300mm KN-09
Owned By
| Operator: | North Korea |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | ~100 |
| Cost: | Unknown |
| Acquired: | 2013 |
| General Specs | |
| Country of origin: | North Korea – with Chinese assistance |
| Manufacturer: | North Korea |
| Introduced: | 2013 |
| Category | Long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) – potentially guided |
| Rocket Weight: | Unknown |
| Rocket Length: | Unknown |
| Barrel/Tube Length: | Unknown |
| Platform: | Chinese-made HOWO ZZ2257M5857A 6×6 truck |
| Caliber: | 300mm |
| Propulsion: | Solid fuel |
| Guidance: | Potential GPS-based guidance |
| Rate of Fire: | Unknown |
| Number of Launch Tubes: | 8 |
| Range: | 62.1 – 118.1 miles (100 -190 km) |
| Traverse: | At least 90 degrees |
| Sights: | N/A |
| Accuracy: | Unknown – potentially 164 – 820 ft (50 – 250 m) |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Ammunition: | May be based on Chinese SY300 guided rocket – 440.9 lbs (200 kg) warhead with either high explosives (HE), frag, submunitions, incendiary, smoke, or chemical payloads |
| Notes: | Likely could also use unguided rockets. |
Sources:
- John G. Grisafi, “N.Korea reveals details of 300mm multiple rocket launcher,” NK News, March 4th 2016.
- Jeffrey Lewis, “More Rockets in Kim Jong Un’s Pockets: North Korea Tests A New Artillery System,” 38 North, March 7, 2016.
- Richard D. Fisher Jr, “China assists North Korea with new 300 mm rocket artillery system,” IHS Jane’s, March 10, 2016.
- John Pike, “KN-09,” GlobalSecurity.org, March 10, 2016.
- John G. Grisafi, “The Threat of North Korea’s new rocket artillery,” NK News, March 13, 2014.
- “North Korea has tested a new local-made 300mm MLRS,” Army Recognition, March 10, 2016.
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