Tokchon (artillery)

The Tŏkch'ŏn is a series of tracked artillery pieces developed by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.

Design[]

The Tŏkch'ŏn makes use of a locally produced variant of the Soviet ATS-59 artillery tractor as a chassis to mount with a variety of existing Soviet towed artillery designs.

Versions[]

Tokchon 122mm (M-1981): ATS-59 chassis with D-74 122 mm field gun, could also carry 9K38 Igla^[1]
Tokchon 152mm (M-1974): ATS-59 chassis with 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
Tokchon 130mm (M-1975): ATS-59 chassis with 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
Tokchon 130mm (M-1991): ATS-59 chassis with SM-4-1 coastal defense gun,^[1] could also carry 9K38 Igla
Tokchon 130mm (M-1972): ATS-59 chassis with 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3),^[1] could also carry 9K38 Igla
M-1978 with twin 37mm AA cannon.^[2] Some have glass viewport for driver.

Operators[]

Current operators

North Korea
Yemen - Used by Houthis in current civil war, at least 3 units were destroyed by Saudi forces.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "朝鲜的轻中型防空武器汇总自行火炮、自行火箭炮、自行反坦克导弹发射车底盘篇" [DPRK's medium SPAA, SPG, Self propelled rocket artillery and self propelled ATGM vehicle list]. Baidu Zhihu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "朝鲜的轻中型防空武器汇总履带式车辆底盘篇" [DPRK's light SPAA]. 知乎专栏 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-1] "朝鲜的轻中型防空武器汇总自行火炮、自行火箭炮、自行反坦克导弹发射车底盘篇" [DPRK's medium SPAA, SPG, Self propelled rocket artillery and self propelled ATGM vehicle list]. Baidu Zhihu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "朝鲜的轻中型防空武器汇总履带式车辆底盘篇" [DPRK's light SPAA]. 知乎专栏 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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