MAZ-543 TRUCK WITH UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE DONGUZ, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 12, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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12 MARCH 1984
MAZ-543 TRUCK WITH UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE
DONGUZ, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A MAZ-543 HEAVY DUTY 8 X 8 TRUCK CHASSIS WITH AN
UNIDENTIFIED CANVAS COVERED STRUCTURE ON THE REAR WAS OBSERVED
IN THE WEAPONS TEST FIRING AREA (AREA C) OF DONGUZ WEAPONS AND
ELECTRONICS PROVING GROUND NORTHEAST
THE CONFIGURATION OF THE NEW VEHICLE DOES NOT RESEMBLE
KNOWN MAZ-543 - MOUNTED SYSTEM BUT IS IN AN AREA WHICH
HISTORICALLY HAS SUPPORTED VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH TEST FIRING
OF MAIN GUNS FOR ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES, ARTILLERY, ROCKET
AND SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEMS. THIS IS THE FIRST
OBSERVATION OF THIS VEHICLE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS
AND THE UNIDENTI
FIED CANVAS-COVERED 25X1
TWO PARALLEL 25X1
RAIL-LIKE RIDGES, RUN THE 25X1
LENGTH OF THE UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE. EACH RIDGE IS 1.0 METER
FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S SHADOW
INDICATES THE UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE SLOPES DOWNWARD FROM THE
REAR OF THE VFHICI,F FORL_ AND IS LEVEL 25X1
ALSO, A LATERAL SUPPORT IS BETWEEN 25X1
THE RIDGES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SLOPED AND LEVEL
SECTIONS. A SLIGHT LINEAR PROTRUSION BETWEEN THE RIDGES
EXTENDS FROM THE CENTER OF THE UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE TO ITS
FRONT EDGE. PROBABLY 25X1
THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, EXTENDS FORWARD OF THE UNIDENTIFIED
STRUCTURE. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE MAZ-543 CHASSIS HAS BEEN NORMALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH SSM SYSTEMS SUCH AS SCUD AND SCALEBOARD, AND
MISSILE SUPPORT VEHICLES FOUND WITH BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS.
THIS IS THE LARGEST WHEELED VEHICLE CHASSIS EVER SEEN AT
DONGUZ. PREVIOUSLY, THE-11.1-METER LONG VARIANT OF THE BM-27
WAS THE LARGEST. BEFORE THAT THE STANDARD BM-27, WHICH HAS
BEEN CONCURRENTLY PARKED WITH ITS RESUPPLY VEHICLE IN THE SAME
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AREA WITH THE MAZ-543, WAS THE LARGEST. THE ONLY TRUCK MOUNTED
WEAPONS SYSTEMS TESTED IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHERS. PRINCIPALLY THE BM-21, BM-27 and BM-27 VARIANT.
(SWN)
3. I (COORDINATES 51-32-03N 054-56-40E (S)
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