North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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This is obviously a twin turbo V12, with water-cooled Intercoolers.
Look like for those latest UAVs.
A KN-25 battalion in action, yesterday.
My bad.
Its layout is pretty similar to that of the MTU883, such as the two turbos put to one end with two liquid-cooled intercoolers buried in the valley. They even copied the individual cylinder heads…
User "hufden" of a Russian forum rightly pointed out to me that the scale model of the pseudo Compact shown differs from the one presented a few years ago, and also posted a collage of photos taken from the latest video.
in fact this scale model has some differences, furthermore in the small photo you can see that the inspection door is on the back, as in the specific model Oto Melara 76/62 Compatto, which uses Myanmar (probably supplied by Israel and South Africa), while in the Iranian Fair-27 clone of the 76/62 Compact the inspection hatches are on the sides.
Furthermore, the dome appears larger and the two small closed slits at the front suggest that, like the AK-176, it could also be operated by artillerymen.
This photo from January 2024 comes to mind, what was thought to be an "inspection hatch" actually has generous dimensions with accessories to facilitate the entry and exit of any gunners, who knows, perhaps to have the possibility of firing in reserve procedure as in the AK-176 in the event of a breakdown, interruption of the centralized control system or interruption of the electrical power supply.
Here as an example the configuration of the AK-176 :
in the first photo positioned in the right part of the tower optoelectronic system as an aiming device for firing in the first reserve mode (under it also an optical sight in the closed/protected photo), in the second photo positioned in the left part of the tower you can see the second optical sight and the manual system for moving the tower and gun as a second reserve procedure, in the third photo manual operation for moving the ammunition from the depot as a reserve procedure.
In the tower of the AK-176 placement otronic sight (1) and optical sights (2)
On the North Korean tower the windows are only on the right side, therefore if the hypothesis of gunners in the tower in case of a reserve procedure is valid, the North Koreans have adopted a different approach from that adopted on the old AK-176
I'm still wondering if it's a Western 76mm, a Soviet/Russian 76.2, or even an 85mm.
So one could hypothesize a North Korean way in creating this system.
in fact this scale model has some differences, furthermore in the small photo you can see that the inspection door is on the back, as in the specific model Oto Melara 76/62 Compatto, which uses Myanmar (probably supplied by Israel and South Africa), while in the Iranian Fair-27 clone of the 76/62 Compact the inspection hatches are on the sides.
Furthermore, the dome appears larger and the two small closed slits at the front suggest that, like the AK-176, it could also be operated by artillerymen.
This photo from January 2024 comes to mind, what was thought to be an "inspection hatch" actually has generous dimensions with accessories to facilitate the entry and exit of any gunners, who knows, perhaps to have the possibility of firing in reserve procedure as in the AK-176 in the event of a breakdown, interruption of the centralized control system or interruption of the electrical power supply.
Here as an example the configuration of the AK-176 :
in the first photo positioned in the right part of the tower optoelectronic system as an aiming device for firing in the first reserve mode (under it also an optical sight in the closed/protected photo), in the second photo positioned in the left part of the tower you can see the second optical sight and the manual system for moving the tower and gun as a second reserve procedure, in the third photo manual operation for moving the ammunition from the depot as a reserve procedure.
In the tower of the AK-176 placement otronic sight (1) and optical sights (2)
On the North Korean tower the windows are only on the right side, therefore if the hypothesis of gunners in the tower in case of a reserve procedure is valid, the North Koreans have adopted a different approach from that adopted on the old AK-176
I'm still wondering if it's a Western 76mm, a Soviet/Russian 76.2, or even an 85mm.
So one could hypothesize a North Korean way in creating this system.
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Honestly if that turns out to be the case I hope they make SPAAG using the turret with added radar on it.