Chuch’ep’o (M1989 Koksan) #index3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/north-… The Chuch’ep’o, better known in Western sources as the M1989 Koksan, is a heavy self-propelled howitzer developed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the Chosŏn Inmin’gun (Eng. Korean People’s Army).

The M1989 Koksan is equipped with a super-long range 170 mm howitzer developed in North Korea to hit South Korean cities and military targets far away from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the border between the two nations.

Remaining almost ignored for decades by most Western sources, since November 2024, it has begun to gain fame...

...as one of the weapon systems that the DPRK is delivering to the Russian Federation for the Russo-Ukrainian War. An article by Arturo Giusti Illustrated by Ardhya ‘Vesp’ Anargha