NEW CHINESE 122MM SELF-PROPELLED GUN/HOWITZER CHONGQING, CHINA

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1985
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NEW CHINESE 122MM SELF-PROPELLED GUN/HOWITZER
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW 122M SELF-PROPELLED (SP) GUN/HOWITZER
(INTERIM NPIC DESIGNATOR 122MM1 SP GUN/HOWITZER M-1985) IS
APPARENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THE CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE
PLANT 256 AND THE ASSOCIATED CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE TEST
AREA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ANALYSIS OF TWO PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED ARMORED
VEHICLES OBSERVED AT THE CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE TEST AREA ON
INDICATES THAT ONE OR BOTH 25X1
OF THE VEHICLES ARE A PROTOTYPE OF THE NEW 122MM SP
GUN/HOWITZER WHICH WAS FEATURED IN A RECENT OPEN SOURCE
MAGAZINE ARTICLE. (SWN)
ACCORDING TO THE MAGAZINE ARTICLE WHICH WAS IN CHINESE AND
CONTAINED A GROUND PHOTOGRAPH OF A NEW 122MM SP GUN/HOWITZER,
THE CHASSIS FOR THE NEW WEAPON WAS ADAPTED FROM THE TYPE-77
AMPHIBIOUS ARMORED VEHICLE WHICH IS A CHINESE VARIANT OF THE
BTR-50P ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC). THE GROUND PHOTOGRAPH
REVEALS THAT THE NEW WEAPON HAS A 122MM GUN/HOWITZER TUBE
MOUNTED ON A TURRET AT THE REAR OF A MODIFIED TYPE-77 CHASSIS.
THE TURRET IS FLAT ON TOP AND ITS SIDES TAPER TOWARD THE GUN
TUBE NEAR THE FRONT. A HATCH IS EVIDENT IN THE CENTER-REAR OF
THE CHASSIS. BECAUSE THE TURRET IS MOUNTED ON THE REAR, THE
ENGINE IS LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE CHASSIS. THE SUSPENSION
SYSTEM FOR THE NEW SP GUN/HOWITZER APPEARS TO BE THE TYPE-77
SYSTEM, EXCEPT THAT THE DRIVE SPROCKET AND IDLER WHEEL HAVE
BEEN TRANSPOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ENGINE LOCATION. THE
CHASSIS APPEARS SHORTER THAN THE STANDARD TYPE-77, HAVING BEEN
MODIFIED AT THE FRONT AND REAR. (SWN)
CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE PLANT 2561 IAND THE
CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE TEST AREA ARE THE ONLY FACILITIES IN
CHINA KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION AND
TESTING OF EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE TYPE-77 CHASSIS. THE TWO
ARMORED VEHICLES SEEN AT THE CHONGQING ARMORED VEHICLE TEST
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ARE RESEMBLE THE WEAPON IN THE MAGAZINE. AS 25X1
WITH THE CHASSIS IN THE ARTICLE, BOTH OF THESE ARMORED VEHICLES
ARE SHORTER THAN THE STANDARD TYPE-77 CHASSIS
25X1
ONE OF THE VEHICLES SEEN AT CHONGQING WAS LbA'I
AND HAD A TURRET SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE 25X1
ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A GUN TUBE COULD NOT BE DISCERNED. IT ALSO
HAD A HATCH IN THE CENTER-REAR OF THE CHASSIS, SIMILAR TO THE
ONE IN THE ARTICLE. THE OTHER VEHICLE SEEN AT CHONGQING WAS
AND HAD A GUN TUBE SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE 25X1
ARTICLE; HOWEVER, DETAILS OF THE TURRET COULD NOT BE DISCERNED
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING, ITS ORIENTATION
AND DARKER TONE. BOTH VEHICLES AT CHONGQING HAD REAR FENDERS
THAT WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN ON THE WEAPON SHOWN IN THE
ARTICLE. (SWN)
COORDINATES 29-21-59N 106-26-48E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: CONMILIT, APRIL 1985, P 10, COL 1 (U)
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