOST
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN DIMENSIONS OF THE TW
O
GUNS IS
IN
THE LENGTH OF THE TURRET. THE TURRET OF THE C
HINESE SP
GUN
AND THE LENGTH .OF THE
SOVIET M-
1973 25X1
LIKE THE SOVIET M-197
3, THE CHI
NESE 25X1
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 FOR
WEAPONS TESTING.
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COORDINATES 45-46-43N 126-42-48E
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