NEW-GENERATION CSS-2 IRBM GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PRC

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1979
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New-Generation CSS-2 IRBM
Ground Support Equipment
PRC (TSR~
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NEW-GENERATION CSS-2 IRBM GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, PRC (TSR)
I. (TSR) New-generation CSS-2 ground support equipment (GSE) has been identified in the Peo-
ple's Republic of China (PRC; Figure 1). This new-generation GSE has afour-axle chassis with two axles
in front and two in back. The front two axles apparently steer in tandem, and all of the axles are probably
drive axles. Various vehicle bodies have been mounted on the new chassis-primarily the heavy-load-
carrying vehicles such as propellant transporters, prime movers for the transporter/erector, the launch
stand transporter, and possibly the warhead van. The improved mobility of the mission-essential GSE
mounted on the new chassis enhances the capability of CSS-2 units with this equipment to be deployed to
off-road and unimproved field launch positions.
2. (TSR) High-resolution photography of Dengshahe (Teng-sha-ho) SSM Field Training Position
1~2 and Wuzhai (Wu-chaff) Missile Test Complex
showed that many of the special-purpose GSE and prime movers have been mounted on the new four-axle
chassis. The I2/.12 propellant vehicles, P1 propellant transfer vehicles, and prime movers for the
transporter erector were observed with this chassis at Wuzhai, and the II~JI propellant vehicles, PI
propellant transfer vehicles, and a launch stand transporter were also observed with this chassis at
Dengshahe. The addition of a fourth axle should give these vehicles a heavier cargo load capability or
permit the same cargo load to be moved over less trafficable terrain. Mensuration of the cargo areas
indicated that the cargo capacity of the bodies on the new chassis has not been significantly changed. This
supports the idea that the purpose of the conversion is to increase the mobility of the CSS-2 GSE.
3. (TSR) The smaller and lighter vehicles in the CSS-2 GSE complement do not appear to have been
converted from their present two-axle and three-axle chassis, perhaps because these vehicles are already
sufficiently mobile to match the new four-axle chassis. The use of a four-axle prime mover to pull the CSS-
2 missile transporter and transporter erector, as observed at Wuzhai, would give this equipment the same
mobility as the other GSE. Similar high-mobility four-axle vehicles have been developed in the US,
NATO, and Warsaw Pact countries. The US four-axle trucks (Figure 4) were used primarily with some of
the GSE for the mobile Pershing missile system.
4. (TSR) The four-axle chassis wheelbase Ofrom the front to the back axle (Figure 5). The
spacing of the front two axles as is the spacing of the rear axles. The distance from the front to
the rear interior axles The ~~:ur-axle chassis, compared to the previous three-axle chassis, should
have a lower ground pressure on each _ire and approximately 20 to 33 percent more traction available,
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depending on whether the rear axles have single or dual wheels. This increased traction would allow the GSI~.
mounted on the nf:w chassis to traverse softer soils and more difficult terrain. This increase in traffiribility
would make more terrain suitable for CSS-2 field deployment and would increase the ability of CSS-2 units to
successfully move to field deployment positions in the event of bad weather or tactical obstacles. It also
increases the area of land suitable for field deployment, thus increasing the difficulty in detecting the field
deployment sites.
5, (TSR) A preliminary review of the deployed CSS-2 facilities was made on recent high-resolution
imagery to determine the extent of CSS-Z GSE deployment with the four-axle chassis. The combined
requirements for resolution and look angle significantly reduced the ability to differentiate the four-axle
from the three-ax.le chassis. Four-axle chassis have been
Garrison Fusong (Fu-sung} SSM Field
Liujinggou (Liu-thing-kou) SSM Launch Complex Garrison
identified at Datong (Ta-lung) SSM F-~ield
Training Position 3 and
Dengshahe. The earliest confirmed observation of the four-axle chassis was
Datong SSM Field Garrison.
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