120mm RMS6L mortar system on the M1129 self-propelled mortar of the US ArmyThe North Korean defense industry, which regularly demonstrates new types of weapons, this time showed a new self-propelled mortar launcher mounted on the chassis of the M2020 8x8 armored vehicle.
- it is said in the Western press.
The M2020 armored platform, developed in recent years, is becoming the base for hosting various types of combat systems – previously, such complexes as the 105-mm ACS and the ATGM with Bulsae missiles were presented.
Self-propelled mortar based on the M2020The DPRK is armed with a large arsenal of approximately 7,500 mortars, mainly of 82, 120 and 160 mm caliber, which are planned to be used as part of the massive fire doctrine, covering infantry units up to the battalion level. VTT 323 tracked armored vehicles (a local modification of the Chinese Type 63 APC) and a large fleet of trucks are used to move the mortars. But at the same time, wheeled armored vehicles were not previously used for their transportation.
In the absence of official data, it can be assumed that the typical characteristics for 8x8 vehicles of this size will be as follows: weight about 20 tons, speed on the highway from 90 to 100 km / h, basic protection against small arms and shell fragments with the possibility of additional reservation. The mortar installation is of the open type – the upper panels are opened to fire in the armored hull.
