VTT-323

VTT-323
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Specifications
Mass	12.6 tonnes
Length	6.476 m
Width	2.978 m
Height	2.58 m
Crew	4+10
Armor	14 mm maximum, welded steel
Main armament	2 x 14.5mm mm machine gun
Secondary armament	7.62mm machine gun
Engine	8-cylinder air-cooled, turbo-charged diesel 320 hp
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	500 km
Maximum speed	65 km/h, off-road 46 km/h

The North Korean produced M1973 Sinhung VTT-323 is a licensed copy of the Chinese YW531 Armored Personnel Carrier. The vehicle features a box-like welded steel hull, with a small turret positioned just to the rear of the hull centerline. The VTT-323 has five road wheels and a turret mounting 14.5mm and 7.62mm machine guns, or a turret with twin 14.5-mm guns. Some versions have Susong-Po (AT-3 Sagger variant) antitank guided missile launcher and SA-7 or SA-16 man-portable SAM. The VTT-323 is nicknamed the VET. The VET has a crew of four, consisting of a commander, gunner, loader and a driver. The vehicle can carry ten fully equipped infantrymen. In mechanized battalions, it is also used to mount 82mm mortars to form self-propelled batteries. The VTT-323 has been observed with a 107mm multiple rocket launcher (MRL) mounted on the rear. The VTT-323 has become the NKPA standard armored personnel carrier. It is organic to mechanized battalions of mechanized and armored brigades.

Variants

M-2010

A longer version of the VTT-323 with upgraded improved optics.