ROCKETS AND LAUNCHERS/OTHER ORDNANCE AND TIRE DATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A000700110001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 18
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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r^his report is the result of a joint collection e "ort by t'"e M r -crce,
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3z1>_7,rd Reavy Art,1lery 1 iment stationed at 7i shuma jia. T'~e ~'ellorrt nT
Soviet art, llery weapons were used by nunf;ari.an ^.rt, lie' y iini+e.
a. 1,.5 nn .=1T run `?-?
b. 76mm 1.T run r.4-?
c. 122mm gun howitzer "-?
d. PP(>,n mm 1%,-?
120mm mortar R-?
f. 80mm mortar Ti-?
g. B21rmt rocket launcher (Katyusa Sztalin Orgona 1177)
h.' 1~. ~ machine r' un (~ ie.l-x mka 7- 1952)
82mm 'Rocket Launcher (Ratyusa Sztalin Orgona 1130
2.
The launcher consists of a dou'-le '-an!- of eight .rockets each.
The launcher is mounted on a four x four vehicle that weighs seven or
eight tons. This vehicle has 20m. armor to protect the ammunition
storage and the crew from small arms fire. The crew cor.si.sts of ore.
officer and six enlisted men. The vehicle is powered by a 12-cylinder
diesel engine. The vehicle is a'lout six meters long, 3.60rn hi rh are
about 2.80m wide. Tn the ')ac1- of this vehicle are two electrically
operated jacks that are lowered when the weapon is fired. T'ndernesth
the ')ed of the truck are two drawers that contain 16 rounds of ammunition.
In the rack of the vehicle there is a control panel for operating these
drawers. The launcher can he reloaded in one m,nute.
R'dhen the drawer i s elect,-! tally onered,
two supports fall in place in the rear. Fight rounds of amm+mnton are
then raised and automatically lined up with the launcher. It is then
necessary manually to nush the rounds up onto the launcher rails. The
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top bank of eight launchers is loaded from the top drawer, the lower
eight launchers from the lower drawer. The entire onerr.Von, excent
for pushing the rounds'of ammunition into the launching rails, is
done automatically and controlled from the nanel located on the rear
of the truck
3.
The launcher is traversed and elevated manually with hand cranks located
on the left side of the vehicle. The launcher can he elevated 76 degrees,
denressed two degrees and traversed A60 degrees. The maximum range of
this weapon is 56km. Pispersion at this range covers a pattern of 7O(n
by 1,200m.
The launching rails are permanently set to fire this pattern and are not
adjustable. In firing, rockets number 1, 2, 3 and 4 are always fired
first. These are ranging, or snotting,
rounds. er ey are urea, ne range is adjusted and the re-raining
rounds are fired in salvo. Personnel are trained never to fire trice
from the same position because once the weapon is fired it Is easy to
locate by the large cloud of smoke, dust, etc,that is thrown un. Vormal
procedure is to fire, move to a new position, reload, and fire aga;n.
The vehicle carries a total of 32 rockets, 16 on the launcher and 16 in
the ammunition drawers.
5.
82mm Rocket krmuniti. on
The rocket used in the 82mm launcher is about 1Ji.6em long and weighs
about 56kg. The shell case contains eight bags of powder. The rockets
are loaded on the rear of the launcher rails and may be carried there
until fired. When fired they are uropelled forward on the rails. When
they reach the forward end of the rails the shell case is blown about
15m to the rear and the projectile is blown forward. There is a, large,
blinding blast of fire when the proje
he rocket
burned while in flight.]
6. The rockets are fired electrically from within the cab of the vehicle.
The firing switch consists of a
disk with 16 electrical contact huttons. Rounds are fired by turning
this disk and selecting the number of rounds to he fired. One to 16
rockets can. be fired at .-second intervals. As the rockets clear the
launcher the buttons on the firing switch snap out to show the nisnber
of rockets that have been fired. The projectile, which travels 860
meters a second, uses a percussion-type fuze.
This fuze does not have a safety pin.
Rocket Launching Sighting Device (Szogthucso M- 2!)
The sighting launcher Is located in the cab of
the vehicle. ~ 7n The individual using the eight
sits to the left above and behind the driver of the vehicle. This sight
is used in observing the effectiveness of the spotting rounds and it aids
in making adjustments.
15.5m fachine Gun (Makxlmka AR- 1952)
8. All artillery units have 15.5mm machine guns on two-wheeled mounts.
This gun is a ne-r weapon of German and Soviet design. Each gun carries
three extra barrels strapped to the side of the mount trails. Each
gym carries 762 rounds of ammunition in an ammunition box like those
used on the ZPU type guns.
This box is attached to the right trail. The weapon car be fired either
semi or full automatic. It fires about 790 rounds per minute. The
barrel can he changed in less than one minute by tu"ning it 00 degrees
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