NEW SELF-PROPELLED POSSIBLE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER NAMDAE CHON, NORTH KOREA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100290007-7
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 19, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEW SELF-PROPELLED POSSIBLE MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER
NAMDAE CHON, NORTH KOREA
IDENTIFIED IN THE TOWED 107MM ROCKET LAUNCHER COMPANY AREAS OF ALL
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ANEW SELF-PROPELLED POSSIBLE MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHER SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEPLOYED WITH EACH OF THE FIVE NAMDAE CHON
BRIGADES IN 7TH CORPS.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ANEW SELF-PROPELLED (SP) WEAPONS SYSTEM HAS BEEN
FIVE NAMDAE CHON BRIGADES
ON AN M-1973 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) CHASSIS. SMALL IMAGE
SCALE AND/OR CANVAS COVERING OF THE WEAPON PRECLUDES DETAILED
ANALYSIS. HOWEVER, THE WEAPON APPEARS TO BE SMALLER THAN THE 122MM
BM-11 MRL, AND LARGER THAN THE 107MM MRL. THE 107MM HAS BEEN THE
ONLY MRL PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED ON AN SP CHASSIS IN NORTH KOREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED WEAPON IS MOUNTED ON THE CENTER OF
THE CHASSIS, WHILE THE SP 107MM MRL WAS MOUNTED NEAR THE REAR.
NPTC/ILG (07/82)
19 July 1982
CONSISTING OF A RECTANGULAR-SHAPED WEAPON, PROBABLY PEDISTAL-MOUNTED
L UNCHER MRL
(S/D) NINE OF THESE NEW SP WEAPONS WERE DEPLOYED IN EACH OF THE
BRIGADE MRL COMPANY AREAS EXCEPT IN NAMDAE CHON AREA D (BE
WHERE ONLY THREE WERE OBSERVED. A STORAGE SHED FOR THE.
NINE NEW SP WEAPONS HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED~IN NAMDAE CHON AREA A
INDICATING THAT THEY WILL BE PERMANENTLY HOUSED AT
(S/D) ANALYSTS COMMENTS: THE DEPLOYMENT OF SP MRL OF PROBABLY
LARGER CALIBER AND LONGER RANGE THAN THE 107MM MRL, TOGETHER WITH THE
M-1974 SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY BATTALION NEWLY IDENTIFIED WITH EACH
BRIGADE IN DECEMBER 1981, SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADES THE MOBILITY,
QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF FIRE SUPPORT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NAMDAE CHON
BRI
(S)
COORDINATES 403130N 1282352E
COORDINATES 403118N 1282532E
COORDINATES 402659N 1282640E
COORDINATES 402350N 1282328E
COORDINATES 402250N 1282741E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lyrical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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