Converting Naval Weapons for use on land?

[waiting4something]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

One thing I just thought of is that the North Koreans have put some naval guns on tank chassis for use as land artillery. IIRC, they are 175mm guns.

Jesus! How big is the tank? I would hate to be the loader for sure.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by waiting4something

Jesus! How big is the tank? I would hate to be the loader for sure.

They actually look very similar to the 203mm self-propelled howitzers the US used until about 10 years ago. The North Koreans did bob the gun barrels quite a bit -- IIRC (digging back into the non-classified recesses of my memory), the parent chassis is a T-55.

[Dog 6]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...m-1978-170.htm


It's a 170mm gun on a T-54

"The M-1978 (KOKSAN) 170mm self propelled (SP) gun, of North Korean design and manufacture, is probably mounted on a T-54 chasis, a Chinese Type 59 hull or a T62 Chassis. The 170mm gun has no superstructure, and it has 2 large spades at the rear. The 170mm (~6.69") gun itself is a previously unknown type, possibly Russian coastal-defence or ex-naval weapon. The M-1978 Koksan gun was first noted publicly in a parade in 1985. The Koksan is named after the city in North Korea where it was first seen by the West in 1978. The M-1978 version carried no on-board ammunition supply.

The M1989 KOKSAN is a later version or modified M1978 which carries 12 rounds on-board ammunition supply. North Korea used them in batteries of 36 vehicles & supplied them to Iran when missiles became available as replacements. "

[StainlessSteelCynic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koksan
Includes a decent quality picture of a damaged gun in Iraq

[pmulcahy11b]

Shows the general lack of quality of my memory...